Have you heard about Splashtop before? It is touted to be the easiest and fastest way to access your Windows-based PC or Mac remotely with Windows 8 as the operating system of choice. It is said that Splashtop Remote Desktop for Windows 8 has now arrived at the Windows Store for those who are interested, where it comes in the form of a consumer preview version. It is said that Splashtop Remote Desktop’s user interface has been specially optimized for Windows 8 native gestures, and among these include an easy to use, drag-and-drop computer favorites list in addition to the ability to swipe to reveal hidden menus.
With Splashtop Remote Desktop for Windows 8, Windows 8 users will be able to join up with over seven million Splashtop users of mobile devices, ranging from tablets to smartphones, helping you access your Windows-based PCs and Macs in order to run applications remotely, allowing you to view and edit files, watch HD movies and play graphic-intensive games at an impressive 30 frames per second.
You will be able to enjoy remote access support with full audio and video over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G networks, now how about that? Apart from supporting Windows 8, Splashtop will also be made available for iOS and Android devices. [Press Release]
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Well, here we are with news that both Rovi and Internet search giant Google have signed a multi-year patent licensing agreement between one another. Just what kind of implications does this agreement have? It will offer a license under Rovi’s interactive program guide patent portfolio for set-top boxes, in addition to online and mobile platforms.
There are accessories out there for our computers and phones and tablets which might not be necessary, but will add a whole lot of convenience if we did have it. This is what Twelve South’s BackPack 2 seems to aim for especially for iMac users and for those who own Apple’s Cinema Displays. As you can see in the image above, the BackPack 2 is an aluminum stand that will rest above the stand of your iMac/Cinema Display. This allows users to place their iPhones or external hard drives there while connected to the ports at the back. While we’ve yet to try this out for ourselves, we can imagine how convenient it might be especially on a cluttered table. Alternatively we don’t see why the BackPack 2 can’t be used to place keys, coins or even your wallet to make sure that it is right in front of you so you don’t forget them on the way out! If you think the BackPack 2 has some use to you, you will be able to pick one up for yourself at 
Just how popular is YouTube? Well, lets just say that it is so popular, that over four billion hours of video are watched each month. If you want to convert that to something else that we can relate to, we are talking about 456,000 years of videos and user uploaded content. On a lighter note, that is also the same as driving yourself nuts willingly by watching the original Nyan Cat video around 66 billion times. In fact, the video sharing giant did report its official figures as three billion hours of footage each month, so the latest unofficial figure of four billion is definitely an achievement not to be sneezed at.
Samsung might be experiencing its fair share of legal woes at the moment against Apple at the courthouse, but that does not mean that the rest of the world would stop for the South Korean consumer electronics giant. No sir, it is said that Samsung has started to begin volume production of what they claim to be the fastest embedded NAND storage in the world, targeting use in a plethora of modern day gadgets include smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. These will come in three different capacities – we are looking at 16GB, 32GB and 64GB densities.
Are you a self-made person who worked really hard to get everything that you own today? If you have answered in the affirmative, surely you value the process of solid, honest to goodness work, and should your kid ask you for a car when he or she turns 16, just hand then four tyres and ask them to find means and ways to get the rest of the car themselves. If they make a request for a computer, you can play the role of miser (and motivational thinker) by getting them the $35 Raspberry Pi computer. The operating system bit should not be too hard, where they can always pick up the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich port which is on its way to the Raspberry Pi platform, and it is said that this particular port of Ice Cream Sandwich will play nice with the Pi in many ways, opening up avenues for users to enjoy their favorite Android apps, where the entire experience is enhanced further if the Raspberry Pi has been transformed and modified to be a more touch-friendly machine.
Who still uses their Hotmail account, raise your hands. I myself have forgotten what my Hotmail password is, and have been relying on Gmail to serve up all of my email needs through the past few years. 
