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New Venom flaw may be worse than Heartbleed, researchers warn

With the digital world still recovering from the Heartbleed bug, there’s a new nastily named vulnerability in town, and its consequences could be even more catastrophic. The zero-day flaw could theoretically allow an attacker to take over a data centre from within. CrowdStrike’s Jason Geffner, who found the bug, has christened it Virtualized Environment Neglected Operations Manipulation – or Venom for short. It uses a bug inside a legacy virtual

Limelight Networks did not infringe Akamai patents, appeals court says

By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) – Media content delivery company Limelight Networks Inc did not directly infringe a patent on managing web images and video held by rival Akamai Technologies Inc because it did not carry out all the steps of the patent, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday. In a longstanding case on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal

Updated: Camera Rumors for 2015

Camera rumors, precedents and possibilities We can’t tell you for certain what 2015 holds in store for new cameras, but we can give you our best guess – and we think we’ve nailed a few key stories already. We’ve gathered together rumours, tip-offs and speculation from a number of respected sources and combined this with our own research and experience to produce a list of cameras we think we could

Updated: Roku TVs get refreshed with new apps and a 2015 redesign

Update: TCL has announced that the most premium of its new line of Roku TVs, the 3800 and 3850 series, will be available later this month. The 3800 series, ranging from $229 to $479, features a 1080p panel and 120Hz refresh rate (40-inch and larger only) inside a modern design with quad pedestal stand. The 3850 series, going from $249 to $699 across its three screen sizes, offers the same

buying guide: Best headphones: which set should you buy?

To get the most out of your smartphone or music player, you have to buy a respectable set of headphones. There’s no getting around it. The dinky throwaways that are included with today’s most popular devices just don’t cut the mustard. But when it comes to making a selection, it’s all too easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of options to choose from. That’s why we’ve covered the

Updated: Roku TVs get refreshed with new apps and a 2015 redesign

Update: TCL has announced that the most premium of its new line of Roku TVs, the 3800 and 3850 series, will be available later this month. The 3800 series, ranging from $229 to $479, features a 1080p panel and 120Hz refresh rate (40-inch and larger only) inside a modern design with quad pedestal stand. The 3850 series, going from $249 to $699 across its three screen sizes, offers the same

Netflix is working on a Top Gear reboot called House of Cars

You know the deal with Top Gear right? It was a TV show where three men acted like big kids driving cars up and down the country – sometimes even the world – getting into all kinds of trouble. It proved quite popular all over the globe until Jeremy Clarkson was dropped from the program after an alleged assault on a producer over a steak or something. Ever since rumours