The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, June 12
Twitter CEO Costolo steps down...Oculus shows consumer Rift...Amazon's e-books deals get an antitrust look...and more tech news.
IDG News Service staff | 12 Jun | Read more
Twitter CEO Costolo steps down...Oculus shows consumer Rift...Amazon's e-books deals get an antitrust look...and more tech news.
IDG News Service staff | 12 Jun | Read more
Nest is holding a press conference next week, and it seems that a new security camera will be on the agenda.
Jared Newman | 12 Jun | Read more
Hackers steal data on 4 million government workers...Facebook slims down Android app...privacy-for-service seen as poor tradeoff...and more tech news.
IDG News Service staff | 05 Jun | Read more
Intel, Altera said near a deal... Senate lets NSA dragnet expire... Asus promises 4-day smartwatch life...and more tech news.
IDG News Service staff | 01 Jun | Read more
It's been more than three years since People Power first began offering Presence, a freemium app that can transform any smartphone or tablet into a Wi-Fi security camera, complete with two-way streaming and some rudimentary motion-detection capabilities. It now wants to take things a step further.
Pulkit Chandna | 28 May | Read more
How safe is it to own an Apple Watch? Is the strap secure, and if it's lost, or stolen, how easy is it for a thief to reset or remove the data from the Apple Watch? We look at the hardware and software security of the Apple Watch
Lou Hattersley | 22 May | Read more
Obama claims @POTUS, tweets...YouTube Kids shows beer ads...Samsung off the hook for some Apple damages...and more tech news.
IDG News Service staff | 19 May | Read more
Verizon makes bid for AOL ... Public Wi-Fi set for speed boost ... Mac security product opens critical hole on Macs ... and more tech news.
IDG News Service staff | 12 May | Read more
U.S. lawmakers are skeptical of an FBI request for Congress to mandate encryption workarounds in smartphones, with critics saying Wednesday that back doors would create new vulnerabilities that bad guys can exploit.
Grant Gross | 30 Apr | Read more
According to a new study of around 3 million apps on employee smartphones, 5.2 per cent of iOS apps and 3.9 per cent of Android apps are actually dead, removed from their respective app stores and no longer supported.
Maria Korolov | 29 Apr | Read more
The Neighborhood Watch program is about to augment its wetware network of watchful eyes with a hardware network of wireless IP security cameras. The objective? Reduce false alerts to local authorities, improve emergency response times, and reduce crime rates.
Paul Lilly | 16 Apr | Read more
The punishment AT&T received this week from the U.S. government for its sloppy protection of customer data is peanuts and won't scare other companies into taking stronger security measures, some cybersecurity experts said.
Grant Gross | 10 Apr | Read more
Mention Flir Systems to a security aficionado or a defense-industry watcher, and they'll probably mention thermal imaging, the technology that lets you see where the bad guys are--or where they've been--based on their body heat. Today Flir announced its entry into the increasingly crowded home security camera business with the Flir FX. While we're disappointed to report that the Flir FX isn't capable of thermal imaging, Flir has come up with a trick that could be even more useful when you're looking for evidence of a crime.
Michael Brown | 08 Apr | Read more
Verizon customers can now opt out of having a unique identifier placed on their phones that critics have labelled a 'supercookie' because it's almost impossible to remove.
Zach Miners | 01 Apr | Read more
This app could save your older Android phone from being hijacked. Specifically, the Installer Hijacking Scanner app from the Google Play store is designed to check for a vulnerability that was discovered over a year ago and still hasn't been resolved.
Tony Bradley | 26 Mar | Read more