Apple’s OS X Mavericks hints at future Retina Thunderbolt Displays and iMacs
Amid Monday’s excitement, it was discovered that the blue-and-green ocean wave wallpaper image Apple released to promote its upcoming OS X Mavericks for Mac is fitted precisely for a 27-inch Retina Thunderbolt Display, or even a 27-inch Retina iMac. The 5,120-by-2,880-pixel image hosted on Apple’s website is sized at exactly twice the width and height […] more…Sony PlayStation 4 – No need to be always online, supports used games and priced at only $399
Sony fired a direct shot across Microsoft’s bow at its E3 press conference on Monday evening, clearly positioning PlayStation 4 as the anti-Xbox One. PlayStation 4 will fully support used games, said Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton. You’ll be able to trade your games in at retail, but also sell them to another […] more…Apple announces OS X Mavericks with Finder tabs, tags, and true multiple display support
Apple on Monday unveiled Mavericks, the start of the next 10 years of its Mac OS X operating system, with a naming switch from breeds of cat to California locales. It will launch this fall on the Mac App Store Craig Federighi, head of OS X development for Apple, unveiled OS X 10.9 Mountain Lion […] more…Adobe releases critical security updates for Reader, Flash Player and ColdFusion
Adobe has released scheduled security updates for its Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player and ColdFusion products on Tuesday in order to fix many critical vulnerabilities, including one that is already actively exploited by attackers. read more more…‘Next’ iPhone display production to begin
A Japan-based report indicates that production of at least one key component for the next iPhone will begin next month. Sharp will begin volume production in June of the display “panel” for the “next” iPhone model at its Kameyama plant in Mie prefecture, according to a report in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, a major Japanese industrial […] more…Sony Is Screwing Up Game Streaming on PlayStation 4
When Sony announced its next-generation game console PlayStation 4 back in February, one of the most unique features it talked up was the “Share” button. Right there on the control pad was a button that would instantly begin streaming a live video of whatever the player was doing at the time. Tags: Sony Playstation Games more…Supply chain 2013: Stop playing whack-a-mole with security threats
IT can never take all the risk out of a supply chain, but it can help organizations minimize their vulnerability in a world of new threats. read more more…How the FBI cracked a "sextortion" plot against pro poker players
At 8:05am on the morning of December 1, 2010, an FBI search warrant team swarmed up to a Silicon Valley home on an unusual misson: find the “sextortionist” who had been blackmailing pro poker players over the Internet. One agent pounded on the door and shouted out, “FBI!” Movement was heard inside, but no one […] more…Google tightens up Play Store policy, officially bans "off-market" updates…
Google has made a number of changes to its Android Play Store ecosystem recently. There’s now a rudimentary anti-virus provided with the OS, a ban on ad blockers, and, most recently, an official policy on sneaky “off-market” updates… more…Twitter plays cat-and-mouse with hackers of the Syrian Electronic Army
Twitter’s security team appears to be playing whack-a-mole with a group of hackers who have made a name for themselves hijacking the accounts of high profile media organisations. more…Money can’t buy privacy in Google Play store, study shows
Both paid and free apps in the Google Play store harvest the same amount of private information from Android phones, a researcher discovered. read more more…IRS’s big data play built on shaky foundations
The IRS is scaring taxpayers silly this season with boasts about its Big Data prowess and 'robo audits.' But recent reports suggest the agency is struggling to keep its IT operations afloat. read more more…One-Click Fraud Variant on Google Play in Japan Steals User Data
Last week McAfee Labs reported a series of “one-click fraud” malware on Google Play in Japan. We have been monitoring this fraudulent activity and have found more than 120 additional variants on Google Play since the previous report. The malicious developers upload five or six applications per account using three to five accounts every night, […] more…Ongoing Google Play Attacks Plague Japanese with Variation on One-Click Fraud
In what may be the biggest security-related incident on Google Play this year, multiple Trojans targeting Japanese users were discovered carrying the strain of Android one-click fraud. McAfee Mobile Research has already identified multiple developer accounts that were used to spread the malware and confirmed that more than 80 applications of this type existed on […] more…Adobe Flash Player CVE-2013-0633 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Type: Vulnerability. Adobe Flash Player is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability; fixes are available. more…Apple files patent for iPhone with wraparound display
Apple, whose iPhone has been criticized for having a display that’s relatively small when compared with smartphones such as the Samsung S4 and HTC One, has filed a patent application that proposes a novel solution: a display that wraps around the entire handset. Tags: Apple iPhone more…More information
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