Tuesday, 3 January 2017

Editor's Pick: Norton Core Router Gives Home Security a New Design

Norton Core Router Gives Home Security a New Design

Richard Adhikari Jan 3, 2017 1:31 PM PT
	Norton by Symantec on Tuesday announced the Norton Core secure router for smart devices in the connected home at CES. The router protects up to 20 PCs, Macs, Android and iOS smartphones and tablets on a home network, and unlimited devices connected to the IoT. It will update its firmware in background mode automatically, said Ameer Karim, GM of consumer IoT security at Symantec. [More...]

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Looking Ahead to CES: This Will Be a Big One
CES week is here, and it's the one week of the year I look forward to looking back on. CES is a killer show -- not because you are up to your armpits in interesting new products, but because it is so spread out that it'll kill your legs as you hike all over the damn place. One year, I walked so much I actually ripped the soles off both shoes. This show is weird, in that it really comes too early. [More...]

Engagio CEO Jon Miller: How to Land a Whale
"Traditional demand-based, lead-based marketing is like fishing with a net," said Engagio CEO Jon Miller. "You run campaigns and marketing programs, and stuff comes out the other end. What the account-based world is all about is that you have a list of names, but you don't wait around to see if those big fish swim into your net. Instead, you go fishing with spears." [More...]

Absolute Linux Caters to the Slackware Crowd
Absolute Linux is a distro that raises the question: Is it really worth the bother? Any version of this Slackware-based Linux OS is just that -- a really big bother -- unless you love Unix-like systems that give you total control. It likely would be especially bothersome for less experienced users and for folks comfortable with Debian distros such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint and such. [More...]

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Norton Core Router Gives Home Security a New Design
Absolute Linux Caters to the Slackware Crowd
Looking Ahead to CES: This Will Be a Big One
Germany Could Ding Facebook for Fake News

Today's Story Highlights

Norton Core Router Gives Home Security a New Design

Norton by Symantec on Tuesday announced the Norton Core secure router
for smart devices in the connected home at CES. The router protects up
to 20 PCs, Macs, Android and iOS smartphones and tablets on a home
network, and unlimited devices connected to the IoT. It will update its
firmware in background mode automatically, said Ameer Karim, GM of
consumer IoT security at Symantec.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84198.html

Absolute Linux Caters to the Slackware Crowd

Absolute Linux is a distro that raises the question: Is it really worth
the bother? Any version of this Slackware-based Linux OS is just that --
a really big bother -- unless you love Unix-like systems that give you
total control. It likely would be especially bothersome for less
experienced users and for folks comfortable with Debian distros such as
Ubuntu, Linux Mint and such.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84174.html

Looking Ahead to CES: This Will Be a Big One

CES week is here, and it's the one week of the year I look forward to
looking back on. CES is a killer show -- not because you are up to your
armpits in interesting new products, but because it is so spread out
that it'll kill your legs as you hike all over the damn place. One year,
I walked so much I actually ripped the soles off both shoes. This show
is weird, in that it really comes too early.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84193.html

Germany Could Ding Facebook for Fake News

The frenzied 2016 election cycle mercifully is over, but Facebook's fake
news problem isn't going away. The company may face steep fines in
Germany if it fails to address it satisfactorily. A bill slated for
consideration next year would establish fines of up to $500,000 euros
per day for each day that a fake news story persisted after notification
of its falsehood was provided.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84195.html

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The Morning After: Mecha, Tesla and of course, CES

It's Tuesday, January 03, 2017.

Welcome to 2017!

Congratulations, you made it.

It's 2017 and time for CES

Here's what to expect at CES 2017

The Engadget team spent their New Year's Day venturing to Las Vegas. That means it's CES season, and a buttload of TVs, wearables, self-driving cars and countless stupid "smart" things." Here's what we reckon you'll see this week.

