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Google: Symantec antivirus flaws are 'as bad as it gets'

@ 2016/07/01 read/post comments(0)

Products from Symantec that are supposed to protect users have made them much more open to attack, according to Google. Researcher Tavis Ormandy has spotted numerous vulnerabilities in 25 Norton and Symantec products that are "as bad as it gets,"… Go To Full Article

Apple patents tech to stop iphone users videoing concerts

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Fruity cargo cult Apple has come up with a method to switch off all the iPhones at a concert to stop Apple fanboys recording live acts. A recently discovered patent which outlines an idea Apple has to… Go To Full Article

Abduct four pals for couch co-op in PS4's 'Alienation'

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What's better than mowing down (virtual) alien hordes with a buddy sitting right next to you? When it comes to video games, not much. That's why the fine Finnish folks at developer Housemarque are adding local co-op to the top-down,… Go To Full Article

Hit shooter Overwatch blows away competition

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Latest figures show that the Overwatch earning $269 million in digital revenues across both PC and console, pushing the PC category up 8 per cent. According to SuperData figures, the overall digital games market was up 11… Go To Full Article

Florida man claims to have invented the iPhone

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Florida resident Thomas Ross claims he invented the “iPhone” and has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against Apple claiming it nicked his idea. According to Ross, the iPhone, iPad, and iPod infringe upon his 1992 invention of… Go To Full Article

Google is testing internet speeds straight from search

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For years Ookla has dominated internet speed test traffic, but Netflix recently unveiled a simpler option. Now, Google may be muscling into the game with its own test that works straight from search. Internet marketer Dr. Pete Meyers spotted an… Go To Full Article

Microsoft 365 users exposed to ransomware attack

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Millions of Microsoft Office 365 users were exposed to a massive zero-day Cerber ransomware attack last week. Steven Toole, a researcher for the cloud-security firm Avanan, blogged that his company saw the first attack roll in at… Go To Full Article

Google and Qualcomm are making Snapdragon chips Tango ready

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Manufacturers can make their devices Tango compatible simply by equipping them with Qualcomm's new and upcoming Snapdragon 800 and 600 SoCs. According to Ars Technica, the chipmaker has been working with Google for the past year-and-a-half to make it...… Go To Full Article

Microsoft drops Windows 10's 'messaging everywhere' feature

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When the Windows 10 Anniversary update arrives this summer, it will be missing one thing we were expecting: messaging everywhere. The feature Microsoft has been testing was similar to Apple's crossplatform iMessage integration, and Google's SMS-via-H... Go To Full Article

Salamander robot can walk, crawl and swim like the real deal

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One of the latest robots out of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) can mimic the way a real salamander moves, whether on land or in the water. The EPFL scientists call it Pleurobot (after the species… Go To Full Article

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