Tech 19 hours ago Infected Web ads use Flash flaws to spread ransomware It's a perfect storm of Internet iniquity: A three-month-old malvertising campaign is exploiting two recently discovered Adobe Flash Player flaws to infect people's computers with ransomware.
Tech 19 hours ago Twitter reports slow user growth but points finger at iOS 8 Twitter beat revenue estimates for Q4, the company announced Thursday, but it wasn’t all good news.
Tech 19 hours ago 5 worst security fails of 2014 Here's hoping that 2014's hard-learned lessons lead to a less eventful 2015. In the meantime, here are our top five security fails of the past year.
Tech 19 hours ago British spy agency releases cryptography app The last thing you'd expect a spy agency to do is open itself up to the public, and yet Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) wants as many people as possible to learn a thing or two about cryptography.
Tech 19 hours ago Reveton strikes back: Old malware has new tricks A veteran strain of ransomware called Reveton has mutated once again and is now infecting Windows PCs in the United States and abroad by disguising itself as Windows library, or DLL, files, in order to better escape the notice of victims.
Tech 19 hours ago Raytheon and WDT team up to offer big data-driven weather forecasts As winter nears and extreme storm season ramps up, defense contractor Raytheon and Weather Decision Technologies (WDT) have announced a partnership that gives the international and commercial users of WDT’s services the same kind of big data-driven weather forecasting tools used by Raytheon customers like the National Weather Service.
Tech 19 hours ago Darknets: Murky recesses of the hidden web The Brazilian police investigation that cracked a high-tech child porn ring earlier this month has shone a spotlight on the darker recesses of the web, an area which still poses massive technology challenges to law enforcement.
Tech 19 hours ago iOS 8 beta update tracks your breathing Apple continues to beef up its iOS 8 beta, and the latest update is all about your health.
Tech 19 hours ago Microsoft’s China woes increase China took its investigation of "alleged monopoly actions" by Microsoft to a new level this week, raiding four of the company's offices and carrying away internal documents and computers.
Tech 19 hours ago Nintendo apologizes for lack of virtual equality Nintendo is apologizing and pledging to be more inclusive after being criticized for not recognizing same-sex relationships in English editions of a life-simulator video game. The publisher said that while it was too late to change the current game, it was committed to building virtual equality into future versions.
Tech 19 hours ago Tech-stravagant? New $50 Bluetooth pencil improves iPad app The team behind popular drawing app Paper have released a stylus that will work bring special features to the app.
Tech 19 hours ago Apple Maps luring motorists into danger, Australian police warn Australian police are warning motorists not to rely on Apple's new mapping system on its popular iPhones after a number of motorists were directed into life-threatening situations.
Tech 19 hours ago First Windows 8 PCs go on sale online, sell out A major retailer has thrown its own Windows 8 launch party well ahead of Microsoft’s plans – and the Windows giant is none too pleased.
Tech 19 hours ago Tim Cook 'extremely sorry' about Apple Maps app Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized Friday for the company's error-ridden new mobile mapping service, pledging to improve the application installed on tens of millions of smartphones and, in an unusual mea culpa, inviting frustrated consumers to turn to the competition.
Tech 19 hours ago Windows 8 computers to go on sale in October Computers running on the next version of Microsoft's Windows operating system will go on sale in October, Microsoft announced Monday.
Tech 19 hours ago Ad network hooks up dating-site users with malware An ad that ran last week on the website of online match-making service Plenty of Fish (PoF.com) may have muddied the waters of the dating pool by dropping malware on users' computers.
Tech 19 hours ago Here are the top five reasons to upgrade to Windows 10 Windows 10, oddly numerated as it may be, will probably be the biggest and most crucial software launch for Microsoft in years -- not least because the company has decided to make the upgrade free, at least for some, and for a limited time.
Tech 19 hours ago Prominent computer security company Kaspersky hit by hackers A high-profile company in the computer security business has been hacked.
Tech 19 hours ago Did a hacker really make a plane fly sideways? Can a passenger with a laptop really electronically hijack a plane via its in-flight entertainment system?
Tech 19 hours ago Why mobile health tech will loom large in 2015 Mobile healthcare applications for the iPhone and Android – for tracking one’s fitness, prescriptions, and doctors’ appointments – are expected to be the biggest medical technology trend in 2015, physicians and other experts told FoxNews.com.
Tech 19 hours ago North Korea suffers second Internet outage North Korea's Internet was down again on Tuesday, according to monitoring specialist Dyn Research, with the blackout coming hot on the heels of Monday's widespread nine-hour outage.
Tech 19 hours ago Ford ditches Microsoft for its in-car software On Thursday the auto giant announced that it is dumping one of the world's biggest software players, Microsoft, aiming its next in-dash systems at consumers more addicted to smartphones than PCs.
Tech 19 hours ago Was the Sony Pictures hack an inside job? With the investigation into last week’s cyberattack on Sony Pictures still ongoing, speculation is mounting that someone with knowledge of the company may have been involved in the hack.
Tech 19 hours ago 5 tech gifts you shouldn't buy this holiday season Kim Komando shares five tech gifts you shouldn't buy this holiday season.
Tech 19 hours ago 'Masque attack' on iPhones: How to avoid The newly discovered "Masque Attack" on iOS devices revealed Nov. 10 by security firm FireEye isn't exactly new, and is rather easy to avoid. But it reaffirms long-standing questions about Apple security.
Tech 19 hours ago Leaked Snapchat images should serve as a wake-up call to users, expert says The vast haul of Snapchat images obtained by hackers should serve as a massive wake-up call to consumers, warn experts.
Tech 19 hours ago iOS 8.0.1 update arrives to fix keyboard woes and HealthKit Apple released the iOS 8.0.1 update on Wednesday. The update addresses user problems with third-party keyboards and other features. It also resolved the HealthKit bug.
Tech 19 hours ago The road to self-driving cars remains a long one Self-driving cars may seem like they're right around the corner, but expensive sensors, primitive artificial intelligence and unpredictable human drivers all spell a long road ahead. The post Ready to nap behind the wheel? The road to self-driving cars remains a long one appeared first on Digital Trends.
Tech 19 hours ago Apple promises fix for iOS 7 'screen of death' If you're one of several iPhone users that have encountered iOS 7's "black/white screen of death," it looks like a fix is finally coming soon.
Tech 19 hours ago Windows 9 ‘Threshold’ could be released as early as April 2015 Development of Windows 9 is already underway at Microsoft and could eliminate some of the complaints that consumers have with Windows 8, one report says.
Tech 19 hours ago Let’s hope this isn’t the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch A set of pictures said to show a prototype version of the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch have been published online, leading us to hope it looks very different when it's officially announced on September 4.
