Wi-Fi Direct is the new synonym to easy, portable wireless network connectivity – it is a new technology allowing devices fitted with wireless networking hardware to find each other and interconnect without the help of a router or an access point. Users can connect their wireless devices – their digital photo frames, their netbooks, notebooks, [...]
Apple has made another move to prove it does not like this certain Adobe product: it has stopped bundling Adobe Flash to its operating system, the Mac OS X. The first Apple computer that does not support flash is the new MacBook Air, launched this week. As Apple’s inventory of systems running previous builds of [...]
After the latest privacy concerns that have hit the media – the one about certain applications sharing the users’ identity informations with third parties – Facebook has issued a warning to independent developers. Several Facebook applications, including one of the most popular Facebook game Farmville, share private information about the user with over 20 advertisers [...]
If you are signing in to the world’s largest social network from a stranger’s computer and you want to have peace of mind about it, you will find this innovation quite useful: Facebook has introduced the one-time, disposable passwords feature. From now on, if you use a friend’s PC to sign in to Facebook or [...]
Intel has surprised the online security market yesterday when the company announced its plan of acquiring one of the leaders on the security software market, McAfee. This move – that will cost Intel over $7 billion – will allow the chip maker giant to build chips containing McAfee’s security software, thus providing greater performance and [...]
Intel made a lot of jaws drop when they announced that they plan to buy security software giant McAfee. The move, estimated at over $7.6 billion will transform McAfee in a subsidiary of Intel, who plans to strengthen its mobile strategy. The company also plans to extend and enhance the security offerings, bringing not only [...]
Canada has increased security operations as leaders of rich and developing nations will attend the G8 and G20 summits that will take place between 24-27 June. Leaders from Germany, Italy, France, United Kingdom, United States, Russia and Canada will meet at Deerhurst Resort, 133 miles from Toronto. The security operations include closing the resort to [...]
Only 3 days are left until the kick-off of the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa and England star Wayne Rooney, as well as many other football stars, can’t wait. Some sources say that Rooney will partner with Emile Heskey in England’s attack for the team’s first game against the USA. USA goalkeeper Tim [...]
Security expert Entrust says SSL digital certificates, strong awareness, the key to safer online shopping Once reserved for crowded malls and brick-and-mortar stores, shopping for the holidays has experienced a dramatic shift to online retailers. Unfortunately, it’s also a lucrative season for phishers and fraudsters, who use the jump in online traffic to illegally obtain [...]
National Cyber Security Alliance Finds that Security Questions Cause Online Retailers to Lose Sales As Americans gear up for the holiday shopping season and Cyber Monday, the unofficial start of the online holiday shopping season on November 23, it is clear that Web site security plays a major part in consumers’ purchasing decisions, according to [...]