Hacker sind ins System der US-Notenbank eingedrungen und haben Daten von 4000 Bankern veröffentlicht. Sie reagieren damit auf den Suizid eines von der Justiz belangten Netz-Aktivisten.
Die US-Testberichte zum Surface Pro fallen zwiespältig aus. Der kostspielige Tablet-Laptop aus dem Hause Microsoft hat viel zu bieten, muss aber auch viel Kritik einstecken.
Ein Neuling wagt den Angriff auf Dropbox und andere Online-Speicher. Für umgerechnet 90 Franken im Jahr erhält der User unbegrenzten Speicherplatz. Auch für Gratis-User ist Bitcasa attraktiv.
In den 90er-Jahren waren animierte GIFs im Internet so beliebt wie heute YouTube-Videos. Mit dem Web 2.0 folgte der Niedergang. Doch nun hat das GIF sein Revival angetreten.
«Dishonored» ist eines der innovativsten Actiongames der letzten Jahre. Wie die Grafik im aussergewöhnlichen Steam-Punk-Stil entstand, zeigen die persönlichen Skizzen des Art Directors.
Schon als Schüler verkaufte der Dell-Gründer zusammengebaute Computer. Später sorgte er mit einem Rat an den Apple-Gründer für Aufsehen. Nun muss er die eigene Firma retten.
Bei einem Telefonanruf des «Microsoft-Kundendienstes» ist grösste Vorsicht geboten. Am anderen Ende der Leitung spricht ein Gauner. Doch ein 20-Minuten-Online-Leser weiss sich zu wehren.
Während sein Land in vielen Belangen als steinzeitlich gilt, geht Nordkoreas Machthaber Kim Jong-Un mit der Zeit. Ein neues Foto zeigt, dass er ein Smartphone besitzt. Aber welches?
iPhone, iPad und iPod Touch lassen sich dank Jailbreak mächtig aufpeppen: Hier sind die besten alternativen Apps und Add-Ons, die uns Apple vorenthalten will.
Der Mac hat seine Fans, doch an den PC-Gamern beisst sich Apple die Zähne aus. 95 von 100 Gamern schwören auf Windows - Tendenz steigend.
Sollte mal keine Internetverbindung zur Verfügung stehen, kann man unterwegs auf dem Smartphone oder Tablet auch über eine DVB-T-Antenne fernsehen. Das Senderangebot ist allerdings bescheiden.
Wie der Kurznachrichtendienst Twitter und mehrere US-Zeitungen wurde das US-Energieministerium Ziel einer Cyber-Attacke. Die Urheber der Angriffe werden in China vermutet.
Der Jailbreak für iPhone, iPad und iPod touch ist ab sofort verfügbar. Wer das Betriebssystem des eigenen iOS-Geräts aufbohren möchte, sollte einige Punkte beachten.
Ob Atlanik, Südpazifik oder Mittelmeer: Eine zoombare Karte zeigt, wie die Kontinente und Länder durch Unterwasserkabel verbunden sind.
Days before Surface Pro's release date, Microsoft already is hinting at the types of accessories we'll see for the device.
Thank God the nation's mobile-phone towers are still operating, despite more than 1.7 million downloads of the latest iOS jailbreaking software -- evasiOn -- which was released days ago. While trying to prevent federal regulators from legalizing jailbreaking, Apple had claimed the United States' mobile networks could suffer "potentially catastrophic" cyber attacks by iPhone-wielding hackers at home and abroad if iPhone owners were permitted to legally jailbreak their shiny iDevices.
Jeff Atwood wants to improve the entire internet. That's always been his goal a better place. He started by co-founding StackOverflow, a question-and-answer site for software developers that revolutionized the way they learn online, and eventually, this evolved into StackExchange, a network of Q&A sites spanning myriad topics. Now, Atwood has renewed his crusade with Discourse, an open source application for building online message boards that he hopes will become as ubiquitous as WordPress.
After a porn scandal, Twitter has restricted the Vine video app to users 17 years of age or older.
It took four years, ?60,000 ? that's $81,150 here in the States ? and more welding than the San Francisco Bay Bridge retrofit, but Bernd Berger and his crew created the ultimate snowbound DJ party rig.