Tech-heavy luxury for the rich

Driving in Tesla’s superfast P100D

That thrill of incredibly quick acceleration (while exciting) is only a small portion of the Tesla P100D's charm. In a dense urban environment like San Francisco, where Roberto Baldwin drove it for a week, there aren't a lot of opportunities to live out your Top Gear dreams. Instead, he spent most of his time with the car commuting, trips with his family (holidays!) and heading to Costco. The glamour!

This real-life Gundam can move

Watch Korea's mech take its first steps with a pilot on board

That real, life-sized mech that Korean company Hankook Mirae debuted recently isn't just for show. Its designer, Hollywood SFX veteran Vitaly Bulgarov, posted a video on Facebook showing the robot taking its first steps. And, yes, it had a pilot on board.

This device can replace the Cloud. Take back control over your privacy today.

Nano cells? Nano cells.

LG's incoming 4K TV series deliver better color through ‘nano cells’

If your TVs already have 4K, HDR and all the other buzzwords that promise top-tier image quality, what do you do next? For LG, it’s decided that it’s all about the colors. With its Super UHD TV line for 2017, and all three models (the SJ8000, SJ8500 and SJ9500) revolve around Nano Cell LCDs whose uniformly-sized particles promise more accurate and consistent colors.

Still looking for an ultraportable two-in-one

Dell's convertible XPS 13 laptop starts at $1,000

Until now, if you wanted a Dell ultraportable that folds into a tablet, you've had to look beyond the company’s XPS series. Not anymore. With the launch of the XPS 13 2-in-1. It’s looking pretty darn nice.

We’ll understand if you need a moment

Lenovo’s CES haul includes thinner laptops, VR and an Echo clone

What does Lenovo have in store for CES 2017? A $400 VR headset with embedded cameras for room-scale tracking, the “Legion” gaming laptop you’ll need to power it, some thinner Thinkpads and a Bluetooth speaker that hooks into Amazon’s Alexa service. Yeah, we don’t understand that last one either.

Grizzly tracks

Vermont power company (not) hacked by the Russians

On New Year’s Eve newspaper headlines broadcast a rumor that Russian hackers may have penetrated the US power grid via a Vermont utility. Later, the Burlington Electric reported that it had found malware matching a signature released by the DHS and FBI on a single laptop that was not connected to the grid. Now, the company says there’s no indication the grid or its customer data has been compromised, and that the result came from internet traffic that is “not unique.”

But wait, there's more...

1. Dell's Ultrathin 27-inch monitor really lives up to its name

2. Steam's 2016 top sellers include 'No Man's Sky' and 'Rocket League'

3. France gives you legal permission to avoid work email

4. SpaceX will resume rocket launches on January 8th

5. Samsung goes overboard to make you care about laundry

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Friday, 30 December 2016

Editor's Pick: Germany Could Ding Facebook for Fake News

Germany Could Ding Facebook for Fake News

Richard Adhikari Dec 30, 2016 8:00 AM PT
	The frenzied 2016 election cycle mercifully is over, but Facebook's fake news problem isn't going away. The company may face steep fines in Germany if it fails to address it satisfactorily. A bill slated for consideration next year would establish fines of up to $500,000 euros per day for each day that a fake news story persisted after notification of its falsehood was provided. [More...]

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2017: More Apple Security Flaws, Cyberattacks, Hacktivisim
More security vulnerabilities will appear in the software of Adobe and Apple than in Microsoft's, more attacks on the Internet's infrastructure will occur, and cybersecurity events will stoke international tensions. Those are a few of the predictions for 2017 that security experts have made. Signs of hackers' increased interest in Adobe and Apple started appearing in 2016, Trend Micro noted. [More...]

Apple, Ireland Balk at EU's Bill for Back Taxes
Apple and the Irish government are fighting what some view as a European Union tax grab. The two recently filed a formal appeal of the EC's decision ordering Apple to pay nearly $14 billion in back taxes, based on its finding that Ireland had given Apple several illegal tax breaks. The EC found that Ireland had allowed Apple to determine its tax based on the activities of its subsidiary firms. [More...]

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