Computer and Internet News [Archive]

Latest version of Google Bard Chatbot gets code debugger skills (0 replies)
Microsoft Outlook floodine with spam (5 replies)
AT&T took $283 million but didn’t deploy required broadband in Mississippi (0 replies)
Instagram could face up up to $500 billion in fines in class-action lawsuit alleging it illegally harvested biometric da (0 replies)
Windows 10: NSA reveals major flaw in Microsoft's code (0 replies)
As of Tuesday, Windows 7 machines will no longer receive security updates or customer service. (0 replies)
25 Worst Passwords of 2019 (0 replies)
Wi-Fi 6 is barely here, but Wi-Fi 7 is already on the way (0 replies)
Update Windows 10 Immediately, Warns Microsoft (4 replies)
Researchers find security flaws in 40 kernel drivers from 20 vendors (0 replies)
Cheap internet to millions of low-income Americans (0 replies)
Ad blockers or not – your choice matters (0 replies)
Google quietly ruined Chrome, and we almost missed it (4 replies)
Microsoft warns 1 million computers are still vulnerable to major Windows security exploit (0 replies)
A laptop infected with the worst malware sold for $1.3 million, all for art (0 replies)
South Korea will ditch Microsoft Windows for Linux (0 replies)
Microsoft Admits Updates Are Freezing Windows 10 Computers -- Again (4 replies)
WhatsApp security breach may have government surveillance ties (0 replies)
Judge: IP-Address Doesn’t Locate or Identify a BitTorrent Pirate (0 replies)
All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward (2 replies)
Most Firefox extensions disabled by certificate issue, Mozilla working on fix (0 replies)
Nasty WinRAR bug is being actively exploited to install hard-to-detect malware (0 replies)
Firefox Send encrypted file transfer service is free for everyone (0 replies)
Google reports zero-day exploit in Windows 7, Microsoft yet to release patch (0 replies)
Google fixes Chrome zero-day exploit (0 replies)
The web just got an official password-free login standard (0 replies)
USB4 is twice as fast as USB 3.2, will make the dongle life twice as complicated (0 replies)
KB4482887 for Windows 10 version 1809 (1 replies)
USB 3.2 is going to make the current USB branding even worse (0 replies)
Google’s Password Checkup Keeps You Safe From Hackers (1 replies)
Microsoft Issues Windows 10 Upgrade Warning (4 replies)
GOOGLE'S PROPOSED CHANGES TO CHROME COULD WEAKEN AD BLOCKERS (0 replies)
Home Routers Under Attack by NSA-Spawned Malware: What to Do (0 replies)
Wi-Fi 6: The next generation of Wi-Fi connectivity to come next year (0 replies)
Microsoft pulls Windows 10 October 2018 Update after reports of documents being deleted (0 replies)
South Korea gets super-duper fast internet (0 replies)
Firefox moves browsers into post-password future with WebAuthn tech (0 replies)
Microsoft Releases Tool for Running Any Linux OS on Windows 10 (2 replies)
Mozilla Restricts All New Firefox Features to HTTPS Only (0 replies)
How to Check and Update Windows Systems for the Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaws (0 replies)
Meltdown and Spectre: How chip hacks work (0 replies)
Charring, melting laptop batteries cause HP to issue voluntary recall (0 replies)
The security of pretty much every computer on the planet has just gotten a lot worse (0 replies)
End of Life of Skype for Linux 4.3 (0 replies)
Avast Buys Piriform, the Company Behind CCleaner (0 replies)
Alphabay dark web marketplace shutdown by law enforcement (0 replies)
Hackers are hiding computer viruses in film subtitles (0 replies)
The ransomware outbreak that's sweeping the internet, explained (0 replies)
Microsoft Blocks Updates for Older Versions of Windows Running on New Hardware (0 replies)
Judge Upholds Ruling That Megaupload Owner Kim Dotcom Can Be Extradited to U.S. (0 replies)
The End of Terrible Wi-Fi Is Near (0 replies)
