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Iran created their web spying monster with assistance from Western tech
Siemens AG and Nokia Corp. should be so proud as they watch the news. A joint venture between the two companies helped lead to the massive spying technology being used by the Iranian government. They’re using a practice called deep packet inspection. This practice is one that is even more invasive than anything China is doing. With deep packet inspection, it allows the government to block communications, monitor information, and alter it for disinformation purposes. …
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Pogoplug puts in some new features in their tiny product
The Pogoplug, the tiny device connects any USB drive to the internet, is rolling out some new features this week. These features streamline things allowing…
Pogoplug is prepared for its afterlife (should it come)
Today on its blog, Pogoplug answered the burning question: “What happens if Pogoplug goes out of business?” The group over at Pogoplug has taken the impressive and humbling step of thinking about what will happen to their customers if Pogoplug should ever go belly up. You don’t come across such… Continue Reading »
Dropbox lets you sync for free
There’s a fairly new file syncing program in town, and it is getting lots of positive feedback from its users. Dropbox is an online sync and storage service that is able to be used over Windows, Linux or Mac. It relies on Amazon S3 storage, and has both a free… Continue Reading »
The Pirate Google Bay raises its flags
When, oh when, are they gonna learn it is pretty much senseless to even attempt to hunt down the pirates? Right or wrong, P2P file sharing happens. And suing the creators of the popular Pirate Bay isn’t gonna stop it. And now, in a rather obvious attempt to support that… Continue Reading »
Conficker continues to move
Well, the Conficker worm is still alive and well and out there on the move. Though some thought it was just an April Fool’s joke, the fact that it is still here, still coming up with new mutations, kind of dispels that theory. Just last week, Symantec detected the latest… Continue Reading »
Fonera 2 coming with awesome new ideas
Fon, the European company that specializes in sharing Internet connections between its users is set to release its new router soon. The Fonera 2 will still have the same basic functions of the Fonera 1 that makes it a Fon router. The routers create two networks, one private and one… Continue Reading »
Pogoplug now shipping
The Pogoplug, a device that lets you get to the stuff on your hard drive through the internet, and one of Gadgetell’s favorite things at CES, is now shipping to US customers. So, if you pre-ordered it, your wait is finally over. If you didn’t order one yet, you can… Continue Reading »
April 1st to be the day a worm brings down the world’s computers?
Stories are starting to fly around the Internet about the latest worm attacking Windows PCs. Why is this one gaining such mass attention? Because of the mystery surrounding it. The Conficker worm has supposedly already infected millions of PCs around the world and it has plenty of people worried what… Continue Reading »
Chrome shines compared to Safari, IE, and Firefox in a hacking test
Wednesday was day one of the CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacking contest, and the results are in. Using fully patched copies of Safari, IE8, and Firefox, hackers broke them all. They each failed to what is called hacker “Nils.” The Pwn2Own contest challenges experts in security to find and exploit vulnerabilities in… Continue Reading »
Practice safe surfing: Don’t get hijacked on Twitter
Oh, is Twitter making the news as of late. And the latest is really not for a positive reason. If you, like many, are a Twitter user, you better be careful since it was just found out that they are vulnerable to a major cross-site scripting (XSS) hack vulnerability which… Continue Reading »
News bits: Pioneer, Cisco, and OS X for your PC
When news falls through the cracks… wait, that’s “The Daily Show’s” bit. There’s lots of stories in the tech world and sometimes they get buried by Google, Microsoft, and Apple’s every move. Here’s a round up of stories that you may have missed. Pioneer wants to be in your car,… Continue Reading »
Palm Pre Information & Updates
Palm just introduced their next-gen smartphone, the Palm Pre, and next-gen operating system, Palm webOS. Gadgetell's got the latest Pre and webOS information and news for you right here.
