Whereas Windows dominates consumer computing, many of the world’s servers are powered by Linux. More specifically, they run Apache or nginx, which runs on top of Linux and (typically) uses OpenSSL to secure HTTPS connections...
There is a pretty serious flaw within iOS 7.0 and 7.1 that makes it near impossible to recover a stolen iPhone if the thief knows about the flaw. Essentially all you do is press the toggle, which is next to Find My iPhone, and the...
Apple has released iOS 7.1, a new software update that contains new features, some much-needed fixes and refinements to the mobile operating system. iPhone 5s, iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display users will be glad to know ...
Snapchat has apparently fixed the vulnerabilities present within their app that allowed for denial of service attacks to take place and shut down the iPhone. Snapchat has tried to assure us that all the problems with this particul...
An Israeli coder named Tal Ater was working on speech recognition software when he found a security bug in Google’s Chrome browser. The bug allows those with malicious intent to exploit the way Chrome handles speech recognit...
Because of a glitch with Google’s search engine, David Peck’s Hotmail email account received around 10,000 emails a day. The cause of the glitch — which has now been fixed — is unknown, but if you typed Gma...
Should we go on a bug diet?
According to the Apple support forums, several iPhone 5s users are having trouble with their new handset. It apparently kicks in the Blue Screen of Death then reboots itself. Who would have thought that in the year 2013 an Apple u...
Chrome OS is not taking off as Google might have wanted, but the company is not slowing down on development. To get more people to get into the world of Chrome OS, Google has come up with a rather impressive plan. Apparently, the ...
Apple iOS devices are under attack, as a serious vulnerability in operating system allows degenerate individuals to crash apps on iOS 6 or even going as far as making these apps unusable. According to Russian website, Habrahabr.ru...
Over the long Fourth of July weekend (that’s American Independence Day, for our international readers), I was lucky enough to spend some time at a lovely lakehouse in Maine. However, I was unlucky enough to become a snack fo...
The resemblance between this real cockroach and a Jawa from Star Wars is "uncanny".
Last month, reports surfaced about a bug in iOS 6.1 that would allow anyone to bypass your passcode lock and gain access to your phone. After more than a month’s time, Apple has released iOS 6.1.3 to address the issue. The p...
Adobe has released an out of the blue security bulletin stating a bug in Adobe Flash is being exploited by hackers and could potentially allow attackers to take over computers. The attack vector is malicious Microsoft Word documen...
