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Google uses remote-kill functionality on Android apps

...of two free applications that had been made available by a security researcher, for his or her research purposes. "These applications intentionally misrepresented their purpose... Read more

25 June, 2010 by David Meyer

Researchers: Two in 1,000 RSA public keys are insecure

...A group of researchers has uncovered a flaw in the way public keys are generated using... Read more

15 February, 2012 by Elinor Mills

Researchers exploit Wi-Fi protocol flaw

...Researchers have released two tools that can be used to exploit a vulnerability... Read more

3 January, 2012 by Marguerite Reardon
Robots bake, fly and kick at US labs

Robots bake, fly and kick at US labs

...half hours.By finding out where it makes mistakes, Bollini and fellow researchers hope to improve the android's motion and learn how robots could... Read more

26 December, 2011 by Martin LaMonica

Researchers warn of Google Wallet security flaws

...app is good at storing passwords but leaves other crucial data unencrypted, researchers working on a rooted device have found. Image credit: ViaForensics Data that... Read more

13 December, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Children's toy can jam FBI radios, researchers say

...by every major US federal law enforcement agency, a team of security researchers from the University of Pennsylvania is planning to announce on Wednesday.Converting... Read more

10 August, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Researchers warn of Chrome OS vulnerabilities

...but it is still vulnerable to entirely different kinds of attacks, two researchers from the firm WhiteHat Security told Black Hat attendees in Las Vegas... Read more

4 August, 2011 by Seth Rosenblatt

Researchers warn of Scada systems listed on Google

...are at risk because they openly list their details on Google search, researchers at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas warned on Tuesday. In... Read more

3 August, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Facebook offers bounties to bug hunters

...Facebook launched a bug bounty programme on Friday in which researchers will be paid for reporting security holes on the popular social-networking... Read more

1 August, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Researchers hack security system to unlock car

...Researchers have discovered how easy it is to open and start a car... Read more

27 July, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Researcher reports LinkedIn cookie vulnerability

...A security researcher has warned of a vulnerability that could expose LinkedIn user accounts, Reuters... Read more

24 May, 2011 by Jamie Yap

Researchers call off Scada hack demonstration

...Two researchers said they cancelled a talk at a security conference on Wednesday on... Read more

19 May, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Android phones vulnerable to attack, researchers say

...contact data over an unencrypted Wi-Fi network, a team of German researchers has said in a new report. Researchers have said the Wireshark program... Read more

18 May, 2011 by Elinor Mills
<endeca_term>Researchers</endeca_term> show off flexible PaperPhone

Researchers show off flexible PaperPhone

...Researchers are set to present what they call an interactive flexible computer to... Read more

9 May, 2011 by David Meyer

Researchers disclose holes in McAfee's website

...Researchers disclosed three vulnerabilities in the website of security firm McAfee on a... Read more

29 March, 2011 by Elinor Mills

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

6 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

7 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

8 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

10 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

11 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

12 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

12 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

14 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

15 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

16 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

17 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

18 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

19 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

20 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

20 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

24 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

1 day ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry