In a move that has left both customers and investors baffled, chip maker Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) has acquired the online security firm McAfee for $7.68 billion, which stock analysts are saying is a premium price tag for McAfee. What exactly does silicon chips have to do with online security? And why is a firm (Intel), who’s […]
Category: Security
On August 1st it was reported that Dubai was making moves to shut down the Blackberry messaging service due to security concerns. India seems to be following suit with threats of shutting down the Blackberry service as well. The main concern here is that Blackberry text and email messaging services are highly encrypted, making it […]
Apple just released, as expected, an update to the iOS platform. The update is called iOS 4.0.2 for the iPhone and 3.2.2 for the iPad. Both of these updates resolve the PDF vulnerability that is used by JailBreakMe – the program that automates the jailbreaking of your iPhone and iPad. That’s about all there is […]
The Chevy Volt is ready to hit the streets! GM announced today that the Chevy Volt, the industries first commercially marketed electric vehicle, is ready to hit GM lots later this year and will carry a sticker price of $41,000. But don’t let that price tag scare you off too fast. Even though there’s a […]
A website called Wikileaks.org has made its way to the forefront of the world’s attention after it sent over 90,000 leaked US military documents about the war in Afghanistan to several major news outlets. The White House yesterday took a strong stance against Wikileaks stating that what they are doing “could put the lives of […]
So it’s all come to this – tomorrow morning it’s expected that the historic Wall Street reform bill will be voted on around 10:30am, and more than likely will pass. Sen. Ben Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat was one of the Senators that was seemingly on the fence about which way he would vote on the […]
Chris Brown, Michael Jackson Tribute, BET Awards 2010 (Video) On the 1 year anniversary of Michael Jackson, the world has stopped to remember the music, the life, and the impression that Michael Jackson made on the world. One place this was done in grand fashion was at the 2010 BET Awards. Chris Brown lead the […]