Many have laughed at the BBC’s Simon McCoy for picking up a pack of printing paper instead of an iPad as he presented on air. But was this stoic professionalism? Or perhaps one big joke?……

I installed iOS 7 for my iPad and for my iPhone. My first thought was, ‘OMG, it’s Windows 8.’ No ‘live’ tiles but still the look and feel of Windows 8. Looks like Apple is a fan of Metro, even if Windows users aren’t…….

Public folders in OS X are shared by default, and can sometimes be a potential security problem, but can easily be disabled or better secured if needed…….

This hybrid approach could give smartphone cameras dynamic focus, and add depth to surgical imaging…….

Ajax File and Image Manager versions 1.1 and below suffer from a code execution vulnerability…….

cagraham writes with this excerpt from Technology Advice: “In an interview with Bloomberg, CEO Mark Bartels says that StumbleUpon is now profitable, and expects to grow their revenue by 33% this year, up to $40 million. The service has been around since 2001, was briefly owned by eBay,and earlier this year cut its staff from…

Slackware Security Advisory – New glibc packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix security issues…….

Next step: spreading word to the ‘global epidemic’ of scurvy ‘Apple Picking’ freebooters……

HP Security Bulletin HPSBMU02900 3 – Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified with HP System Management Homepage (SMH) running on Linux and Windows. The vulnerabilities could be exploited remotely resulting in Local Denial of Service (DoS), remote Denial of Service (DoS), execution of arbitrary code, gain privileges, disclosure of information, unauthorized access, or XSS. Revision…

Microsoft is committed to bringing touch-first Office apps to not just Windows devices, but ‘other devices,’ as well, officials say…….