Announcement 38 articles, 2016-07-26 06:00 1 Yahoo confirms nearly $5bn sale deal with Verizon Verizon Communications to boost its advertising business by (2.04/3) acquiring Yahoo's client database in a $4.83bn deal 2016-07-25 16:30 2KB www.computerweekly.com 2 Google launches Emergency Location Service for Android to help users in emergencies Google has launched its Emergency Location Service feature for Android devices in the UK and Estonia. The feature sends location (1.02/3) data to emergency services, and will be expanded internationally. 2016-07-25 22:42 2KB feedproxy.google.com 3 Korora 24 "Sheldon" Linux Is Available Only for 64-bit PCs, Based on Fedora 24 GNOME 3.20, MATE 1.14, and Xfce 4.12 desktops are included 2016-07-25 23:57 2KB news.softpedia.com 4 One Crook May Be Behind Jigsaw, Ranscam and AnonPop Ransomware Cisco discovers ties between all operations 2016-07-25 23:55 2KB news.softpedia.com 5 Chakra GNU/Linux Users Get KDE Plasma 5.7.2, Qt 5.7 and KDE Applications 16.04.3 KDE Frameworks 5.24.0 is also available in the main repos 2016-07-25 23:20 2KB news.softpedia.com 6 Google is busting suspected spam callers with a new spam detection feature Google is updating Nexus and Android One devices with a new spam caller detection feature, which marks potential telemarketers and spammers and allows users to block and report these numbers. 2016-07-25 22:56 1KB feedproxy.google.com 7 Lennart Poettering Announces systemd 231 Init System for GNU/Linux Distributions The modern init system is being used in numerous OSes 2016-07-25 22:43 2KB news.softpedia.com 8 NIST Prepares to Ban SMS-Based Two-Factor Authentication Biometrics are gaining ground as an acceptable method authentication, but some conditions must be met 2016-07-25 22:20 2KB news.softpedia.com 9 KDE Applications 16.08 Software Suite Is In Beta, Final Release Coming August 18 The Release Candidate will be available on August 4 2016-07-25 22:18 2KB news.softpedia.com 10 Starbucks' Windows 10 app shows up on the company's website Starbucks has been promising an app for Windows phones for months, but today, a reference to the app showed up on the company's website, which should indicate that it's coming soon. 2016-07-25 22:16 1KB feedproxy.google.com 11 It's Time to Upgrade to Fedora 24 Linux If You're Still Using Fedora 22 The upgrade path goes through Fedora 23 first 2016-07-25 21:50 2KB news.softpedia.com 12 Virtual reality comes to Lollapalooza's 25th anniversary courtesy of Samsung Gear VR Back in 1996, I attended the greatest concert of my life. I was only a teenager -- not yet old enough to drive -- so I got a ride from Long Island to Randall's Island in NYC. The show was Lollapalooza, and the lineup... 2016-07-25 21:38 2KB feeds.betanews.com 13 Windows 10 Anniversary Update build 14393.5 rolls out to PCs and phones in the Fast ring Following on from its rollout of build 14393.3 a few days ago, Microsoft has released a further cumulative update to Windows 10 Anniversary Update build 14393, available for Insiders in the Fast ring. 2016-07-25 21:38 1KB feedproxy.google.com 14 Windows 10 Disk Cleanup Utility Abused to Bypass UAC Bypass leverages built-in Disk Cleanup scheduled task 2016-07-25 21:35 2KB news.softpedia.com 15 The KickassTorrents forums are alive and kicking Just a few days ago, KickassTorrents was dealt a blow when Artem Vaulin was arrested and the site seized by feds. Of course, it didn’t take long for mirrors to spring up, keeping KAT online in new locations. But the original team has also taken... 2016-07-25 21:33 1KB feeds.betanews.com 16 Amazon Silk Browser Exposed Users by Forcing Google to Work via HTTP Browser was blocking redirections to Google's HTTPS version 2016-07-25 21:30 3KB news.softpedia.com 17 ArchStrike Ethical Hacking Linux Operating System Gets Its First ISO Builds The images contain over 1,200 penetration testing tools 2016-07-25 21:15 2KB news.softpedia.com 18 Europol, Kaspersky, Intel Get Together to Create Anti-Ransomware Portal Authorities, security firms launch No More Ransom service 2016-07-25 21:10 2KB news.softpedia.com 19 Three Hackers Arrested in Cell Phone Hijacking Scheme They ran an illegal business that rerouted international calls for other telcos on the backs of unsuspecting US citizens 2016-07-25 21:05 2KB news.softpedia.com 20 GNU Linux-libre Kernel 4.7 Officially Released for Users Who Want 100% Freedom