Ghostery has been bought by the developer of a privacy-focused browser

Record-breaking 104 satellites launched into space by a single rocket

Google maakt Instant Apps beschikbaar bij eerste Android-toestellen

Google is begonnen met de ondersteuning van Instant Apps op de eerste Android-toestellen. Gebruikers van onder andere Pixel-toestellen constateerden dat ze de ondersteuning konden activeren, waarna de toestellen overweg kunnen met apps zonder die te…

Google claims ‘massive’ Stagefright Android bug had 'sod all effect'

And hackers didn't have much luck either with other flaws in the mobe OS RSA USA  Despite shrill wailings by computer security experts over vulnerabilities in Android, Google claims very, very few of people have ever suffered at the hands of its bug…

Let’s hear it for magnetic fasteners, please clasp

Microsoft's Surface Book gets a UK price bump thanks to Brexit

Signal ondersteunt versleutelde videochats

Open Whisper Systems heeft de chatapp Signal ondersteuning gegeven voor versleutelde videogesprekken. Nieuw is daarnaast de ondersteuning voor CallKit in iOS 10, waarmee inkomende gesprekken direct vanaf het lockscreen te accepteren zijn. Het gaat n…

Cheer up, pal: UK mobe networks are now 8% less crap, tests show

At data, EE leads, Voda fails Real-world mobile network performance monitor RootMetrics reckons the reliability of the UK’s mobile networks improved eight per cent in the last six months of 2016.…

Finally, a use for your mobile phone: Snapping ALIEN signal blurts

Citizen science project to find galactic bursts using selfie-taking pocket radio receivers Friends, take out your mobiles in the name of science! Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics are trying to look for fast radio burs…

Cheer up, pal: UK mobe networks are now 8% less crap, tests show

At data, EE leads, Voda fails Real-world mobile network performance monitor RootMetrics reckons the reliability of the UK’s mobile networks improved eight per cent in the last six months of 2016.…

IBM and ServiceNow lock eyes, vow long commitment

Roses are red. 'Global strategic alliance' is … eeeww. We've written a more fun headline for you even though V-Day is over IBM and ServiceNow have signed a “multi-year, strategic partnership” to blend their respective SaaS-y bits in the service of a…

Pioneer's Lightning earbuds let you charge while you listen

Amazon's Alexa now supports Outlook.com calendars

Oracle 'systematically stiffed its salesforce' claims new sueball

Former worker says Big Red constantly re-writes commission rules retrospectively, even if it puts workers in 'debt' A new lawsuit filed by a former Oracle employee alleges the software giant “has systematically stiffed its salesforce of earned commi…

Riverbed bakes SD-WAN into WAN optimisation

It's all cloudy, innit? Riverbed is hoping to push more large-scale Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) deployments with a data centre version of its SteelConnect, plus integration of the system into its SteelHead appliances under the new moniker "SteelHe…

Riverbed bakes SD-WAN into WAN optimisation

It's all cloudy, innit? Riverbed is hoping to push more large-scale Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) deployments with a data centre version of its SteelConnect, plus integration of the system into its SteelHead appliances under the new moniker "SteelHe…

Lightlines are humanity's latest attempt to protect smartphone zombies

Patch My PC 3.0.5.0

Versie 3.0.5.0 van Patch My PC is uitgekomen. Dit programma kan controleren of de laatste versies van een groot aantal programma's ? waaronder Mozilla Firefox, Java, iTunes, Skype en Adobe Flash ? zijn geïnstalleerd. Daarnaast kan het zien welke Win…

GeForce Game Ready Driver 378.66 WHQL

Nvidia heeft nieuwe stabiele GeForce-drivers uitgebracht. De drivers dragen versienummer 378.66 WHQL en zijn geschikt voor Windows Vista en hoger, met zoals gebruikelijk aparte downloads voor 32bit- en 64bit-omgevingen. De drivers kunnen worden gebr…

Meet LogicLocker: Boffin-built SCADA ransomware

Pay the ransom, or restore from backup. Choose wisely! Let's start with the “calm down” part of the article: yes, LogicLocker is ransomware designed for programmable logic controllers, but no, the cyber-geddon isn't upon us.…

Android users can now harness the power of neural networks to alter faces