Scientists are trying to build degradable materials and electronics that can safely melt when triggered, like if you lose your credit card, you could send out a signal that causes the card to self-destruct. Iowa State University’s materials scientist, Reza Montazami, said that it’s a new way of looking at electronics and you don’t expect…
San Diego television station KGTV reports five-year-old Kristoffer Von Hassel uncovered a flaw that would allow someone to log into a player’s profile without their password. Kristoffer Von Hassel is a 5-year-old boy who apparently exposed a security flaw in Microsoft Xbox. Result: Now he has got a job in the largest personal-computer software company…
The government has signed a deal with Microsoft to provide Windows XP support and security updates across the whole UK public sector for 12 months after commercial support for the operating system ends on 8 April 2014. The agreement is worth £5.548 million, and covers ‘critical’ and ‘important’ security updates for Windows XP, as well…
BlackBerry(R) Limited (NASDAQ:BBRY)(TSX:BB), a world leader in mobile communications, today announced that it will not renew the T-Mobile U.S., Inc. license to sell BlackBerry products when it expires on April 25, 2014. BlackBerry customers on the T-Mobile network should not see any difference in their service or support. BlackBerry will work closely with T-Mobile to…
Yahoo Inc. is in preliminary talks to acquire online-video service News Distribution Network Inc., a deal that would help Chief Executive Marissa Mayer compete with Google Inc. GOOG -0.50% ‘s YouTube for viewers and ad dollars. Yahoo could pay roughly $300 million for NDN, according to two people who have been briefed on the matter…
