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While most of America will be celebrating with apple pies and fireworks this Independence Day, a number of high-profile web companies and activists have something else in store. Mozilla, Reddit, WordPress and others are set to join hands with the Internet Defence …
Android Security Flaw Puts 99% Of All Devices At Risk
A security vulnerability that could endanger up to 99% of all Android devices has been unearthed by a security firm. What with more than 900 million Android devices said to have been activated, the vulnerability ranks as one of the biggest security …
Skype for Android App Vulnerability Allows Lockscreen Bypass
A security researcher has discovered a vulnerability in the Skype for Android application that could allow hackers to bypass the lockscreen function of certain Android phones, allowing them to access devices that fall into their possession. The vulnerability was disclosed by Pulser, …
.NYC Gets a New Top-Level Domain
Residents of New York City will soon have access to a brand new top level domain, something that’s bound to go down well with local businesses and travel sites given the city’s rather ‘pretentious’ reputation. Recently approved by ICANN, the Internet address …
Samsung’s First Tizen Phone Hits a Stumbing Block
Samsung has been working behind-the-scenes on the new Tizen mobile operating system for some time, but plans to release the first smartphone running the OS seem to have hit a snag. Reports from Korea suggest that the Tizen phone’s debut has been …
Opera’s Revamped Browser: Has the Fat Lady Sung Already?
Pioneering web browser Opera has never much of a threat to the likes of IE, Google Chrome and Firefox, instead styling itself as a niche product that appeals to a certain kind of web user. Nevertheless, throughout its 19-year history Opera has …
Big Data Goes Green: How Data Analytics Is Saving the World’s Forests
Big Data’s going mainstream and at the same time it’s rewriting the rules of forestry management. Tree farmers, logging companies, plantations and conservation groups tasked with managing forestry assets can use Big Data analytics to dig up all kinds of insights that …
Double Trouble: Malware ‘Tag Team’ Creates Unending Malicious Infection Loop
Security experts from Microsoft have stumbled across an interesting phenomenon – two unique malware programs that ‘collaborate’ with each other in an effort to outfox antivirus software by automatically downloading the other virus should it be removed from the host computer. The …
The Chinese Just Found Out About Bitcoin
A couple of months ago the Bitcoin community went silly with excitement as its value rose spectacularly against the US dollar, reaching the heady heights of around $250 for one Bitcoin, only to crash back down to around $80 within a couple …
Skype for Android Goes ‘Metro’ With New Update
Skype has just updated its Android app, and the new software feels an awful lot like Windows Phone. We’ve seen Microsoft attempt to take advantage of its Skype ownership before, most obviously when it merged Skype accounts with its own, and today’s …