MSDOS (3 replies)
Microsoft has joined The Linux Foundation (0 replies)
Cyberattacks disrupt popular websites, affecting users in the U.S., Canada, Europe (0 replies)
FEDS SEIZE KICKASSTORRENTS DOMAINS, ARREST ALLEGED OWNER (2 replies)
Windows hit by "critical" security flaw (0 replies)
Symantec Scrambles to Fix Flaws After Google Sounds Alarm (0 replies)
Microsoft goes full-screen for final Windows 10 upgrade nag (1 replies)
Windows 10 will get its first major update on August 2nd, and it’s free (0 replies)
New Wi-Fi standard promises to speed up your wireless (0 replies)
Tape over your laptop camera? Why it might not be as paranoid as it seems (0 replies)
China Has Built The World's Most Powerful Computer (0 replies)
Cryptocurrency hacker says stolen $53 million is legally his (0 replies)
Canada Restrains Sale of ‘Pirate’ Boxes (3 replies)
ReactOS Is a Promising Open Source Windows Replacement (0 replies)
Microsoft's Outlook and Hotmail spam filters are currently broken (1 replies)
Intel goes 'extreme' with first 10-core processor, puts tick-tock tactics on hold (0 replies)
The 25 worst passwords of 2015 (0 replies)
Tumblr hack: Report says 65 million emails, passwords stolen (0 replies)
Microsoft getting pushier with Windows 10 upgrade (0 replies)
Microsoft Banning Basic Passwords: You Can't Use '123456' Or 'Password' Anymore (0 replies)
HP and MSI hope to convince you to carry a VR rig on your back like a Ghostbuster (0 replies)
Flaw Puts a Billion Wireless Mice at Risk (0 replies)
Reddit Tech Forum May Ban Sites That Circumvent Ad Blockers (4 replies)
Opera launches 'free and unlimited' VPN app for iOS (0 replies)
Microsoft Edge users can now block advertising with AdBlock Plus (0 replies)
Microsoft software update breaks Windows 7 on some PCs (0 replies)
Latest Opera Browser, Everybody Gets Free VPN (0 replies)
BlockIQ Escalates War on Ad Blockers (0 replies)
Windows users should uninstall Quicktime, security alert warns (0 replies)
Internet domain handoff takes major step forward (0 replies)
Mac users have to worry about malware (0 replies)
Malvertising Discovered on Skype App (1 replies)
Bank Info? Nah, Hackers Want Your Netflix Login (0 replies)
Google will shut down Picasa this spring (0 replies)
Malwarebytes Experiences Major Security Flaws (0 replies)
Tor active map (0 replies)
Reports suggest Google is offering an alternative to passwords (0 replies)
Java plug-in malware alert to be issued by Oracle (0 replies)
Google’s New Quantum Computers Are 100 Million Times Faster, (0 replies)
CPU Mag (0 replies)
Ms allows users to create Windows 10 November update .ISO (0 replies)
Killer USB stick that destroys your computer in seconds on sale (2 replies)
Hackers figure out how to go back in time (1 replies)
AVG Can Sell Your Browsing History (0 replies)
God Mode, a Windows 10 tweak with a cool name (1 replies)
Disable Windows 10 automatic downloads on your Windows 7 or 8 (0 replies)
Windows 10’s controversial data collection coming to Windows 7 and 8 users (0 replies)
Free Windows 10 upgrade (4 replies)
Real time cyber attacks (0 replies)
Duqu 2.0 Makes Other Malware Look Clunky (0 replies)
About IPTV (0 replies)
Microsoft Patches 19-Year-Old Windows Flaw (0 replies)
Cox Celebrates First 'G1GABLAST' 1 Gbps Customer in Phoenix (0 replies)
Windows 10 Preview (1 replies)
Shellshock: Better 'bash' patches now available (0 replies)
Microsoft to offer first look at new Windows (0 replies)
Linux vulnerability (0 replies)
XBMC now KODI (0 replies)
Windows 9 release date reportedly set for fall (0 replies)
Loophole in PayPal is a "license to print money" for hackers (0 replies)
Heartbleed" cyber threat (0 replies)
Google gets 12,000 requests to be 'forgotten' on the first day (0 replies)
EBay believed user data was safe after cyber attack (0 replies)
Shhhh! Google is listening (1 replies)
