Delete those text messages before sell your old smartphone or else

Santa Claus may be bringing you a new iPhone this Christmas, but be careful when you get rid of your old phone: All sorts of confidential information can readily be found on old cellphones purchased from eBay, Craigslist, and more.“I’m talking about dressing up like a woman for Black Friday [for the] sympathy,” reads one text message...

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RI reputation at stake in feud with RIM, BRTI says

The Indonesian Telecommunications Regulatory Body (BRTI) has defended the government’s dealings with BlackBerry producer RIM, saying that it was a necessary show of strength by Indonesia as a nation.“We are squaring up against foreigners and we need to stand up. Indonesia should be respected as a big country,” BRTI member Heru Sutadi told The Jakarta...

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Study Finds How Child Abuse Changes the Brain

Children exposed to family violence show the same pattern of activity in their brains as soldiers exposed to combat, scientists said on Monday.In a study in the journal Current Biology, researchers used brain scans to explore the impact of physical abuse or domestic violence on children's emotional development and found that exposure to it was linked...

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Facebook Prepping for Massive Hiring Spree

Facebook plans to nearly double in size in the next year. The social network announced plans on Friday to dramatically expand its operations, adding a wealth of new engineers to enhance features and write fresh code for the website that links more than 800 million users worldwide."We'll be adding thousands of employees in the next year," Facebook...

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World's most expensive white wine sold for £75,000

A 200 year-old bottle of Château d’Yquem has been bought by a collector for £75,000, setting a new world record for the most expensive bottle of white wine ever sold.The bottle of 1811 Chateau d'Yquem was sold to French private collector Christian Vanneque at the Ritz in London amid tight security.Mr Vanneque will only get to taste his expensive purchase in 2017, when he plans to drink it to celebrate what will be his 50-year career as a sommelier.He will open it at the famous Paris restaurant La Tour d'Argent and share it with his wife, the vendor...

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Product Review: HP TouchPad Custom Fit Case

Product Review: HP TouchPad Custom Fit Case: HP TouchPad Custom Fit Case by HP 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews ( 196 customer reviews ) List Price: $29.99 Price: $20.73 ...

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7 Ways to Avoid Holiday Travel Stress

The hustle and bustle of the holiday season is upon us. And travel by air, which is never easy any time of the year, is especially hard during Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Travelers can expect fewer flight options, crowded seating and higher fares.  Nationwide people are paying an average of 6 percent more for a round-trip airline ticket...

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Hackers 'hit' US water treatment systems

Hackers are alleged to have destroyed a pump used to pipe water to thousands of homes in a US city in Illinois.Hackers with access to the utility's network are thought to have broken the pump by turning it on and off quickly.The FBI and Department for Homeland Security (DHS) are investigating the incident as details emerge of what could be a separate...

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25 Worst Internet Passwords

If  “password” is your password, chances are you’ve been the victim of a hack attack.“Password” is the least successful, according to SplashData’s annual list of worst Internet passwords.The list, notes Mashable.com, is somewhat predictable. Sequences of adjacent numbers or letters on the keyboard, such as “qwerty” and “123456,” and popular...

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Android malware explodes, jumps five-fold since July

Malware targeting Google's Android mobile operating system exploded in the last several months, its volume quintupling since July, Juniper Networks said today.The rash of infected apps aimed at Android owners shows no sign of abating, said Dan Hoffman, Juniper's chief mobile security analyst and a member of the company's global threat center."We're...

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Pentagon tests long-range hypersonic weapon

The US has test-fired a new weapon which can travel at five times the speed of sound, the Pentagon says.The missile was launched from Hawaii and reached its target on a Pacific atoll 2,300 miles (3,700km) away in less than half an hour.The Advanced Hypersonic Weapon is part of a programme to build new high-speed long-range missiles.Its aim is to allow the US military to strike targets anywhere in the world within an hour.A statement from the Pentagon said the weapon had been launched using a three-stage booster system, which had successfully sent...

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