Some lucky AT&T customers are set to receive their Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphones earlier than anticipated, with reports coming out that some customers who have ordered the Galaxy S4 have noticed that their smartphone will ship on April 23, and not April 30.

Engadget have captured a screenshot from AT&T's website showing that there is indeed an April 23 shipping date for some customers. T-Mobile should begin offering their Galaxy S4's online on April 24, and they will have physical phones in their stores on May 1.

Windows 8.1 has seen its third leak, arriving to file sharing websites as build 9374. Build 9374 of Windows 8.1 doesn't seem to include any huge changes, but there is one interesting new addition: Kiosk Mode.

Kiosk Mode can be found in the PC settings menu, and seems to be a way of locking down a device to a single Windows 8-style application. These apps can be selected to launch at login, with the app lockdown in place for user accounts. Kiosk Mode seems destined for business users, or someone who wants to set it up in an embedded-like terminal that runs a single application.

Retail units could be deployed to run a single application, or business devices that allow employees to run a line-of-business application.

There are more people gaming on Mac's thanks to the popularity of Apple's MacBook Pro's and their iMac's, with most thanks given to Intel who made their way into Apple machines across the world.

Logitech have just stepped up, announcing that their Logitech Gaming Software is now compatible with Mac OS for all of their keyboard and mouse products. This means that Mac-based gamers can now enjoy the same personalization and customization of their products that PC gamers have enjoyed for years now. You can download the latest version of the Logitech Gaming Software from the Logitech support page.

HTC's One smartphone might not have captured as many users as they'd like, but that hasn't stopped the company from preparing another smartphone. DigiTimes is reporting that the currently codenamed M4 smartphone would be released in mid-June, featuring a "metal-alloy chassis".

The chassis is being supplied by Catcher Technology, with the rest of the smartphone reportedly consisting of a 4.3-inch 720p HD display, a 1.2GHz Snapdragon 400 processor, and an "Ultrapixel" rear-facing camera. We should also see 16GB of internal flash storage, 1GB of RAM and Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean with HTC's Sense 5 UI sprinkled on top. We should expect the M4 to drop in June, with widespread availability in Q3 2013.

The Xbox 360 has enjoyed its position as the best-selling console in the United States for the 27th consecutive month in a row according to new data from NPD Group. Last month, there were 261,000 Xbox 360 units sold in the US, beating both the PS3 and Wii U.

Physical sales were down 10% year-over-year, with $992.5 million in March 2013 compared to $1.1 billion in the same month of 2012. Software sales didn't rise, but they didn't fall much either, dropping just 1% year-over-year. The biggest decline came from hardware sales, dropping 32% to $221.6 million. This should be solved with the upcoming next-generation consoles. Portable consoles are having problems, experiencing a "stronger decline" than traditional ones.

Up until now, we control our tablets with our hands, but if Samsung has anything to do with that, it could all change. Samsung's Emerging Technology Lab has teamed up with the University of Texas' electrical engineering professor, Roozbeh Jafari, to research "how to bring mind control to its mobile devices with the hope of developing ways for people with mobility impairments to connect to the world".

A brain-controlled tablet isn't anywhere near ready, nor are they at the point of a marketable prototype yet, but Technology Review has reported that their current plans for a mind-controlled tablet involve "a cap studded with EEG-monitoring electrodes" that monitors "well-known brain activity patterns that occur when people are shown repetitive visual patterns".

Technology Review were treated to a demonstration of the technology, where researchers were able to open apps on their tablets by just concentrating on icons that were "blinking at a distinctive frequency".

CISPA was passed in the House yesterday, not receiving much mainstream attention because the public eye is glued to the events in Boston and Texas, but Anonymous have your back. The hacking collective are wanting a protest against the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) on April 22.

The protest they want to see is an "Internet Blackout Day" where they want "web developers and website owners to go dark" and to also "display a message as to why you are going dark, and encourage others to do the same".

If you're sitting in Canada right now wishing you could purchase the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0, well, now you can. The 8-inch tablet is available at Best Buy, Future Shop, Staples and other authorized retailers for $429.

