So long, TrueCrypt: 5 alternative encryption tools that can lock down your data
Open-source legend TrueCrypt may be gone, but the usefulness of full disk encryption carries on. So what’s a crypto fan […]
Security, Technology
Technology
What’s next for Wi-Fi? A second wave of 802.11ac devices, and then: 802.11ax
Now that blazing-fast routers based on the IEEE 802.11ac standard are finally entering the mainstream, intrepid engineers are busily cooking
Security, Software, Technology
Attack on Dailymotion redirected visitors to exploits
Attackers injected malicious code into Dailymotion.com, a popular video sharing website, and redirected visitors to Web-based exploits that installed malware.
Networking, Security, Software
One of my sites got hacked, and it’s my own fault
It started with a text message from my wife: “ZATZ site hijacked by nasty porn.” This is not exactly the
Technology
This Week in Tech 465: Let’s Ask the Audience
Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Harry McCracken, and Steve Kovach The EU’s “Right To Be Forgotten,” Apple may not call
Linux, Software
Mint 17 is the perfect place for Linux-ers to wait out Ubuntu uncertainty
The team behind Linux Mint unveiled its latest update this week—Mint 17 using kernel 3.13.0-24, nicknamed “Qiana.” The new release
Hardware, Security, Technology
Exclusive: A review of the Blackphone, the Android for the paranoid
Based on some recent experience, I’m of the opinion that smartphones are about as private as a gas station bathroom.
Hardware, Microsoft, Technology
Some Surface Pro 3 users complain of Wi-Fi woes after first-day firmware update
Ten days after launch, Microsoft is still trying to squash the bugs in its Surface Pro 3 tablet. As
Networking
Free Wi-Fi networks in SF, San Jose enable seamless switching with Hotspot 2.0
San Francisco and San Jose are now at the cutting edge of another tech trend, and one that has nothing
Hardware, Technology
Like the old days: Why AMD and Nvidia are fighting?
AMD and Nvidia are at it again. The two reigning champs in the market for video game graphics have been