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U.S. power companies under frequent cyberattack
A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyberattacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid supplying more than 300 million people, according to a congressional report. More than a dozen utilities said cyberattacks were daily or constant, according to the survey, commissioned by...
pcworld.com (1 hour ago)
Teens growing cool on Facebook but warming to Twitter, Pew study finds
Some teens are growing tired of the excessive sharing and "drama" on Facebook and more are turning to sites like Twitter and Instagram to express themselves, according to a new study. "Many teens expressed waning enthusiasm for Facebook," the Pew Research Center said in a study released Tuesday, based on interviews...
pcworld.com (3 hours ago)
Ericsson software automates Wi-Fi vs. cell choice in mixed networks
New network software from Ericsson is designed to make sure mobile users get the best possible connection when there is both a Wi-Fi and a cellular network available. The software, which Ericsson introduced at the CTIA Wireless trade show on Tuesday, is an enhancement to its platform for mobile operators that use...
pcworld.com (4 hours ago)
Review: FreeSpace 2 sim launches you into space
Even great game franchises fall prey to mergers, acquisitions, and the vagaries of the game business. Such was the fate of FreeSpace 2, a space simulator originally released in 1999 to great critical acclaim, as part of the Descent and FreeSpace franchise. Due to business circumstances, it was the last in the...
pcworld.com (6 hours ago)
Yahoo returns to list of most valuable brands
Yahoo again ranks as one of the world's 100 most valuable brands. The Internet company nabbed the 92nd spot in the annual list of global companies from multiple industries including technology, retail and service, released Tuesday by BrandZ, a brand equity database. The ranking gave Yahoo a "brand value" of US$9.83...
pcworld.com (6 hours ago)
VMware launches network-savvy cloud service
VMware has launched its long-anticipated public infrastructure as a service (IaaS), touting its virtual networking capabilities as a differentiator from other established hybrid cloud offerings. VMware's vCloud Hybrid Service will be based on the company's vCloud architecture, allowing customers to shift their...
pcworld.com (7 hours ago)
Apple defends offshore decisions that result in low taxes
Apple pays a fair share of the taxes it owes the U.S. and other nations, its CEO said Tuesday, despite criticism from U.S. senators that the company is ducking taxes by shifting profits to subsidiaries that the company does not consider tax residents of any nation. Apple CEO Tim Cook defended the company Tuesday...
pcworld.com (7 hours ago)
New Intel CEO creates mysterious 'New Devices' division
Well, that didn't take long. A mere five days after Brian Krzanich took the reins as the new CEO of Intel, he's shaking things up at an organizational level. Krzanich has reorganized key business groups and created a new "New Devices" division destined for, well... we're not quite sure yet. Reuters first reported...
pcworld.com (8 hours ago)
Researchers find critical vulnerabilities in popular game engines
Security researchers found serious vulnerabilities in the engines of several popular first-person shooter video games that could allow attackers to compromise their online servers and the computers of players accessing them. Security researchers Luigi Auriemma and Donato Ferrante from Malta-based security...
pcworld.com (8 hours ago)
Wireless Charging Takes a Big Step Forward
In an effort to streamline the development of wireless charging technology, Duracell subsidiary Powermat Technologies will merge with the Helsinki-based company PowerKiss. Together, the two companies are responsible for thousands of public stations used to wirelessly charge mobile phones in the United States and...
pcworld.com (8 hours ago)
Review: Fantashow makes (almost) fantastic videos
Plenty of applications help you show off your photos, and plenty help you show off your videos. But too few tools exist that allows you to show them off together. Enter Fantashow Pro, a $50-per-year application allows you to combine still photos with videos to create a custom video slideshow.
pcworld.com (8 hours ago)
Microsoft makes a play for the living room with Xbox One
Microsoft is making a big play for the living room with a new Xbox console that marries games with live TV, Internet browsing, music and Skype. The Xbox One could considerably expand Microsoft's presence in consumer electronics but is expected to compete with Internet TV devices from companies such as Intel,...
pcworld.com (8 hours ago)
Microsoft may be scanning your Skype messages
If you have any expectations about the privacy of your Skype communications, you may want to reassess them. Microsoft appears to be peeking into Skype messages for security reasons, according to Ars Technica. The owner of Skype regularly scans the contents of messages sent on the service for signs of fraud, but...
pcworld.com (9 hours ago)
IBM launches Watson customer service smart bot
Yoking cognitive computing with customer service, IBM has launched a system that can reference large amounts of unstructured data to help companies better field customer phone calls. The IBM Watson Engagement Advisor uses IBM’s Watson, the artificial intelligence software the company developed to compete on the...
pcworld.com (9 hours ago)
Review: Livescribe Sky WiFi Smartpen links your ink and audio to Evernote
The Livescribe Sky pen marries old-school pen-and-ink with the cloud. If paper remains a core part of your workflow, this is the best pen of its kind on the market. You can save notes and audio recordings to your Evernote account via Wi-Fi, or you can plug in a Micro-USB cable and save your work to a PC or Mac. The...
