Safari users may be able to sue Google soon over secret cookies

Google worked around Safari's private browsing mode and now may pay for that decision.

Game streaming site Twitch suffers breach

Twitch users should change their passwords ASAP.

Android gets "on body detection"

Google introduces ability for Android phones to detect being held or in a pocket to stay unlocked.

Amazon Prime Music gets radio stations

Prime members using iOS can now listen to streaming stations.

Samsung to add Microsoft apps to Android phones

Some Samsung phones will come preinstalled with Microsoft Onedrive, OneNote, and Skype.

Pwn2Own 2015

All major browsers fell to hackers at this years Pwn2Own, so did Microsoft Windows and Adobe Flash/Reader.

Hilton Honors Members should change passwords now.

If you are a member of Hilton Honors, you should change your password now and earn 1000 point.  A flaw allowed anyone with the proper technique to see your account info.

New password options in OS 8.3

Apple has introduced some new features for password usage.

Windows 10 may require secure boot

Options may change, but Microsoft might make Windows 10 and another OS cooperatively dual-booting an impossibility.

No, Windows 10 will not be free for pirates

Pirates will be able to upgrade, but the still will have invalid licenses and be unable to patch, get support, etc.

Windows 10 will be free for Pirates

If you have a copy (legal or not) of Win 7 or 8, you get Windows 10 for free.

Forged email address leads to valid SSL cert

Scary that it only took a forged email address to get a "real" cert for a Microsoft Live domain.

Microsoft killing off Internet Explorer name

Spartan is the future.

What's new in Android 5.1

Ars looks at the latest android OS.

Adobe Releases Flash Update

If you use Flash, you should update ASAP.

iPhone 6 vs Galaxy S6

The Verge does a comparison.

Windows 10 will allow user to select UI style

The latest build allows users to select which UI (Desktop or Metro) to use, or to allow Windows to auto switch.

Yahoo's new on demand passwords

Sign up and they send you a text when you visit Yahoo.

SSDs start showing "wear" at 200TB data transfers

The SSD Endurance Experiment helped show the endurance limits of SSDs.

NTP may be on the way out

The 30 year old Network Time Protocol may be retired soon.

Google fails to protect renewed domain WHOIS info

If you've got a domain registered with Google, and you recently renewed, your contact info may have been made publicly available.  

Apple sends Siri audio to 3rd parties

They say it's anonymized before it leaves their servers.  People are listening to what you say to Siri.

Microsoft EMET 5.2

Microsoft has released a new version of its Enhanced Mitigation Toolkit (I refuse to use its full name).

Microsoft Update 3033929 causing reboots on Windows 7

If you use Windows 7 or Windows 2008R2, be wary of MS 3033929.

Apple sites suffer 11hr downtime

Internal DNS error caused a big snafu.

Google's first store

If you're in London you can check out the Google Store.

If you use Panda AV, your PC may be in trouble.

Do not reboot your PC.
The latest update for Panda AV quarantines important system files and requires another update to fix.

It's Patch Tuesday

Time to update your Microsoft Products (including Mac Office).

Apple releases iOS 8.2 and Security Update 2015-002

Apple has released updates for both of its current operating systems.  Users should update when possible.

Microsoft says Windows is also vulnerable to FREAK

The latest "vulnerability" FREAK also affects Windows.

Android Browser and Safari vulnerable to Freak

A vulnerability exists in Safari (OSX iOS Windows) and the Android Browser (not Chrome) that allows a malicious website to trick the browser into using an insecure (old) encryption cipher. 

Samsung and LoopPay

New Samsung phones have devices to generate magnetic fields that can be read by conventional card swipes.

Invisibility Glasses

Protecting from facial recognition.