What.cd, Broadcasthe.net, and PassthePopcorn.me – three of the world’s largest private BitTorrent trackers – are under prolonged DDoS attacks following which all of them have been down since days. Despite being invite…
FIFA 14 aces first UK charts of 2014
FIFA 14 has maintained its top position in the UK video game charts matching the six weeks in a row feat of its predecessor – FIFA 13. In fact the top 7…
Valve strengthens Steam Family Sharing security with two-factor auth, lender approval
Valve has changed how the Steam Family Sharing works by adding two-factor authentication and lender approval process. Valve wants to ensure more control in the hands of lenders thereby reducing the risk…
PlayStation 4 debuts in India
PlayStation 4 is now available at one of India’s major online retailer – Flipkart.com – days before other online retailers will start offering it. PlayStation 4 was one of the most highly-awaited…
Samsung to launch Galaxy Tab 3 Lite at £80 ($129)?
Samsung will be flooding the market in 2014 with tablets of all screen sizes starting at 7-inch right through to 12-inch and the cheapest one would be its 7-inch Galaxy Tab 3…
NVidia announces 192-core Tegra K1 graphics chip with CUDA support
NVidia has announced its next graphics chip that it claims not only delivers thrice the performance as that of Apple’s A7, but will also bring mobile computing at par with desktop computing….
The Pirate Bay insider reveals the torrent site’s censorship-beating plans
The Pirate Bay had a difficult domain hopping 2013, but team behind the torrent indexing site is steadily progressing towards its goals of beating censorship by circumventing IP and domain name blockades…
Researchers develop ‘narrative authentication’ system
Researchers have developed a ‘narrative authentication’ system that could put an end to the need of remembering complex passwords to logging onto computer systems. The new system has been developed by Carson…
Samsung to pitch Smart Home against LG’s HomeChat at CES 2014
Samsung has announced that it will be revealing its Smart Home at CES 2014 that will compete with LG’s HomeChat service allowing users to control their smart appliances including TVs through a…
Linux 3.13-rc7 announced
Linus Torvalds has announced Linux 3.13-rc7 noting that even though the things are calming down, he will release rc8 before releasing the final one. The outgoing week was relatively a lot quiet…
Apple to release two iPhone 6 variants
Reports claim that Apple is likely to treat its fans with two variants of the iPhone 6 this year and not just one. According to C Technology, Apple iPhone 6 will come…
CyanogenMod 11.0 M2 released
CyanogenMod team has announced the release of CyanogenMod 11.0 M2 – the custom ROM’s monthly snapshot and which is based on Android 4.4 KitKat. Announcing the release Abhisek Devkota of CyanogenMod Inc….
Zynga testing Bitcoin in-app payments
Zynga is also joining the Bitcoin bandwagon and has announced that it is testing Bitcoin based in-app payments for a few of its titles. Zynga has partnered with Bitcoin payment processor BitPay…
BBM for Android beta [screenshots]
BlackBerry released a new beta version of its BBM for Android yesterday with new features such as Channels, Voice Calling, faster file sharing, and a ton of new emoticons. Today we have…
New Cryptolocker variant that spreads through USB drives discovered
Cryptolocker has gained a new capability – ability to spread over USB drives – thereby increasing its attack surface and adding to the worries of security researcher and security companies. According to…