German criminal agency continuing to test surveillance tech
Although Germany's federal criminal agency aims to develop its own spyware after last year's scandal with commercial software, it continues to test at least one licensed product – previously used by the Mubarak regime.
Mass Effect 3 Passes on Steam, Requires Origin
Much like other recent Electronic Arts game releases on PC, Mass Effect 3 will not be available through Steam. And regardless of what format you decide to get the game in -- digital or physical -- Origin is a requirement for playing. In a post on the BioWare forums by community man Chris Priestly, some frequently-asked questions regarding the PC version of Mass Effect 3 (launching on March 6 for ...
Understanding and Detecting Mobile Malware Threats
Every couple of years there's a new "hot threat" in security for which vendors abruptly tout newfangled protection and potential customers clamor for additional defense options. Once upon a time it was spyware, a few years ago it was data leakage, and today it's mobile malware.
Indian Government Memo: Apple, Nokia, RIM Supply Backdoors
Well, well, well, what have we here? Hackers have gained access to internal documents from the Indian Military (shared on the web), and in it, it is revealed that RIM, Nokia, and Apple have added backdoors to their mobile software (BlackBerry, S40 (supposedly), and iOS) which the Indian Military's intelligence service then used to spy on the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (the ...
Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: Clocking Your Broadband Speed
How you can tell what your current Internet connection speed is at home.
