Microsoft has finally released its Office Suite to Android Smart phone users. It is a very stripped down version of the Office that you know on the desktop. Also as of now you can only run Word, Excel, and Power Point on Android 4.0 or later.This is very similar to the Apple mobile release of Office, you…
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The Unites States is letting pro gamer's from the U.K's Team Dignitas to enter the country on visas normally used by elite athletes.The United States is finally allowing foreign pro gamer's to enter the country on visas normally used by elite athletes. The move officially recognizes online game League of Legends as a professional sport, with…
Smart homes that let residents control alarms, locks and more over the internet are opening doors for crooks with hacker skills, according to computer security specialists."The smart home trend is growing, and it evolves quickly into a story of security,"
says Trustwave Managing Consultant, Daniel Crowley."Connecting things to a network opens up a whole range of vectors…
Microsoft's had a lot of issues with its new operating system from compatibility issues with various software and hardware not working as designed when it interacts with Windows 8. Due to all of the issues Microsoft is releasing Windows 8.1 which is being designed to clean up some of the major issues users have had.One…
Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Apple have joined forces in a civil liberties group to attempt to get the government to be more transparent. They have submitted a letter to President Barrack Obama and Congress to allow ISP's and other telecommunication companies to offer more details about requests from the governmental branches.The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has barred…
Looking to develop a way to block the government and private companies from monitoring people's messages, Peter Sunde is working on an app called Hemlis "where no one can spy on you, not even us."In the wake of people learning about the National Security Agency's Massive surveillance program, it has become clear that phone records…
While this is not a very current topic it’s worth noting the Douglas Engelbart passed away this month on July 2nd. Engelbart was 88 and passed away in his sleep. While many people don’t know what Engelbart did by his name alone they have most certainly been impacted by his inventions.Engelbart was the inventor of…
Google and other advertisement companies have decided that sites that host pirated content will not be able to take advantage of advertisements from larger companies. Sites that host pirated content have a lot of traffic and also generate a lot of money from the adverts on theirs sites.A study at The University of Southern…
An e-mail claiming to be from the Chinese Ministry of Defense actually contains a piece of malware that exploits a hole in Microsoft office, says Trend Micro.Government agencies across several countries are on the hit list of a targeted cyber attack according to security vendor Trend Micro.Officials at agencies across Europe and Asia have been…
Microsoft asked the Obama Administration to allow it to reveal details about how it responded to orders from the government for user account data.Brad Smith, Microsoft's General Counsel, sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder saying there is "no longer a compelling government interest" in preventing companies from "sharing more information" about how they…
Edward Snowden has been on the run from the US government ever since releasing confidential information in regards to the US Governments practices of spying on its citizens via metadata collected from various ISP’s and Internet/Technology based companies. Snowden has requested asylum from many different countries since releasing this information and is supposedly on the…
Lookout has started security testing the Google Glass product. They have discovered a vulnerability with QR codes. They have submitted this vulnerability to Google and Google has mitigated it. This has opened some peoples eyes to more vulnerabilities that it may have.This particular exploit would be able to use either a printed QR code or a blue tooth device…