Nike gets into smartwatch software with Samsung Gear S app

Nike is moving from fitness bands to smartwatches with an app for Samsung's upcoming Gear S. The Nike+ Running app will come pre-loaded on the Gear S, and will put the watch's built-in GPS and cellular connections to good use. While out on a run, users...

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IBM Watson cooks up some new dishes

When not busy helping to find new treatments for cancer, IBM Watson is helping to cook up a few new dishes as well. To show off Watson's powers, IBM is training its cognitive computing system to suggest new combinations of ingredients that could help...

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Facebook says not to believe the rumors, wants you to trust its Messenger app

You've probably read the rumors by now: Facebook's Messenger app records your movements! Spies on your conversations! Kills baby unicorns! Facebook wants you to know that it's doing nothing of the sort. In a statement from Peter Martinazzi, a member...

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Facebook testing mobile searches for old posts

Facebook is testing a way to let users of its mobile app search for posts shared with them in the past. The tool is designed to let people find posts that otherwise might get lost in the mix. With the update, users can search for posts they've previously...

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Nike gets into smartwatch software with Samsung Gear S app

Nike is moving from fitness bands to smartwatches with an app for Samsung's upcoming Gear S. The Nike+ Running app will come pre-loaded on the Gear S, and will put the watch's built-in GPS and cellular connections to good use. While out on a run, users...

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IBM Watson cooks up some new dishes

When not busy helping to find new treatments for cancer, IBM Watson is helping to cook up a few new dishes as well. To show off Watson's powers, IBM is training its cognitive computing system to suggest new combinations of ingredients that could help...

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Google's Project Wing building drone delivery service

For two years, Google has quietly been developing autonomous flying vehicles that can be used to deliver packages for disaster relief or for commerce purposes, the company revealed Thursday. The program, dubbed Project Wing, has been housed under Google...

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Baidu, Tencent help Chinese shopping malls take on Alibaba

Baidu and Tencent are teaming up with a Chinese shopping mall operator in a joint venture that could steal business away from local e-commerce giant Alibaba Group. The two Internet companies are partnering with Dalian Wanda Group, a Chinese conglomerate,...

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LG playing waiting game for plasma TV exit

LG is waiting for the right time to exit the plasma TV business, a move that would leave almost no major companies making the flat-screens. The company is in a "wait and see mode" about possibly ending production of plasma TVs, according to a spokesman....

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Retailers urged to defend against 'Backoff' point-of-sale malware

A payment card industry security consortium warned retailers on Wednesday of the urgency to secure their systems against "Backoff," a malicious software program that steals card numbers. Backoff "represents a very real threat to the security of cardholder...

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FBI, Secret Service studying 'scope' of reported bank cyberattacks

A U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation spokesman said Wednesday the agency is working with the Secret Service to determine the "scope" of reported cyberattacks against several financial institutions. Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Russian hackers...

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Samsung Gear S watch sports 3G, LG G Watch R gets curvy

Samsung and LG have announced more smartwatches ahead of next week's IFA trade show in Berlin, with an emphasis on connectivity and curvy faces. Samsung Electronics announced the Gear S, its first smartwatch with 3G connectivity. Users can make or receive...

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EMC gives VMware admins the reins to replication and recovery

EMC is putting replication and recovery into the hands of VMware administrators with a software version of its RecoverPoint appliance that's designed for cloud computing. The new tool, RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, works within the VMware vCenter...

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Server sales have turned a corner, IDC says

Server sales have picked up after a long slow spell and are likely to stay buoyant well into 2015 and beyond, IDC said Tuesday. The growth last quarter was modest—worldwide server revenue climbed just 2.5 percent from a year earlier—but server makers...

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Netflix open sources internal threat monitoring tools

Netflix has released three internal tools it uses to catch hints on the Web that hackers might target its services. "Many security teams need to stay on the lookout for Internet-based discussions, posts and other bits that may be of impact to the organizations...

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Netcore, Netis routers have hardcoded password, Trend Micro says

A line of routers from a China-based manufacturer has a serious flaw that could allow a hacker to monitor someone's Internet traffic, according to research from Trend Micro. The routers are sold under the Netcore brand name in China and Netis outside...

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Microsoft considering development boards for Windows Phone, RT

Microsoft has considered making development boards for Windows Phone or Windows RT in addition to the x86 boards it already makes, but the company isn't saying if it would ever release such products. Microsoft hasn't yet announced plans to release such...

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China says Microsoft hasn't been fully transparent in anti-monopoly probe

Chinese authorities are claiming that Microsoft has yet to fully comply with the government's anti-monopoly investigation, and is demanding more information about its media player and Web browser distribution. "Information relating to Microsoft's suspected...

