Inside the ongoing fight to stamp out govt-grade Android spyware

Chrysaor, Lipizzan are state surveillance tools, not Pokemon, surprisingly Black Hat  A study into government-grade Android spyware led researchers to a new strain of surveillance malware lurking in the Google Play app store – a strain that has now …

Smart home platform Wink has been acquired by will.i.am

Intel brengt eind dit jaar eerste producten uit op 10nm

Intel brengt eind dit jaar de eerste producten uit die het heeft gemaakt op een 10nm-procedé. Dat zeggen topmensen van de fabrikant in een bespreking van de kwartaalcijfers. Intel behaalde een recordomzet in het vorige kwartaal.

Google-onderzoekers vinden gebreken in versleutelde usb-drives

Op de Black Hat-conferentie hebben Google-onderzoekers resultaten gepresenteerd van een audit van de beveiliging van verschillende versleutelde usb-drives. Zij constateerden verschillende gebreken die de noodzaak van deugdelijke certificering onders…

Nokia-smartphones krijgen mogelijk camera-interface van Lumia-toestellen

HMD's Nokia-smartphones krijgen mogelijk de interface van Nokia's Lumia-smartphones van voorheen. HMD heeft van Microsoft de patenten gekregen op het ontwerp van de interface, waardoor de Finse fabrikant die mag toepassen in zijn toestellen.

After we ran our article about the fate of .sk, the nation of Slovakia flew into a rage. And now, here's part two...

Behind the scenes of a battle to control a ccTLD Analysis  A campaign to convince the Slovakian government to halt the sale of the .sk registry has nothing to do with money or politics, it is claimed.…

After we ran our article about the fate of .sk, the nation of Slovakia flew into a rage. And now, here's part two...

Behind the scenes of a battle to control a ccTLD Analysis  A campaign to convince the Slovakian government to halt the sale of the .sk registry has nothing to do with money or politics, it is claimed.…

Amazon launches The Hub locker delivery system for apartment buildings

Apple exits music player biz by killing iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle

The iPod Touch is all that remains now and it's had two models axed Apple's exited the standalone music player business by discontinuing the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle.…

This is the Dell security team. We have you surrounded. Come out with a purchase order

RSA/VMware/Dell pincer movement to sell all the cybers Security buyers: Dell's got you surrounded. Come out with a purchase order, buy security software, and we can bring this to a peaceful ending.…

USA to screen tablets, e-readers and handheld games before they fly

Ten US airports already do it, the rest will follow soon, foreigners may be spared Domestic air passengers within the USA will be required to remove any electronic device larger than a smartphone from their carry-on bags for screening before boardin…

Enumeration bug offers five-finger discount on shopping loyalty points

Woolworths Australia is off its trolley - points redemption apps accept random card numbers The Register has been alerted that Australian retailer Woolworths' customer loyalty points can be filched thanks to a user enumeration bug.…

Cellphone kill switches kill cellphone snatchers

Mobes no longer worth stealing, San Francisco DA declares Smartphone thefts have declined by 50 per cent in San Francisco since 2013, and by 22 per cent since last year, a decline that District Attorney George Gascón attributes to the Smartphone The…

Elon Musk names yet another launch date for SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket

Intel, Amazon, Twitter: Your 60-second guide to today's financial-gasm

The good, the bad, and the Dorsey We may be beyond the halfway point for the calendar year, but in the world of corporate finance we are squarely in the middle, as companies are posting their numbers for the three months to the end of June.…

LG W7 oled - dunste tv voor de dikste portemonnee

LG's W7 oled-tv is zó dun dat je hem met magneten aan de muur bevestigt. Om dat voor elkaar te krijgen heeft LG de elektronica in een sounbar verstopt. Wij voelden hem aan de tand.

Node.js features race ahead of those teaching developers how to use it

Community struggles to keep educational resources current Node Summit  The popularity of Node.js has caught its community by surprise and left its stewards scrambling to find a way to keep developers up to date with the rapidly changing technology.…

Big Cable falls into wormhole to alternate universe, sends back blog post about USA's amazing broadband

You are wrong about internet speeds. Love, NCTA Analysis  In a striking example of corporate gaslighting, the US cable industry's trade association, the NCTA, claims that the defining characteristic of the US broadband market is competition.…

Microsoft: Get in, IT nerds, you're now using Insider builds and twice-annual Windows rollouts

Trust us, we never screw anything up Living up to its Windows-as-a-service promise, Microsoft has laid out the schedule it will use to roll out Windows and Office 365 updates in future.…

The evolution of the iPod

 Earlier today, Apple announced that it’s finally discontinuing the iPod nano and shuffle once and for all, making the touch the last iPod standing. Four years after the end of the iPod classic, it’s no surprise that the company would sunset its con…

Hackers can turn web-connected car washes into horrible death traps

Yeah, boss, I took care of him. I had him waxed. Literally Black Hat  Forget hijacking smart light bulbs. Researchers claim they can hack into internet-connected car wash machines from the other side of the world and potentially turn them into death…