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Noontec ZORO II wireless headphones review

Publié: novembre 24, 2016, 9:28pm CET par Mihăiță Bamburic

Wireless headphones are the future. Apple knows it, and pretty soon you will too. Let's face it, the good old 3.5mm jack is on its way out. Smartphone evolution will see to it. And when it will no longer be an option, many of us will come to realize that we have been living in the past for far too long After the first couple of minutes of using the Noontec ZORO II, this much was clear. Noontec has designed the ZORO II for the discerning headphone buyer who is looking to get rid of wires but, at the same… [Continue Reading]
Facebook is ready to censor posts in China -- should users around the world be worried?

Publié: novembre 24, 2016, 8:41pm CET par Mark Wilson

Facebook's relationship with China has a tense and turbulent history. The social network is currently banned in China, and this clearly takes a huge chunk out of Facebook's ad revenue. In a bid to keep Chinese authorities happy, Mark Zuckerberg has been involved in the creation of software that can be used to monitor and censor posts made by users. In terms of playing by China's rules, this is clearly great news for Facebook, and it opens up the possibility of the social network operating in the country. While there is the slight silver lining that Facebook's censorship tool does… [Continue Reading]
VirusTotal adds WhiteArmor to its lineup

Publié: novembre 24, 2016, 8:00pm CET par Mike Williams

VirusTotal has announced the addition of WhiteArmor’s engine to its antivirus lineup. The Chinese developer explains: WhiteArmor is [a] mobile antivirus engine armed with artificial intelligence and machine learning. WhiteArmor offers enterprise Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) solutions as complementary to EMM [Enterprise Mobility Management] for securing enterprise mobility. It’s another major plus for WhiteArmor, following the company’s impressive scores at AV-TEST earlier this year (100 percent protection from recently discovered malware, 99.4 percent of the latest malware in real time). If you’d like to test the technology for yourself, WhiteArmor’s Antivirus & Mobile Security is a capable and no-strings free… [Continue Reading]
Why cloud? Justification for non-techies

Publié: novembre 24, 2016, 7:56pm CET par Pete Johnson

Cloud computing is all the rage today, to the point that it feels like you can’t fill out your "buzzword bingo" card at any meeting without using the phrase. There are all kinds of technical reasons why cloud has the market momentum it does, but what if you aren’t swayed by such things? If you’ve seen technology trends come and go, you need non-technical justification for moving your business in any direction, and cloud computing is no different for you. So, what is the main justification for business owners to use cloud that doesn’t involve a lot of technical jargon?… [Continue Reading]
Deseat.me helps you delete yourself from the internet with a few clicks

Publié: novembre 24, 2016, 7:09pm CET par Mark Wilson

Everyone has a digital footprint these days, and it can be terrifying to think about the amount of personal information stored online in various accounts. You may have resolved to clean up your act and close a few of your accounts, and this is where Deseat.me can help. The site takes advantage of the fact that many of your online accounts are linked together by a common thread -- Google. By signing into the site with your Google credentials, Deseat.me will find all of your linked accounts and give you the option of wiping them out in one fell swoop.… [Continue Reading]
UK bank will let customers withdraw cash using their smartphone

Publié: novembre 24, 2016, 5:39pm CET par Sead Fadilpašić

UK bank Barclays is testing a new feature for cash withdrawals which should eliminate skimming at ATM machines, the BBC reports. The idea is similar to contactless and mobile payment systems -- you wave your smartphone close to an ATM machine and, when prompted, type in your PIN code in either the smartphone or the ATM. The bank says that way it will make it much harder to hijack card details. The new feature is being tested for Android-powered devices only, with iPhones being out of the picture. Apple has limited the use of iPhone NFC chips to their own Apple… [Continue Reading]
Kaspersky: DDoS attacks are a smokescreen

Publié: novembre 24, 2016, 4:49pm CET par Sead Fadilpašić

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks make a lot of noise, and according to a new Kaspersky Lab report, that’s exactly what hackers are using them for. As businesses are preoccupied with handling DDoS attacks, hackers use the opportunity for another, more targeted, and more deadly type of attack. Basically, DDoS is nothing more than a smokescreen. The conclusion comes in Kaspersky Lab’s report, which polled businesses about their cybersecurity experiences. More than half (56 percent) say DDoS is being used to cover something else. In more than a quarter (29 percent) of attacks, DDoS has been part of the tactics.… [Continue Reading]
Black Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre: Is social media the future of car insurance?