pcworld.com (10 hours ago)
WikiLeaks' donations barely enough to keep the servers running
Donations to WikiLeaks since January have only been enough to cover expenditures in essential infrastructure, such as servers, according to a transparency report. Donations have been declining substantially over the last two years, the report said. Last year, WikiLeaks had almost €69,000 (US$88,700) in incoming...
pcworld.com (10 hours ago)
Touchscreen notebooks snag 10 percent of the laptop market, report claims
Windows 8 was rebuilt from the ground up with a finger-friendly focus. That proved to be a problem during the operating system's early days. In the months immediately after launch, touchscreen Windows devices cost an arm and a leg, and that's if you could even find one; during the 2012 holiday season shoppers were...
pcworld.com (10 hours ago)
Sprint hikes bid for Clearwire to counter Dish's offer
Sprint Nextel has increased its offer to buy out Clearwire, bidding US$3.40 per share, to counter a competing offer by Dish Network. The new bid marks a significant boost from its earlier offer of $2.97 per share and beats Dish's $3.30 bid. Clearwire shareholders had been scheduled to vote on Sprint's offer at a...
pcworld.com (10 hours ago)
Awesome video shows Leap Motion's Windows 8 gesture control capabilities
Leap Motion doesn't have to replace your PC's mouse, but it certainly can. A new video from Leap shows how hand and finger gestures may be used to point, click, zoom, and scroll your way through Windows 8. Although Leap wants developers to create applications specifically for the 3D motion controller, mouse...
pcworld.com (11 hours ago)
Atlassian gives Jira a makeover
Atlassian has revamped the Jira bug tracking tool with a new user interface, which the company said will offer faster navigation and a simplified workflow. "We really tried hard to create a whole new, more efficient Jira," said Dan Chuparkoff, Atlassian group manager for Jira marketing. "It should be easier to use...
pcworld.com (12 hours ago)
SAP to crunch and sell carriers' data on mobile use
Mobile operators collect huge amounts of data about how their subscribers use mobile data, and that information is starting to go on sale as targeted intelligence that enterprises can use to better reach consumers. SAP will introduce a cloud-based service at this week’s CTIA Wireless trade show that will collect...
pcworld.com (13 hours ago)
Boutique PC seller laughs all the way to the bank on the back of Windows 7
A boutique system builder has bucked the industry trend of slumping PC sales by continuing to focus on selling Windows 7 machines. Auburn, Wash.-based Puget Systems grew sales 20% in 2012, said Jon Bach, president of the independent PC seller, by specializing in high-performance, buit-to-order PCs-primarily...
pcworld.com (14 hours ago)
Amazon Web Services gets FedRAMP certification for US government cloud use
Amazon Web Services has finally received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which the company said will lower the cost of implementing its cloud services among government organizations and agencies in the U.S. FedRAMP is a mandatory government-wide program that standardizes...
pcworld.com (14 hours ago)
Vodafone revenue and profit drop as European troubles continue
Vodafone's revenue dropped 4.2 percent for its fiscal year to March 31, because of tough economic conditions, particularly in Southern Europe. The operator's group revenue dropped to £44.4 billion (US$67.8 billion) for the year ended March 31, and net profit fell sharply from £7 billion to £673 million. Behind those...
pcworld.com (15 hours ago)
Mageia Linux 3 brings a raft of key updates
Mageia has long been what you might call a “best-kept secret” of the Linux world, consistently residing among the top five distributions in DistroWatch's page-hit rankings despite minimal marketing and hoopla. The distro has only been around since it was forked from Mandriva Linux back in 2010, of course, but after...
pcworld.com (16 hours ago)
Pentagon clearance for iOS could open even more doors for Apple in the private sector
The Pentagon's decision to grant Apple the security clearance required for iOS 6 devices to go head-to-head with BlackBerry 10 and certain Samsung Galaxy S4 devices on secure military networks could have with a cascading effect that spills over into the private sector. BlackBerry 10 and the Samsung Galaxy S4...
pcworld.com (16 hours ago)
10 tech patents that should have been rejected
Welcome to the wacky world of tech patents-a place where you’ll find not just the crazy-sounding ideas that inhabit any category of patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), but some ideas that seem so minute or so obvious that you wonder how they ever qualified as patentworthy. Once...
pcworld.com (16 hours ago)
Toshiba shrinks 64Gbit flash chips, but still lags Samsung
Toshiba said it will soon begin mass producing a new type of 64Gbit NAND flash that is the smallest and fastest in its class, though it still lags rival Samsung Electronics in the development of an even denser flash technology. Toshiba said Tuesday that it will begin mass production this month of a 64Gbit chip with...
pcworld.com (16 hours ago)
Canadian regulator takes lighter view of Bitcoin
It appears Canada's anti-money laundering regulator will leave Bitcoin exchanges in the country alone for now. LibertyBit, which exchanges the virtual currency Bitcoin for U.S. and Canadian dollars, has been told it does not have to register with Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada...
pcworld.com (18 hours ago)
EU investigation could affect business from China's 4G deployment
The European Union may be trying to protect its telecom equipment industry with its recent threat to investigate China over networking equipment imports. But the move could end up hurting the chances of Western vendors intent on supplying technology to China's upcoming 4G services launch, according to analysts. Last...
pcworld.com (20 hours ago)
