In the world of bizarre news, British Prime Minister David Cameron has found a new war to fight. This time it isn’t public spending or low tuition fees. His latest enemy is online pornography. The United Kingdom has had laws that restrict pornography for quite some time, especially from being […]
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SIM Cards are vulnerable and millions of cellphones could be hacked
If you thought a simple phone is not vulnerable, you got it wrong. Today a report from The New York times explains how a German mobile security expert found in the technology that is used to encrypt SIM cards. Some SIM cards use DES(Data Encryption Standard) encryption, which is an […]
Apple has acquired startup firm Locationary
Apple’s mapping technology has never been very impressive. Certainly not impressive enough to compete with the much more popular Google Maps, especially after the last revision to the service that made Apple’s mapping software almost unusable by many consumers. But the company is on a mission to change that, as […]
Secret files detail Microsoft’s assistance in PRISM program
While there has been a lot of speculation about just how much technology companies were contributing to government surveillance as part of PRISM, Microsoft has denied any real violations for customers. For awhile they even denied having knowledge that the program existed. But now details have emerged thanks to secret […]
Microsoft’s reorganisation will enable innovation and focus on devices and services
Most tech companies that go beyond the startup phase will begin to break off into departments that have their own mission statement. When a company gets as big as Microsoft, you will have dozens of departments with an even larger number of strategies as they work on their own projects. […]
Gartner, IDC reports confirm that PC Shipments continue to shrink
It appears that PC shipments are not doing quite well over the last years. The numbers continue to drop and the latest reports that just came out today from Gartner and IDC confirm this trend. Compared to the same semester of the last year the shrink is quite drastic, 11 […]
Apple found guilty of violating antitrust laws by raising e-book prices
In a case that has been watched with interest from people in both the publishing and technology industries, a judge has ruled that Apple conspired to illegally raise ebook prices and keep down competitors. The lawsuit was filed by the Department of Justice in 2012, alongside 33 states and territories […]