Ebay hacked (3 replies)
Heartbleed (0 replies)
Windows XP end of support (4 replies)
World's biggest cyberattack detected (0 replies)
Online TV watching grows, survey says (5 replies)
Windows crashes helping hackers identify vulnerabilities (1 replies)
Bots overrunning human traffic on the Internet (0 replies)
Next-gen USB cord will be thinner and reversible (0 replies)
Microsoft dismantles largest network of compromised PCs (0 replies)
Firefox Lightbeam (0 replies)
Updated Firefox brings brighter tail — and better security (0 replies)
Google knows about you (0 replies)
XKeyscore: NSA tool collects nearly everything a user does on the internet (0 replies)
Feds tell web firms to turn over user account passwords (3 replies)
Google Serves 25 Percent of N.A. Internet Traffic (0 replies)
12 things that exist because of Linux (0 replies)
Google Said to Weigh Supplying TV Channels (0 replies)
Google ads to be blocked from sites offering pirated content (0 replies)
Microsoft misses the mark as its Build 2013 keynote muddles the Windows 8.1 message (0 replies)
Windows XP will soon fade into the distance (0 replies)
Is the Internet O.K.? (0 replies)
Malware hits Apple browsers (0 replies)
YouTube hits the magic billion mark (0 replies)
Net providers begin warning of illegal downloads (0 replies)
Microsoft ads attack Google over privacy (2 replies)
Kim Dotcom Returns! (2 replies)
Kingston: Behold the 1-terabyte flash drive (0 replies)
Sony CES press conference: Heavy on 4K TVs, OLED, plus an actual phone! (0 replies)
Free Google Voice calls to continue in 2013 (0 replies)
These PCs-on-a-stick run Ubuntu Linux (0 replies)
Internet governance under the spotlight (0 replies)
40 million Windows 8 licenses sold, betters first-month sales of 7 (1 replies)
Analyst slams "disappointing" Windows 8 UI (0 replies)
Netflix arrives on Ubuntu (0 replies)
Versatile XBMC updated to Frodo (0 replies)
Google and Dish said to be planning wireless network (0 replies)
Most-hacked passwords revealed (1 replies)
Microsoft sets Windows 8 price (0 replies)
Just Linking (1 replies)
Half of Windows 8 users still prefer 7 (0 replies)
Google engineer finds British spyware on PCs and smartphones (0 replies)
Concerns linger over Surface as Windows 8 goes RTM (0 replies)
Windows 7 poised to finally dethrone XP (1 replies)
Microsoft Revamps Hotmail as Outlook, Adds Social Features (0 replies)
Oops: Google admits it didn (0 replies)
Comcast to launch 305 Mbps Internet (0 replies)
EU to investigate Microsoft over browser choice (again) (1 replies)
Bug in Symantec anti-virus update corrupts some PCs (0 replies)
Yahoo hack yields 435,000 passwords (0 replies)
Google "search by image" gets big overhaul (0 replies)
Infected printers spew out pages of garbage (0 replies)
Sophisticated Flame spy virus infiltrated Iranian networks (0 replies)
Flame creators may have worked with Stuxnet team (0 replies)
Porn pirates on tenterhooks as warning letters go out (0 replies)
Google aims to help users vault Great Firewall of China (0 replies)
Final Windows 8 preview released (1 replies)
Windows 8 will value your privacy (kind of) (0 replies)
Internet traffic to quadruple in next four years (0 replies)
Massive targeted cyber-attack in Middle East uncovered (0 replies)
Microsoft objects to millions of Google search results (0 replies)
US State Department hacks Al Qaeda websites (3 replies)
Zuckerberg loses US$2.2-billion as Facebook shares plummet (2 replies)
Microsoft dumps 'Aero' UI in Windows 8, 'Metro-izes' desktop (0 replies)
Internet group says quality over speed in restoring domain-name expansion (0 replies)
Gmail offers free language translation (0 replies)
Rogue Street View engineer is identified (0 replies)
British ISPs to start blocking Pirate Bay (1 replies)
Microsoft HomeOS will be home automation of the future (3 replies)
