Hackers troffen opslagdienst Mega

Hackers zijn er in geslaagd systemen van de opslagdienst Mega binnen te dringen. De hackers claimen onder andere de broncode van Megachat en een rsa-sleutel in handen te hebben. Mega bevestigt de hack, maar noemt de impact klein.

Daum PotPlayer 1.6 build 63856

Er is met versienummer 1.6 build 63856 een nieuwe stabiele uitgave van Daum PotPlayer verschenen. Deze mediaspeler voor Windows wordt ontwikkeld door de Koreaan die ooit is begonnen met KMPlayer, dat nu door Pandora TV wordt uitgegeven. Daum PotPlay…

Moederbedrijf Ziggo gaat niet in andere landen met Vodafone in zee

De joint-venture van Ziggo en Vodafone was een eenmalige deal die geen herhaling met andere dochterbedrijven krijgt in andere landen, meldt Liberty Global, het moederbedrijf van Ziggo. Nederland zou een 'unieke situatie' betreffen.

Mozilla launches 'privacy edition' Firefox... that phones home

You had one job, Mozilla. One job Mozilla popped out a new browser today, aimed at the privacy-aware mobile user. Somewhat ironically, it sends Mozilla user data by default: you’ll need to turn this off manually.…

iCloud stores your iPhone’s call history for four months

 If you share the same Apple ID with your family, you may have noticed that the call history get synced between those devices. The Intercept found out that Apple stores this log on its servers for up to four months and law enforcement could take adv…

TfL to track Tube users in stations by their MAC addresses

Data to be crunched in on-premises bit barn, transport types confirm Transport for London is to start a four week trial of reading Wi-Fi connection request data from London Underground passengers’ mobile phones.…

Smart meter benefits even crappier than originally thought

Government accused of burying report in wake of Trump election The UK government has been accused of burying a report on its hated £11bn smart meters project by releasing revised spending data just hours after the election of Donald Trump.…

Virtual Instruments gobbles up Xangati in cash-free deal

Buying app monitoring and analytics smarts to add to its infrastructure intelligence Storage workload and network testing company Virtual Instruments has bought Xangati and its hybrid cloud and virtualisation performance management technology.…

TfL to track Tube users in stations by their MAC addresses

Data to be crunched in on-premises bit barn, transport types confirm Transport for London is to start a four week trial of reading Wi-Fi connection request data from London Underground passengers’ mobile phones.…

Virtual Instruments gobbles up Xangati in cash-free deal

Buying app monitoring and analytics smarts to add to its infrastructure intelligence Storage workload and network testing company Virtual Instruments has bought Xangati and its hybrid cloud and virtualisation performance management technology.…

Promise Technology enhances Apollo Cloud

Promise Technology Inc. has launched a free software upgrade (http://tinyurl.com/zn9qpwm) for its Apollo Cloud personal cloud device and app designed to make it easier to manage all of your d…

Google’s new Spotlight Story, Rain or Shine, is an adorable summer short

One patient’s blood might hold a new weapon against HIV

Warner Bros. acquiring fandom and gaming-focused network Machinima

Google's new Pixel phone case will put the day's news where you can't avoid it

James Clapper, who led America’s digital mass surveillance efforts, has resigned

Emergency services 4G by 2020? And monkeys could fly out of my butt

Motorola gets paid if it's on time, gets paid if it's delayed Users of the UK government's plans to shove the emergency services on to a 4G network by March 2020 are sceptical about the programme's timetable. Perhaps somewhat unsurprisingly, since a…

FileMaker announces annual awards

mature markets, where it’s Pixel and Pixel XL devices have started selling.” FileMaker announces annual awards FileMaker, Inc. (www.filemaker.com) has announced the winners of its annual File…

Free Hour of Code workshops offered Dec. 5-11 at every Apple store

Apple has opened registration for Hour of Code workshops at all 487 Apple retail stores worldwide, from Dec. 5-11 in celebration of Computer Science Education Week. They teach the basics of c…

Tesla’s acquisition of Solar City has been approved by its shareholders

A bleak-looking sea ice graph has Twitter in a frenzy