HDMI 2.0 released with up to 18Gbps bandwidth In preparation for a new generation of 4K Ultra HDTVs, theHDMI forum today announcedits first major upgrade to the popular audio/video interface since version 1.4 was released four years ago. With up to 18Gbps throughput, HDMI 2.0 can support 3840 x 2160 resolution video at up to 60 frames per second (fps), which is four times the clarity of today’s 1080pm video resolution....

Systweak Advanced System Optimizer 3 review Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Systweak Advanced System Optimizer 3 is one of the best jack-of-all-trades PC fixers we’ve come across. Though a dedicated AV suite might be more thorough for internet security and a dedicated backup suite might be more flexible, ASO 3 covers all the bases in at least moderate depth and isn’t full of lightweight make-weights. There are a lot ofsoftwareapplications which aim to keep a PC in trim, by assisting with housekeeping tasks and often offering protection and back-up, too....

Why Google has called Android 4.4 ‘KitKat’ In bizarre circumstances, Google has announced that the next version of Android will be called KitKat and not Key Lime Pie as was previously thought. The internet search giant usually names its mobile operating system versions in alphabetical order using a general name for a treat or desert rather than a brand name. One example is Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. However, instead of the expected Key Lime Pie, the next Android will be named after Nestle’s popular KitKat chocolate bar....

Tor traffic doubles in a week to reach highest ever level The number of people using the Tor anonymity network has doubled in a single week, reaching the highest levels since the Project starting recording traffic nearly four years ago. The highly unusual spike began very suddenly on a single day, 19 August, taking the estimated number of clients connecting through a sample of several dozen mirrors to an astonishing 1....

NYSE builds business around resilient infrastructure services After the terrorist strikes of Sept. 11, 2001, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) learned some valuable lessons in keeping a time-sensitive financial trading network alive during a time of crisis. “We found that during 9/11, carrier point-of-presence facilities went down, a lot of firms in the industry were not able to trade. So we made a decision to build a resilient network for the industry,” said Vince Lanzillo, who is head of co-location for the Americas for NYSE Technologies (NYXT), a commercial subsidiary of NYSE Euronext that offers infrastructure, content and liquidity services to the financial industry....