It is based on the upstream Linux 4.7 kernel 2016-07-25 21:00 2KB news.softpedia.com 21 LinkedIn claims Rocket Data beats Apple's iOS caching The framework is an alternative to Apple's Core Data, which was inadequate for the company's mobile dev needs 2016-07-25 20:00 3KB www.computerworld.com.au 22 Hot job alert: Become a Salesforce coder Making the switch to Salesforce’s ecosystem can prove lucrative for biz-savvy programmers 2016-07-25 20:00 11KB www.computerworld.com.au 23 Cortana for iOS updated to version 1.9.5; adds support for photo reminders Microsoft recently updated the Cortana app for iOS, adding the ability to set photo reminders. Cortana will also remember what you tell it and will be able to recall what you said. 2016-07-25 19:28 1KB feedproxy.google.com 24 Polymail for Mac wants to provide a cross- platform email experience to die for If you’re still looking for the perfect email experience on Mac and iOS, then Polymail, Inc may have something to fill the gap left by Mailbox’s unceremonious exit back in February. It’s just officially released Polymail for Mac 1.01 after around six months in beta... 2016-07-25 19:13 4KB feeds.betanews.com 25 Here are the tools ISIS relies on to stay online Ever wonder how groups such as ISIS remain active online, no matter how hard people, or groups like Anonymous, try to kick them out? Data and intelligence firm Flashpoint asked the same question, and came up with six tools they use in their digital operations... 2016-07-25 18:48 1KB feeds.betanews.com 26 Short sellers flock to Nintendo as Pokemon aura fades SAN FRANCISCO, July 25- Bets that shares of videogame maker Nintendo will fall have quadrupled in the past week following a major rally sparked by the wild popularity of its Pokemon GO smartphone game. Daily usage of the Pokemon smartphone app in the United States peaked on... 2016-07-25 18:18 2KB www.cnbc.com 27 No barrier to trial in UK Lauri Love extradition hearing told Computer hackers have been tried in the UK despite alleged victims based overseas, an extradition hearing was told. Engineering student and “hacktivist” Lauri Love is fighting a US request to extradite him to face trial in three states over allegations of hacking into the US federal bank... 2016-07-25 17:17 1KB www.computerweekly.com 28 Agile 2016: cPrime reveals a new approach to agile: the Software Services Lifecycle Management cPrime announces a new category to the agile methodology 2016-07-25 16:57 2KB sdtimes.com 29 MIT has developed a movie theater screen that displays 3D without glasses A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) with help from Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science has developed a new display that allows movie theater audiences to watch films in 3D without those… 2016-07-25 16:30 2KB www.techspot.com 30 SD Times Blog: Agile 2016: Scrum is not done yet, and neither are you Scrum.org talks about the past, present and future of Scrum 2016-07-25 16:20 3KB sdtimes.com 31 Best iPad apps 2016: download these now You've got some cash, you want some apps - here they are 2016-07-25 15:35 67KB www.techradar.com 32 Senior executive Bob Mansfield reportedly takes over Apple Car project In late 2012, Apple executive Bob Mansfield assumed additional roles as Scott Forstall and John Browett left the company. It was announced at that time that Mansfield would lead a new Technologies group that would unify all of Apple’s semiconductor… 2016-07-25 15:15 2KB www.techspot.com 33 1st US system to keep drones away from wildfires kicks off The U. S. Interior Department announced the kickoff of the pilot project Monday that uses a smartphone app and real-time wildfire information to create virtual boundaries, or geofences, that drones can't cross. "We believe this program, which uses the global positioning... 2016-07-25 14:30 3KB www.cnbc.com 34 NFL Network and NFL RedZone are headed to PlayStation Vue Sony’s over-the-top streaming television service will soon be much more desirable among football fans. That’s because both the NFL Network and NFL RedZone will be available via PlayStation Vue by the time the NFL regular season gets under way this… 2016-07-25 14:15 2KB www.techspot.com 35 $19.99 for Premium Windows 10 Training (Includes 100+ Tutorials) - Deal Alert Master This Popular Windows OS Version in One Fell Swoop with 4 E-Books & Hundreds of Video Tutorials.