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Nobody was expecting anything to go south, but it’s always good when it’s official. The Washington Post has a new owner. Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos formally took over as the owner of The Washington Post on Tuesday, officially ending 80 years of local control
It’s a great message at a terrible time. Amidst government shutdowns and domestic spying, the National Cyber Security Alliance leader has a message for parents. October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month — a time when the tech industry, government, businesses, and consumers focus
If this website had been up for the last 18 years, it would have said, “No.” As of today, it has a different message. The shutdown of the federal government will be unfortunate for a lot of people, but for journalists, it’s also a chance to get people’s attention. For example, check out
Call it an insult to their users. It is. After the debacle they’ve had over emails, Yahoo has decided to compensate you with a $12.50 discount voucher. Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and any other company serving millions of customers with online services, rely on security researchers to report
It was originally designed as a way for identity thieves to get personal information about people in order to gain access to their accounts and profiles. Today, phishing has graduated to become a weapon of choice in cyberterror. Will that connection stick? As we mark the 10th annual National Cyber S
Benchmarking is supposed to be the unbiased method for finding strengths and weaknesses in gadgets, particularly with mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Samsung is being accused of playing with the numbers to make their new Note 3 seem better than it really is. We noticed an odd thing whil
The number of people who came in to speak to a “navigator” at various locations across the country were minimal, but those seeking online help with their health care future flooded the government website and forced delays and even website crashes. Heavy volume contributed to technical pr
If you believe Samsung, you should consider buying their new Galaxy Note 3 because, well, puppets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baTh1jeObRw Samsung’s advertising onslaught for the new Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear smartwatch has officially begun. The first commercial for both products is no
Before customers start going on their online shopping sprees, Amazon is going to go on a hiring spree with 70,000 full-time employees. Amazon is about to go on a massive hiring spree ahead of the holiday season. The ecommerce giant announced Tuesday that it plans to hire 70,000 full-time workers for
If only the US government had used Twitter back in the day, they may have caught more of them. Twitter doesn’t just let users follow known terrorists. They recommend the best ones to follow. As terrorists increasingly have embraced social media, Twitter has increasingly come under criticism fo
They’re keep trying until they find a better way to make money. Traditional news sources like the Dallas Morning News still haven’t found an easy way to stay afloat and even turn a profit. When the San Francisco Chronicle said that it was demolishing its news paywall in August, we wonder
They had 1.9 million computers in their army. Had. Now, Semantec has hit ZeroAccess with a major victory for security. The cybercriminals behind ZeroAccess, one of the largest botnets in existence, have lost access to more than a quarter of the infected machines they controlled because of an operati
