Day: October 21, 2013

Wikipedia sockpuppetry probe puts a sock in hundreds of accounts

Is ‘edit-for-pay’ deceitful or just garden variety PR sleaze?……


A regulator asks: ‘How distinct is 4G?’

A spectrum auction in New Zealand highlights competition concerns…….


Windows 8.1: What you need to know (FAQ)

Microsoft’s added new features and slapped a “.1” to their latest version of Windows 8. What do you need to know? Read on…….


NEC scores NT education dept contract

The services provider has landed a five-year, AU$34.6 million deal to support the department’s IT and communications…….


CryptoSeal Shuts Down Consumer VPN Service To Avoid Fighting NSA

sl4shd0rk writes “CryptoSeal Privacy, a VPN provider, has closed down its consumer VPN service. The company says it has zeroed its crypto keys, adding, ‘Essentially, the service was created and operated under a certain understanding of current U.S. law, and that understanding may not currently be valid. As we are a US company and comply…


Ditto data system bridges glucose monitors, smartphones

Biomedtrics’ ditto Glucose Data System transmits blood glucose data from several glucometers to Android mobile devices…….


Texas Instruments satisfies Q3 targets but still disappoints

While TI hit the targets, investors seemed shaken by drops in revenue from the same quarter last year…….


Netflix’s Hastings cautiously celebrates spike in stock price

With a resounding third quarter profit and record high share prices, the video streaming service’s CEO says it’s best to focus on increasing subscribers and “ignore the volatility in our stock.”……


Tinc Virtual Private Network Daemon 1.0.23

tinc is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon that uses tunneling and encryption to create a secure private network between multiple hosts on the Internet. This tunneling allows VPN sites to share information with each other over the Internet without exposing any information…….


Watchguard Server Center 11.7.4 Cross Site Scripting

Watchguard Server Center version 11.7.4 suffers from multiple reflective cross site scripting vulnerabilities…….