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Could Disney buy Twitter?

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 11:13pm CEST par Anthony Spadafora

Last week it came to light that Salesforce was considering a takeover of Twitter. Now it appears though that Walt Disney is also interested in placing a bid on the social network which could be used to help deliver its content to even more consumers. So far it seems that Disney is interested in Twitter's ability to distribute video streaming to a large global audience. If the deal were to go through, it would give the company a new channel to distribute its content, as well as content from both ABC and ESPN which it owns. Now that consumers are… [Continue Reading]
Apple gets a new London home in Battersea Power Station

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 9:32pm CEST par Mark Wilson

Apple is setting up its new London headquarters in one of the most iconic buildings of the capital's skyline. Battersea Power Station will soon be home to 1,400 Apple staff, who will occupy 40 percent of the building. Sitting next to the River Thames, the former power station has been unused for a number of years, but is set to enjoy a new lease of life as part of a redevelopment project in the area. Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London described Apple's move as a "sign that London is open to the biggest brands in the world", and an… [Continue Reading]
Swim.com app transforms Apple Watch 2 into an advanced swim workout tracker

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 8:57pm CEST par Wayne Williams

It was clear at the launch of the new Apple Watch that the company was focusing very much on the health aspect of its popular wearable, and by making the new iteration waterproof it could, for the first time, appeal to swimmers as much as runners. Apple Watch Series 2’s basic swim functionality may be enough for some users, but if you take your swimming seriously, there’s a new Swim.com app designed with you in mind. The app can record stroke count, stroke type, differentiate periods of rest from swimming, track intervals, pace, efficiency and more, and workouts are automatically… [Continue Reading]
Wink releases version 2 of its home automation hub

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 8:56pm CEST par Alan Buckingham

About a year ago, Wink released its first home automation hub and it came out of the box with a great deal of compatibility, working with a good many of the products already on the market, along with Amazon Echo for voice control of the home. Since then the list of supported products has grown and Wink has added many new ones, but it seemed increasingly clear that the hub could eventually get overwhelmed. So now the company is introducing a new model known simply as Wink Hub 2. The new model features an improved Wi-Fi radio for 2.4 and 5GHz… [Continue Reading]
Enterprises' favorite cloud solution is IaaS

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 8:52pm CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

Just over half of enterprises (51 percent), which decide to deploy a cloud solution, opt for Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), over Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) or Software-as-a-Service (Saas). This is according to a new report by Intel DCM, based on a survey of 204 US-based IT managers, directors, software engineers and DevOps responsible for overseeing their enterprise cloud strategy. The report also states that DevOps teams spend most of their time monitoring complex environments in their organization. That includes tuning infrastructure, and remediation analysis. Besides Software-as-a-Service, and Platform-as-a-Service, IaaS is considered a main category for cloud computing services. It provides virtualized computing resources, over the… [Continue Reading]
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14936 for PC and Mobile arrives on the Fast ring

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 7:15pm CEST par Wayne Williams

The Ignite conference in Atlanta might be keeping many Microsoft employees busy, but it hasn’t stopped developers working on the next big update of Windows 10. A week after Build 14931 arrived on the Fast ring, Windows Insiders are today being treated to another new update -- Build 14936 for PC and Mobile. As you can probably guess from the small incremental build number change, this doesn’t come packed with new features, but rather introduces some welcome fixes and minor enhancements. Improvements for PC in this build include: Fixed the issue causing Narrator to continually speak the progress of a… [Continue Reading]
Germany bans Facebook from collecting WhatsApp users' data

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 7:01pm CEST par Anthony Spadafora

Germany has decided to ban WhatsApp and Facebook from sharing user data with one another as consumers did not agree to the data sharing deal between the two companies. Last month, it was announced that WhatsApp would begin sharing the data it collected from its users to Facebook. The social network would then use that data to help it better serve ads and generate more information from the people using the popular messaging app. When the agreement was made public, there was a great deal of outrage with many consumers arguing that the arrangement between the two companies should not be… [Continue Reading]
IP shielding enables secure voice and video conferencing

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 6:58pm CEST par Ian Barker

There's a great deal of emphasis on securing data and email, but essential business communication via voice and video tends to get ignored. Yet these communications are vulnerable, partly because devices constantly release metadata, telling the network where and how to route communications. To address this, Privacy-as-a-Service platform specialist Dispel is launching a secure voice and video conferencing service, a single application designed to provide enterprises and individuals with impenetrable private communications on their smartphones and mobile devices. "Parallel with the increased use of encryption, big data analysis and behavioral inference have become the techniques of choice for technically sophisticated… [Continue Reading]
Linux Mint unveils 'Mintbox Mini Pro' -- a diminutive desktop powered by AMD

