Lap(top) of luxury: Porsche Design revs up 2-in-1 Windows 10 slab

Surface Book rival costs north of two grand, certainly ain't a cheap trick MWC  Luxury brand Porsche Design has announced, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, its first 2-in-1 computer: a Windows 10 device that will be available in April 2017 for…

This week on GitHub: Facebook's forecaster and a sysadmin CURSE

You always wanted an autonomous T-shirt cannon, right? Here you go Repo Roundup  To kick off this week's Repo Roundup, in which we trawl online code repositories so you don't have to, Facebook's emitted a prophecy, and we don't mean Mark Zuckerberg'…

WSJ: Apple will ditch Lightning for USB-C on new iPhones

Supreme Court to decide whether sex offenders can be barred from social media

So. 256GB. 3D NAND. MicroSD. SanDisk. $199. Any further questions?

Yes, what... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow? SanDisk has slapped a price sticker and availability date on its 256GB 3D NAND flash chip that'll be packaged into A1-class microSDXC cards, as well as USB sticks and other formats.…

Cisco says Smart Install is not a bug, not a vuln, releases blocker anyway

Allowing unauthenticated OS re-install sure feels like a bug ... Cisco has reiterated that its Smart Install feature is not a bug and not a vulnerability, and to prove it's not, it's built a tool to help sysadmins block it.…

Cisco says Smart Install is not a bug, not a vuln, releases blocker anyway

Allowing unauthenticated OS re-install sure feels like a bug ... Cisco has reiterated that its Smart Install feature is not a bug and not a vulnerability, and to prove it's not, it's built a tool to help sysadmins block it.…

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Mozilla makes first-ever acquisition: web-clipping app 'Pocket'

App scrapes content into devices for later viewing, even offline, advances Moz mission to make web accessible Mozilla has acquired Read It Later, Inc. the developer of a web clipping app called “Pocket”.…

ServiceNow hires former eBay and Bain & Co man John Donahoe as CEO

Current chief Frank Slootman steps aside in sudden but orderly transition ServiceNow has a new CEO: John Donahoe, formerly CEO of eBay and of Bain & Company, was appointed on Monday after the current holder of the positions, Frank Slootman, decided …

Moto and Huawei are replacing the Android keys with a touchpad, and I like it

Two million recordings of kids, parents leaked from cloud-connected toys' crappy MongoDB

Voice messages and account info leak, held to ransom Two million voice recordings of kids and their families were exposed online and repeatedly held to ransom – because the maker of microphone-fitted, internet-connected stuffed toys used an insecure…

ESET antivirus cracks opens Apple Macs to remote root execution via man-in-middle diddle

XML parser dates from 2007, and cert check doesn't work Bored hacker looking for fun? We couldn't possibly suggest you attack the latest vulnerability in ESET's antivirus software, because it's too basic to offer any challenge at all.…

Privacy watchdog to probe Oz gov's right to release personal info 'to correct the record'

'Doxing' of Centrelink complainant hurts open government say privacy experts The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is investigating whether it's acceptable for an Australian government department to release personal data when seeking…

Samsung heir will be indicted for bribery, embezzlement, perjury, and hiding criminal profits

Microsoft slaps Apple Gatekeeper-like controls on Windows 10: Install only apps from store

Configurable switch on software spotted in latest Insider build A feature in the Windows Insider Preview Build 15042 allows administrators to block the installation of any Win32 application that is not fetched from Microsoft's software marketplace.…

Bill Paxton given GPS tribute by storm chasers after Twister star dies at 61

SoundCloud’s new $5 a month service has the best features for half the price

US Supreme Court set to kill Twitter, Facebook ban for sex offenders

Oral arguments critical of North Carolina law that blocks criminal perverts from social media The US Supreme Court looks set to kill off a North Carolina law that prevents sex offenders from accessing social media sites, for being unconstitutional.…

LUNAR-CY! SpaceX announces the Moon trip-for-two it'll inevitably miss the deadline on

2018? No. And we're assuming they'll be back in one piece Two unnamed and presumably very well-heeled people have booked a flight around the Moon using unproven hardware from SpaceX.…

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