When Microsoft’s Mr. Virtual Reality, Alex Kipman, took to the stage at Computex in Taiwan today, there were plenty in the room who might have expected him to reveal a launch date for Microsoft HoloLens. Those people were ultimately disappointed. Instead, Microsoft revealed that it would be opening up the “mixed reality” platform that drives …

Bill Gates famously said that making Windows users type Ctrl+Alt+Delete to log in was “a mistake”. Now, if Microsoft gets its way, typing could be phased out for good with the company unveiling a new way of logging in from your wrist. Microsoft used its keynote presentation at Computex in Taiwan to talk up the new features of Windows Hello, …

Intel has confirmed that it will launch its eagerly anticipated 7th Generation core processors by the end of the year, with production beginning within months. Taking the stage at Computex in Taipei on Tuesday, General Manager of Intel’s Client Computing Group, Navin Shenoy announced the news, confirming that production would begin on the processors by the end of this quarter. …

Dual-core. Quad-core. Octa-core. Chipset manufacturers have been boosting processing power by leaps and bounds in recent years. Now, Intel is going one better with the next-generation Broadwell-E chip family, its first ever 10-core desktop processor. You heard that right: Intel is going for “10-core” in its branding here, ditching the logical naming progression to “deca-core.” Apparently, we don’t need Latin …

As far as Netflix Originals go, you can’t get much better than “Orange is the New Black.” When it comes to the best women on TV, forget “The New Girl” and “The Real Housewives,” I’d rather spend my time with Crazy Eyes, Taystee and Pennsatucky any day of the week, thank you very much. So we’re just a little bit …

If you’ve dabbling in the torrents lately, it’s unlikely you’ll receive a letter from your ISP in the post any time soon, after the peak body representing Australia’s Internet service providers revealed that the industry’s proposed scheme has been quietly shelved. Communications Alliance joined forces with Foxtel to notify the Australian Media and Communications Authority of the news in a …

eBay is imagining a future where we shop in VR, and it wants you to put on your “shoptacles” and start buying. The granddaddy of e-commerce is jumping on the virtual reality bandwagon with the launch of what it claims is the “world’s first” VR shopping app. eBay has partnered with Australian department store Myer for the launch, offering 12,500 …

The ACCC is warning Australians to keep their guard up online after a rise in scams left victims AU$229 million out of pocket in 2015. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released its annual Targeting Scams Report, tracking a rise in the number of people reporting scams as well as an increase in financial losses. In total, the ACCC …

The inexorable slide into a world without Flash continues, with Google revealing plans to phase out support for Adobe’s Flash Player in its Chrome browser for all but a handful of websites. And the company expects the changes to roll out by the fourth quarter of 2016. While it says Flash might have “historically” been a good way to present …

Keen to kickstart a community project or back the latest invention on the Internet? Take note: PayPal has updated its terms of service, removing purchase protection for payments made on crowdfunding platforms. The new policy comes into effect as of June 25, and it also drops protections for users paying for gambling and gaming (or “any other activity with an …