Star Wars actor Mark Hamill pens tribute to Carrie Fisher – CNET
Hamill shares memories of working with Fisher and why making her laugh felt like “a badge of honor.” Source: CNet
Read MoreHamill shares memories of working with Fisher and why making her laugh felt like “a badge of honor.” Source: CNet
Read MoreGE Appliances will work with a smart kitchen company called Drop to let you control your Wi-Fi-connected ovens through Drop’s Recipes app. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe new partnership between GE Appliances and Nest Labs means that your Wi-Fi-enabled oven will turn itself off if the Nest Protect detects smoke. Source: CNet
Read MoreForrester predicts that more than 500,000 internet of things (IoT) devices will suffer a compromise in 2017, dwarfing Heartbleed. Drop the mic—enough said. With the sheer velocity of how the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks spread through common household items such as DVR players, makes this sector scary from a security standpoint. [ Give yourself a
Read MoreIt’s not just an electric Pacifica. It’s way more than that. Source: CNet
Read MoreOnly a handful of industry associations accomplish what they set out to do. In the security realm, I’ve always been a huge fan of the Trusted Computing Group. It’s one of the few vendor organizations that truly makes computers more secure in a holistic manner. The Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance is another group with lots
Read MoreWhether quantum computing is 10 years away or is already here, it promises to make current encryption methods obsolete, so enterprises need to start laying the groundwork for new encryption methods. A quantum computer uses qubits instead of bits. A bit can be a zero or a one, but a qubit can be both simultaneously,
Read MoreIf we were all willing to use the carpool option in apps like Uber and Lyft, MIT researchers say it would transform city streets. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe revival series is set to debut on Showtime this year, apparently “sooner than you think.” Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: It’s acceptable for the city of Bologna, but Facebook apparently thinks it’s rude. Source: CNet
Read MoreLucky meteor watchers may be able to catch a fireball among the meteor sparks during the annual appearance of the Quandrantids. Source: CNet
Read MoreElon Musk’s space company is ready to move beyond a rocket explosion that left it grounded since September. Source: CNet
Read MoreGenealogists discover the “Sherlock” actor is a distant cousin of the character’s creator, author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Source: CNet
Read MoreA little slow getting your Model S order on the books? Tesla has a gift for you. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe man who plays Chewbacca opens his arms to Star Wars fans mourning the passing of Princess Leia actress Carrie Fisher. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe 2017 Galaxy A7, A5 and A3 are aimed at young, trendy phone buyers who may be looking for devices that don’t cost a fortune. Source: CNet
Read MoreWe’ve called Jeffrey Stephenson the “Frank Lloyd Wright of case design.” He’s back with a new, modular design called Clean Slate. Source: DIY IT
Read MoreThe next step beyond Android Auto might mean your next car has a chewy, Nougat center. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe second Baby Tech Awards will be announced during this year’s CES show in Las Vegas, for an industry that’s still in the teething phase. Source: CNet
Read MoreHere’s the story so far on Honda’s high-performance model line, before the new Civic Type R finally arrives in the US. Source: CNet
Read MoreOnline outages are serious. Vendors lose money for every minute their users can’t reach their web services, and business productivity tanks when employees can’t access the web applications they rely on to get their jobs done. People can be convinced to forgive the occasional blip, but full-blown outages reinforce the impression that nothing truly critical should
Read MoreThe world’s biggest tech show returns this week. Here’s what you need to know. Source: CNet
Read MoreGet started on your New Year’s resolution with the help of this multisport GPS watch with built-in music storage and an optical heart-rate sensor. The promotion ends January 15, 2017. Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: January 1 sees the introduction of a law that lets French workers negotiate when they will and won’t reply to work emails. Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: In Michigan, photos meant for a baby announcement to family get spread all around town after dropoff at a Meijer store photo lab. Source: CNet
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