Advantech industrial serial-to-Internet gateways wide open to unauthorized access
Internet-connected industrial devices could be accessible to anyone, with no password, due to a coding error by a gateway manufacturer.…
IT careers: How to put your career on the fast track
Kevin Kalahiki moved up fast after landing his first IT job during the boom days of the dot-com era. To…
Apple eyes plans to turn us on to Li-Fi
Remember when Apple introduced the world to Wi-Fi back in 1999 with the iBook and first-generation AirPort standard? It appears…
Children mine cobalt used in smartphones, other electronics
Amnesty International has identified key electronics brands such as Apple and Samsung as not doing the necessary checks to prevent…
U.S. court bans the sale of some Samsung phones at Apple's request
A federal court in California has banned the sale in the U.S. of Samsung smartphones that have features that infringe…
Why not just monitor the installation with Skype?
The company where this pilot fish works uses kiosks to enter customer information at remote sites — and in this…
Qualcomm sets up joint venture in China for server chips
Qualcomm is setting up a server chipset design and sales unit with a provincial government in China, a move that…
Twitter was down, but now it’s creaking back up again
Twitter was down, but it’s gradually recovering—if you’re still not seeing it, please stop mashing the reload button; maybe go outside…
Twitter is currently experiencing technical difficulties
The super-popular micro-blogging platform, Twitter is currently down for many across platforms and on the web. Clients are failing to…
Proxying SSL via Charles from Vagrant
The Swift application that I’m currently developing gets data from Twitter and I was struggling to get a valid auth…