Month: January 2017

Chrome, Safari, Opera form autofill can be easily tricked into leaking sensitive data

Your browser or password manager’s form autofill feature can be a big time saver, automatically entering data like your name, address, and phone number on those lengthy sign up or check out screens. But as Finnish web developer and hacker Viljami Kuosmanen points out , you might be inadvertently giving away more information than you are willing to share with a particular website.

Search Technologies Launches the ST Search Stacka , a Replacement…

Global search and big data consulting company releases the Search Technologies Enterprise Search Stacka – an open source replacement solution for the discontinuing Google Search Appliance “We stand ready to help customers transition seamlessly to a next generation and cost effective search solution.” – Kamran Khan, CEO, Search Technologies Search Technologies, the leading IT services firm specializing in the design and implementation of enterprise search and big data analytics applications, has recently launched the Search Technologies Enterprise Search Stacka as a cost-effective, risk-free alternative to the Google Search Appliance .

Hubble Looks at Voyager’s Future

Nothing built by humans has ever gotten as far from our planet as Voyager 1, which is now almost 21 billion kilometers from Earth. We’ve talked about the future of both Voyagers before in these pages – Voyager 1 passes within about 1.6 light years of the star Gliese 445 in some 40,000 years, its closest approach to a neighboring star.

Trump denies, denounces reports on Russia ties: ‘a disgrace’

Trump, Vice President-elect Mike Pence and incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer were defiant as they denounced reports that Russia had obtained compromising personal Opening his first news conference since the election, President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday responded to suggestions that U.S. intelligence agencies leaked unsubstantiated reports to the media about his relationship with Russia, calling it a “tremendous blot on their record if they did that.”

Resolution 2017: Create a professional development plan

The symbolism of January for new beginnings and forward-facing intentions is common throughout the world, and often the resolutions are inward-facing. What are you going to do to help yourself be a better person this year? Well, what about your professional goals? Where can you turn for professional development in 2017? In this article we’ll consider some of the available options.

Chinese humanoid robot turns on the charm in Shanghai

“Jia Jia” can hold a simple conversation and make specific facial expressions when asked, and her creator believes the eerily life-like robot heralds a future of cyborg labour in China. Billed as China’s first human-like robot, Jia Jia was first trotted out last year by a team of engineers at the University of Science and Technology of China.

Uranium Gains 10% as Top Producer Plans Output Cut Amid Glut

Uranium surged the most in more than three weeks as Kazakhstan said it will reduce production by 10 percent this year after prices slumped in 2016 amid a global inventory glut. Spot uranium rose $2.25, or 10 percent, to close at $24.25 a pound on Tuesday, the highest level since September, according to data from Ux Consulting Co.

These Swedish Stocks Will Pay You the Best Dividends in 2017

Sweden may have negative interest rates, but its biggest firms are about to deliver some hefty payouts to their shareholders. Of the 29 names listed on Sweden’s index of its most-traded stocks, phone companies Tele2 AB and Ericsson AB offer the highest projected dividend yields over the next 12 months, according to Bloomberg BDVD forecasts.

Intel adds Hyper-Threading to all Kaby Lake Pentiums

Intel has confirmed that all Kaby Lake Pentium processors will include Hyper-Threading support, creating four logical cores from two physical, but in adding the feature has dropped support for ECC memory. Intel has officially confirmed that it is bringing Hyper-Threading support back to its Pentium family in the Kaby Lake microarchitecture, but in doing so is sacrificing support for Error Correcting Code memory.

Alphacool releases Eiswand 360 external AIO cooler details

Alphacool’s Eiswand 360 offers high-performance liquid cooling for even the most cramped of cases, providing you can spare the desk space. Liquid cooling specialist Alphacool has unveiled plans to launch an all-in-one external water cooling system, dubbed the Eiswand 360, which offers to bring high-performance cooling to even the most cramped of case – if you can spare the desk or floor space, of course.

Android SMS for iChat review: Unlock Messages on your Mac with your Android phone

While Android users who have switched from iPhone already lament the loss of the superb Messages app, they’re also giving up another neat feature: the ability to send and receive texts from their Mac. As a recent full-time switcher to Android, keeping track of conversations on my Macbook is one of the main things I’ve missed, and I’ve learned to keep my phone within arm’s reach whenever I’m at my desk.

