Better think before you post that Instagram selfie—a government could want it. Facebook on Friday released its second government requests report covering the second half of 2013, and it expands its scope from the first one in two ways. First, it includes requests to restrict or remove users’ content from the site, whereas the first report was limited to requests for account information. And second, the report now includes data on Instagram, the photo-sharing app owned by Facebook. Facebook is not breaking out the number of Instagram requests it’s included in the overall tallies. But Instagram’s inclusion speaks to the popularity of the service, which
There’s a new sign on the door to Courtroom 1 at the federal courthouse in San Jose, the home to the Apple v. Samsung battle that’s playing out this month: “Please turn off all cell phones.” For a trial that centers on smartphones and the technology they use, it’s more than a little ironic. The entire case might not even be taking place if the market wasn’t so big and important, but the constant need for connectivity of everyone is causing problems in the court, hence the new sign. Patents aren’t the only problem in the Apple-Samsung trial. Seems that all the cell phones in the courtroom are gumming up the Wi-Fi.
In a Friday blog post, co-founder Slava Rubin writes "nurturing a trusted open platform is our top priority," but the Healbe campaign continues apace.
The U.S. Department of Justice has brought charges against nine alleged members of a criminal organization that distributed the Zeus Trojan used to steal millions of dollars from bank accounts nationwide. The DOJ’s charges, unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, include conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity, conspiracy to commit computer fraud and identity theft, aggravated identity theft, and multiple counts of bank fraud. Two defendants, Yuriy Konovalenko, 31, and Yevhen Kulibaba, 36, are scheduled to be arraigned Friday at the federal courthouse in Lincoln, Nebraska, the DOJ said in a press release. The two were recently extradited from the U.K. after a federal grand jury charged them in August 2012.
Let's be clear: There is no such thing as an invulnerable application. Some have more critical vulnerabilities than others as we discovered this week with HP compiled data from 2,200 applications scanned by HP Fortify on Demand and reports that 80 percent of the vulnerabilities discovered were not the fault of the application code itself.
Samsung's latest flagship phone hits 125 countries and all the big U.S. carriers.
If you are one of the approximately 500 people in the U.S. using the Sony Vaio Fit 11A, you'll want to stop using that PC immediately. On Friday, the Japan-based electronics maker said the new Vaio convertible laptop was at risk of overheating and catching fire due to a faulty battery. From Sony's announcement: Please immediately discontinue use, shut down and unplug the PC. We are currently identifying affected PCs by serial numbers and developing a program to repair or replace the affected PCs at no charge, or to refund the purchase price for the affected PCs. The Fit 11A is one of Sony's newest laptops only going on sale in February. Sony sold around 26,000 of the laptops worldwide before halting sales, according to
CorelDRAW turned 25 this year. That’s longer than Microsoft Office has been around—but just like the popular productivity suite, this vector editor just won’t quit. Its latest release, X7, sports a flatter look that feels at home on current Windows machines. It’s not a revolutionary update, but it’s more customizable and more connected than ever before. It’s also available as a one-time, $500 purchase, as well as a $25 monthly subscription. People miffed by Adobe's
Boot up a new PC for the first time, and you should be able to watch it fly. Instead, it may sputter and struggle to get off the ground, thanks all the preinstalled junk that vendors habitually dump onto new PCs. Bloatware—also known as crapware—is more than annoying, because it actively consumes your computer's resources. It's worth your time to clean it off a new PC so you can use it to its full potential. Here's how to do that with minimal headaches. But first, some background. Manufacturers install bloatware on new PCs because they’re paid to do so. PC profit margins are low, so preinstalling junk gives PC manufacturers a bit of extra money—and, to be fair, keeps your PC cheaper than it would otherwise be.
The cloud antenna/DVR service is adding another way to send its streaming video to your TV: Google's handy Chromecast stick.
The network is again tweaking its News Feed algorithm to show more of the stuff you want to see.
What we'll see at WWDC, the troubling rise of tech-industry gossip, the Heartbleed security fiasco, and Yahoo and Microsoft become TV networks. With guests Philip Michaels and Serenity Caldwell.
No, it's not the much-anticipated consumer release. But now the Explorer version of Glass will be available to anyone who can pony up the $1500.
Of the big four U.S. carriers, only T-Mobile will let you use Samsung's new feature.
Seit mindestens zwei Jahren wusste der US-Geheimdienst NSA von der Schwachstelle der Sicherheitssoftware OpenSSL. Dies machten sich die Agenten zunutze.
Analoges Fernsehen ist bei der Cablecom nächstes Jahr Geschichte. Hier gibts einen Überblick über andere Schweizer Anbieter von Digital-TV.
Das digitale Fernsehen in der Schweiz hat sich durchgesetzt: Im Juni reduziert UPC Cablecom erneut das analoge TV-Angebot, im nächsten Jahr soll es ganz abgeschaltet werden.
Erstmals kann sich jedermann die Datenbrille von Google kaufen - sofern man über das nötige Kleingeld verfügt und in den USA wohnt.
Bei den 20-Minuten-Lesern löst die geplante Abschaltung des analogen TV-Programms teilweise heftige Emotionen aus. Doch nicht bei allen stösst die Digitalisierung auf Widerstand.
Unsere Gamestil-Beraterin sagt, was zum guten Ton beim Gamen zählt. Zum Beispiel: Darf ich meine Kinder als Grund vorschieben, um selber zu spielen?
Nein, es war nicht die NSA. Ein deutscher Programmierer hat einen fehlerhaften SSL-Code geschrieben, wodurch die riesige Sicherheits-Lücke im Internet auftauchte.
Lego-Spiele zu bekannten Kino-Hits scheinen nicht mehr auszureichen, jetzt kommt das Lego-Spiel zum Lego-Film.
Die Waadtländer Firma Kudelski hat in den USA eine Klage gegen Apple eingereicht: Dabei geht es um Patente, die das iPhone, iPad, aber auch Apple TV und iTunes betreffen.
Die massive Sicherheitslücke hat auch Schweizer Websites getroffen. 20 Minuten hat bei wichtigen Firmen und grossen Städten nachgefragt, ob nun Passwörter gewechselt werden müssen.
Fokus auf verschlüsselter Kommunikation statt auf Smartphones: Blackberry-Chef John Chen kündigte an, das Mobiltelefon-Geschäft befinde sich auf dem Prüfstand.
Basel-Fans sind nicht zu beneiden. Weil SRF zwei die Eishockey-Playoffs zeigt, müssen sie das heutige Spiel in Standard-Definition ertragen. Dieser Zustand wird noch länger anhalten.
Das soziale Netzwerk wird demnächst den Messenger in seiner App für iOS und Android deaktivieren. Dann kann über die Anwendung nicht mehr mit Freunden gechattet werden.
Die künstliche Intelligenz aus dem Videospiel «Halo» wird zur persönlichen Assistentin im nächsten Windows Phone. Ein unheimlicher Schachzug, findet Game-Redaktor Jan Graber.