From PC World: Four researchers working separately have demonstrated a server’s private encryption key can be obtained using the Heartbleed bug, an attack thought possible but unconfirmed.
The findings come shortly after a challenge created by CloudFlare, a San Francisco-based company that runs a...
From CNET: T-Mobile wants the industry to drop the practice of overage fees.
Capping off a flurry of news, T-Mobile CEO John Legere said he is kicking off a campaign to abolish the fees that are charged when a customers go over their allotted voice minutes, data, or text messages. T-Mobile largely...
From DailyTech: T-Mobile CEO John Legere prides himself on shaking up the wireless industry and vows to be different from the big guys (namely AT&T and Verizon Wireless). To that end, T-Mobile has announced a limited time promotion that will see priced slashed for LTE versions of popular tablets....
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The rest were Made in China." Unless you have been living under a rock, many products are made in China for one reason or another, whether it is for cheaper labor, cheaper parts, or just because. This is true for products such as Apple's iPads and iPhones. Not only are many products made in China, some products may look awfully alike. For those Apple lovers out there, one could say that...
"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...
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