Category: Headlines
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The Smartphone Camera – The New Crime Fighting Weapon
Within the near future, crime fighting capability will involve taking a photo using a smartphone camera. In addition, this will prevent people from being ripped off. With a single snap, a user of the smartphone can determine if someone is trying to sell them a fake mobile device. Thanks to scientists from Northwestern University, an…
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Serious Security Flaw Identified for Hackers to Steal iPhone Passwords
It has been discovered that Apple’s iOS mobile platform, as well as the OS X desktop operating system have a major security flaw. Security researchers just discovered the problem, which has since been confirmed by Apple. With this flaw in place, hackers have the ability to build an application that can steal all saved passwords…
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New User Tool Aids in Fighting Harassment on Twitter
Especially over the past year, levels of harassment have reached a fevered pitch. Although executives with Twitter have taken some action, they are now providing users with a new tool that will have a significant impact. Unfortunately, Twitter, among other social media sites, have done poorly when it comes to policing content. Advocates have been…
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Record Labels Unhappy With Apple Music Contracts
A number of record labels have been vocally protesting the contracts that Apple is requiring for the record labels to participate in the company’s Apple Music venture. The record labels say that Apple is requiring conditions that would harm the record labels financially while reducing the amount that Apple pays to stream their music. The…
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Samsung Galaxy Software Flaw Lets Hackers Listen In
A recently found software flaw affecting Samsung Galaxy smartphones could allow a determined hacker to listen in on your phone calls. According to a report from U.S. based security firm NowSecure, the software flaw was found in the devices’ pre-installed SwiftKey keyboard predictive text technology. As many as 600 million Samsung Galaxy smartphones may be…
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IBM Pours Money Into Big Data
IBM has announced that the company will be investing a considerable sum of money into a new open-source project for real-time data analysis called Apache Spark. IBM plans to have more than 3,500 developers and researchers working on projects related to the Spark technology and open a Spark technology center in San Francisco. Academic and…
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Did The St. Louis Cardinals Hack The Houston Astros?
Did the St. Louis Cardinals hack into the secure network of the Houston Astros and steal valuable player information? An inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation aims to answer that question. Hacking into the internal networks of a rival team to steal closely guarded player and personnel information is a definite no-no in the…
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Hacking Confirmed for Popular Password Management Tool
Joe Siegrist, CEO and Co-founder of LastPass, the company behind highly popular password management tools announced it has been hacked. In a statement just released, Siegrist confirmed via the company blog that breach on its system was detected by the LastPass team. As part of notifying the community, he explained that suspicious activity on the…
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Adobe Finally Launches Android Photoshop Applications
After much anticipation, Android users can finally enjoy the benefits of Adobe’s Photoshop Mix and Shape CC, along with Brush CC and Color CC. The core of Adobe’s mobile applications has finally been released, which is now available on Google Play Store. Starting today, all four of these applications are available for people who use…
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Electronic Entertainment Expo 2015: Its All Fun And Games
Thousands of gamers and fans descended on Los Angeles for video gaming’s largest convention: the Electronic Entertainment Expo, also known as E3. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the trade group that organizes E3, has made the event into the video game industry’s biggest annual conference. Microsoft, Nintendo and Electronic Arts are some of the biggest…