Hugh Pickens writes “Michael Wilson writes in the NY Times that top intelligence officials in the New York Police Department are looking for ways to target “apolitical or deranged killers before they become active shooters” using techniques similar to those being used to spot terrorists’ chatter online. The techniques would include ‘cyber-searches of language that … Continue Reading
Mobile data users have been exceptionally unhappy over data caps since they were first introduced. Many argue that these data caps have nothing to do with controlling congestion on mobile networks and everything to do with charging customers as much as possible. A white paper was published this week from the New America Foundation arguing … Continue Reading
The much-awaited Redbox Instant (by Verizon) streaming service has just come into an official beta, with Android (and iOS) apps being released as well. The app is available in the Google Play Store right now, but you’ll need a beta invite first if you want to use it. You can hit up the source link below … Continue Reading
Banning modified PS3’s The ban hammer is here again as Sony promised a few days ago. All consoles with CFW or ‘pirated’ games are being permanently banned from PSN Bad news we have here. A few days ago, Sony announced that they will be taking measures agains all those CFW users that access the PSN … Continue Reading
If you’re a frequent user of Instagram, then you may have heard about the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy update that is penciled in for January, 2013. To sum it up, Instagram, purchased by Facebook some three months ago to the tune of $1 billion, is attempting to “borrow” your photos and sell them to … Continue Reading
A new kernel exploit has been found (credit to alephzain at XDA) that affects some Samsung Exynos chipsets — which happen to power many of Samsung’s more popular phones. Normally kernel exploits don’t make the rounds as news, but this time the word “malware” got attached to it so it’s got a bit of steam behind it. … Continue Reading
An anonymous reader writes “Cox Communications appears to be injecting JavaScript and HTML into subscriber’s traffic, as part of their effort to announce an email service outage. Pictures showing the popup.” Read more of this story at Slashdot. SOURCE Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes “Cox Communications appears to be injecting JavaScript and HTML into subscriber’s traffic, as part of their effort to announce an email service outage. Pictures showing the popup.” Read more of this story at Slashdot. SOURCE Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes “Cox Communications appears to be injecting JavaScript and HTML into subscriber’s traffic, as part of their effort to announce an email service outage. Pictures showing the popup.” Read more of this story at Slashdot. SOURCE Slashdot
This week, Verizon is to begin a campaign to show customers the benefits of opting into their new data-collecting service called Verizon Selects, part of the same Precision Marketing portfolio that we urged our readers to opt-out of. First, you should know what Verizon Selects is. By acquiring usage data such as mobile web browsing history, your location, … Continue Reading
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