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Sony says 'high traffic' downs PlayStation, Entertainment networks

Sony said Sunday that 'high traffic' downed its PlayStation and Entertainment networks, with the group claiming responsibility also apparently involved in a security threat concerning a flight carrying a Sony executive. The group, which calls itself...

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Airbnb to reveal 124 New York hosts to attorney general

Airbnb will hand over information on 124 of its hosts in New York to comply with a request from the state attorney general, who is investigating the legality of the service, the company said Friday. The attorney general sought unredacted personal information...

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Two Galileo GPS satellites launched in wrong orbit

Two satellites that are intended to form part of the European Galileo satellite navigation system went astray from their intended orbit after launch from French Guiana on Friday, satellite launch company Arianespace said. Galileo is being built by Europe...

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Report: Amazon building ad system to compete with Google's

Amazon plans to expand its small online ad delivery business enough to take on Google's AdWords, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The company is developing a platform for delivering ads both on its own properties and other sites, potentially...

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DeLorean tries to predict your next move, could reduce lag in online gaming

Ask any gamer about how they feel about lag in online gaming, and they'll probably want to throw something in lieu of an answer. It might not be possible to eliminate lag entirely, but Microsoft researchers are toying with a way to mitigate it by trying...

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AMD introduces the R9 285, its latest Radeon graphics card

During its 30 Years of Gaming and Graphics event on Saturday, AMD announced the Radeon R9 285, the newest addition to the company's lineup of desktop graphics cards. As noted by Tom's Hardware, the R9 285 is based around AMD's Tonga Pro GPU: The board...

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US warns 'significant number' of major businesses hit by Backoff malware

Over a thousand major enterprise networks and small and medium businesses in the U.S. have been compromised by a recently discovered malware package called "Backoff" and are probably unaware of it, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said...

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Airbnb to reveal 124 New York hosts to attorney general

Airbnb will hand over information on 124 of its hosts in New York to comply with a request from the state attorney general, who is investigating the legality of the service, the company said Friday. The attorney general sought unredacted personal information...

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Report: Amazon building ad system to compete with Google's

Amazon plans to expand its small online ad delivery business enough to take on Google's AdWords, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The company is developing a platform for delivering ads both on its own properties and other sites, potentially...

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Intel highlights more of its wireless computing plans

Intel is taking more steps to provide what it calls "wire-free" computing by 2016, a plan the company first talked about publicly in June at the Computex trade show. The company is developing a smart dock through which laptops can wirelessly connect...

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Google's search app gets friendlier to bilingual Android users

Want to Google the name of a restaurant in English and then ask for the weather in Japanese? On Android it no longer requires switching back and forth between language settings. For voice searches, users can now select up to five languages in the search...

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Mobile apps could be abused to make expensive phone calls

A security precaution skipped in mobile applications such as Facebook's Messenger could be abused to make an expensive phone call at a victim's expense, a developer contends. Phone numbers often appear as links on a mobile device. That is possible by...

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YouTube music might be a win for other Google services

A tricked-out version of YouTube offering exclusive content might prove lucrative bait for Google to lure some of its users deeper into its digital video and music services. YouTube appears to be readying a paid premium music service that would cost...

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'Reveton' ransomware upgraded with powerful password stealer

A type of malware called Reveton, which falsely warns users they've broken the law and demands payment of a fine, has been upgraded with powerful password stealing functions, according to Avast. Reveton is in a class of nasty programs known as "ransomware,"...

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China paving the way for big Xbox One sales

China has approved the sale of 5 million Xbox One units, opening the way for Microsoft to make a big splash in the country's emerging console sector. Microsoft's Chinese partner BesTV revealed the figure in a Tuesday earnings statement. The Chinese...

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Why would Chinese hackers want hospital patient data?

The theft of personal data on 4.5 million patients of Community Health Systems by hackers in China highlights the increasing degree to which hospitals are becoming lucrative targets for information theft. Already this year, around 150 incidents of lost...

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Symantec folds nine Norton products into one service

Symantec will consolidate its cluttered Norton line of security software, folding nine products into one online service that can be used across desktop computers and mobile devices. The product, in beta now, will simply be called "Norton Security" and...

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AMD announces Radeon R7 SSD product line, made by enthusiast manufacturer OCZ

AMD said Tuesday that it will sell three 2.5-inch SSDs manufactured by enthusiast house OCZ, allowing AMD to offer high-speed storage alongside microprocessors and graphics chips. AMD will sell the three SSDs—sized at 120, 240, and 480 gigabytes, respectively—as...

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