NSA chief asks tech firms to team on cybesecurity

Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the embattled National Security Agency (NSA), says he is willing to share cyberattack information with the private sector—an offer seen as a Trojan horse by at least one expert. Gen. Keith Alexander Last week, Alexander...

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IBM to pay $44,000 fine over online job listings

IBM will pay a US$44,000 fine to settle a case alleging it violated anti-discrimination law by placing online job listings seeking software developers with specific visas, the U.S. Department of Justice said Friday. The company sought people holding...

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Apple beats Coca-Cola to emerge as most valuable global brand

Apple has emerged as the most valuable brand in the world, passing Coca-Cola which held the top position for 13 years, according to a report released by brand consultancy Interbrand. The maker of high-profile products like the iPad and iPhone, which...

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Google's redesigned tab page annoys some Chrome users

Google last week started rolling out a redesigned new tab page for Chrome, making good on a promise from last month when it offered the revamp to users running rougher-edged versions of its browser. Most users gave the new look a failing grade. "Fail,...

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Internet Explorer hackers use same tools as Bit9 attack

A criminal group exploiting the recently discovered Internet Explorer browser zero-day vulnerability has been linked to the Chinese hackers who compromised the Bit9 security platform earlier this year. The connection between the two groups is in the...

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Woz recalls his hacking pranks and online shenanigans

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak admits he has enjoyed many adventures in hacking often for the sake of pranks on friends and family, especially back in his college days and during the early years of working on computers and the Internet. "I like to play...

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Nokia enslaves God of Thunder, charges phone with lightning

Imagine a rain-slicked parapet, thunder roaring like the shouts of gods—and a Nokia smartphone, whose battery has run dry. Now imagine holding that phone to the sky, screaming defiance, as a bolt hurtles itself at your outstretched hand. BOOM—and you...

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Microsoft received 37,000 end-user data requests in first half of year

Judges and police investigators are on track to submit about the same number of requests to Microsoft for end user data this year as they did in 2012, according to figures released Friday. Microsoft received 37,196 such requests worldwide in the first...

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Iran accused of hacking into U.S. Navy computers

Hackers backed by Iran have penetrated an unclassified U.S. Navy network in one of the most serious incidents of cybercrime yet by the Middle East nation, according to a report Friday. The U.S. doesn't believe important data was stolen, but the attacks...

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Microsoft announces Xbox Fitness: Now get off your flabby butt and go...play Xbox?

Gamers are a slothful, portly bunch, prone to chronic acne and poor hygiene—or so the stereotype goes. In reality, the hundreds of millions of gamers across the globe come in all flavors, including fitness nuts. Microsoft's announcement of Xbox Fitness...

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NSA admits employees spied on loved ones

Employees of the U.S. National Security Agency spied on "unfaithful" husbands, boyfriends and girlfriends using surveillance technology of the agency, according to a letter from the NSA to a U.S. Senator. The letter from NSA Inspector General George...

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Multifactor authentication available on Windows Azure

Microsoft has announced the general availability of multifactor authentication on its Windows Azure cloud platform. Besides using a user name and password, users can authenticate through an application on their mobile device, automated voice call, and...

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Stanford researchers develop first computer using only carbon nanotube transistors

Researchers at Stanford University have demonstrated the first functional computer built using only carbon nanotube transistors, according to an article published Wednesday on the cover of scientific journal Nature. Scientists have been experimenting...

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'Viceroi' algorithm improves detection of click fraud

A group of researchers have devised an algorithm they say could help advertising networks better detect fraudulent clicks. Fraudsters have developed sophisticated ways to perpetrate click fraud, which involves using various methods to generate fake...

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New US bill aims to curb NSA collection of phone and other records

A bipartisan group of four U.S. lawmakers has introduced legislation that will prohibit bulk collection of phone records of Americans. Called the Intelligence Oversight and Surveillance Reform Act, the bill introduced by Democratic Senators Ron Wyden,...

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Hands-on with Kindle Fire HDX, Amazon's next-generation 7 and 9-inch tablets

Two years ago, Amazon introduced the Kindle Fire. It was the first affordable color tablet offered by a major hardware manufacturer, and certainly the first respectable tablet that fit in a coat pocket. But it was also a Version 1. The first Fire was...

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Indian biometric ID project faces court hurdle

A controversial biometric project in India, which could require people to produce their biometric IDs to collect government subsidies, has received a significant setback from the country's Supreme Court. The court ruled this week in an interim order...

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Roku channels its efforts into updated hardware, new content options

It's that time of year again. The leaves begin falling from the trees. The air gets a little crisper. You start looking silly wearing your summer clothes. And, of course, consumer electronics get refreshed for the wait-what-it's-here-already holiday...

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BlackBerry messenger for Android and iPhone will not roll out this week

BlackBerry's messenger app for Android and iPhone will not roll out this week as the company struggles to block an unreleased version of the Android app that affected its system. The smartphone maker said Saturday it had paused the global rollout of...

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US FDA to regulate only medical apps that could be risky if malfunctioning

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration intends to regulate only mobile apps that are medical devices and could pose a risk to a patient's safety if they do not function as intended. Some of the risks could be unique to the choice of the mobile platform....

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Twitter fixes Tweet button issue that downloaded a torrent file

Some Twitter users were surprised Monday when they clicked a button to share content from third-party websites but instead downloaded a mysterious torrent file. Twitter said the problem, which users said affected websites including TechCrunch.com, FT.com...

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Oracle's Ellison promises 'ungodly' database speed with new in-memory option

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has thrown his gauntlet down in the burgeoning market for in-memory computing, announcing a new option for Oracle's flagship database at the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. The in-memory option delivers "ungodly" performance...

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LinkedIn denies harvesting user email accounts without permission

LinkedIn denied over the weekend charges that the company breaks into the email accounts of its members without permission to harvest contacts' addresses. A class action complaint by four users has charged the professional networking site with hacking...

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German hackers say old technique can bypass Apple's Touch ID

Apple's Touch ID authentication system can be defeated using a well-honed technique for creating a latex copy of someone's fingerprint, according to a German hacking group. The Chaos Computer Club (CCC), which hosts an annual hacking conference and...

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Symantec identifes 'Hidden Lynx' as hackers co-op

Symantec believes it has connected the dots to link a single Chinese hacking group dubbed "Hidden Lynx" to a series of high-profile APT-driven cyberattacks on U.S. interests, including the infamous Aurora hacks of 2009 as well as this year's compromise...

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