Get ready to see more self driving cars on California roadways
The California state Department of Motor Vehicles said this week that it’s issued autonomous-vehicle testing permits to three companies.The permits went to Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen’s Audi division, which have two each, and of course too Google, which obtained permits for 25 of its retrofitted…
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The next version of Internet Explorer might look more like the competition rather than a retooled version of itself. Scheduled to debut in Windows 9 and codenamed "Threshold", Internet Explorer 12 (IE12) is said to look like a "cross between Chrome and Firefox" as part of a massive overhaul to the user interface that will…
University of New Haven researchers have uncovered a host of data-leakage problems in Instagram, Vine, Nimbuzz, OoVoo, Voxer and several other Android apps.The problems include storing images and videos in unencrypted form on Web sites, storing chat logs in plaintext on the device, sending passwords in plaintext, and in the case of TextPlus, storing screenshots…
Around the corner from Monet, down the hall from Matisse, there's a new artist on display at the Toledo Museum of Art: Shigeru Miyamoto. Perhaps you've never heard of him, but ask your kids. They'll certainly be familiar with his most famous works. Miyamoto, a Japanese video game designer, is the creator of "Super Mario…
Privacy is becoming quite the profitable enterprise for those who can offer it. That includes Les Goldsmith, Chief Executive Officer of ESD America, maker of the CryptoPhone 500. What's special about the CrytpoPhone 500 is that it sports a Samsung Galaxy S III body with a "hardened" version of Android that has had 468 vulnerabilities…
Think you're safe to go shopping with your debit card at a major retailer? You'd be mistaken -- according to an advisory put out by the Department of Homeland Security, over 1,000 American businesses have been infected by a cash register malware intended to steal your personal information.The Point of Sale (PoS) malware is called…
Apple still a No Show, Samsung shows off new BLING with Galaxy Gear S.
With Apple still not yet ready to unveil their iWatch, Samsung has shot out the gate and lifted the curtain on their latest smart watch, the Galaxy Gear S.Samsung showed off their new wearable device Thursday. The new device will operate…
Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson was not a happy camper.Markus "Notch" Persson was not a happy camper when he heard that Oculus Rift had been acquired by Facebook. He was so put off by the news, in fact, that he pulled the plug on early stage talks about an Oculus version of his game, because, as…
If you've noticed that Internet Explorer seems to be a little (or a lot) slower as of late, it's not you. Well, it could be; try clearing your cache, make sure no nefarious add-ons slipped through, and scan for viruses. Assuming everything checks out, the issue could be related to a pair of security updates…
In case you missed it, Microsoft recently announced that its Internet Explorer browser will begin blocking out-of-date ActiveX controls starting September 9, 2014. This was originally supposed to go into effect on August 12, 2014, though Microsoft decided to push things back a month to clear up customer confusion, and to give IT departments additional time…
Sony reached yet another milestone for Sony's PlayStation 4 video game console.
During a press event at the Gamescom video game conference, the company announced global sales of PS4 topped 10 million.The PS4, which launched November of 2013, has been a huge hit. Sales of the company's video game and network division nearly doubled during the…
We all knew wearable's were a big deal. Anyone who’s anyone’s got one, and now it seems babies are jumping on the wearable bandwagon too.
Sproutling, the self-proclaimed ‘world’s smartest baby monitor,’ is trying to give parents some peace of mind.
Designed by former Apple and Google engineers, pediatric specialists and new parents, Sproutling seems…