Reports: Audio

optical vs. analog output, Oppo DAC

Reports: Botnets

university vending machine attack

Reports: Mac App Store

OS X lock-outs, update problems and workarounds

Reports: Mac marginalization

netbooks, iPads and Chromebooks

Reports: Malvertising

scamming via Google

Reports: Phishing

online sales scam

Reports: Tax software

TurboTax Premier admin account issue

Apricorn secure storage

This broad collection of secure flash, SSD and hard drive storage devices offers built-in hardware encryption that works across platforms, connecting via USB.

VeraCrypt

This successor to TrueCrypt offers encrypted disk images with special security features.

BestCrypt

This app creates encrypted disk images, like Apple's Mac Disk Utility, but they are supported across Windows and Linux platforms and have additional features, as well.

BlackFog

This security subscription software promises to block trackers and ads in Safari and to remove adware, as well as "forensic data."

Airtame

Stream video wirelessly from your computer to a television or projector with this HDMI device.

Mpow Bluetooth 4.1 Receiver

Range a little further via Bluetooth before drop-outs hit, and play from two devices at the same time.

Etcher

This cross-platform utility is designed to simplify installation of Elementary OS onto a USB flash drive.

Apple sponsors San Francisco BSides security conference

BSides, a two day "open forum for discussion and debate for security engineers and their affiliates" being held today and tomorrow in San Francisco, received a public contributing sponsorship from Apple, underlining the increasi…

NASA rocket will form artificial clouds in space

When you watch a rocket launch, it's usually to enjoy the show put on by the rocket itself. With one of NASA's next launches, however, you'll likely be more interested in what's left behind. When one of two Black Brant IX rockets blasts o…

Sonos’ latest ad is a super yuppie version of Apple’s classic 1984 commercial

Verizon introduces new unlimited data plan, $80/mo for ‘unlimited’ 4G data, texts and talk time

Verizon is bringing back its unlimited data plans. With the new Verizon Unlimited plan launching on Monday, customers can use as much 4G LTE data, send as many texts as they like and talk for as long as they please … for $80 per month. An equivalen…

The Nokia 3310 Was a Frickin' Tank

Dave Mitchell is a 49-year-old devotee to his old cell phone and members of the UK press are claiming he’s the proud owner of the “oldest working mobile phone in Britain.” Considering the 17-year-old model he uses is a Nokia 3310, that claim is beli…

Chap scripts remote Linux takeover for sysadmins

Use this for good, not for evil. But not if you care about your penguins Linux sysadmins with a sense of adventure: Tokyo-based developer Hector Martin has put together a set of scripts to replace an in-use Linux system over SSH.…

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