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 6:40pm CEST par Brian Fagioli

If you are a fan of Linux-based desktop operating systems, you probably have done this before -- buy a Windows PC and replace the pre-installed OS with your favorite distro. While this can be a fine practice, there are some problems with it. Of course, you may experience issues with drivers -- especially Wi-Fi cards. Even worse, if you ever need support, the manufacturer might turn you away when it finds out you loaded Ubuntu, Fedora, or something else. A smart alternative is to buy a computer from a company that cares about Linux, such as System76. That company sells beautiful laptops… [Continue Reading]
Cellebrite cagily claims it can hack into just about any phone including iPhone 7 and Nougat handsets

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 5:33pm CEST par Mark Wilson

Israeli security firm Cellebrite -- the company said to have helped the FBI access the San Bernadino iPhone -- says that it has the power to break into, and extract data from, just about any phone out there. Speaking with the BBC, the company demonstrated how it can crack the password on a smartphone to access its data. It said that it was able to extract data from the very latest handsets including Android 7 devices and the iPhone 7. Cellebrite says it works with law enforcement agencies around the world too, and stopped short of saying it refused to… [Continue Reading]
Does your personality make you more likely to get hacked?

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 4:53pm CEST par Ian Barker

LogMeIn the company behind the LastPass password manager has released the results of a survey looking at consumer psychology, behavior and attitudes when it comes to managing personal passwords. Among the findings are that 61 percent of respondents use the same or similar passwords across accounts, and 55 percent of them do it even though they understand the risk. Also more than a third (39 percent) create more secure passwords for their personal accounts than their work accounts. Only five percent of respondents didn't know the characteristics of a secure password, with the majority of respondents understanding that passwords should… [Continue Reading]
BlackBerry ends smartphone development

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 4:47pm CEST par Mihăiță Bamburic

BlackBerry used to be an incredibly successful smartphone maker, but the iPhone and Android changed that. Now, the company formerly known as RIM cannot even manage to sell a measly one million units in a quarter, let alone compete against players like Apple and Samsung. So, with a market share hovering around the 0.1 percent mark, BlackBerry has decided to take a big step back, announcing that it will stop developing its own smartphones. Instead, BlackBerry will focus on a more lucrative market -- enterprise software services. "The company plans to end all internal hardware development and will outsource that… [Continue Reading]
Board members say they need cyber security experts

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 4:13pm CEST par Ian Barker

Three out of five board members believe that they need to have cyber security experts on their boards, yet only one in six claim to have substantial expertise in understanding the implications of cyber security. These are among the findings of a report from risk analytics specialist Bay Dynamics which looks at why boards of directors are making cyber security a top priority and the challenges they face in reducing risk. The need for compliance is driving many decisions, in the past two years, there has been an 11-fold increase in the number of organizations citing increased regulation from government… [Continue Reading]
Amazon launches all-new Fire TV Stick with faster hardware and Alexa Voice Remote

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 3:35pm CEST par Wayne Williams

There are a lot of media streaming products to choose from, but my personal favorite is Amazon’s Fire TV Stick. It’s compact, powerful and gives you access to Amazon’s full range of on-demand video content, as well as apps and games. Today, the retail giant announces a new version of Fire TV Stick that’s faster and adds Alexa voice control to the remote. No more browsing long lists of TV shows and movies, now you can simply ask Alexa to play anything you're interested in, launch apps, and more. As well as launching shows, you can ask Alexa for recommendations… [Continue Reading]
ripgrep is a fast, powerful cross-platform grep

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 3:08pm CEST par Mike Williams

Once you’re used to the power of grep, regular Windows text-searching tools can seem a little, well, basic. Fortunately there some quality alternatives around, and ripgrep is an excellent open-source project with builds available for Windows, Linux and OS X. As you’d expect, the program arrives as a single executable with no installations or awkward dependencies. Just unzip and place it somewhere on your path. Basic usage starts very simply. rg text_to_find This tells ripgrep to recursively search files in the current directory, ignoring binary or hidden files, displaying the names of any files containing the specified text, with several… [Continue Reading]
New service helps enterprises secure legacy applications

