The winter of 2013/14 will long be remembered for its storms, floods and power cuts. Over 650,000 buildings were affected by power cuts during this period, showing just how big an impact Mother Nature can have on our lives.
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Feed Your Love of Gaming with Bing Rewards
We go online everyday to make searches for everything from sports scores to the weather forecast. This has caused us to become attached to the respective search engine that we always find ourselves using. To integrate a new web browser into your routine can be a bit daunting at first, but with Bing Rewards , […]
Ads from Facebook, Disney, The Guardian led to ransomware
Cisco has just discovered a string of malvertising websites that victimize unwary users who have been visiting the sites of The Guardian newspaper, Facebook and Disney. Not only that, it was found that these malvertisers also resort to ransomware in order to funnel hundreds of dollars from users whose computers end up being locked, which […]
Mozilla focusing on Firefox OS for the low-end market, Android keeps up
Mozilla introduced Firefox OS, an operating system for mobile devices with minimal footprint about 2 years ago. Since then it has evolved a lot. Mozilla is focusing full-throttle on the platform and believes it can be the flagship OS choice for low-end smartphones.
WordPress domains and subdomains will be encrypted later this year
A year after the Snowden leaks, a great number of Internet companies remain sluggish in implementing a default encryption system, except for Google and Yahoo and Facebook. Some have already followed suit, and WordPress will be joining the fray later in 2014 in the name of fighting government snooping programs.
Vodafone network open to government surveillance programs worldwide
In a transparency report that almost sent security advocates off their seats, Vodafone admitted to opening its network to governments from a number of countries, exposing customer data to surveillance programs while in the United States the issue remains a hot topic for contention.