Publié: novembre 24, 2016, 2:58pm CET par Tom Roberts

A multinational company with thousands of employees and a turnover of more than £2 billion in 2015 requests access to young customers’ private social media history to predict their likely future behavior. While this might sound like the basis for an episode of Charlie Brooker’s dystopian TV series Black Mirror, it’s actually a real plan formulated by insurance provider Admiral to create more accurate quotes for young drivers. The initiative, aptly named firstcarquote, was intended to examine a user’s Facebook presence -- including the pages they like and the content they post -- to identify key personality traits. These traits,… [Continue Reading]
Hewlett Packard Enterprise laptop hack exposes personal details of 130,000 US Navy sailors

Publié: novembre 24, 2016, 2:23pm CET par Mark Wilson

A data breach has exposed the personal details of more than 130,000 US Navy sailors, including social security numbers. Rather than being a breach of the Navy's own defences, the data leak came about after a laptop owned by a Hewlett Packard Enterprise employee was compromised. In total, 134,386 current and former sailors are affected by the problem. At this stage it is not known who has been able to access the data, but the Navy is confident that it has not been misused. An investigation is currently underway and the Navy will start to notify the thousands of affected… [Continue Reading]
Microsoft shares Windows 10 telemetry data with third parties

Publié: novembre 24, 2016, 1:12pm CET par Wayne Williams

It’s no secret that Windows 10 records all sorts of usage information, some of which it feeds back to Microsoft. To help with the smooth running of Windows 10, and to get an idea of how users interact with the operating system, Microsoft collects telemetry data, which includes information on the device Windows 10 is running on, a list of installed apps, crash dumps, and more. Telemetry data recorded by Windows 10 is, in a nutshell, just technical information about the device the OS is on, and how Windows and any installed software is performing, but it can occasionally include… [Continue Reading]
CERT warning: Windows 10 is less secure than Windows 7 with EMET

Publié: novembre 24, 2016, 1:09pm CET par Mark Wilson

In direct contrast to Microsoft's assertion that Windows 10 is its most secure operating system ever, the US-CERT Coordination Center says that Windows 7 with EMET offers greater protection. With EMET due to be killed off, security experts are concerned. A vulnerability analyst from CERT, Will Dormann, advises Microsoft to continue the development of EMET. Microsoft says 'many' of EMET's features have been integrated into Windows 10, but the concern is that key components are missing, and others have been implemented in such a way that reduces their security. CERT concerns will be particularly worrying to business and enterprise users,… [Continue Reading]
Making sports smarter with big data

Publié: novembre 24, 2016, 1:08pm CET par Anil Kaul

Big data and analytics have transformed the way businesses operate, and big data increasingly has a profound influence on the daily lives of consumers. The sports world isn’t immune to the impact of big data: Statistics-driven sports like Major League Baseball and the National Football League have long crunched numbers to make key decisions, so using big data is a natural progression. During last summer’s Olympic Games in Rio, analysts and trainers pored over data to predict performance and develop strategies. Whether motivated by profit or the quest for a win, greater efficiency and increased accuracy, the sporting world is… [Continue Reading]
Caught red-handed: Reddit CEO edited comments that disparaged him

Publié: novembre 24, 2016, 12:48pm CET par Mark Wilson

If you leave a comment on a website you expect one of two things. First, and most likely, is for your comment to be left alone and posted as-is. The second possibility is that you might find your comment has been deleted because of violating site terms. Reddit, however, has a third option. The self-styled 'front page of the internet' is a little red-faced after CEO Steve Huffman admitted editing comments that were critical of him. Posting using the name 'spez', Huffman was able to anonymously edit comments and replace references to his name with those of Reddit moderators. Huffman… [Continue Reading]
Tech salaries are up in the UK

Publié: novembre 24, 2016, 12:44pm CET par Sead Fadilpašić

The technology skills gap is working well for those already in the industry, as the salaries for these positions in the UK just keep going up. According to a new Dice report, tech jobs have seen an increase of five percent, on average, in salaries, in the last 12 months. The highest average pay was spotted for program managers, with these positions getting a six percent increase in salaries, up to £78,847 for permanent roles. Contractors have day rates of £600 now, 1.5 percent up compared to last year. The biggest jump, however, goes to security analysts and senior java… [Continue Reading]
Travel firm Skyscanner sold to Chinese site Ctrip in $1.74 billion deal

Publié: novembre 24, 2016, 12:03pm CET par Mark Wilson

Edinburgh-based Skyscanner -- a site specializing in price comparison for travellers -- has been bought by its Chinese counterpart Ctrip. The deal values Skyscanner Holdings at $1.74 billion (around £1.4 billion) and sees the Scottish firm joining China's largest travel site, Ctrip.cn. Despite the sale, Skyscanner says that it will continue to operate as an independent company, and it will continue to help travellers find the best deals for hotels, flights and car rentals. Skyscanner already boasts 60 million monthly users, and is available around the world in more than 30 languages. The deal values the company slightly higher than… [Continue Reading]
11 rules to improve mobile security

Publié: novembre 24, 2016, 11:37am CET par Santosh Varughese

Mobile devices have inundated our lives. Smartphones, tablets, phablets, wearables, the list of mobiles and their variants is endless. People have stopped talking and started dat(a)ing in a big way. Communication through smart devices has clearly overwhelmed us like never before. People are buying, paying and living through their mobiles. Love and relationships can be activated through a single app. We have reached a state where people use more than a single smart device at a time. As long as the smart-ness of smartphones was confined to individuals, the corporate world could afford to remain a silent bystander, but no… [Continue Reading]