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Apple continues to crush Samsung where it matters most
Samsung’s meteoric rise to the top of the smartphone market by shipment volume is an old story by now, but that doesn’t make it any less incredible. In no time at all, the company seemingly came from out of nowhere to keep its impossible promise…
Apple Music first look: Spotify, who?
The music industry is in ruins. As we’ve gravitated over the last 10 years to purchasing, and now streaming, single songs as opposed to albums, record labels have taken a huge hit in revenue. But I actually still buy music. And I buy it on…
The Google Glass epic fail: What happened?
Here we are in the summer of 2015 and hardly a peep about a device that the media and public obsessed about for two years. So, what happened to Google Glass and where's it going? The current Glass page answers the first question with, “Thanks…
A Lenovo laptop that's lighter than Apple’s MacBook Air
Tradition dictates that the heavyweights in the computing world are always the ultra lightweights, which is why the Lenovo LaVie Z is such a knockout.The feather-weight 13.3-inch laptop weighs less than 2 pounds, tipping the scales at 1.87 pounds. That's more than a full…
Apple may be planning to completely change the look and feel of the iPhone -- here’s how
Hopeful iPhone fans looking forward to Apple making curved smartphones will have to wait a while before that happens, a new report from South Korea claims, as the company might not come out with such a device for at least three years.According to a…
Drone swarms join the Navy
Just like how locust swarms can cause devastating natural disasters, the U.S. Navy’s Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) drones could devastate adversaries.A fitting acronym, the Navy’s LOCUST is a new revolutionary technology where swarms of compact drones can work together and execute missions autonomously.…
Warning: Major iPhone security flaw lets hackers steal all your passwords
A very serious security flaw in Apple’s iOS mobile platform and its OS X desktop operating system has been discovered by security researchers and seemingly acknowledged by Apple. Using the flaw, hackers can build an app that is capable of stealing any and all passwords…
Crime Pays: Malware authors enjoy an average 1,425 percent return on investment
A recent report from Trustwave on the state of malware relays that online crime, unfortunately, does pay. The report, originally cited by Net Security, relays that attackers on average enjoy a 1,425 percent return on investment, with the average return checking in at $84,100 on…
Instagram cleans up its desktop act with fresh design
Productivity beware -- Instagram's new desktop app is coming for you. The company is rolling out a new version of its web app, replacing its old, busy layout with a cleaner, white-space happy design.Previously, trying to browse Instagram from your computer was unpleasant to…
Huge government data breach ‘inexcusable,’ security experts say
The huge data breach that may have compromised the personal data of at least 4 million current and former federal employees could have been avoided with better use of data protection technologies such as encryption, security experts say.Hackers based in China are suspected to…