Anonymous "spokesperson" raided by FBI (0 replies)
DNSChanger victims could lose internet in July (0 replies)
Familiar computing products get new capabilities (0 replies)
Microsoft Uncloaks Windows 8 for (0 replies)
Anonymous rolls out PasteBin alternative (0 replies)
Anonymous reshuffles its collective deck (0 replies)
How to stop cyber spying and protest CISPA (0 replies)
Hulu Plus hits 2 million subscribers (0 replies)
Windows 8 will come in three flavors (0 replies)
Microsoft Patch Watch ... (0 replies)
U.S. says MegaUpload's hosting service is no innocent bystander (0 replies)
Apple issues Flashback malware removal tool (0 replies)
Microsoft to buy AOL patents for $1.1bn (0 replies)
Trojan infects more than half a million Macs (1 replies)
Google under the spotlight over sex trafficking ads (0 replies)
Google found guilty of serving misleading ads in Australia (0 replies)
Facebook counter-sues Yahoo over patents (0 replies)
Internet Explorer market share rises (0 replies)
Microsoft takes down Zeus botnets (0 replies)
Is Netflix embracing the horror business? (0 replies)
Microsoft proof of concept exploit ends up in hacker hands (0 replies)
Whoops! Google in deep shit (0 replies)
Megaupload owner wins first court battle (0 replies)
5 ways to control your privacy on Google (0 replies)
AT&T; fires back at data throttling lawsuit (0 replies)
Why online security is taxing our brains (0 replies)
Chrome cracked in hacking contest (0 replies)
Google (0 replies)
Windows 8 on ARM on Track, Microsoft Says (0 replies)
Anonymous gets analyzed (0 replies)
5 ways to stay safe until 'do not track' button arrives. (0 replies)
Google tricks IE privacy settings too, says Microsoft (2 replies)
Microsoft explains bland new Windows logo (0 replies)
Microsoft Fixes 21 Security Bugs in Windows, IE, Office (0 replies)
How cloud computing will change everything (8 replies)
Symantec code theft: Hackers 'attempted extortion' (0 replies)
Google and Facebook remove 'offensive' content from Indian sites (3 replies)
EU regulators want Google to halt new privacy policy (0 replies)
Zuckerberg's 2011 personal income tax bill: $1.5 billion (0 replies)
Google introduces country-specific takedowns for Blogger blogs (0 replies)
News Corp accused of more hacking (0 replies)
Firefox 10.0 Released (0 replies)
EFF takes up cause of legit Megaupload users (0 replies)
Megaupload Files: Deleted By Thursday? (0 replies)
The worst Internet privacy scandals of all time (1 replies)
Facebook and Washington state go after alleged clickjackers (0 replies)
Never mind worrying about the Ides of March because Black March is coming (0 replies)
Google+ rivals create Dont Be Evil add-on (0 replies)
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom will have to wait for bail decision (0 replies)
YouTube hits 4 billion daily video views (0 replies)
EU to publish new privacy proposals (0 replies)
Megaupload story of Dotcom boom and bust (0 replies)
Megaupload closure hits legitimate users (3 replies)
Megaupload assembles worldwide criminal defense (1 replies)
U.S. shutters Megaupload.com, hackers retaliate (1 replies)
McAfee glitch turns customers PCs into spambots (0 replies)
Google blacks out its home page in support of Wikipedia SOPA protest (0 replies)
Websites go dark in SOPA protest (0 replies)
Google accused of map vandalism (0 replies)
Wikipedia to go dark tomorrow in anti-SOPA protest (1 replies)
Online Piracy Legislation Outcry Prompts White House Response (0 replies)
Google admits stealing Kenyan rival's customers (0 replies)
Google accused of raiding start-up's database (0 replies)
SOPA foes warn: Not much time left to act (0 replies)
Internet revolution dawns with .yournamehere domains (0 replies)
Twitter lashes out at Google search changes (0 replies)
Terrorists recruiting through Facebook, prof claims (0 replies)