Phones Leave a Telltale Trail The April robbery at the Cartier store in Chevy Chase, Md., was brazen and quick. After grabbing 13 watches valued at $131,000, the suspects fled in a waiting car and melted into traffic. It was one of more than a dozen similar capers that had stumped police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. But, in …
NSA snooping: Facebook reveals details of data requests Facebook, which recently opened a massive data centre in Sweden, said it had “aggressively” protected its user data from the US government Facebook received 9,000-10,000 requests for user data from US government entities in the second half of 2012. The social-networking site said the requests, relating to between 18,000 and 19,000 accounts, …
Apple has given the operating system for its iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches a new look with the introduction of iOS 7. But is the software alone enough to satisfy eager Apple fans who are constantly looking to upgrade to the next generation of iPhone? I take a look at some of the new features available in the software. And …
Microsoft’s Mattrick Advises Gamers with Shaky Internet to Stick with Xbox 360 No or slow Internet? Don’t buy an Xbox One. Former Microsoft director Adam Orth found himself in hot water after issuing a barrage of snarky statements on Twitter related to the Xbox One and the concept of always-on game consoles, and not long after, word spread that he resigned from his position. …
HP could certainly use a lucky break and the company thinks it may just get one as soon as Microsoft stops supporting Windows XP next year. Computerworld reports that HPexecutives are banking heavily on the demise of Windows XP to revive their fortunes and have even come up with a catchy slogan to describe the opportunity: “Goodbye XP, Hello HP.” Enrique Lore, the senior vice president and general manager …
Sony is set to sell the PlayStation 4 for a cheaper price than Microsoft’s rival Xbox One. The Japanese firm announced at the E3 trade show that its machine would be sold for ÂŁ349 in the UK, $399 in the US and 399 euros across Europe. It added that it would not impose restrictions on second-hand games. Sony also unveiled …
The malware is the most sophisticated Android Trojan program found to date, researchers from Kaspersky Lab said A newly discovered Trojan program exploits previously unknown flaws in Android and borrows techniques from Windows malware in order to evade detection and achieve persistence on infected devices. Security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab named the new malicious application Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad.a and labeled …
Microsoft has clarified its position on selling and buying pre-owned titles for its new Xbox One console. Confusion arose after it appeared the company would impose a fee for playing pre-owned games, a move that was highly unpopular with gamers. The company has now said in a statement that games can be traded in, but only at “participating retailers”. Games …
BlackBerry’s next flagship smartphone, the all-touchscreen BlackBerry A10, will launch during the holidays, CNET has learned. The BlackBerry A10 is the successor to the Z10, and further builds upon the company’s burgeoning lineup of devices. The A10 will occupy the highest tier, moving the Z10 and keyboard-equipped Q10 to the midtier. The lower-end Q5 will continue to occupy the lower, more affordable strata. By quickly …
• Jun 05, 2013 The intersection of cloud infrastructures, analytics, big data, mobile and social media, delivered through a cloud broker model, will change how IT services are delivered and used by government agencies in the future. If the Internet is an information superhighway, cloud infrastructures are multiple highways upon which all of the other disruptive technologies will ride, according …