New WiFi Standard Syncs Home Devices In Real-Time

Wireless connections within the Internet of Things may soon rival the capabilities of wired systems, based on new standards being released by Wi-Fi Alliance. The new standard, called TimeSync, is a Wi-Fi feature that brings precise timing and synchronized operation to wireless devices by aligning them to the same internal clock.

Cyber Investing Summit 2017 Keynote Speaker Announced

Anti-Virus Pioneer John McAfee to Deliver Cyber Investing Summit Keynote Address May 23, 2017 at the New York Stock Exchange Few people understand the opportunities and challenges of building a successful cyber company from the ground up better than John McAfee John McAfee, CEO of MGT Capital Investments and founder of the global computer security software company McAfee, Inc, will deliver the keynote speech at the 2017 Cyber Investing Summit being held Tuesday, May 23rd at the New York Stock Exchange. The Cyber Investing Summit is an all-day conference focused on the investment opportunities and strategies in the cyber security industry.

Charleston church gunman, who discussed the a Jewish problem,a sentenced to death

Charleston church gunman Dylann Roof, whose racial manifesto said the Jewish “problem” would be solved “if we could somehow destroy the Jewish identity,” was sentenced to death on Tuesday for killing nine black worshippers. Roof was sentenced in federal district court in Charleston, South Carolina, late on Tuesday afternoon for the June 2015 massacre of African-American worshipers at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Swiss clinch U.S. data exchange pact along lines of EU deal

Switzerland has struck an accord on exchanging personal data with the United States along the lines of a deal Washington and the European Union agreed last year aimed at ensuring Europeans’ data privacy, the government said on Wednesday. Under that Privacy Shield agreement that came into force in August, the United States agreed to limit the collection of and access to Europeans’ data stored on U.S. servers because of EU concerns about data privacy and mass U.S. surveillance.

Greenpeace calls out AWS on renewable energy targets

A new report from Greepeace has cast doubt over Amazon Web Services goal to become solely reliant upon renewable power. The cloud giant has set goals of being powered by 50% renewable energy by the end of this year, but Greenpeace says that an increase in data centre construction in Virginia will play a role in making goals like that, and the 100% goal, elusive.

lululemon, DICK’s Sporting Goods, PetSmart and Johnston & Murphy…

Tyco Retail Solutions today congratulates its customers, lululemon, DICK’s Sporting Goods, PetSmart and Johnston & Murphy, on industry award recognition for retail innovation and store operational excellence. The brands were honored with the Retail TouchPoints Store Operations Superstar Awards and the Innovative Retail Technologies Retailer Innovation Awards for exemplary innovation and leadership in 2016.

Freezing Weather Threatens Power Supplies in Southeastern Europe

Bulgaria, where temperatures fell to as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius , declined emergency requests for power from Greece and Turkey amid heavy snowfall, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said Tuesday in the capital Sofia. The country was itself turned down by Romania two days ago and Greece said it would stop electricity exports to Bulgaria from noon on Wednesday.

Exclusive: Alibaba, part of planned Taiwan fund, won’t seek board seats at local firms – source

An employee is seen behind a glass wall with the logo of Alibaba at the company’s headquarters on the outskirts of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, April 23, 2014. Alibaba Group Holding, which is awaiting regulatory approval for a $45 million fund it is participating in, has promised the Taiwanese government it will not take board seats at local firms the fund invests in, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.

#BizTrends2017: Embracing a changing digital world in 2017

Even though the past year has seen the strengthening of several ‘traditional’ technology trends such as cloud computing, big data, and predictive analytics, the likes of virtual and augmented reality and conversations as a platform (better known as chatbots) are already attracting interest for 2017.

FDA Advice on Hacking Threat to Cardiac Device

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued new advice about how to safeguard implantable cardiac devices against hackers. A wireless transmitter used to transmit data from cardiac devices to medical providers, the Merlin@home Transmitter made by St. Jude Medical was found to be vulnerable to online hacking, the FDA said.