New MacOS Sierra Available Includes Long-Awaited Features

October 15th, 2016

Over the past few years, most of MacOS’s updates have been aimed at bringing it firmly into alignment with iOS. Gradually, we’ve seen an increasing number of iOS’s features ported over to the desktop, up to and including the overall look and feel of the software that drives Apple’s mobile device empire.

Hacked Smart Devices Are Being Used To Launch Web Attacks

October 14th, 2016

Much has been written about the explosion in the size of the Internet of Things: a dizzying and rapidly growing collection of internet-connected objects that we use to make our lives more convenient. These days, you can find smart versions of everything from televisions to refrigerators, video cameras, home security systems, thermostats and more.

Small Businesses Are Adopting Cloud Services By A Large Margin

October 13th, 2016

Traditional web hosting services are on the way out, at least where small and medium sized businesses are concerned. These are the latest findings by Clutch.co, based on a recent survey of SMBs. A staggering 95% of them say they already have, or are planning to migrate from web hosting service companies to cloud hosting.

ClixSense Users Password Breach Affected 6 Million Users

October 12th, 2016

If you’ve never heard of ClixSense, you’re not alone. It’s a website that supposedly pays its users for viewing advertisements and completing surveys online. Unfortunately, people who signed up to use the system got a whole lot more than they bargained for.

Your Last.fm Password Could Have Been Compromised In 2012

October 10th, 2016

Are you familiar with the music service, Last.fm? If you used the service at any point in 2012, your password could be compromised.

This is the latest find announced by LeakedSource, which provides an online listing of data breaches from around the web, as well as a repository that contains copies of the stolen data.

Twitter Updates To Ease Certain Restrictions And Limits

October 8th, 2016

Longer Tweets are finally coming! Maybe. At some point.

It is the company’s single most requested feature: an easing of the tight, 140-character restriction on Tweet length. And although the company has often reiterated that it was holding fast to the limit, they’ve recently announced a willingness to reverse course in a limited fashion.

Tesla Latest To Get Hit With Remote Car Hack

October 7th, 2016

Tesla isn’t the first automaker whose increasingly automated vehicles have been hacked, but they are the latest. Fortunately, the hackers weren’t real hackers, but security researchers working for a firm called Keen Security Lab. The results, however, were disturbing to say the least.

iOS Vulnerability Also On Mac Computers OSX

October 6th, 2016

Last month, a devastating security flaw was found in iOS. The flaw that was discovered was a chained trio of zero day exploits that, if executed in the proper order, would allow a hacker to take total control over your iPhone. They would literally have unfettered access.

USB-C Growing: May Carry HDMI Signal In The Near Future

October 5th, 2016

The development of USB-C cables has generated quite a lot of excitement in the industry – even more now that there are standards in place to prevent faulty cables from being sold. This had been an issue in months past, where shoddily-made USB-C cables didn’t handle or monitor the throughput of power properly, resulting in several instances of fried electronics.

Your Next HP Printer May Be A Samsung

October 4th, 2016

HP, a giant in the printer industry, is looking for new ways to grow its business. As hardware companies have been seeing a steady erosion of revenue, HP isn’t taking it lying down. In response, the company has finalized an agreement to acquire Samsung’s printer division, which will give it a complete line of printers capable of accepting A3 paper size and a staff of six thousand, including 1,300 engineers and more than 6,500 patents.