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Spanish Cops Smash “Ransomware” Cybercrime Ring
Police in Spain say that they’ve smashed a cybercrime ring that infected millions of computers with ransomware, using the virus to extort potentially millions of dollars from their unsuspecting victims, it was reported today. According to European Cybercrime Centre, which led the investigation, the suspected hackers would install ransomware onto their victim’s computers, using it ...
The Opera Browser is Dead. Long Live Opera!
Opera doesn’t even come close to the likes of Google Chrome, IE and Mozilla in the popularity stakes, but nevertheless the plucky software company from Norway has built up a dedicated following of some 300 million users that swear by its alternative web browser. So it’ll be interesting to watch how they react to the ...
Dell Buyout On The Rocks As Investors Say “No Way!”
Those who thought that the Dell buyout was done and dusted might need to think again. Apparently, some of the PC maker’s major shareholders – the very people who have the power to put the skids on the deal – are none too pleased about CEO Michael Dell’s valuation of the company. We first heard ...
BlueStacks Transforms Your Windows 8 Device Into An Android PC (Sort Of)
In spite of the bad press it’s received, more than a few consumers have been won over by Microsoft’s Windows 8, but there’s just one major sticking point – it remains almost completely and utterly devoid of apps, especially the good ones. Or at least, that was the situation, until today. Now, thanks to those ...
Winston App Creates A Customized Morning News Show, Just For You!
It’s been compared to Siri, but quite unlike Apple’s personal assistant, Winston doesn’t come up with dumb answers to your stupid questions, nor does it give you any backchat. Instead, Winston is more of a voice-enabled, visually-orientated news reader, scanning your social media accounts and favorite news websites for the most relevant content, which it ...
Relationship Science: Connecting The World’s Elite With Big Data
For high-flying Wall Street smarts and successful entrepreneurs alike, networking can be absolutely critical to their success. Those all-important connections to big shots at the biggest banking institutions and venture capital firms are often the only people that can get things moving and The only problem is, making those connections in the first place isn’t ...
Nok Nok Labs Hates Passwords, Wants Them Dead.
Passwords are going to have a battle on their hands if they want to play a part in the future of online security. If it isn’t Google imagining cryptographic rings as a replacement for the standard random digit security codes, it’s some other upstart that’s vying to win over the confidence of netizens. This week ...
Looking For Love With Big Data
Could Big Data be used to help lonely hearts find their soul mate this Valentine’s Day? Well, if you’re one of those that believes the ‘dating game’ is actually just a ‘numbers game’, then the answer would be absolutely yes. There are “plenty of fish in the sea”, or so our ‘cozied up’ friends constantly ...
Mike Lynch, The World’s #1 Confidence Trickster?
Is Mike Lynch the world’s most successful conman or what? Judging from today’s revelation that he’s just secured backing to the tune of £1 billion (about $1.57 billion) for his new investment fund, it’s hard not to jump to that conclusion. Either he’s a damn good liar, or he’s hooked up with some similarly crooked ...
Google Pays Apple $1 Billion A Year To Be Default Search Engine on iOS
It’s no secret that Apple hates Google, so why is it that the latter always seems to worm its way into being the default search engine on iOS devices? Because money talks, that’s why, and this is especially true if you’re in a position to throw around as much of it as Google can. For ...