If you don't know the skinny on the Note 8.0 by now, you'll be greeted with a 1280x800 8-inch display, Samsung's own Exynos 4412 quad-core processor, 16GB of internal storage, 2GB of RAM and rear- and front-facing cameras. Android 4.1 Jelly Bean makes an appearance, with Samsung splashing TouchWiz on top, with all sorts of stylus-optimized applications.

Ouya have provided another shipping update to their upcoming Android-based console, taking to their Kickstarter page and through e-mail, notifying consumers of some new information. Limited Edition units have been "fast-tracked", and will be finally shipping out sooner, nearly two weeks earlier than they were estimated to.

Standard orders are no longer prioritized over orders with extra controllers, with the orders including spare controllers to start shipping next week. The company are also working on methods of getting international orders out to backers faster, too. I'm looking forward to receiving my Limited Edition Ouya console, with some user names etched into the controllers, booyah.

Yahoo has decided to take some advice from rival Google and cut the ambilical cord to some services that have been underperforming. This morning the once king of search announced that it would be shutting down several features that have not performed well as of late.

Yahoo Deals, Yahoo Upcoming, Yahoo Kids, Yahoo SMS Alerts, and the feature phone versions of Yahoo Mail all will see their lives come to an end April 30th. Older versions of Yahoo Web Mail will also see a shut down during the week of June 3rd. The shutdowns come as Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer restructures the company and refocuses their goals into something profitable.

Last month Twitter announced that it would be shutting down TweetDeck Air, TweetDeck for Android, and TweetDeck for iOS but had not finalized the date on which the apps would go offline. Today we found out that date.

May 7th will be the last time that the TweetDeck mobile apps will see the light of day. They will be removed from their app stores and their APIs turned off. Facebook integration to TweetDeck will also cease to function.

Twitter says that both the Windows and Mac versions will stick around for the time being and will slowly be updated following browser updates. No word on if we will see a TweetDeck like replacement for mobile devices anytime soon though and our advice would be not to hold your breath.

This year marks the 23rd anniversary of the Hubble Telescope taking flight in orbit around the earth. To celebrate the occasion it revisited one of my favorite monuments in the night sky; the Horse Head Nebula (IC 434).

Located within the Orion Nebula (M42), the Horsehead is a massive star forming region which is comprised of dust and gas. The Hubble first imaged the Horse Head about 20 years ago and the resulting visible light image can be seen above. The red or pinkish glow originates from hydrogen gas predominantly behind the nebula, ionized by the nearby bright star Sigma Orionis. The darkness of the Horsehead is caused mostly by thick dust, although the lower part of the Horsehead's neck casts a shadow to the left.

The new image of the great Horse Head can be seen above. It shows the region in infrared light, which is made up of longer wavelengths than visible light and can see through the dusty cloud that usually obscures the nebula's inner regions. The result is a rather amazing, and stunning looking structure, made of delicate folds of gas.

The HTC One is no doubt one of the most highly anticipated new smartphones of the year. It's all aluminum uni-body design combined with some serious new camera technology has generated massive amounts of chatter amongst Android enthusiasts.

Four days ahead of its launch with T-Mobile, the company has announced its pricing structure for the HTC One based on its new "Un-Plan" business model. The 4.7-inch 1080 x 1920 pixels screened phone will run T-Mobile customers a contract free price of $99 down and 24 equal monthly payments of $20. Those not looking to sign a commitment on a "no commitment" plan can purchase the phone outright for $579.99.

The HTC Once is already on sale at Sprint and ATT and will arrive on T-Mobile shelves on the 24th, which is next Wednesday. I am still on the fence about upgrading to an HTC One or Samsung's Galaxy S4.

In anticipation of the upcoming movie Star Trek Into Darkness, J.J. Abrams' production company, Bad Robot, has released some breathtaking HD images of the Enterprise's Bridge used in the 2009 blockbuster Star Trek.

