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BlackBerry Chief Predicts Tablet Demise in 5 Years
According to BlackBerry’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, tablets will lose their market dominance in 5 years, to be replaced by, presumably, smartphones like the BlackBerry, and larger monitors. Assuming he is referring to the business space, it’s hard to decide whether his prediction is some parts sour grapes – BlackBerry’s own tablet, the Playbook, was a
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Contentious Internet Tax Bill back on Capitol Hill
Shoppers enjoy online purchasing for a variety of reasons, but the lack of sales tax is probably highest on that list of perks. That may soon change due to a revamped Internet Tax bill re-introduced last week on the Senate floor, and one which could be voted on as early as this week. The “Marketplace
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Windows 8.1 to see return of Start Menu
Though they haven’t officially confirmed it, Microsoft’s update to Windows 8 (codenamed “Blue”) is supposedly set to give users back their “Start” menu and the ability to boot into the more familiar “desktop” mode of the OS, as opposed to using the tile-based interface that Windows 8 boots into currently. According to Microsoft, the impetus to
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CISPA Fight Heating up on Capitol Hill
The controversial CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) proposal has passed committee review and is heading to the Senate for a vote, despite a clear warning from the Obama administration that it would VETO the proposed law. Unlike the equally controversial SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) backed by media companies and defeated through vigorous and
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Airplane Flight Software Hacked by Android Device
Just when we were getting flight attendants to relax the electronic device restrictions on flights, a German security consultant has demonstrated a real-world hack and takeover of an airplane’s critical guidance and control systems using an app he built that runs on an Android smartphone. Hugo Teso of n.run, who is also a trained commercial
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Popular Consumer Router Vulnerable
Security tester Phil Purviance has gone public with his findings on a popular router that widely sold to consumers and small businesses. He sums it up succinctly: …any network with an EA2700 router on it is an insecure network! The router in question is commonly found at big box retailers like Fry’s Electronics, Best Buy
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