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Women outreach program causes budget shortfall for Gnome Foundation
The Gnome Foundation, overseer of the Gnome user interface, has run out of cash. The news isn't entirely bad: the Foundation says one of the programs it runs, the “Outreach Program...
Swedish authorities won’t go after ISP that erased all its metadata
Swedish ISP Bahnhof has long been a supporter of keeping its customers' data private. Five years ago, we wrote about its decision to delete user log files to avoid having to rat...
Sharing cybersecurity information doesn’t violate antitrust laws
US officials announced Thursday that companies sharing information about cybersecurity would not face prosecution on antitrust grounds. The news came amid heightened concerns about data breaches and malware that can foil...
Twitter managed to avoid the Heartbleed internet vulnerability
Twitter was not affected by the Heartbleed Internet vulnerability that rocked the Web security world this week, making one less password consumers need to change to protect themselves, but users still need...
Heartbleed bug puts millions of websites at risk
Experts have discovered a major flaw in the security software used by millions of Web sites — including banks, e-mail and social media services — that exposes users’ names and passwords, the...
Office for iPad downloaded over 12 million times in just a week
Microsoft says it has clocked up 12 million downloads of Office for iPad apps. Microsoft announced the figure nine days after launching the much-anticipated suite of apps for the Apple tablet. The 12...
T-Mobile offers BlackBerry users a $100 credit toward any device
T-Mobile head honcho John Legere's assuring its BlackBerry-toting subscribers they've got nothing to worry about despite the companies' falling out. But, just in case they are worried, or just want to...
T-Mobile will no longer be carrying BlackBerry devices
By the looks of it, BlackBerry chief John Chen wasn't appeased by T-Mobile's attempt to make peace, in fact, things have only escalated: T-Mobile will no longer carry any BlackBerry device....
Lenovo recalls ThinkPad battery packs due to potential fire hazard
Lenovo has started a recall of its ThinkPad notebook computer battery packs as they pose a fire hazard caused by overheating. About 34,500 battery packs in the US and 2,900 in Canada sold with...
Google Now gets released on desktop Chrome browsers
After months of appearing in experimental and beta versions of Chrome, Google is rolling out Google Now notifications in its mainstream edition of the Chrome browser for Windows and OS X. If you’re signed...
Malwarebytes promises to protect XP users indefinitely
The antivirus industry is getting steamed up about the forthcoming end of XP support. Last week we saw Avast warning of the vulnerabilities users might face. Today anti-virus specialist Malwarebytes announces its new Anti-Malware Premium...
Digital privacy company Virtru comes to Microsoft Office 365
Virtru, a digital privacy company dedicated to making it simple to keep private communications private, today announced their support for Microsoft Outlook Desktop and Microsoft 365. Like users of Virtru's Hotmail...
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