Two million accounts compromised by ‘Pony’ botnet, bad passwords
Though most of us cast stones at large-scale corporate password thefts, we ought to be checking our own glass houses, according to a security company called Trustwave. It just revealed that a single attack from a Dutch-based server has resulted in…
Google rolls out extra password security to Chrome for Windows
When Google finally relented and tightened Chrome security in order to better protect user passwords, it was available only to Mac users. As spotted by Chrome enthusiast François Beaufort, that feature has now come to Windows, and asks user…
Google improves its Santa tracking with a Chromecast-ready Android app (video)
Microsoft may have NORAD’s blessing for its Santa Claus monitoring, but Google has a few tricks of its own this year. The search giant’s latest Santa Tracker centers on an updated Android app (launching mid-December) with Chromecast TV streaming s…
Motorola kicks off its Moto X do-over sale with extra stock
After wannabe buyers failed to get a Moto X for $150 off on Cyber Monday due to higher-than-expected demand and problems with MotoMaker, Motorola announced two new sale days. The first is today, with another chance next Monday (December 9th) and t…
[Discussion] L Stands For…: What’s The Next Build Of Android Going To Be Called?
By now, the name of Android’s latest software build, Android 4.4 KitKat, is relatively widespread knowledge. While we all have our own suspicions about why the naming was changed from (or never was) Key Lime Pie, KitKat is definitely the least expected build name of all the previous…
It’s Official: Google Is SkyNet, And Andy Rubin Is Leading Google’s Robot Development Projects
Ok, so saying “Google is SkyNet” is obviously just a joke, but Google is actually very serious and committed to multiple projects that are dedicated to development of robotics. And guess who’s in charge of all this development? Well, none other than Andy Rubin himself, the…
Chrome OS scores a redesigned camera app that’ll soon record video and upload to YouTube
You have a Chromebook, yes? Well, if you’re webcam-inclined, Google has some potentially big news for you. The Chromium team has completely overhauled the Camera app’s UI, and according to Mountain View’s “Happiness Evangelist” François Bea…
Google’s next big project is robots, from the man that brought you Android
Not one to let Amazon get all the robots-are-our-future attention, Google’s revealed that its already got plenty of projects underway, and they’re headed up by Andy Rubin. Yep, the man who made the company’s Android operating system arguably the b…
‘Mobile Chrome Apps’ Could Be A Tool To Convert Chrome Apps To Android And iOS Apps
Chrome apps have been seeing a lot more attention as of late, thanks to Chromebook sales and Google themselves pushing web-based applications. There’s definitely some good stuff that is only useable on Chrome, however it looks like Google may be working on a tool that will help them…
YouTube’s own subscription music service reportedly won’t show up this year
While rumors of its existence have increased in the last few weeks, reports of YouTube’s still-unofficial music service as been doing the rounds since, well, March. According to AllThingsD, however, the launch has been pushed back into early nex…
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