TigerDirect is the first online retailer to accept the Bitcoin currency

Bitcoin, the virtual currency that's making waves has just got a major champion in retailer TigerDirect.com who announced they will be accepting Bitcoin - a peer-to-peer digital currency - as a method of payment on over 200,000 products. TigerDirect is the first major US electronics retailer and largest company to date to accept the digital currency Bitcoin via BitPay. Hit jump for the details.

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Some age appropriate titles on iBooks for Family Literacy Day

Sunday is Family Literacy Day  and to celebrate the love of reading, here are  few great books for different age categories available on the iBookstore. 

iBooks is an amazing way to download and read books. iBooks includes the iBooks Store, where you can download the latest bestselling books or your favorite classics – day or night. Browse your library on a beautiful bookshelf, tap a book to open it, flip through pages with a swipe or a tap, and bookmark or add notes to your favourite passages, on your iPhone, iPad, iPad mini with Retina display, and/or iPod touch.

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Review: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Micro Four Thirds camera

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

As DSLRs are feeling the pinch of smaller camera bodies with more innovative features and improving photo quality, companies like Olympus are crossing the threshold from consumer to semi-pro with improved bodies and lenses that are making waves. One such camera is the OM-D E-M1.

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Google to offer up to US$2.7 million for people to hack Chrome OS at Vancouver conference

Care to earn some extra cash and in Vancouver this March? Google is opening registration for Pwnium contest this March at CanSecWest security conference to be held in the coastal seaport city. The tech giant uses the Pwnium contest to discover bugs in both the Chrome operating system and browser.

Google will be offering US$110,000 for each exploit satisfying the criteria “browser or system-level compromise in guest mode or as a logged-in user, delivered via a web page.” And $150,000 for those who can “compromise with device persistence: guest to guest with interim reboot, delivered via a web page.” There will also be “significant bonuses for demonstrating a particularly impressive or surprising exploit.” The hacks can be performed on the Intel-based Acer C270 or ARM-based HP Chromebook 11. Registration is open until 5pm Pacific Time on March 10.