It’s China vs. the US in the cyber realm. A Chinese military show aired sometime mid-July spilled shots from a computer screen flaunting a Chinese university using an American university IP to launch an attack to a Falun Gong spiritual practice website. The screenshot piggybacked at the end of the footage for six seconds –between ...

Los Angeles-based GoodThreads announced the launch of an innovative, user-friendly eCommerce platform for engaging supporters to increase donations and raising awareness of different causes. This technology will integrate into non-profits’ event registration and donation process while providing tools for supporter to create customized merchandise that speaks of a personal story in connection with the cause. ...

Widespread hacktivism didn’t die with the disbandment of LulzSec. In fact, LulzSec doesn't seem to have gone down at all with hacktivist collective Anonymous running wild on the internet with ideology and method almost similar to its predecessor. The collective’s recent mischief was shutting down train operation and publishing personal information of BART police in ...

It’s true that mobile devices made our life easier. However, their upsurge gave hackers another area to exploit beyond antiquated PCs and harbingers the end of the PC era. That being said, it is safe to assume that mobile malware exists in proportion with smartphones, the former piggybacking on the latter’s success.

Swedish game developer Nordic Games today announced the acquisition of Jowood, as well as brands, products and a number of subsidiaries under The Adventure Company. Publishing under Nordic Games GmBH Vienna, Austria office, the two newly-acquired companies are to re-launch some titles and develop new IP’s and franchises such as SpellForce, Painkiller, ArcaniA, The Guild, ...

In an effort to gradually tailor internet connectivity to new smartphone users, Verizon offers $20 data plan to five states: Washington, DC, Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina. The plan provides 300 MB worth of data per month available to any smartphone in the Verizon’s catalog including 4G phones. The amount is reasonable enough for user ...

On-demand internet streaming media provider Netflix today announced the rollout of its kids-only section. This division allows children to watch movies without their parents anxious of the possibly of inappropriate content as it has been made sure that the section is well-sifted. It also streamlines the selection of movies through the catalog. Dubbed as ‘Just ...

An announcement made by the Obama administration Friday details an extensive plan for a national cybersecurity workforce. The pan was drafted by a branch of the Commerce Department, the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, or NICE. Here’s a copy of the draft in PDF. As of now, there’s no definition that can accurately get down ...

Not too long ago, digital vigilantes in the UK formed a group to help authorities identify London rioters by putting together a facial recognition app. Its initial claim of being able to match images taken during the riot with Facebook photos with reasonable accuracy caused an upheaval among the media because it is a possible ...

The latest branded apps in the mobile sector, we have Apple approving the Cinemax app which eventually leads to the company’s breaking its own app store anti-porn policy. Called Cinemax Max Go, the app provides on-demand access to movies and programming to the channel’s devices using mobile devices. As for the channel’s softcore offering, they ...