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Last month, Zagg announced its new Slim Book keyboard case for the 10.5-inch iPad Pro. When we covered the announcement, we noted a few differences between Zagg’s offering and Apple’s own Smart Keyboard – including backlit keys, an Apple Pencil holder, and a slightly lower price. As an avid Smart Keyboard user, I was eager to try Zagg’s Slim Book for the 10.5-inch iPad Pro. How do the two compare? Read on to find out…...

They like to keep us waiting over at Adult Swim. The break between season two and three of Rick and Morty was painful, to say the least, and it’s just as bad this time round waiting for Season Four to begin. While, according to show creator, Justin Roiland, production on the new season is ‘going swell,’ we’ve no idea yet when we may begin to get to set our eyes figuratively or literally on new episodes and adventures....

Someone said that Canada-based BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is Microsoft of a decade ago. If true, then Mike Lazaridis, a RIM co-CEO and founder, has to be their version of Steve Ballmer (even though he wasn’t Microsoft CEO back then). Look no further than Lazaridis’ complaints that the users and media alike aren’t appreciating his company’s dominant position in mobile, in his view. Despite shipping 52.3 million BlackBerrys in their last fiscal year – a 43 percent annual unit growth – he kinda slipped in that rivals like Apple are racing ahead and stealing the headlines....

Lara Croft can do a high dive in Tomb Raider by pressing the jump button and then the action button while in mid-air. To dive in shadow of the Tomb Raider PS4, you need to hold down the X button and then release it when you want to jump. There are a few sections in Rise of the Tomb Raider where you can’t dive in. This is usually because there’s a deep pool of water with no way to get out, and Lara can’t swim....

The recently released Resident Evil 2: Remake allows players to experience the threats and horror of the original title with revamped graphics and newly implemented 3rd person shooter style of gameplay. The game provides players the opportunity to explore the zombie-infested world of Raccoon City exploring the abandoned police station, the terrifying sewers, and the mysterious N.E.S.T. lab. The game is typically a seemingly photocopy recreation of the original game with more polish, but here and there the remake provides players with new experiences, separating itself from its previous incarnation....

Overall it is a brilliant game, house marquee has undoubtedly created something unique with a familiar formula. Although, this game just feels a little too hard. But, if you have patience then the game’s story slowly reveals itself. I personally feel that it’s really not that hard; it’s a rogue-lite. If you spend a little effort leveling your weapons, the runs become a cakewalk. Although, it is really a fantastic game....

I love it when an app developer takes one of my minor grumbles and comes up with a simple solution. PopCalc is one of those. There are times when I have a few sums to do, and the standard calculator app is a bit too dumb, while creating a spreadsheet in Numbers feels like overkill. What I really want is a cross between the two: the simplicity of a calculator, but some of the functionality of a spreadsheet....

Just in time for spring adventures, Logitech’s Ultimate Ears has launched the latest addition to their speaker line, the Wonderboom. Gaining a reputation in previous years for their compact and well-designed speakers, UE’s Wonderboom is gunning to become the new no-fuss choice for portable speaker shoppers. We got to go hands-on with the company’s new pint-sized speaker offering. Upon removing the UE Wonderboom from the packaging, my initial reaction was just how adorable the speaker was....

Vicki Gunvalson has announced that she will depart from The Real Housewives of Orange County. The fan favorite has called it quits after one too many seasons of being just a friend. Before the last season premiered, it was announced that Gunvalson would be demoted from the cast earlier this year to friend status. Fans thought that most of the drama came from Gunvalson, as she had ongoing feuds with a number of her co-stars....

When season three of Rick and Morty hit the airwaves, it was a foregone conclusion that the show would air a new Interdimensional Cable episode. That belief was blown apart when episode eight hit the scene and introduced Morty’s Mind-Blowers. The concept was simple enough; air clips the viewers had never seen before in a clip-show format. Each segment depicted a memory Morty had removed from one of his many misadventures with his grandpa, Rick, and these ten are the best from the episode....

