28 Mar 2015
The 6 Best Media Streamers
The 6 Best Media Streamers There are many ways to watch online content on your HDTV. Your television itself might have apps, or you might have a Blu-ray player orgame system connected with built-in streaming services. If neither case applies, or if your HDTV, Blu-ray player, or game system doesn’t have the exact media features
28 Mar 2015
Report: WhatsApp Voice Calling Finally Coming to iOS
Report: WhatsApp Voice Calling Finally Coming to iOS Good news, WhatsApp users. The Facebook-owned chat app is about to get a new feature on iOS: free voice calling. Speaking at Facebook’s annual f8 developer’s conference Thursday, WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said the long-ago promised voice-calling feature will finally arrive on iOS devices within a
28 Mar 2015
Facebook Shows Off Solar-Powered Internet Drone
Facebook Shows Off Solar-Powered Internet Drone Facebook is moving ahead with its plan to connect the next 5 billion people to the Web—with a fleet of drones. At today’s f8 developer conference in San Francisco, Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer unveiled the social network’s first solar-powered drone (pictured), which can beam Internet access down to people
28 Mar 2015
Facebook Messenger to Integrate Apps, Businesses
Facebook Messenger to Integrate Apps, Businesses Get ready for apps and brands to invade Facebook Messenger. At its annual f8 developer conference today, Facebook revealed Messenger Platform and Messenger Business, which will allow developers and businesses to integrate with the social network’s chat service. According to Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, the move will let
28 Mar 2015
Google Cloud Launcher deploys VM-based apps in a snap
Google Cloud Launcher deploys VM-based apps in a snap Google’s latest enhancement to Cloud Platform is not a new feature but a repackaging of an existing innovation. But it’s a downright useful offering all the same. Cloud Launcher is a gallery of applications that can be deployed to Google Cloud Platform with one click. Many of the
27 Mar 2015
Google WHOIS error reveals hundreds of thousands of owners’ personal info
Google WHOIS error reveals hundreds of thousands of owners’ personal info A researcher at Cisco’s Talos security group recently discovered a bug that caused some Google Apps customers to have their personal information leaked via WHOIS domain listings for more than a year. Google Apps is a popular service these days, so in this case “some”
27 Mar 2015
The FREAK HTTPS exploit: Now even easier, affects 2,000 iOS, Android apps
The FREAK HTTPS exploit: Now even easier, affects 2,000 iOS, Android apps A few weeks ago, we covered the FREAK (Factoring attack on RSA Export Keys) issue, and how building a backdoor into encryption standards more than twenty years ago isdamaging security today. A recent set of announcements has confirmed that the potential for
27 Mar 2015
Do-it-yourself healthcare is closer than you think
Do-it-yourself healthcare is closer than you think AUSTIN–Healthcare-related innovation was everywhere at South by Southwest Interactive this year. There were sessions on healthcare IT, big data, wearables, and innovative startups that are using technology to upend the status quo. For example, Tim O’Reilly gave a talk about adapting the same experience-focused approach used by companies such as
27 Mar 2015
BitWhisper: Stealing data from non-networked computers using heat
BitWhisper: Stealing data from non-networked computers using heat No matter how secure you think a computer is, there’s always a vulnerability somewhere that a remote attacker can utilize if they’re determined enough. To reduce the chance of sensitive material being stolen, many government and industrial computer systems are not connected to outside networks. This practice
27 Mar 2015
How to bring back the Start menu and button to Windows 8
How to bring back the Start menu and button to Windows 8 With Windows 10 seemingly just around the corner, Microsoft plans to fix one of its most egregious mistakes with Windows 8: the missing Start menu. By now you may know the story, as the company has gradually backtracked throughout various updates since the