Box, Google Drive, Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive are all at risk from a man-in-the-cloud cyber attack that can lie completely undetected. First reported by V3, research firm Imperva told the Black Hat security conference that some of the largest cloud-based firms on the planet are vulnerable to attacks that wouldn’t even need a username or password to be carried out. It claims that data could easily be accessed in this
Introduction and design In a world dominated by two mobile operating systems, Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS, it can be hard to find a phone you like if you’re not particularly enamoured with either approach. There are alternatives such as Windows Phone, but they have struggled to gain mindshare, their struggles often blamed on a poor app ecosystem. Canonical, the company behind the popular Linux distribution Ubuntu, announced its ambitions
Introduction and design In a world dominated by two mobile operating systems, Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS, it can be hard to find a phone you like if you’re not particularly enamoured with either approach. There are alternatives such as Windows Phone, but they have struggled to gain mindshare, their struggles often blamed on a poor app ecosystem. Canonical, the company behind the popular Linux distribution Ubuntu, announced its ambitions
Introduction and design Acer is known to many as the Taiwanese makers of respectable computing equipment, competing strongly with the likes of Asus. Yet, the story does not end there. Like John Everyman and his plucky donkey, Asus has opted to enter the smartphone race. This is no easy proposition, especially when the likes of Apple and Samsung, with their marketing billions, are struggling to compete with the likes of
Introduction and design Acer is known to many as the Taiwanese makers of respectable computing equipment, competing strongly with the likes of Asus. Yet, the story does not end there. Like John Everyman and his plucky donkey, Asus has opted to enter the smartphone race. This is no easy proposition, especially when the likes of Apple and Samsung, with their marketing billions, are struggling to compete with the likes of
Introduction and design Acer is known to many as the Taiwanese makers of respectable computing equipment, competing strongly with the likes of Asus. Yet, the story does not end there. Like John Everyman and his plucky donkey, Asus has opted to enter the smartphone race. This is no easy proposition, especially when the likes of Apple and Samsung, with their marketing billions, are struggling to compete with the likes of
NASA has just signed on to extend its contract with Russia to ferry its astronauts up to the International Space Station, but what’s the journey like? This jaw-dropping video, put together by the fine folks at Sploid from new and old Soyuz launch footage, gives some idea – from explosive launch to arrival at mankind’s only output in space. YouTube : youtube.com/watch?v=mFIRwOGKePU Since retiring the Space Shuttle program, NASA has
NASA has just signed on to extend its contract with Russia to ferry its astronauts up to the International Space Station, but what’s the journey like? This jaw-dropping video, put together by the fine folks at Sploid from new and old Soyuz launch footage, gives some idea – from explosive launch to arrival at mankind’s only output in space. YouTube : youtube.com/watch?v=mFIRwOGKePU Since retiring the Space Shuttle program, NASA has
NASA has just signed on to extend its contract with Russia to ferry its astronauts up to the International Space Station, but what’s the journey like? This jaw-dropping video, put together by the fine folks at Sploid from new and old Soyuz launch footage, gives some idea – from explosive launch to arrival at mankind’s only output in space. YouTube : youtube.com/watch?v=mFIRwOGKePU Since retiring the Space Shuttle program, NASA has
There’s a modern-day malady that everyone suffers from – getting distracted by phone notifications in the middle of something important and struggling to regain focus again. But now computer scientists have developed software that automatically screens out low-priority emails or texts. It’s called Phylter, and uses a headband to detect when you’re concentrating on something. Changes in blood flow in the prefrontal cortex can signal brain activity, allowing the program