The Supreme Court later this month will hear a major genetic-privacy case testing whether authorities may take DNA samples from anybody arrested for serious crimes. The case has wide-ranging implications, because at least 27 states and the federal government have regulations requiring suspects to give a DNA sample upon some type of arrest, regardless of conviction. In all the states with such laws, DNA saliva samples are cataloged in state and federal crime-fighting databases.
Valve, the game developer behind
A critical vulnerability discovered in an industrial control system used widely by the military, hospitals and others would allow attackers to remotely control access systems, elevators, electricity and boiler systems, video surveillance cameras, alarms and other critical building facilities, say two security researchers.
Game of Thrones fans, time to get excited ? or, perhaps, just conflicted: George R.R. Martin, the creator of the Song of Ice and Fire novels the series is based on (and occasional episode scriptwriter), has signed a new deal with HBO that will not only see him continuing as executive producer of the hit fantasy series for the next two years, but also developing and producing new series for the cable network.
Following in the footsteps of Microsoft and Nintendo, Amazon has announced its own virtual currency for game, app and in-app purchases, called Amazon Coins, on the Kindle Fire HD.
All complex correlated systems, from Arctic melt ponds to the internet, appear to be governed by the same math as a random matrix.
In its short existence, the Raspberry Pi has powered games, musical instruments, and even pyrotechnic stage shows, but there have been few applications for photographers ? until now.
Playing in the occasional pickup basketball game or sandlot ballgame could be an excellent way for young athletes to avoid injuries.
Redbox Instant by Verizon will launch a beta of its streaming service on the Xbox 360 in the near future. The streaming service from the company that put tall red kiosks in your neighborhood supermarket will join the battle that is currently being waged by Amazon and Netflix.
In the latest episode of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy, writer Karen Russell recalls her early days as a secret nerd, confesses to feeling like the Bernie Madoff of fiction, and reveals that she?s highly ticklish.
Viddy co-founder Brett O?Brien traded a huge, temporary traffic spike for a pile of venture capital. Perhaps he should have cashed in his chips and sold to Twitter instead.
Data visualization firm Periscopic has developed a dark but thoughtful graphic showing the number of gun deaths in the United States in 2010 in terms of years of life that could have been.
Someday, scientists hope to assemble a virtual repository of virtual dissections. Now, a new study describes an optimized method for imaging bristled marine worms -- and includes breathtaking, 3-D virtual visualizations of the organisms, inside and out. In this gallery, we've compiled some of our favorite digital tours through marine organisms.
In Rio de Janeiro the government has created an ambitious plan called "Pacification," which is designed to clean up that city's image by cutting down on the drug trafficking and violence in its hundreds of shantytowns. Since February of 2012, Spanish photographer Rafael Fabr?s has been covering the process.
Disney and Google have teamed to build something that?s fun, beautiful and a sign of both web technologies and web marketing to come. On Tuesday, Find Your Way to Oz, a Chrome Experiment that is essentially an interactive circus in your web browser, went live.
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The Navy's first-ever WWAN 4G LTE network is about to head out to sea, aboard the
Empty cubicles and unbooked conference rooms are costing companies pointless amounts of money. One startup wants to fix the problem by applying the cloud-software business model to office space.
Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger confirmed a rumor that's been making its way around the internet since the end of 2012: There will be more Star Wars films coming out over the next six years outside of the upcoming movie trilogy.
In October 2011, Microsoft's Bing search engine handled 2.7 billion search queries, enough to qualify as the number-three search engine in the U.S. But according to new research done by Microsoft and others, that number was dwarfed by the billions of queries that arrived from botnets running on hacked computers across the world.
One day in the future, astronauts on a long-term deep-space mission might have the ability to use 3-D printers to make delicious, nutritious meals. With the 3-D printing revolution taking over design, engineering, and products, perhaps the final frontier includes 3-D printed food.
The Surface Pro looks like a tablet, but it's not a mobile device. It's a portable device.
Michael Dell has two more years. If history is a guide, that?s about the span of time his new set of investors will give him to transform the flagging company that bears his name.
The worlds of international politics, propaganda and popular culture have been colliding in a weird and wonderful way over the past few days, thanks to a strange video released to YouTube by the North Korean authorities that combines images of destruction yanked from the videogame Call of Duty with images of the North Korean space ...
Mophie's juice pack iPhone cases are lifesaver at conferences or all-day events where you're relying on your smartphone right and left. Now, the iPhone 5 finally has its own battery case to call its own, the Juice Pack Helium.