UPS: We’ve Been Hacked The United Parcel Service announced Wednesday that customers’ credit and debit card information at 51 franchises in 24 states may have been compromised. There are 4,470 franchised center locations throughout the U.S., according to UPS. The malware began to infiltrate the system as early as January 20, but the majority of the attacks began… Read More »
Recently, Microsoft released updates for Windows 8.x that caused BSODs (Blue Screens of Death) on users’ PCs. After discovering this they silently pulled the updates and removed the links from their update site. A week later, updates released by Microsoft cause Windows 7 users problems. Many reported BSODs after installing the updates rendering some computers unbootable. Your results… Read More »
Netflix now paying Time Warner Cable for faster speeds too Netflix is now paying Time Warner Cable in hopes of delivering better movie and TV streams to customers of both companies. The latest interconnection deal, first reported by Gigaom, means that Netflix has signed peering arrangements with the top four US broadband providers: Comcast, Time Warner Cable, AT&T, and Verizon. Netflix… Read More »
Brain Hacking Is Having Incredible Effects, and It’s Just Getting Started (Morris MacMatzen/Reuters) With a jolt of electricity, you might be able to enter a flow state that allows you to learn a new skill twice as quickly, solve problems that have mystified you for hours, or even win a sharpshooting competition. And this just scratches the surface… Read More »
Windows 8.1 August Update Download Links Removed Due to Issues: How to Uninstall the Update Last week, Microsoft announced the latest iteration to Windows 8.1 Update named as August Update, integrating security features and improvements. A number of users who have installed the update seem to be facing issues such as blue screen and system instability. Microsoft is… Read More »
Healthy Heart Needs More Than Pinch of Salt, Study Finds Photograph: Getty Images People who eat the least salt may be hurting their hearts, according to a study causing controversy because some of its findings clash with public-health efforts to lower sodium consumption. The results published yesterday in theNew England Journal of Medicineshowed the expected link between heart… Read More »