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iOS 8 Rolls Out With Oodles of Goodies

Apple made the latest version of its iOS mobile operating system available for download on Wednesday, and while it looks familiar, it contains lots of new delights not only for fans, but also for its legions of developers ...

Panasonic’s New Point-and-Shoot Snapper Supports 4K Video

Panasonic on Monday introduced the Lumix DMC-LX100, a point-and-shoot camera that supports the latest in high-quality video -- 3840 x 2160 4K video at 30 frames per second -- as well as 1920 x 1080 HD video, which can be stored in AVCHD progressive or MP4 format ...

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Web-Surfing Adults More Infection-Prone Than Teens

American teens spend a lot more time online than older Web surfers, yet it doesn't seem to increase their vulnerability to malicious activity ...

Apple Pay Could Slam Door on Data Thieves

Despite the efforts of some big name tech players, consumers have been reluctant to turn their smartphones into wallets. That could be about to change with Apple Pay ...

IBM Enlists Intel to Shore Up Hybrid Cloud

Despite the growing momentum behind cloud computing in recent times, security concerns have been a drag on adoption. IBM sought to reduce that resistance by announcing on Monday that it would start using Intel chip technology to better secure its SoftLayer cloud platform ...

Apple Watch Dazzles Beyond High Expectations

Apple is almost never first to market in a product category, but when it does make its splash, it usually swamps all boats. That seems to be the case once again in the smartwatch space ...

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Couples Can’t Keep Their Hands Off Each Other’s Phones

Worried about the NSA spying on your smartphone? How about online hackers? Truth be told, the greatest threat to your confidential information is a lot closer to you -- namely, your partner ...

Bad News Hounds Apple Days Before iPhone Gala

A US$5 stock drop, a hacker attack on celebrities using your cloud, and charges of worker abuse in the factory of an overseas supplier aren't the kind of news a company wants to see as it's poised to announce a refresh of its iconic product, but that's what Apple must deal with this week ...

Now Netflix Members Can Pick Which Friends Can See Their Picks

Recommending movies and TV shows you've watched on Netflix to individual Facebook friends just got easier. The company on Tuesday launched a new social recommendation feature that lets users pick and choose the contacts they'd like to interact with after viewing a video ...

Admins Grapple With Shadow Tech

If you want to see an IT pro twitch, bring up Shadow IT in a conversation ...

Russian Hackers Sack US Banks: Report

Hackers appear to have stolen data from JPMorgan Chase and at least one other U.S. bank in retaliation for economic sanctions against Russia ...

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Hacker Attacks on Healthcare Providers Jump 600 Percent

The recent data breach at Community Health Systems, in which Chinese hackers stole the personal information of 4.3 million patients, was another sign of a disturbing trend that security researchers at Websense have been observing for months: Healthcare providers are coming under cyberattack at an alarming rate ...

Instagram Hyperlapse Sparks Time-Lapse Video Craze

Instagram on Tuesday released Hyperlapse, a free iPhone app that takes the jitters out of time-lapse video. It was just two weeks ago that Microsoft demonstrated a similar technology that bears the same name ...

Amazon Aims to Skewer Google’s Cash Cow

Amazon appears to be readying an advertising platform to compete with Google's AdWords ...

Security Researchers Lay Bare TSA Body Scanner Flaws

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration, part of the Department of Homeland Security, has spent more than a billion dollars on full-body scanners designed to strengthen airport security. It turns out that at least one model of the scanner in use for four years -- the Rapiscan Secure 1000 full-body scanner -- easily could have been foiled by a savvy bad actor. In addition, it harbored software flaws that made it vulnerable to cyberattacks...

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Is Open Source an Open Invitation to Hack Webmail Encryption?

In a move influenced by Edward Snowden's revelations about the NSA's email snooping, Yahoo and Google last week announced that they were cooperating on end-to-end encrypting their webmail products ...

Dropbox’s Mailbox Lands on Mac Desktop

Dropbox, which acquired Mailbox last year, on Tuesday announced the availability of a Mac-only desktop beta version of the program. The beta is free, but you need a "betacoin" to download it. Betacoins are being emailed to existing users of the program, as well as people who sign up at the Mailbox website ...

Twitter Experiment Elicits Howls of Disapproval

Twitter likes to experiment with its social network from time to time, but its latest tinkering with its members' timelines appears to be ticking off more than a few tweeters ...

Microsoft Gets the Jitters Out of Time-Lapse Video

Microsoft has some good news for action-cam fans who like to capture their outdoor adventures in hours of nonstop video. It's found a way to bring time-lapse photography to first-person video footage ...

Yahoo, Google Team Up to Fight Email Snoops

Yahoo and Google last week announced they'd be teaming up to secure their Web mail systems with encryption by the end of next year ...

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