From PC World: Microsoft says the Superfish adware that potentially exposed thousands of Lenovo PCs to man-in-the-middle attacks is well under control.
To battle the Superfish scourge, Microsoft added automated detection of the adware to its real-time protection products, such as Windows Defender...
From CNET: Facebook, the world's largest social network, has updated its community standards to clarify the content that people are and aren't allowed to share.
The update is designed to provide "more detail and clarity on what is and is not allowed," Facebook said in a blog post Sunday.
With more...
From DailyTech: Early 2014 saw Japanese electronics conglomerate Sony Corp. (TYO:6758) enter crisis mode. In an effort to stitch up is bleeding balance sheet, the company committed to committed to cuts of JP¥70B (~$580M USD) in spending and layoffs of 5,000 employees globally.
It also spun off the...
When it comes to food, I will say I am one of those people who will eat mostly anything, as long as it is edible. When I was a toddler, there were a bunch of people at my church who were making crafts with other kids. In this case, they took used crayons and melted them into different shapes with plastic molds. As I was too young to actually do this, I sat on the side and observed the other children making their crayons. After they were finished...
Back in the days, when I was on my internship for engineering, my coworkers and I would sit around the table at lunchtime to talk. One topic of particular interest was the web poll results published by the local town paper. "Looks like 67% of the people voted 'yes' and 33% voted 'no' this week," we used to say. "That probably meant two people voted 'yes' and one voted 'no'." As funny as that sounded, it was actually not too far from the truth...
From InfoWorld: Windows 10 beta testers woke up this morning to a new notice on Insider Hub. As Windows 10 spokesman Gabe Aul warned yesterday, this announcement suggests that those who aren't up for an old-fashioned beta roller coaster ride would be better off in the slow lane.
For those who have...
From PC World: The laptop world we live in dictates that as weight drops and dimensions shrink, capability get squeezed out of the picture.
That’s the fine line Asus has to walk with its new G501 gaming laptop, which boasts a tour de force of check-off features while remaining impressively svelte...
From CNET: Apple personal virtual assistant, Siri, might soon be competing for your time with Cortana, its counterpart from Microsoft.
Cortana will be coming to iOS and Android at some point after Windows 10 rolls out with an updated version of Microsoft's virtual assistant software, Reuters...
From DailyTech: The Nexus 6 by the Lenovo Group Ltd.'s (HKG:0992) Motorola Mobility unit was announced last October with the unveil of Android 5.0 "Lollipop." But as of February America's largest carrier, Verizon Wireless (Verizon Communications, Inc. (VZ)) still hadn't launched Nexus 6.
Big Red...
From InfoWorld: Google's original Chromebook Pixel strode boldly toward a brighter, more Web-centric world -- and left most of us behind, unfortunately. Google's new Pixel still tries to lead the way, but with apps and services to help justify its updated, premium hardware.
Google launched two new...
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