Silent Circle, Lavabit unite for 'Dark Mail' encrypted email project

Two privacy-focused email providers have launched the Dark Mail Alliance, a project to engineer an email system with robust defenses against spying. Silent Circle and Lavabit abruptly halted their encrypted email services in August, saying they could...

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Sony slips into loss despite pick up in smartphone sales

Sony returned to a loss in its second fiscal quarter ended Sept. 30, even as its smartphone business did well. The Japanese electronics giant has also revised downwards its revenue and net profit outlook for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014, after...

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Microsoft uses Kinect to interpret sign language from deaf people

Microsoft's Kinect technology, already adept at reading hand and body movements, is incorporating sign language into its motion-sensing vocabulary as part of a new research project meant to help the deaf. Developers at Microsoft Research have been using...

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Lenovo claims battery life crown with new Yoga tablets

Lenovo is claiming that its new Yoga tablets will offer 18 hours of battery life when browsing the web, which would be the longest when compared to other tablets. The company's new Yoga tablets, which will come in 8-inch and 10.1-inch versions, will...

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Tom Wheeler confirmed as new chief of US FCC

The U.S. Senate confirmed Tuesday the nomination of a new chairman to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. The confirmation of Tom Wheeler as chairman and Michael O'Rielly as a commissioner ends a deadlock over the appointment of two key FCC...

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Mozilla releases 10 patches, five critical, for Firefox

Mozilla released 10 patches for three versions of its Firefox browser on Tuesday, five of which are considered critical and could be used to remotely install malicious code. The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team warned that the problems "could...

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Samsung's share grows while Apple's declines in Q3 smartphone market

Samsung Electronics continued to dominate the smartphone market in the third quarter, which also saw quarterly shipments cross 250 million for the first time, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. The South Korean electronics giant shipped...

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Dell to show its first 64-bit ARM server this week

Dell will give its first public demonstration of a 64-bit ARM server this week, the latest step in an industrywide effort to build servers based on low-power chips like those used in smartphones. Dell will show a server based on a 64-bit ARM processor...

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Mozilla developing geolocation data service for public use

Mozilla is working on a geolocation data service using cell tower and Wi-Fi signals to give developers what it says will be a more privacy-aware option than current alternatives. The service, which is in its early stages, would be mobile-focused, though...

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Buffer encrypts access tokens after spammer hack

Buffer, a service for scheduling social media posts, said Sunday it has strengthened its security after spammers gained access to its network. On Saturday, Buffer halted all social media postings after a raft of spam coming from Buffer accounts hit...

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Livescribe's latest smartpen draws heavily on iOS

I'm an easy person to spot at meetings. While everyone else is dutifully tapping away at their iPads, I'm still scribbling down notes with pen and paper like a 20th century chump. It's not that I'm a luddite, but after trying out a parade of note-taking...

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ATM malware may spread from Mexico to English-speaking world

A malicious software program found in ATMs in Mexico has been improved and translated into English, which suggests it may be used elsewhere, according to security vendor Symantec. Two versions of the malware, called Ploutus, have been discovered, both...

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Brits may consult convicted cybercrooks for tech defense

Convicted computer hackers could be recruited to join the government's new Joint Cyber Reserve (JCR), the unit's chief has said. The JCR, announced last month, is expected to be made up of computer experts who will work alongside regular forces to protect...

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Weeding out fake reviews online takes care, incentive

Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission this week fined Korean conglomerate Samsung $340,000 for "astroturfing." Specifically, the Taiwanese FTC said Samsung paid two "marketing firms" more than $100,000 to hire people to "highlight the shortcomings of competing...

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Protesters rally in DC to end NSA mass surveillance

A crowd of about 5000 people, chanting "stop spying, stop lying" and "hey, ho, mass surveillance has got to go," marched through Washington, D.C., Saturday to protest the U.S. National Security Agency's mass surveillance programs unveiled in press reports...

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Samsung's Galaxy Gear smartwatch is subject to many unhappy returns

Well, no wonder we haven't seen too many people sporting the Galaxy Gear since its debut. People keep returning them. Geek.com claims to have a leaked document from Best Buy to its employees that expresses some concern over the marginally high return...

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Historical Software Archive lets you use vintage software in your browser

The Internet Archive's new Historical Software Archive brings old software to your browser through the magic of JSMESS emulation. The Internet Archive has protected and preserved old software for a while now; archivist Jason Scott claimed back...

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LinkedIn's Intro tool for iPhones could be a juicy target for attackers

Some people think a lot can go wrong if you have your emails pass through LinkedIn's servers with the company's new Intro technology. Earlier this week, the company released LinkedIn Intro, a plug-in for the iPhone's native email app that attaches people's...

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Samsung's profit up 26 percent on memory chip, smartphone sales

Samsung Electronics' net profit in the third quarter was up 25.6 percent year-over-year on record revenue driven by sales of its memory chips and smartphone products. The South Korean electronics giant reported Friday a net profit of 8.24 trillion won...

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Eastern Europeans sought in online marketplace fraud scheme

Six Eastern European men are being sought by U.S. prosecutors for allegedly netting up to US$3 million by placing fraudulent advertisements for vehicles, motorcycles and boats on major online marketplaces, including eBay. Ringleader Nicolae Popescu...

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NSA spied on 35 world leaders according to leaked document

The U.S. monitored the phone conversations of 35 world leaders, according to a National Security Agency document provided by its former contractor, Edward Snowden, according to The Guardian newspaper. The names of the world leaders is not disclosed...

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Hands-on with AMD's Radeon R9 290X GPU

Since AMD announced its new 'Hawaii' line of GPUs a month ago, gamers have speculated about how well the top-of-the-line Radeon R9 290X model would compare to everything Nvidia has to offer. AMD finally unveiled the high-end GPU on Thursday, and we've...

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In rerun of Apple debacle, Samsung apologizes in China after state media criticism

Months after Apple apologized to consumers in China, Korean rival Samsung is doing the same after the country's state media criticized the vendor for failing to fix glitches in several of its phone models. "We welcome the scrutiny from the media," Samsung...

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Apple wins in patent infringement trial against Wi-LAN

A federal jury in Texas found that Apple had not infringed on a patent related to CDMA and HSPA communications technologies owned by patent-licensing firm Wi-LAN. The jury also found Wednesday that two of the claims of U.S. patent no. RE37,802 patent...

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US court rules warrant required for GPS tracking of vehicles

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that police must obtain a warrant prior to using a GPS device to track a vehicle, deciding on an unaddressed issue in an earlier Supreme Court order. The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Tuesday...

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Yahoo to review redacted FISA papers before release

The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has allowed Yahoo's counsel to review declassified documents from a 2008 dispute over data disclosure, after the company said the public release of documents redacted by the government could lead to its...

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