Chevrolet wins award for lamest recall of the year thus far – Roadshow
There’s nothing as exciting as accidentally forgetting a three-digit code to force a recall of nearly 33,000 vehicles. Source: CNet
Read MoreThere’s nothing as exciting as accidentally forgetting a three-digit code to force a recall of nearly 33,000 vehicles. Source: CNet
Read MoreA new and potent Android Trojan has been leaked on several underground forums, making it available for free to less resourceful cybercriminals who are now likely to use it in attacks. The Trojan app is called SpyNote and allows hackers to steal users’ messages and contacts, listen in on their calls, record audio using the
Read MoreTechnically Incorrect: In the UK, the tide comes in and a number of players are marooned on an island. Source: CNet
Read MoreCockpit view and realistic 3D audio are mentioned as features in the game. Source: CNet
Read MoreA proposed settlement to a class-action will see Nvidia shell out $30 for each GTX 970 purchase. Source: CNet
Read MoreA Target exclusive, the card game should bring back a wagon load of nostalgia. Source: CNet
Read MoreIntroduction, design, features and specs. As the BYOD (aka "bring your own device") movement gains more traction than ever, people are expecting more portable, multi-purpose and even stylish devices. Lenovo, the de facto leader in the business hardware world with IBM’s ThinkPad brand in hand, has been paying close attention. It’s latest attempt to appease
Read MoreAs part of our ongoing 3D Printing Discovery Series, David Gewirtz takes a first look at an inexpensive and quiet 3D printer that might just be nice enough to keep in your office or home, rather than in your workshop or lab. Source: DIY IT
Read MoreWe like VPN companies to offer a free account of some kind, and ZPN’s is better than most with a generous 10GB monthly allowance. Sure, there are only five locations and just a single connection allowed, along with limited bandwidth and absolutely no P2P at all, but if you’re looking for basic anonymous browsing this
Read MoreNew documentation details heavy space requirements to set up Sony’s VR accessory. Source: CNet
Read MoreDrinking on the job is usually frowned upon, but one distinguished museum is making suds an essential part of a new position. Source: CNet
Read MoreTotalVPN is a brand of the Endurance International Group, the company behind names such as Homestead, JustCloud and Typepad. The service offers just one commercial product, Total Premium, with a fairly standard specification: 30+ supported locations, no bandwidth or data caps, three simultaneous connections and protocol support for PPTP, OpenVPN, L2TP/IPSec, SSTP and IkeV2. This
Read MoreLike Google and Microsoft, Apple is investing in programs to teach your kids how to code and play with technology. Source: CNet
Read MoreTech giant’s seemingly unprecedented demands are probably why it still doesn’t have a TV streaming service, according to The Wall Street Journal. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe layoffs come amid the tech giant’s continuing transition to a focus on cloud computing. Source: CNet
Read MoreDespite the name and the privacy angle, TorGuard has nothing to do with the Tor Project. Instead it’s a company which offers a range of privacy-related products, including an anonymous VPN plan for protecting your privacy while using torrents (which is where the "tor" comes from). Product specifications are good, with a choice of 1600+
Read MoreSome VPNs try to win you over with big privacy claims. Others point to their super-low prices. Spotflux does both, but also piles on the extras, including ad blocking, phishing protection, tracker blocking, even mobile data compression to cut bandwidth requirements and save you time. If there’s a catch, it’s that the core VPN product
Read MoreWhen Black Hat convenes next week in Las Vegas, it will be a rich environment for gathering tools that can be used to tighten security but also — in the wrong hands — to carry out exploits. Researchers presenting generally point out the value these releases hold for researchers like themselves who operate in experimental
Read MoreThe FBI is said to be investigating yet another suspected hack of a Democratic Party organization, this time of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that raises funds for Democrats running for the House of Representatives. The previously unreported hack of the DCCC is likely to have been aimed at gathering information on donors rather than
Read MorePureVPN has been providing VPN services for almost ten years, so it’s not surprising that it offers a lengthy list of features: 500 servers in 141 countries, wide protocol support, DNS and IPv6 leak protection, a smart kill switch, five devices allowed and payment via Bitcoin if you need it. Unusual extras include "split tunnelling"
Read MoreThe massively popular game is doing little for Nintendo’s woeful bottom line, but a plane has circumnavigated the globe without a drop of fuel — and lots more on this week’s podcast. Source: CNet
Read MoreProtecting your privacy online sounds like a good idea in theory, but in practice it’s hard to achieve. The internet is a very public network, and most computers leak a lot of information from the moment they connect. Connecting to a virtual private network, or VPN, could make all the difference, cloaking your identity and
Read MoreThe app-enabled interactive art exhibits play with the idea of nature in digital spaces, from kaleidoscopic butterflies to exploding koi. Source: CNet
Read MoreSome VPN companies ask you to choose from only five or 10 servers, but Private Internet Access offers a huge selection of 3300+ servers in 24 countries, leaving everyone else trailing in its digital wake. The company doesn’t give you any surprising bonus features, but the service is still better than average. There’s support for
Read MoreNordVPN is a Panama-based company which has been providing advanced VPN services for more than ten years. NordVPN’s current products match or beat the competition in just about every area. We are talking 563 servers in 49 countries, 2048-bit encryption, six device support as standard, strong DNS leak protection, automatic kill switch, handy security extras,
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