Day: October 10, 2013

Hardly anyone admits to watching online porn

Pew reaches a new height of revelation — by offering that only 12 percent of people admit to watching porn. Which means that almost everyone who replies to surveys is surely lying…….


Successful companies will use mobile to drive change: IBM

Having a mobile app doesn’t mean a company is truly taking advantage of the mobility boom, and those that continue to do so will be left behind, according to IBM…….


5 Verizon innovations we really hope don’t get misused

At its Innovation Center, Verizon displayed a few of the novel tech gadgets it developed in partnership with other companies. Note to evil geniuses: These devices are for the benefit of mankind…….


PengPod Crowdfunding a Tablet Made With OS-Switching In Mind

PengPod is running a crowdfunder to create a GNU Linux/Android tablet, the PengPod 1040. This is their second such product; the first was mentioned on Slashdot last year. PengPod has pledged to make all source and tools used to build the images available, so users can build their own OS top to bottom to guarantee…


Post-PC world? POST-MAC WORLD more like

Big five PC makers all GREW sales except Team Cook……


Smartling lands $24 million for cloud-based translation software

How do you say “disrupt” in Mandarin?……


Microsoft continues to roll out more iOS, Android app updates

Microsoft updated its Android version of the Outlook.com app, as well as its Lync clients for iPhone and iPad this week…….


Some Bing Ads Redirecting To Malware

An anonymous reader writes “Security firm ThreatTrack Security Labs today spotted that certain Bing ads are linking to sites that infect users with malware. Those who click are redirected to a dynamic DNS service subdomain which in turns serves the Sirefef malware from 109(dot)236(dot)81(dot)176. ThreatTrack notes that the scammers could of course be targeting other…


Now Amazon dangles fat freebies to lure hungry upstarts into its server lair

Uncle Bezos’ cloud sirens spaff more profit in war with Microsoft……


Synaptics acquires Validity for $255m; dives into biometrics

Think the iPhone 5S fingerprint identification sensor is a novelty? Think again…….