Fancy the new HTML vSphere client? Go get it: The old one as a security problem

Virtzilla has one other security worry too, in Identity Manager VMware's popped out a couple of security advisories, one of which helps it in a perverse way.…

Tech giants warn IoT vendors to get real about security

Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group waves baseball bat at slapdash Thing-makers The heavyweights behind the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG) are sick of Internet of Things (IoT) startups foisting insecure rubbish on consum…

'Nederlandse ziekenhuizen meldden dit jaar 304 datalekken'

Nederlandse ziekenhuizen hebben tot nu toe 304 keer melding gemaakt van een datalek, schrijft Trouw op basis van gegevens van de privacytoezichthouder. De lekken zouden voornamelijk ontstaan door 'menselijke fouten en onbeveiligde verbindingen'.

First Click: What Civilization 6 taught me about Black Friday

Hermés Launches Exclusive ‘Equateur Tattoo’ Apple Watch Band

Starting today (i.e. November 24), Hermés boutiques will start selling an exclusive Apple Watch band called “Equateur Tattoo.” Designed by naturalist artist Robert Dallet, the band features a jungle print and is priced at 419 Euros. Continue r…

CompSci boffins offer new bug-rating system to get you home on time

Rating Impact, not theoretical severity, is goal of 'Non-Intrusive and Context-Based Vulnerability Scoring' If you're in charge of a couple of thousand boxen, you can't patch every vulnerability report at once, so sysadmins will welcome help sorting…

Wordpress lost ernstige kwetsbaarheid in updatemechanisme op

Wordpress heeft een ernstig beveiligingsprobleem opgelost, nadat dit door onderzoekers aan Automattic was gemeld. Door het lek was het mogelijk om via de functie voor automatische updates malware naar Wordpress-sites te sturen, die 27 procent van he…

FreeNAS 10 bèta 2

De tweede bètarelease van FreeNAS versie 10 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 fun…

Apple Black Friday Roundup: Find the best deals & lowest prices on iPhone, MacBook, iPad, iMac and Apple Watch

While Apple is expected to offer some form of Black Friday promotion later this week, the company's top authorized resellers -- which have historically offered much better deals -- have already launched their Black Friday sales.…

Airbnb settles lawsuit with New York over short-term rental law

Airbnb has settled its lawsuit against the state of New York, but that doesn't mean it has given up. The rental listing service sued the state after governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that made it illegal to rent out units in buildings for…

How to confuse a Euro-cop: survey reveals the crypto they love to hate

Bits of Freedom research discovers unsavoury continental back-door preferences European Union (EU) citizens can now get an idea of what their governments want – and are doing about – cryptography regulation.…

Missile tech helps boffins land drone on car moving at 50 km/h

Because UAVs should hitch a ride when it makes no sense to burn batteries Robotics boffins have landed an autonomous quadcopter on a car moving at 50 km/h and think doing so might just change the drone business.…

No super-kinky web smut please, we're British

UK ISPs will be asked to block streams of stuff it's legal to do, but too dirtty to watch Film censors in the United Kingdom will be able to ban Brits from accessing websites that stream especially kinky X-rated videos, if a proposed change in the l…

Total Commander 9.00 final

Na zes release candidates en zeventien bèta's is nu eindelijk de final release van Total Commander versie 9.0 uitgekomen. Dit programma kan als vervanging voor Windows Verkenner worden gebruikt. Doordat het beeld in tweeën is gesplitst, is het eenvo…

UK's Bletchley Park to host cybersecurity boarding school

Bletchley Park will once again serve as a cryptographic hub in the UK. Plans are afoot to create a new "National College of Cyber Security" in G-Block, a building which is currently in a state of disrepair. It's scheduled to open in 2018 an…

Microsoft starts shipping Surface Studio orders early, offers dedicated support line

Google’s AI can now lip read better than humans after watching thousands of hours of TV

How to fix macOS Mail when mailboxes aren’t in alphabetical order

Steve Price wrote in with a question about alphabetic sorting of macOS Mail’s mailboxes, and then, shortly after, a solution! (Which is always welcome, dear readers, as I can then share them widely with others). Disable accounts before deleting …

Review: Why you need the BBC’s amazing Story of Life app

I’ve been enjoying the new BBC Worldwide iOS app, The Story of Life, since it first appeared earlier this month. It’s the biggest ever mobile release of amazing material drawn from Sir David Attenborough’s enormous archive of natural history film…

Apple Exploring New 3D Dual-Lens Camera Hardware for iPhone 8

Apple is working with LG on a new dual camera module capable of 3D photography effects for potential use in its 10th anniversary iPhone, according to a brief report in The Korea Economic Daily. The article is short on details, but states that th…

Apple Offering Free Gift Cards Worth Up to $200 With Select Purchases in Australia and New Zealand Today

Apple's one-day shopping event is now live in Australia and New Zealand, offering customers free Apple Store gift cards worth up to A$200 or NZ$215 with the purchase of selected Apple products today only. The offers are available through Apple's …