Actor Robert Downey Jr. has defended his role in Tropic Thunder, a satirical take on Hollywood blockbusters, in which his character appears in blackface. The Avengers: Endgame star appeared on a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast to discuss his career and promote his new film, Dolittle, when the controversial host brought up the twelve-year-old film. In the 2008 satire of the film industry, Downey plays a white, Australian actor who undergoes cosmetic surgery so he can play a black army sergeant....

According to DisplaySearch Senior Analyst Richard Shim (via CNET), the panels are becoming a “premium feature” that will cost the Cupertino, Calif.-based Company. The analyst further explained that including a 2,800-by-1,800-pixel display in the 15.4-inch MacBook pro would cost about $160. Apple currently spends $68 on its current models. Meanwhile, he said adding a 2,560-by-1,600-pixel display in the 13.3-inch model would cost $134, versus the current $69 expense. According to CNET:...

CIRP is out today with new data on Apple’s US iPhone installed base, showing very minor growth from the holiday quarter up to the end of March. This continues a trend of slowing iPhone user growth in the US over the last several quarters. By CIRP’s estimates, the iPhone installed base in the US rose marginally from 189 million at the end of December to 193 million at the end of the March quarter....

A fan modder has added a fixed camera view back to Capcom’s remake of Resident Evil 2. The original Resident Evil 2 from 1998 is commonly held up as the highpoint of the series, with a pitch-perfect balance of great atmosphere, monsters and scares. Fans had petitioned Capcom for years asking for a remake, with the publisher finally giving in to their demands in 2015. After years of secrecy, the remake was unveiled at E3 2018, revealing it to be a darker and - somehow 0 even gorier take on the original game....

The Rev. Jesse Jackson has written to Apple CEO Tim Cook to urge the company to create “world-class working conditions” for low-paid contractors like security guards, requesting a meeting with Cook to discuss the issue, reports the San Jose Mercury News. The paper reports a growing debate about the widespread use of contract workers by tech companies for low-paid roles, contract staff having none of the protections or perks afforded to direct employees … The contrast with often highly-paid tech employees is, says the paper, stark....

The fight between AV companies and malware authors is getting bigger and bigger every single day. Both good and bad guys dedicate a lot of time to researching and implementing ways to detect and ways to avoid detection ( depending on which side these people are). Most of the malware research is usually concentrated on the infection mechanisms of the malware. Other points of focus include techniques used for the malware to communicate with its creator and completely surpassing the anti-virus evasion techniques used by the malware in the first place....

Lacie’s Rugged RAID Pro is an external portable RAID-enabled HDD that’s primarily aimed at photo and video editors who often find themselves on-the-go. Donning an unmistakable bright orange shock-resistant rubber sleeve, it fits right in with the Seagate-owned company’s other storage-centric options. On paper, the Lacie Rugged RAID Pro won’t light up the scoreboards. Even in the RAID 0 performance mode, it features a rather pedestrian 250 MB/s max read speed....

Feral Interactive has announced that Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration, ‘the definitive edition of the acclaimed action-adventure,’ will be coming to macOS and Linux this spring. The company says all the downloadable content will be bundled with the game, which includes both action and puzzle-solving … No details on exact timing, pricing or system requirements have yet been revealed. Players will become the young archaeologist Lara Croft as she seeks the lost city of Kitezh to recover the Divine Source, an ancient artifact with the power to grant immortality....

You lazybones (and other profane adjectives), are you trying to save space by writing one huge review instead of three? Perish the thought. This is the Web so unlike print, space is not the final frontier. We just did not want to risk your wrath by writing the same thing again and again, and believe us, that increasingly seemed like the case. You mean to say…these three Android One phones are THAT similar?...

We have already got the taste of reverse engineering with Reflector in the previous paper. It was basically a kick-start about this dissembling tool in terms of presenting its features and advantages. We have been performing the entire reverse engineering tactics over our custom made software called Champu. This software offers many security restrictions, and we have obtained sensitive information about the Trail Duration restriction in the previous article. Now, we are going to encounter the rest of security constraints, such as revealing the license key and understanding the user authentication mechanism....