From PC World: In addition to having its own arsenal of digital weapons, the U.S. National Security Agency reportedly hijacks and repurposes third-party malware.
The NSA is using its network of servers around the world to monitor botnets made up of thousands or millions of infected computers. When...
From Maximum PC: There's a rumor going around saying that Apple is looking long and hard at ARM's A-Series chipsets for use in future Mac releases. While it wouldn't be the end of the world for Intel to lose Apple as a client, especially coming fresh off its best year ever, Intel would certainly...
From CNET: AT&T expects to record a pretax loss of $10 billion in the fourth quarter because its former employees are living longer and certain copper assets have been abandoned.
AT&T's results will include a $7.9 billion charge partly due to costs incurred by changes in its pension and post...
"We know how to optimize the individual rate allocation to every node in a multi-device MIMO wireless network using fancy techniques like SLP-PA," I told the guys who work with me in the same lab at the university. "But we might run into a bit of trouble setting up a $20 WiFi router we buy from the local computer store." We all laughed at the irony of that idea. While it is not entirely true (I just bought a pretty awesome 802.11ac router, loaded...
From PC World: Google ignored Microsoft’s calls for flexible vulnerability disclosure deadlines and released details of another unpatched Windows flaw, leaving users exposed for at least the next 25 days.
The new vulnerability, which was confirmed on Windows 7 and 8.1, might constitute a security...
From CNET: Four Silicon Valley companies -- including Apple and Google -- have agreed to pay $415 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit that accused the companies of conspiring not to hire away each other's employees.
The proposed settlement, which also includes Intel and Adobe Systems, was...
From DailyTech: Nintendo Comp., Ltd. (TYO:7974) Wii U may be continuing to struggle, but sales of the 3DS handheld have slowly built up steam, even in the era of smartphone gaming. Nintendo announced yesterday that it would be at long last bringing its latest and greatest second-generation 3DS...
From InfoWorld: Facebook, the world's largest social network, is making its first move into the enterprise.
The company has confirmed that it is beginning a pilot test of a desktop service and mobile app for what's being dubbed Facebook at Work, an enterprise-level social and collaborative network...
From PC World: Google has stopped a widespread malicious advertising attack that bounced Web surfers to dodgy sites hawking weight loss and skin care products.
The malicious ads were delivered to website owners signed up with Google’s AdSense program, wrote Denis Sinegubko, a senior malware...
From CNET: Samsung executives met with BlackBerry last week with an acquisition offer that was as high as $7.5 billion, according to Reuters, which cited an unnamed source. The Korean tech titan reportedly proposed an initial range of $13.35 to $15.49 a share, representing a 37.4 percent to 59.5...
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