A group in Europe is currently pitching the Cicret Bracelet, an armband that projects the content of your phone onto your arm, and allows you to interact with the projected content. The Cicret comes with an embedded memory card, processor, accelerometer, vibrator, USB port, Bluetooth functionality, and Wi-Fi. But the ingenious part is the inclusion ...

Hacking has taken a new dimension, with a report claiming that a new group has been targeting companies for insider information to profit via market trading. FireEye, Inc. has released an intelligence report that details a financially motivated “threat group” that has been carrying out attacks against publicly traded companies in an attempt to game ...

Intel Corp. has announced that it has acquired Montreal based identity management service PasswordBox Inc. The company, founded by Daniel Robichaud, had previously raised $8.2 million over two rounds, from investors including OMERS Ventures and Real Ventures. PasswordBox offers “an innovative free identity manager that removes the hassle of logging into all your browsers, apps, and ...

Sony Corp. has hired FireEye’s Mandiant unit to assist it in cleaning up the mess left by a mass hacking with possible North Korean roots. Several people familiar with the matter said the Mandiant forensics unit have been employed to both assist the Japanese electronics firm clean up its systems, as well as presumably assist in ...

University of Luxembourg researchers have published a paper that finds the Bitcoin cryptocurrency is not as anonymous as you think, and overcoming Bitcoin anonymity is neither hard nor expensive. The paper, presented to the Association of Computing Machinery conference by Alex Biryukov, Dmitry Khovratovich and Ivan Pustogarov, found that a basic investment of a “few computers, ...

The market for smart armbands has been the most successful segment of the wearables market to-date, making it an appealing sector for new players. But does the market need yet another smart armband? Olive is trying to bring stress management to the smart armband segment with a crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo currently sitting on $170,000 ...

Quantum technology is set for a boost in the U.K. with the Government investing  $188m (£120m) to set up four “Quantum Technology Hubs.” The hubs, located at Universities in Birmingham, Glasgow, Oxford and York, aim to explore the properties of quantum mechanics and how it can be used to develop new technologies. The hubs are ...

A belt that moonlights as a phone charger has surpassed expectations by raising $60,000 on Indegogo. The Xoo Belt is a “a smart belt that charges your phone, anytime and anywhere,” while also being “convenient, stylish & mighty” according to the official pitch. While the gadget is meant to feel and weigh the same as ...

With the wearable technology market currently undergoing strong growth, it was only a matter of time until the technology came to undergarments. Victoria’s Secret is now offering the heart-rate monitor compatible sports bra. The bra, which doesn’t come with anything interesting in terms of a name (it is literally called a heart-rate monitor compatible sports ...

The year is 1789. George Washington sat as the first President of the United States after taking office in April, and the first Congress passed a range of laws while sitting at Federal Hall in New York City, including one law that gave the Government the right to access password protected phones. It may sound absurd, ...