The images (source #1) show off the beauty of the Enterprise Reboot designed by Scott Chambliss, and display a remarkable level of detail that many fans just chalked up to being CGI creations. Bad Robot has also released a Star Trek Into Darkness app that will let you scan these high resolution images to earn extra points that will help you move up within the Starfleet ranks.

Star Trek Into Darkness releases on May 17th and I for one will be first in line to see it.

Just eight years ago IBM sold off its consumer PC business to Lenovo and now the company is looking to offload part of its server business to the Chinese business as well. Both the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg are confirming the reported $2.5 billion to $4.5 billion dollar deal.

The low-end System X server division would go to Lenovo if the deal passes, and the Server X line could see a complete revitalization after several years of low performance.

News of this deal comes shortly after IBM announced less than desirable earnings for Q1 2013, which saw System X earnings drop by more than nine percent. In contrast, IBM's high-end System Z mainframe business rose by seven percent.

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt made a secret trip to meet with the infamous Julian Assange while he was under house arrest in 2011. The reason for the meeting? Schmidt was researching information for his soon to be released book The New Digital Age.

The conversation covered topics from Assange's thoughts on Bitcoins, to Assange's seemingly never ending list of "crazy female visitors", and even Schmidt's past experiences with Delta Airlines. Schmidt asks Assange about his feelings on the damage that is caused by his website's information leaks, to which Assange compares WikiLeaks to YouTube. He says that like Google, WikiLeaks cannot review every piece of information uploaded to its site.

Assange went on to suggest that Google could provide WikiLeaks with some information on requests made by the US government under the Patriot Act. Schmidt responded by telling Assange that that would be illegal, but he would have Google's lead council forward future request notifications to WikiLeaks.

The popular online tank shooter World of Tanks suffered a security breach recently that could have led to account information being stolen from subscribers. The developer, Wargaming.net, has not released any detailed information on what exactly was stolen, but is advising all users to change their account password to ensure no accounts are lost.

In a statement on the matter Wargaming.net had the following to say:

"As a part of usual security practices, we recently became aware that some personal information may have been compromised due to a security incident. We immediately launched an investigation into the incident and can assure you that no financial information was accessed. However, we believe that some password hashes and email addresses were affected by the compromise."

As an incentive, the company is giving users who change their passwords 300 in-game gold, which is enough to purchase one day of premium services, resulting in a faster tank and faster research into new tanks.

Every time someone uses Siri on their iPhone, Apple stores that voice data for future testing and debugging. The files stay on Apples servers for a period of two years. This news comes after Wired inquired about ambiguity in Siri's privacy policy, which was brought to light by the ACLU.

Apple says that each data set is assigned a random number string that represents a person. After six months the data is disassociated with the account and stored for 18 months afterwards to be used in development and testing. If a user turns Siri off on their device, all data is deleted instantly.

Google has a nasty habit of not responding to customer support emails, and has an automated system that points you to the Google help forums, which are usually not that helpful.

Apparently Germany is not very happy about this and has told Google to remedy the situation or face the consequences.

The Federation of German Consumer Organisations (VZBV) has told Google to sign an undertaking that will revamp their customer service and elicit actual human responses when contacted by users. The VZBV is citing the Germany Telemedia Act, which requires all businesses to have an email in which customers can submit questions to.

Samsung has been quite vocal about its plans to turn the Galaxy S4 into the bestselling smartphone in history. This morning we are learning that the company is expecting to sell over 10 million Galaxy S4 devices in the first month alone.

Citing supply chain sources who are intimately familiar with Samsung's projected sales reports, DigiTimes is reporting that Samsung could ship as many as 30 million Galaxy S4 phones in its first quarter of sales alone, with 10 million of them flying off the shelves in the first month.

The company has lined up launches in 50 countries and more than 300 carriers, which will no doubt boost its initial sales numbers. Unlike HTC's One and Apple's iPhone 5, the Galaxy S4 is not expected to see any delays in shipping because Samsung actually manufacturers most of the components in-house, which is a huge advantage over the competition.