From InfoWorld: The Network Time Foundation's Network Time Protocol Project has patched multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities with the release of ntp-4.2.8p9. The last update to the open source protocol used to synchronize computer clocks was in June.
"NTP users are strongly urged to take...
From CNET: US shoppers made $1.2 billion in purchases with their phones and tablets on Friday, the first time in US retail history that mobile revenue exceeded $1 billion in one day, according to data released Saturday by Adobe.
Overall Black Friday sales surpassed another milestone, rising 21...
If you have spent some time studying biology, you will realize your thumb is the most important digit on the human hand. Because of its large range of movement and high relative strength, as well as the fact humans have what are known as opposable thumbs, we rely on it to do a whole lot of things. Particularly, we need it to grasp, manipulate, and handle objects well. To prove this theory, I just went around the office and tried to pick something...
Growing up, I had to learn three different languages. One of them is my first language and the second is English, and since I grew up with both of them, I did not really need to work as hard to learn them properly. However, at school, we had to take a third language as well. At that point, I was young and did not really care about learning another language, because I thought it had no use, which now that I am living in Canada is basically true...
From CNET: HTC 10 owners have one more thing to be thankful for this weekend.
HTC is rolling out an update that will let users of the unlocked version of the device to upgrade to Android 7.0 Nougat, Google's latest operating system. Nougat will be available from Friday, the company's vice president...
From PC World: Japan plans to build a super-efficient computer that could vault it to the top of the world's supercomputer rankings by the end of next year.
With a processing capacity of 130 petaflops, the planned computer would outperform the current world leader, China's Sunway TaihuLight, which...
From CNET: Amazon.com is reportedly in talks to acquire the Arab world's version of itself, Souq.com, for about $1 billion.
The deal, which Bloomberg reported on Thursday citing people familiar with matter, would help the retail giant gain traction in the fast-growing Middle East market.
Amazon is...
From InfoWorld: Google is acquiring Qwiklabs, a company that helps people learn how to use public cloud services to run applications without operating a data center.
It's a helpful move for Google, which is trying to expand the use of its cloud platform and stands to gain when developers and IT...
From CNET: The Edinburgh-based flight comparison company will continue to operate independently after it's taken over by China's Ctrip in a deal worth £1.4 billion (around $1.75 billion or AU$2.3 billion).
"Ctrip and Skyscanner share a common view," said Gareth Williams, co-founder and Chief...
From PC World: If you were just getting used to the “Google Cast” name, it’s time to refamiliarize yourself with Chromecast.
Google has begun to move away from the ‘Google Cast’ brand for speakers, TVs, and other hardware that supports Google’s casting technology. Instead it’s now promoting the...
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