A quartet of hackers based in the Philippines have allegedly bilked AT&T and possibly other telecommunications companies out of millions, which they channeled to their own bank accounts and to accounts associated with a terrorist organization. [......]
MSI's been bitten by the overclocking bug and is hoping you have as well. [......]
This Kickstarter project has been kicking around the Internet a bit but it’s pretty cool. [......]
An original Polaroid SX70 camera would be a dream for many an analog photography lover. [......]
Be careful, the Kindle Fire is hot. Burning up you might say. [......]
Just two weeks after announcing the development of a new 3DMark benchmark for Windows 8, Futuremark says its team of programmers are also hard at work on a version for Android slated for 2012. 3DMark for Android (working title) will push out results that will be comparable with 3DMark for Windows 8 (also a working title), no small feat when you're dealing with two entirely different platforms. "Since 1998, the PC industry has relied on 3DMark to accurately measure gaming hardware performance. [......]
London Bridge (Tower Bridge) : Reflection on the River Thames On Friday, the UK government released its " Cyber Security Strategy ," acknowledging the importance of the Internet to modern life, but also the risks it poses from criminals, terrorists, and nation states. Over the next four years, and at a cost of £650 million ($1 billion), the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) has four objectives: "tackle cyber crime," make the UK more resilient to "cyber attacks," create an open and stable "cyberspace," and ensure that the UK has the skills and knowledge to provide all "cyber security" needs. In a document that unironically uses the word "cyber" more often than a mid-90s AOL chatroom, a wide range of future actions are described[......]
You may now shop two malls again without fear of individualized tracking—at least by your cell phone signal. Privacy concerns raised by US Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) have ended plans by malls in southern California and Virginia to "survey" customers' shopping habits by tracking their cell phone signals. [......]
When Cyber Monday rolls around, everyone’s eyes dart to the big boys like Amazon and Newegg for cheap goods, but niche retailers have their own deals too. Case in point: the DIY repair nuts at iFixit have whipped together a nifty bundle for aspiring iPhone modders who would like to see the fruits of Apple’s design savvy instead of an opaque black panel. For $29, you get one of iFixit’s transparent rear plates for either the GSM iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S , along with the necessary tools to do the job[......]
There are things you need to be afraid of when you’re a new parent. There’s gluten, pull cords, Disney products, and BPA, to be sure, but what about wild robotic strollers that look as if they’ll eat your wee ones in one snap of their plastic jaws[......]
Motorola's Droid 4 is an Android smartphone traditional typists can get excited about. [......]
Graphics card vendors have been busy with the onslaught of new PC titles heading into the holiday, forcing AMD to release its second out of cycle performance driver in less than 2 weeks. Catalyst 11.11b includes Crossfire performance scaling for Skyrim, similar multi-gpu support for Assassin’s Creed Revelations, along with DirectX 11 tweaks for Batman Arkham City. [......]
Thanksgiving is here, and across the US millions will be visiting parents and grandparents, eating themselves into a coma, and watching sports on TV. Though it's traditional to spend Friday giving thanks to the great god Consumerism, The Atlantic has come up with a new idea: make Friday, November 25 into Update Your Parents' Browser Day . The proposal is simple: tomorrow, update your parents' browser to the newest version available. [......]
Home is where the heart is. It’s also the place where most people will live and die so give a gift that will make someone’s life a bit easier (or fun). [......]
Remember Chrome OS? Google's cloud-based operating system was all over the news when Chromebooks first came out, and then they virtually disappeared from headlines. [......]
