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TSA Kills Dead Devices’ Ticket to Ride

In a move that's bound to raise the power management consciousness of air travelers, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration on Sunday announced a ban on electronic devices that won't power up before they're carried onto a plane ...

Emotional Backlash Unlikely to Unsettle Facebook

It's unlikely that Facebook's psych experiment that turned some 700,000 of its users into involuntary lab rats will hurt its brand or advertising revenue ...

Google Aims to Defrag Android Universe

As any Android user knows, the version of the operating system you're using can vary widely because it depends on parties other than Google. That's why nearly two-thirds of users are running a version of Android introduced in 2012 or earlier ...

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To Pay or Not to Pay – That’s the Ransomware Question

Ransomware is a growing problem for consumers and businesses alike. In Symantec's most recent quarterly security report, the company's researchers found all targeted attacks -- including ransomware -- grew 91 percent year-over-year ...

SnappyTV Could Amp Up Twitter Amplify

Twitter on Thursday announced a new addition to its social-TV arsenal: SnappyTV. ...

Facebook’s Slingshot Draws a Bead on Snapchat

I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours ...

SC to Mull Free Speech vs. ‘True Threats’ on Social Media

Are threats to people made on social media websites protected under the First Amendment? ...

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Godzilla Foreshadows Trouble for Internet of Things

The Internet of Things has come under attack by pranksters in recent days. The events could signal tumultuous things to come as more and more everyday objects connect to the Internet ...

Next iPad May Be Loaded With iPhone Hand-Me-Downs

In large families, it's common to pass on an older child's clothes to a younger one. The same is true in the Apple product family. It's common to pass on features introduced in the big brother iPhone to the little brother iPad. That appears to be the case with the next-generation iPad Air -- if the latest gaggle of rumors are to be believed ...

Google Buys Skybox in Move to Democratize Space

Google's acquisition of Skybox may be a small step for the search giant, but it could be a giant leap for the Internet ...

SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY

Cupid Fires Arrow at OpenSSL’s Heart

As if the discovery of the Heartbleed flaw weren't enough woe for OpenSSL, more than half a dozen additional defects have been discovered in the code used to protect communication on the Web ...

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Instagram Adds Subtlety to Its Editing Repertoire

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SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY

Spammers Quick to Exploit eBay Breach

If you're a spammer, big news like the recent breach of eBay's computers is like striking oil in your back yard ...

Hachette Banished to Amazon’s Woodshed

Hachette -- whose stable of best-selling authors includes J.K. Rowling and James Patterson -- remains at loggerheads with Amazon over renewal of a book distribution deal between the two. The stalemate has slowed the flow of books from the publisher to the online retailer to a crawl ...

Iranians Caught Cyber Snooping on High-Value US Targets

A cyberespionage campaign with links to Iran for at least three years has been targeting U.S. military and congressional personnel, journalists and diplomats, as well as U.S. and Israeli defense contractors and members of the U.S./Israel lobby, according to a report released Thursday by iSight Partners ...

Con Artist Harasses Aussie Apple Customers in Ransomware Attempt

Apple on Tuesday aimed to calm anxiety among its iCloud users with reassurances that the service hadn't been breached in a ransomware-style attack ...

China’s Payback for US Hacker Indictments Begins

The Department of Justice last week unsealed indictments against five members of the Chinese military who were accused of hacking into the computer systems of U.S. companies to steal everything from trade secrets to confidential corporate correspondence ...

iMessage Flaw Bugs Apple

Apple vowed Tuesday to fix a persistent bug in its iOS mobile operating system that punishes former iPhone users. The flaw, which has been in iMessage since the release of iOS 5, prevents former iPhone users from receiving SMS messages from current users ...

Google+ Helps Prolific Photogs Tell Short Stories

Many shutterbugs are familiar with this bugaboo: They shoot scads of photos of a vacation or event, but they never quite get the time to put the pics in a form where they can be shared with friends and family ...

US Toughens Stance on Chinese Cyberspying With 5 Criminal Indictments

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday kicked up a notch the Obama administration's efforts to curb China's economic espionage activity against American businesses ...

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