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 3:05pm CEST par Ian Barker

Many companies rely on legacy applications, but while they're keen to get maximum return on their investment and avoid the costs of moving to a new system, they may be opening themselves to security threats. Information risk management consultancy AsTech Consulting is launching its Legacy Application Security Evaluation and Remediation (LASER) guided security improvement program to help companies uncover hidden security issues. "LASER is first fully scalable, productized service focused exclusively on large legacy applications allowing companies to tailor the level of investigation they want focused on their application, and the type of help they need to address the vulnerabilities in the… [Continue Reading]
Android users can help map mobile coverage in the UK: iPhone owners need not apply

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 12:57pm CEST par Mark Wilson

Looking to paint a more accurate picture of what mobile coverage is like across the country, UK communications regulator Ofcom has released an app that can pull in data from millions of Android users. The app, called Ofcom Mobile Research, is only available for Android and has been designed to measure not only mobile broadband performance, but also voice call quality. While building up a mass of data from participating Android users, iPhone owners are locked out of contributing because of the way iOS works. Android apps can run in the background -- important when you are gathering data but… [Continue Reading]
Customers lose trust in hacked businesses

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 11:29am CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

If your business gets hacked, expect to lose a significant portion of your customers -- for good. This is according to a new report released by Alertsec, the cloud-based encryption company. Its Brand Perception Study, based on a poll of 1,200 Americans, says 17 percent of women and 11 percent of men would permanently lose trust in a hacked company. Almost a third (29 percent) would need months to return while a further 22 percent would need only one. Men are also more likely (16 percent) to switch brands after a hack than women (6 percent). For more than a third… [Continue Reading]
EFF slams HP's printer DRM that forces the use of official ink cartridges

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 11:23am CEST par Mark Wilson

A few days ago, HP upset printer owners by issuing a software update to block the use of third-party cartridges. The beauty of third-party ink cartridges is, of course, that they cost a fraction of official ones, but HP didn’t like the idea of missing out on income and decided to implement DRM to block them. The company has described the move as a way "to protect HP's innovations and intellectual property" but printer owners see it as little more than a money grab. Digital rights group EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) is similarly irked and has written to HP president… [Continue Reading]
The CW Network is now streaming for free on Roku

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 10:20am CEST par Alan Buckingham

When you put together all of the shows one person watches, the list can cover a staggering amount of channels. It seems like we're always flipping from one to another when we have nothing particular on. That gave rise to today's channel packages, which can provide hundreds of networks to choose from. One channel that does provide content viewed by a wide range of people is CW, and now it's coming to Roku. The tiny set-top box maker announces the network is available beginning right now and it's free -- no login or subscription needed. Roku promises "The CW channel will… [Continue Reading]
Amy Schumer and Justin Bieber top the 2016 McAfee 'Most Dangerous Celebrities' list

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 8:19am CEST par Brian Fagioli

When people think of online malware, they sometimes think infections only come from 'bad' websites, such as pornography and warez. Yeah, those types of sites can definitely house malware, but so can any site. In fact, bad guys will often target users through seemingly wholesome places, where a person may let their guard down. Today, McAfee announces its annual 'Most Dangerous Celebrities' list. No, the celebrities themselves are not a danger to the public -- as far as I know, at least. Actually, these are people that, when their names are entered as search terms, can cause an increased chance of leading to… [Continue Reading]
Toshiba unveils OCZ TL100 SATA SSD

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 5:51am CEST par Brian Fagioli

Another day, another SATA SSD. Yeah, these SATA solid state drives are no longer exciting, since for the most part, they all have similar performance. As PC enthusiasts and gamers look to faster PCI-e NVMe SSDs, there is still a market for SATA drives. Today, Toshiba announces the OCZ TL100 SATA SSD series, and it is rather lackluster. The drive features TLC NAND and relatively low capacities of 120GB and 240GB. This is not designed for performance, nor is it ideal for those looking to store a lot of files. Who is it for? Consumers that are still using mechanical hard drives and want… [Continue Reading]
The Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump presidential debate set a YouTube record

Publié: septembre 28, 2016, 2:38am CEST par Brian Fagioli

Last night was the big debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Many people expected it to be very exciting. Unfortunately, it wasn't. Both candidates played it safe, and overall, it was sort of a snooze-fest. Still, I stayed with it for the entire 90+ minutes, just in case something did happen at the last minute. Apparently, I was not the only one watching the debate and staying tuned-in. On YouTube in particular, the election event was wildly popular, where it set a new viewing record. While not the most-watched live stream overall, it was the most-watched political live stream… [Continue Reading]