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Never Plug In for Power Again?
Despite the advent of wifi technology which has made staying connected a much more elegant, wire-free affair, we are still tethered by the ever-present power cord. Just about everyone who has traveled with electronics has cursed the forgotten power cord, and probably thrice cursed the tangled knot of cords they did remember to bring. Induction
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Gmail’s Spam Filter Isn’t Foolproof
If you’ve taken to heart any of the security advice or practices that I or many other technology professionals have been dispensing for the past few years, you’ve probably developed a healthy skepticism for any emails that land in your box that are unexpected and contain unfamiliar links. Even more so if your email provider
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Next Hacking Target: Your Car
It must be another day ending in “Y” as hackers are making headlines again: Airplanes, cell-phone chargers and now your car might be the target of hackers. As you might have already guessed, auto manufacturers have been building computers and networks into cars for years now, and modern models can have as many as 70
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Can the Heart Succeed Where Passwords Fail?
In a move that surely caught Hollywood by surprise, Canadian company Bionym has announced the imminent arrival of a biometric authentication device dubbed “Nymi” that relies not on retinal scans or fingerprints or even handprints, but upon the beating of your heart. As with many things human and organic, the particular rhythm of your cardiac
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Android Top Target for Mobile Malware
Confirming what many commercial security companies already claim, a security bulletin published on the Public Intelligence website by the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation identifies the Android OS as the most attacked mobile operating system. Nearly 80% of all malware threats in 2012 targeting mobile devices were focused on Google’s
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Windows 8.1 Arriving October 18
News has surfaced via various outlets that Microsoft has finalized the “.1” update to Windows 8. This has a two-fold implication for everyone: first, manufacturers can now start to build PCs with 8.1 instead of 8 (which may help flagging sales), and consumers can expect the major update to arrive in October, as originally promised
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