Servers are selling like hot cakes again
Servers sold like hot cakes in the last year, with vendors shifting a record 9.7 million units in 2015, raking in revenues of $55.1 billion for their efforts. International Data Corp. (IDC) said in…
Step-by-step guide: Switch from Evernote to OneNote without losing a thing
By Collen Kriel
Microsoft on Friday released a OneNote importer tool that makes it easier for Evernote users to switch to Microsoft’s own note-taking app. The company claims the move was prompted by Evernote users telling Microsoft…
Chrome extension that blocks ads on Bitcoin site found to steal Bitcoins as well
By Duncan Riley
A Chrome extension that promises to remove ads from a Bitcoin-related site is offering an additional feature users’ are unlikely to want, and that’s the theft of their Bitcoin’s when they attempt to make…
ROFL: Cryptsy offers bounty for the return of “stolen” Bitcoin in latest piece of absurd theatrics
By Duncan Riley
Just when it was thought that the saga of failed Bitcoin exchange Cryptsy (Project Investors, Inc.) couldn’t get any more absurd, it has, with the founder of the company offering a reward to a…
Microsoft silently withdraws support for Bitcoin payments from the Win10 and Win Mobile stores
By Duncan Riley
Microsoft’s 15-month long love affair with Bitcoin may be coming to an end, with the tech giant quietly removing the option to pay for items using the cryptocurrency in the Windows 10 and Windows…
A new front in the encryption wars opens as Department of Justice targets WhatsApp
By Duncan Riley
The so-called encryption wars have spread to a new front with news over the weekend that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has a new target: the Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp. According to an exclusive…
Painful irony: DDos protection provider suffers data breach
It would be a painful irony for a company specializing in cyber security to get hacked. While that may be the case for Staminus Communications, it focuses on providing protection against DDoS (Distributed Denial…
GM buy boosts self-driving car efforts, needs AI talent
General Motors Co. announced that it will acquire Cruise Automation, Inc., a software company based in San Francisco that specializes in autonomous vehicle technology. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, but Fortune…
Rosen Hotels hack found over a year later
Nothing makes a good hotel stay turn sour than unexpected charges. While that annoying “cleaning fee” the hotel stacked on your bill because they insisted someone in the room was smoking even though you…
Adobe warns of yet another Flash vulnerability, exploits in the wild
By Kyt Dotson
It’s that time of the year again: Adobe Systems Inc. has released a new patch for Flash that fixes a newly discovered vulnerability. Internet users are urged to download and install the patch immediately.…