Microsoft onthult toetsenbord met vingerafdrukscanner

Microsoft heetft een nieuw toetsenbord onthuld. Het invoerapparaat met de naam 'Microsoft Modern Keyboard' bevat een vingerafdrukscanner die kan worden gebruikt voor inloggen met Windows Hello. De scanner bevindt zich naast de rechter alt-toets.

Brit hacker admits he siphoned data from US military satellite network

Department of Defense says intrusion cost $628,000 A UK-based computer hacker has admitted stealing hundreds of user accounts from a US military communications system.…

Yeah, if you could just stop writing those Y2K compliance reports, that would be great

Uncle Sam scraps rules 17 years on from when the world ended, oh wait... The US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has announced rule changes that – among other things – will finally end the requirement that agency IT departments report their Y2K…

FreeNAS 11.0

De final release van FreeNAS versie 11 is uitgekomen. Met deze software kan een in het netwerk opgenomen computer als 'network attached storage' worden ingezet, dus puur en alleen voor het opslaan van data. Met behulp van plug-ins kan extra function…

Microsoft’s new Modern Keyboard has a hidden fingerprint reader

Windows Server to get twice-yearly updates, plus stable and fast-moving branches

Nano Server to go containers-only as Server Core pushed forward for other workloads Windows Server and System Center will soon receive twice-yearly updates and come in two “channels”, one for the latest stuff and another less-frequently-updated chan…

Stop trying to make The Machine happen, HPE. It's not going to happen

IT biz bags US govt cash to tinker with lab experiment HPE will use a research grant awarded today by the US Department of Energy to develop blueprints for a Machine-based exascale supercomputer.…

Stop trying to make The Machine happen, HPE. It's not going to happen

IT biz bags US govt cash to tinker with lab experiment HPE will use a research grant awarded today by the US Department of Energy to develop blueprints for a Machine-based exascale supercomputer.…

WikiLeaks dumps CIA Wi-Fi pwnage tool docs online

Cherry Blossom malware hosts secret data Flytrap Hundreds of commercial Wi-Fi routers are easily hackable by the CIA, according to files released by WikiLeaks.…

When we said don't link to the article, Google, we meant DON'T LINK TO THE ARTICLE!

One click, or two? How about no clicks, German court tells search company A German court has given Google a hearty slap over its grudging response to "right to be forgotten" laws, telling it that not linking to information means exactly that: not li…

Oh, wow, Canada: No new carrier-locked phones for Canucks

And no fees for unshackling mobes, either – all from December this year Canada has ruled that cellphone networks may no longer charge fees for carrier-unlocking handsets nor sell new phones locked to their network.…

BAE accused of flogging mass-spying toolkits to assh*le autocrats

Arab Spring meant ka-ching for merchants of death A year-long investigation has uncovered evidence that British armaments conglomerate BAE Systems has been selling internet surveillance equipment to Middle Eastern regimes with questionable human rig…

WikiLeaks publiceert CIA-methodes om routers binnen te dringen

WikiLeaks heeft een nieuwe publicatie in zijn Vault 7-reeks online gezet. Deze draait om het Cherry Blossom-project van de CIA, dat zich richt op het uitbuiten van kwetsbaarheden in routers en toegangspunten, om bijvoorbeeld man-in-the-middle-aanval…

Yahoo! cleanup! will! cost! Verizon! half! a! billion! bucks!

Ha! Ha! Another! chance! to! use! these! exclamations! Verizon says it will have to write off $500m for severance and integration costs on its acquisition of Yahoo!…

Uber sued after digging up medical records of woman raped by driver

Toxic trash taxi biz accused of obtaining files to smear sex assault victim Adding to its litany of disasters, Uber, CEO Travis Kalanick, and former executives Emil Michael and Eric Alexander were sued on Thursday for privacy violations and defamati…

Vivaldi 1.10.867.38

Versie 1.10 van de webbrowser Vivaldi is uitgekomen. Vivaldi is een webbrowser die wordt ontwikkeld door voormalige werknemers van Opera. Hij richt zich voornamelijk op powerusers en gebruikers van Opera voor de overstap op Chromium, hoewel ook deze…

Brit bekent diefstal satellietcommunicatie Amerikaanse defensie

Een 25-jarige Brit heeft bekend dat hij in 2014 heeft ingebroken in het systeem voor satellietcommunicatie van de Amerikaanse defensie. De hacker wist de gegevens van achthonderd gebruikers van het systeem en dertigduizend gebruikers van satelliette…

Uncle Sam bungs rich tech giants quarter of a billion bucks for exascale super R&D

Carrot dangled for 2021 mega-machines The US government has dangled $258m in funding in front of six American tech giants to encourage the development of exascale supercomputer systems.…

Look who's joined the anti-encryption posse: Germany, come on down

Sie werden diese Nachrichten entschlüsseln! Germany has joined an increasing number of countries looking to introduce anti-encryption laws.…

Uncle Sam bungs rich tech giants quarter of a billion bucks for exascale super R&D

Carrot dangled for 2021 mega-machines The US government has dangled $258m in funding in front of six American tech giants to encourage the development of exascale supercomputer systems.…

Amazon granted a patent that prevents in-store shoppers from online price checking