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ATM malware, controlled by a text message, spews cash
The malware can cause a cash machine to start churning out bills http://www.networkworld.com/news/2014/032514-atm-malware-controlled-by-a-280030.html By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service March 25, 2014 12:51 AM ET A group of enterprising cybercriminals have figured out how to get cash from a certain … Read the rest of this entry
These companies are tracking the fitness of their employees
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/17/why-companies-are-tracking-the-fitness-of-their-employees As the quantified self movement grows, a number of companies are looking to smartphone apps to deliver data-driven insights to create a more productive workforce by Siraj Datoo theguardian.com, Monday 17 March 2014 12.49 EDT Staff at a London … Read the rest of this entry
Oppo’s Find 7 boasts up to 1440p display, 2.5GHz Snapdragon and 50MP photos
by By Alex Dobie | Mar 19 2014 | 6:58 am Original Article Two flavors of Oppo’s new high-end phone launching in China this spring Chinese manufacturer Oppo has taken the wraps off its latest flagship smartphone, the Find 7. … Read the rest of this entry
How to Disable Unwanted Background Applications in Windows 7 and 8
By Suhail Ajmal On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 Link Being a Windows user, you might have experienced your PC getting slow. This is so common with Windows and no doubt very annoying. In a Windows machine several programs start functioning in the … Read the rest of this entry
25 old school websites for 25 years of the internet!
by Ben Davis 12 March 2014 16:14 Original Post The internet is 25 years old. Did you use it today? And yesterday? Wow, it’s really catching on. Here are some old websites from 1994 to 1998, when the web was in … Read the rest of this entry
Engineers Allege Hiring Collusion in Silicon Valley
By DAVID STREITFELDFEB. 28, 2014 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/01/technology/engineers-allege-hiring-collusion-in-silicon-valley.html SAN FRANCISCO — Tech companies love new ideas, unless they belong to someone else. Then any breakthroughs must be neutralized or bought. Silicon Valley executives know all too well that a competitor’s unchecked innovation … Read the rest of this entry
Choosing A Secure Password
As insecure as passwords generally are, they’re not going away anytime soon. Every year you have more and more passwords to deal with, and every year they get easier and easier to break. You need a strategy. By Bruce Schneier … Read the rest of this entry
Google’s working on a phone that maps your physical surroundings
Feb 21, 2014 – 2 hours ago Brandon Bailey @ San Jose Mercury News http://www.siliconbeat.com/2014/02/21/googles-working-on-a-phone-that-maps-your-physical-surroundings/ Why would you want such a phone? Google is inviting developers to help come up with applications, and it’s posted some ideas on a website … Read the rest of this entry
Microsoft Fan Says: ‘Windows 8 Is A Disaster In Every Sense Of The Word’
JULIE BORT FEB. 10, 2014, 9:40 PM AP One of Microsoft’s strongest supporters took a good, hard look at the soon-to-be released next version of Windows 8, which could arrive in April, and threw his hands up in frustration. The … Read the rest of this entry
California Leaders Push For Smartphone Kill Switch
by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS February 07, 2014 7:05 PM SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Legislation unveiled Friday in California would require smartphones and other mobile devices to have a “kill switch” to render them inoperable if lost or stolen — a … Read the rest of this entry