April 10, 2014 The Many Alternative Computing Worlds of Linux by THOMAS J. FITZGERALD By THOMAS J. FITZGERALD An alternative to Windows or OS X, the open-source operating system comes in a number of varieties, ranging from the…
April 10, 2014 Turkey Keeps YouTube Block Despite Court Rulings by REUTERS By REUTERS Turkish authorities defied court orders and reaffirmed a ban on YouTube imposed after the posting of illicit recordings of top secret security…
April 10, 2014 What You Need to Know About the Heartbleed Bug by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Millions of passwords, credit card numbers and other personal information may be at risk as a result of a major…
April 10, 2014 With Declines Slowing PC Sales Still Struggle by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Two technology market research firms said on Wednesday that worldwide shipments of PCs continued to decline, but at a slower pace…
April 10, 2014 Flaw Calls for Altering Passwords Experts Say by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD Security researchers say consumers should make sure they change their passwords after a flaw on some websites is fixed, but figuring…
April 10, 2014 A Collection of Wonderful and Weird Amusements by KIT EATON By KIT EATON Apps that offer little in the way of information, advice or solutions, but much in the way of oddity and fascination….
April 10, 2014 Apple Issues Fix for Security Problem on Macs by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD The flaw allows a hacker to penetrate communications a user would have believed were safely encrypted. Published: February 25, 2014 at…
April 10, 2014 Users Stark Reminder: As Web Grows It Grows Less Secure by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO The bug known as Heartbleed illustrates that the Internet is still in its youth, and vulnerable to all sorts of unseen…
April 9, 2014 Q. and A. on Heartbleed: A Flaw Missed by the Masses by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Zulfikar Ramzan, the chief technology officer for Elastica, a cloud security start-up, helps explain the security flaw Heartbleed and open-source…
April 9, 2014 Readers Respond: How Should Apple Spend Its Billions? by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Readers offer a wide range of suggestions for how Apple could spend the $159 billion in cash it has on hand….