HP Gets its Game on with Sleek, Slick Omen Laptop

HP’s new Omen gaming PC line is aimed at taking on the likes of Dell’s Alienware and making gamers happy.

The HP Omen is a 15.6-inch laptop featuring an Intel Core i7 processor and a Nvidia GeForce GTX graphics card.

“Gamers play to win and expect their PCs to do the same,” said Mike Nach, vice president of product management for consumer personal systems at HP. “The HP OMEN delivers the power to dominate with a stunning design to give gamers the ultimate gaming experience.”

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Microsoft Offers all-you-can-use Storage with Office 365

Microsoft is feeling generous, competitive and a bit more aggressive as it uncaps its Office 365 storage space and dissolves pricing tiers that once bounded the service.

Microsoft has been forecasting a cloud-filled future all summer long and now the Windows maker is making it a bit easier to embrace its overcast outlook. Microsoft is offering Office 365 for $6.99 per month, which includes unlimited OneDrive storage.

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Google Uses Camel in Liwa Desert for Street View Map

Google has thought up a lot of creative ways to capture all the hard-to-reach places for its Street View map. First, it mounted its camera on cars, but on the trails of New York City’s Central Park, cars are not allowed, so Google rigged its Trekker cameras to bicycles. However, when Google decided to bring Street View to places like the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef, it developed hiker-friendly Trekkers that can be strapped to backpacks and go underwater.

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SecureDrives SSD promises ultimate data protection, self-destructs with a text message

The Autothysis 128s and Autothysis 128t are Secure Drives’ new SSDs which both have a storage space of 128 GB. The most remarkable feature of the SSDs is their ability to protect data by allowing the user to send an SMS message to an assigned number. Once sent, the message will trigger a ‘self-destruct’ command which will cause the data to be wiped off. The action shall proceed with the destruction of the drive together with the broken security controller and NAND flash chips in the drive’s enclosure.

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