"He is the Asian guy with black hair, brown eyes, and glasses," I told my friend. "Oh yeah, I know that guy!", my friend replied, albeit with a slight tone of sarcasm that can be clearly sensed from a mile away without any further explanation required. Sometimes, it is quite impressive how often we can give a description of someone or something that can be so detailed, yet so useless all at the same time. What is the first thing that comes to...
From InfoWorld: Google is boosting Android security safeguards to better detect potentially harmful apps throughout their life cycle.
The security enhancement, announced Thursday, is designed to continually check Android devices to detect vulnerabilities in apps that could be introduced at any time...
From GreenBot: Among the many, many features of the new Galaxy S5 is something called "Download Booster." When it's enabled, the phone downloads large files (over 30MB) using both your Wi-Fi connection and cellular network at the same time, combining their bandwidth for zippier downloads.
But if...
From DailyTech: Nikon has rolled out its new Coolpix S810c, which is point-and-shoot camera that runs the Android (4.2.2) operating system. The S810c features 12x optical zoom and a 16MP sensor. Nikon says that the OS and integrated Wi-Fi gives the camera a feel similar to that of a smartphone when...
From CNET: eBay and Carl Icahn have called a truce in their ongoing proxy battle, at least for now.
After months of arguing over board nominees and the future of PayPal, the two sides hammered out an agreement ahead of eBay's annual meeting on May 13.
Icahn will withdraw his proposal that the...
From InfoWorld: Twitter was not affected by the Heartbleed Internet vulnerability that rocked the Web security world this week, making one less password consumers need to change to protect themselves, but users still need to be careful how they respond to the threat.
Heartbleed is a bug in OpenSSL...
From PC World: Canada Revenue Agency has halted online filing of tax returns by the country’s citizens following the disclosure of the Heartbleed security vulnerability that rocked the Internet this week.
The country’s Minister of National Revenue Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay wrote in a Twitter message...
From DailyTech: Facebook users are notoriously hard to please. Any time the social network tries to make changes, hoards of users take to the internet to complain. A new change that Facebook is getting ready to implement will undoubtedly make some users angry.
Facebook is set to remove chat...
From CNET: Intel will close an assembly-and-test operation in Costa Rica this year, eliminating 1,500 jobs as a result.
The closure of the Costa Rica plant is part of a wider plan to cut costs and shift Intel's focus away from the PC market and to the mobile market, which has expanded at a rapid...
From PC World: Microsoft on Tuesday suspended serving Windows 8.1 Update to businesses that rely on WSUS (Windows Server Update Services), saying that a bug would prevent devices from recognizing future updates.
WSUS is Microsoft's standard corporate update service and is used by IT staffs to...
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