HP, once one of the biggest brands in computers, has been struggling for quite some time to become relevant in a world increasingly focused on mobile technology. But now they have a chance to make their comeback, thanks to what has been ambiguously named ‘The Machine’. Essentially, The Machine is […]
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Vodafone exposes secret surveillance wires
Ready for your latest dose of privacy horrors? Vodafone has revealed the existence of secret wires that allegedly allow state agencies to listen in and record conversations on a whole new level. It is being referred to as a “nightmare scenario” by privacy advocates. Vodafone, the second largest mobile phone […]
New vulnerability found in OpenSSL months after Heartbleed scare
A new report launched by OpenSSL has revealed another security flaw within the coding that allows for Man In The Middle (MITM) attacks that could potentially decrypt traffic going between an effected client and server. Just a couple of months ago we had the Heartbleed Bug, a massive vulnerability that […]
Google plans to launch ‘End-to-End’ encryption Chrome tool
Google has written a new email describing recent security measures to provide end-to-end encryption on all email messages. But will it be enough to calm the ever-increasing fears of users about possible back door access by government officials and other nefarious forces? The NSA and global spying efforts conducted by […]
Google shows us the future with no steering wheel self-driving car
Google has created a new design for their ambitious self-driving cars. The first hundred experimental cars have an interesting feature: a total lack of steering wheels and brakes. At first, that sounds perfectly natural…of course there are no steering wheels, they drive themselves! But the original idea was that drivers […]
Latest in robotics are flying drones inspired by nature
Volume 9 of scientific journal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics has been released, with the latest in experimental robots. These included flying drones that take their cue from birds, including those that can come together in a flock formation. The research was conducted by fourteen different teams that each presented their findings, […]
Google, Apple, IBM top list of most valuable brands
In a report commissioned by WPP’s BrandZ, a list of the 100 most valuable brands has been released. Right there in the top five are four tech brands that have managed to dominate the list. Google, Apple, IBM and Microsoft take up the first four posts in that order. The […]
