Malicious advertisements on major sites compromised many, many PCs
Attackers who have slipped malicious advertisements onto major websites over the last month have potentially compromised large numbers of computers. […]
Security, Technology
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Adware-infected apps in Google Play Store were downloaded ‘millions of times’
Google has pulled numerous apps from its Play Store, after they were found to be infected with malicious software. A
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This Week in Tech 495: Why Is It Pointed at Me?
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Nick Bilton, and Baratunde Thurston Silk Road trial, tech-neck, micro-celebrity, dead web, and more.
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Netflix prepares a major overhaul for its video streaming architecture and technologies
Over the past 7 years or so, Netflix has expanded from a few thousand occasional users, to a massive video-streaming
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YouTube player ditches Flash, defaults to HTML5
YouTube videos on the web now default to using the HTML5 player which should mean better performance, stability, battery life
Networking, Technology
Tons of AT&T and Verizon customers may no longer have “broadband” tomorrow
The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote tomorrow on a change to the definition of “broadband” and in so
Hardware, Technology
Signs of progress: One month with Android Wear 5.0
Android Wear 5.0 came out last month—it was the third noteworthy update to the wearable OS, following versions 4.4W.1 and
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This Week in Computer Hardware 299: GTX 960, Microsoft’s HoloLens, and Samsung’s External SSD
Hosts: Patrick Norton and Ryan Shrout The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 full review, Windows 10 OS, Microsoft HoloLens, Samsung’s portable
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Security Now 491: Cryptographic Backdoors
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Why the President was sure it was North Korea, a few Sci-Fi recommendations from
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First 20th Anniversary PS4 sells at auction for nearly $130,000
A standard PlayStation 4 console will set you back $399 at your local retailer. To grab the first of Sony’s