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As per Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo, Samsung will be announcing the results of its investigation into the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco by the middle of this month. The Korean company had reportedly finished its investigation last month itself but decided to hold off until other third-party labs also post their findings. By posting results from third-party labs in addition to its own results, Samsung is hoping to restore consumer confidence in its products....

Some of your most important family memories may live on film, camcorder tape and still photos. Digitizing is the best way to preserve these special memories in danger of being lost or inadvertently destroyed. If organizing the photos on your smartphone sounds agonizing, you’ll probably find the idea of transferring all those tapes and stills to a digital format even more daunting. We’re here to tell you it’s actually quite easy....

In this article, we will examine the major components that need to be included in any security checklist. One of the key aspects of any security awareness checklist is to address the components of the “CIA” triad. CIA is an acronym that stands for Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability. Confidentiality This refers to the protection and safeguarding of both information and data from unauthorized access and usage. For example, for a healthcare-related technology company, this would mean that all patient records are highly-restricted and available only to those personnel who absolutely require them....

The device date can be changed by heading over to Settings>General Menu>Date and Time and then by turning off the Set Automatically option. From the scroll menu if you select 1970 as the year and January 1 as the month and the date, switch off the device and try to switch it on again, then Boom! Your iPhone will refuse to go beyond the start screen and no amount of fiddling will help you get around the problems....

Let’s Go So let’s begin the game. Due to the size and nature of this publication, I am forced to narrow the scope of this article to only include the most prominent methods of attacks: Keeping the rules described in the previous article, the first step to a successful attack will often involve tricking an employee into performing some routine task. This is generally accomplished through an attachment to an e-mail containing some interesting information for the targeted employee (i....

The Japanese giant’s woes were driven primarily by its Vision Fund posting a ¥3.5 trillion loss, the biggest for the fund since it first began in 2017. The result for the vision fund stands in stark contrast to the ¥4.03 trillion profit announced for the year ending March 2021. That strong performance came largely off the back of gains from the then recently-listed Coupang and DoorDash, which provided unrealised valuation gains amounting to $25....

But apparently, the Harman/Kardon ition is capable of making even low bit-rate music files sound like high quality concertos. Since I collect mix tapes—yes, the digital kind— I love to stream music through services like Digitally Imported. I was curious about the capabilities of the software packed on this special edition hset. I pitted the two versions of the One against each other to hear if there is actually any difference between the two nearly-identical devices....

A day after Steve Kondik a.k.a Cyanogen expressed his opinions on Cyanogen Inc’s ex-CEO Kirt McMaster and his mismanagement of the company, Cyanogen Inc today announced in a blog post that the company has separated ties with the company’s co-founder. The announcement was made by Cyanogen inc’s new CEO Lior Tal. Tal said that by separating ties with Kondik, the latter will be able to “continue to forge his path as he sees fit....

As we reported earlier today, TAG Heuer today officially unveiled its first Android Wear running smartwatch: the Connected Watch. Despite being its first smartwatch, the Connected carries many of the design cues of TAG Heuer’s analog Carrera watch. The luxury smartwatch is made of titanium and will be available with seven different wrist bands to choose from. The company will be offering the watch in only one 46mm diameter dimension that might just be a wee bit big for female wrists....

Now, think about what your phone knows. No wonder you get that horrible sinking feeling when you can’t find it. Here’s how to find a lost phone, even when the battery is dead. But what if your phone, tablet, or laptop is lost for good? Don’t let everything stored there fall into the wrong hands. Here’s how to wipe all that personal info from anywhere. Remember, you need to set this up ahead of time Imagine traveling, and your phone or computer is nowhere to be found....

This time around, it’s a bit different. The year 2020 represents more than just a turn of the calendar, it is the move into a new decade — one filled with ever-advancing technology and endless possibilities. Does streaming TV spell the end for cable? Tap or click to hear what analysts predict for cable and satellite companies next year. An area that will continue to change and grow is that of streaming services....

The weather was nice – no rain and not much wind according to the excellent Apple Weather app – so I decided to put it to the test. Also: The best drones: Which flying camera is right for you? I grabbed my DJI Mini 3 Pro and headed out to take some video of the South Stack lighthouse, situated off the coast of Anglesey, North Wales, UK. By the time I got to the location I was limited on time so only had about 20 minutes of flight before it got a bit too dark....

Then on July 15, along came Xiaomi and turned everything totally on its head. That was the day the company launched the Mi 3. Yes, it was slightly long in the truth, having been launched in China in 2013, but make no mistake about it, the specs were still flagship level – the Mi 3 came with a 5.0-inch full HD display and was powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor with 2 GB RAM, 16 GB storage (non-expandable), a 13....

Samsung has just announced that they’ve begun mass producing three dimensional NAND. What does that mean? NAND is the technical term for the chips inside your phone that store data. These NAND chips, until now, have been built using transistors that are put on a planar surface. What Samsung did was flip these transistors on their side, thereby letting them put more transistors in a given area. Samsung says these new chips are twice as fast as previous chips and more reliable too....

Alongside the Galaxy Note 9 and the Galaxy Watch, Samsung also gave a glimpse at its new Bixby-powered speaker: the Galaxy Home. The speaker features a very unique design, with a three-leg stand and the top half looking like an inverted Google Home. The exterior of the speaker has a woven fabric to allow music to pass freely without any distortion. Like the Google Home Max and HomePod, the Galaxy Home will feature voice control, smart home integration, and SoundSteer....

If you want to avoid this type of invasive surveillance, you may look for email providers that prioritize privacy. For a long time, ProtonMail has been considered one of the safest email providers around. Many users believed it didn’t keep user records. Recently, the company handed over sensitive customer information to French law enforcement officials following a legally-binding request. This leaves customers wondering how this is possible. What happened? Many activists, journalists and privacy experts use ProtonMail for its end-to-end encrypted services....

While big enterprises will benefit from the experience of an IT director with a dedicated technology team, smaller organisations might not have the financial resources to hire an IT manager, never mind a CIO. In these situations, it can be tough to know which tools to buy. Rather than tapping into the knowledge of an in-house IT executive who understands the market, many SMB management teams have to make their own technology spending decisions....

Snapchat rolls out the first of its Mini apps with meditations from Headspace. One can found Snap Mini apps in the Chat and search bar. At the launch, they said the Snapchat users would get access to Headspace Mini, Let’s Do It, Flashcards and Prediction Master. On Monday, the first Snap’s new Mini apps were launched with the tools from meditation app. A Snap spokesperson said, As the name suggests, Minis, it is the miniature apps which are made by third-party developers which run inside the Snapchat....

As malware becomes increasingly sophisticated, you must be more vigilant than ever. Some might not even be aware their device is already infected. But it’s not entirely their fault as a new malware variant makes detection a nightmare. Even though BLISTER has been around since early last year, security researchers are only now figuring out how it operates. Read on to see how the new malware can trick your system into believing it’s harmless....

If you don’t have a newer vehicle that came with all the tech bells and whistles, no worries. You can easily add new tech to your older vehicle. Tap or click here to learn about 6 useful gadgets to modernize your older car. There are even self-driving cars and electric cars these days. We’ve already seen terrifying reports about self-driving cars. Tap or click here to learn how Uber’s self-driving car killed a pedestrian....