The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) may be hiding highly-sophisticated hacking payloads in the firmware of consumer hard drives over the last 15 to 20 years in a campaign, giving the agency the means to eavesdrop on thousands of targets’ computers, according to an analysis by Kaspersky labs and subsequent reports.
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UFC FIGHT NIGHT BROOMFIELD
UFC Fight Night: HENDERSON VS. THATCH
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Event: UFC Fight Night: HENDERSON VS. THATCH
Date: Saturday, February 14, 2015
Time: 10:00PM EST / 07:00PM PST
Fight odds:
Henderson Vs. Thatch
Holloway Vs. Miller
Magny Vs. Kunimoto
Kelly Vs. Walsh
Prazeres Vs. Lee
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UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Bisping
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UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) is UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Bisping,
Saturday, November 8, 2014 live streaming online. This live stream will be very
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Kabam is set to take the "The Hobbit: Kingdoms of the Middle-earth" game to users of Alibaba's messaging app Laiwang.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has invested $120 million in San Francisco-based mobile games studio Kabam, the latest in a string of U.S. investments intended to build up the Chinese online retailer's presence...
Online retailer eBay reported profits of $676m (£395m) during the period from March to June, beating analyst expectations.
Shares in the company were up by more than 1.5% in trading after the US stock market closed.
Although revenue grew by 13% to $4.4bn, that was less than hoped.
"We had a challenging quarter with...
UNC and Nvidia collaborate on ‘pinlight display’ augmented reality breakthrough
One of the hallmarks of science fiction movies — one way they demonstrate that they take place “in the future” is by using augmented reality (AR) interfaces. Minority Report is the classic trope illustration for this idea, but it’s...
Mozilla is making Windows 8 users wait a couple months longer for a modern-style version of Firefox.
The touch-optimized browser had been set to launch on January 21, with the release of Firefox 27; now Mozilla is pushing back touch optimization to Firefox 28, a delay of six weeks. Add in the two-week vacation that Mozilla decided to grant employees last month, and the projected release...
Microsoft debuted a true analogue to Google Earth on Thursday, launching a Bing Maps Preview app for Windows 8.1 that moves Maps into true 3D.
The new app, available in the Windows Store, even launches by zooming in on a 3D globe—the signature opening shot of Google Earth. From there, Microsoft maps fans can swoop down...
Lots of analysts and industry pundits have been sounding off afterMicrosoft's MSFT +2.83% Surface event in New York on Monday with anything from praise to scathing criticism. I was on hand to see the company’s new Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 slates and I dare say I’m mostly impressed. At...
Apparently there are well over 800,000 apps on Google Play. That means if you wanted to see them all, you'd have to download and try over 90 apps an hour for a year. No one's got that kind of time, which is why we've put together this list of 100 Android apps that are sure to pique your interest.
We've been pruning...
Microsoft is closing in on its publicly stated target of the end of August for releasing to manufacturing Windows 8.1.
But many of those waiting for the new release are less interested in the RTM date than the date when they'll be able to grab the final bits. And Microsoft officials still have said nothing about when that...
If your name is Samsung, you should be pretty pleased with yourself these days. The company's smartphones and tablets are number one in South Korea, which should be no surprise because that's where it's headquartered.
But Samsung is killing it all around the world. According to the latest research from Strategy...
Is there a simple way I can control my desktop (and, if possible, my notebook) from my iPad or iPhone? I've had a look but I quickly got lost in a jargon! Is there something easy?
With the summer upon us – for a while at any rate – people want to spend more time away from their PCs and Macs. But that doesn't mean they...
Windows 8 share of the desktop OS market grew slowly last month relative to a surge in new users in June.
Windows 8 gained 0.3 percent market share in July, bringing its share to 5.4 percent overall, according to figures from web analytics company Net Applications. Following the launch of the OS in October last year,...
One year ago this week...
As beta programs go, Windows 8 seemed like a smashing success. The engineers and designers putting the new operating system together hit their deadlines like a finely tuned machine, and the code was ready to release to manufacturing one year ago this week, on August 1, 2012. Hardware partners...
Microsoft's Bing will display warnings when users attempt to search for images of child abuse.
The notification will tell users that child abuse is illegal, and provide a link to the Stop It Now counselling service.
"If someone in the UK tries to use search terms on Bing which can only indicate they are looking for...
