More Adobe mistakes with Flash
For years anyone interested in learning the version of Flash installed in their web browser has been directed to this…
Microsoft endorses EU-US Privacy Shield data sharing pact
Microsoft is throwing its weight behind the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield agreement, which is intended to safeguard the privacy of European…
This little robot wants to help you shop
SoftBank’s Pepper robot may still be the better-known contender, but a new humanoid device from Hitachi aims to be the…
How to get Bash running on Windows
Unix command line users around the world rejoiced when Microsoft announced recently it would be bringing the popular Bash shell…
Scientists could use DNA to shrink a data center into a sugar cube
Microsoft and University of Washington (UW) researchers have demonstrated the ability to use synthetic DNA as a form of archival…
Experts crack Petya ransomware, enable hard-drive decryption for free
Security experts have devised a method that allows users to recover data from computers infected with the Petya ransomware program…
Zombie OS: Windows XP still powers 181M PCs two years after support ends
Even though Microsoft retired Windows XP two years ago, an estimated 181 million PCs around the world ran the crippled…
SSD shootout: PCI Express blows away SATA and M.2 in throughput testing
For the better part of a decade now, the traditional interface for hard drives has been Serial ATA (SATA). With…
Podcast: A chat with Android chief Hiroshi Lockheimer
Hiroshi Lockheimer loves seeing his work in the hands of strangers. That simple fact is what he credits with his…
5 things you should know about the blockchain
Talk of blockchain technology is everywhere, it seems — but what is it, and what does it do? 1. Don’t…