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RIP ROP? Think again A Carnegie-Mellon CERT researcher has discovered that Microsoft broke some use-cases for its Address Space Layout Randomisation (ASLR) mechanism, designed to severely hamper hackers’ attempts to exploit security bugs. Source: Microsoft’s […]
If you hope to download Skype to keep in touch while you’re in China, you may be in for a rude surprise. Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi and other companies have been removing Microsoft’s internet calling software […]
Android phones gather your location data and send it to Google, even if you’ve turned off location services and don’t have a SIM card, Quartz reported today. The term “location services” oftentimes refers to exact […]
That hacker forced RT to halt its operating systems that take credit card payments, and assigns buses and trains to their routes. Source: Sacramento Regional Transit Systems Hit By Hacker
Broadband packages are notoriously difficult to untangle. Prices are obscured with introductory discounts and the speeds you get are nothing like what was advertised. It sucks, and the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) knows it. […]
Windows 10 is supposed to include support for memory address randomization techniques that stop certain kinds of malware. Unfortunately, that protection isn’t currently working. Source: Key Windows 10 Anti-Malware Tech Critically Broken – ExtremeTech
I ruffled a few feathers yesterday urging phone makers to stop trying to kill the headphone jack. Xiaomi’s Jai Mani shared brands’ side of the story. Source: Counterpoint: Why phone makers are trying to kill […]
This unfortunate trend continues to plague devices well into 2017, and we’re still in danger of losing one of the most essential features on phones today. Source: Stop trying to kill the headphone jack
It’s so bad I was in the Grand Central Station Apple Store for a third time in a year, watching a progress bar slowly creep across my computer’s black screen as my Genius multi-tasked helping […]
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