Why Is Bluetooth Called Bluetooth?

It gave a new meaning to the world of wireless communication. But have you ever pondered how Bluetooth got its name in the first place? Have you ever wondered where the origins of the term Bluetooth came from? However, there is a very interesting story behind this. That is when an obscure Scandanavian king came from the Middle Ages. King Harald Gormsson is famous for ruling Denmark and then Norway between about 940 and about 986....

July 26, 2016 · 2 min · 230 words · Melissa Taylor

Database Of All US Voters Available For Sale At $7,800 On The Dark Web

One can easily find any kind of data that they are looking for here. The seller is offering US voters records for each state at 0.5 BTC (around USD 340). US voter registration records. Selling the DB on a State-by-State basis. 0.5 BTC per state (you must tell me which State you want. I think its just easier this way. states the item description. However, there were no Social Security numbers present in the data viewed by Tech Insider....

July 25, 2016 · 1 min · 190 words · Eric Stevens

Here’s How The Hacker Downloaded Vine’s Entire Source Code

Avicoder who was the first to discover this issue reported the matter to Twitter on March 31. Theflawin Vine allowed avicoder to download a Docker image containing the source code of the tool. Docker is an open platform for managing server images, shipping, building, and managing applications. Docker can be used to install OS images for laptops, VMs, or cloud servers alike. While running a penetration test, Avinash surprisingly discovered that Vine was using Docker images publicly available online....

July 25, 2016 · 2 min · 227 words · Elizabeth Mckay

How to set super secure PIN on your Android smartphone that changes with time

Therefore, it is extremely important to keep your smartphone safe from any unauthorized access. One such way to keep your Android smartphone secure is to lock with PIN (personal identification number). But, what if your PIN changed over time, using a pattern that only you were aware of? Then, you will need to enter a security question, along with an answer. You will also have to provide a recovery email address....

July 25, 2016 · 1 min · 161 words · Mark Wells

Internet users behold, here comes 5G e-band with 20Gbps download speed

We could be enjoying 5G speeds soon thanks to the successful outdoor field testing of 5G e-band. It will also free up precious spectrum particularly due to soaring mobile broadband communications traffic. Huawei added that the test will contribute to the study of spectrum above 6GHZ for 5G mobile broadband. Theres a provision for even more spectrum to be released down the line. Going by these developments, we should be surfing at 5G speeds by same time next year....

July 25, 2016 · 1 min · 81 words · Peter Peterson PhD

Linus Torvalds Officially Releases Linux Kernel 4.7

For the last two months, the Linux 4.7 kernel has been in development. Theres a couple of web link drivers that got a bit more loving. But theres random small noise spread all over. And obviously, this means that the merge window for 4.8 is open. The Linux kernel 4.7 source is now available for download from kernel.org. Source:Softpedia Read More source: www.techworm.net

July 25, 2016 · 1 min · 63 words · Robert Simpson

Munich Shooter used a girls hacked Facebook account to invite victims for ‘free McDonald’s food

Heimberger said: It appears it was prepared by the suspect and then sent out. He targeted youngsters of Turkish and Arab origin, having claimed those groups had picked on him in school. At school, Ali was often bullied by others and really unpopular, one classmate said. Sonboly killed nine people and injured 16 others at the Olympia mall in Munich. The casualties were mostly young, with three aged just 14 and two aged 15....

July 25, 2016 · 1 min · 76 words · David Wagner

Nintendo shares crash after investors realize that it didn’t make Pokemon Go

The reason for the downfall is that the investors finally realized that Nintendo doesnt actually own the mobile phenomenon. [Pokemon Go] is developed and distributed by Niantic, Nintendo said in a statement on Friday. The Pokemon Company, which is an affiliated company of Nintendo, holds the ownership rights to Pokemon. It adds that Nintendo only stands to gain 32% of whatever split TPC benefits from Pokemon Go. In other words, despite Pokemon Gos huge success, the company did not expect any change in profit....

July 25, 2016 · 1 min · 99 words · Edward Rhodes

Pokemon Go hack; Reveal all Pokemon with this awesome hack

One such thread is/r/PokemonGoDEVwith countless tutorials to make most of Pokemon Go game. Most of them centered around Python scripts, the favorite language of reverse engineers around the globe. Once such tutorial is called how tocreate your own Google Mapwith all the nearby Pokemon. Redditors also have made standalone Mac, Linux, and Windowsdesktop appsandCLI toolsto harvest data about Pokemon spawn points. Niantic sent a cease and desist letter to Reddit for pulling down aWeb-based app....

July 25, 2016 · 1 min · 116 words · Lisa Boyd

Police Asked 3D Printing Lab To Replicate Dead Man’s Finger To Unlock His iPhone

However, it is not yet clear if the prints can unlock the iPhone. We dont know which finger the suspect used. source: www.techworm.net

July 25, 2016 · 1 min · 23 words · Carla Crawford

Prisma photo filter app is now available for download on the Google Play Store

Were not just overlaying like an Instagram filter. We create the photo from scratch. So deep learning is like an artist, something like that. Alexey Moiseenkov, the CEO and co-founder of Prisma Labs Inc. in an interview. So, how does the Prisma app work? Its a simple process. Voila, you are done! source: www.techworm.net

July 25, 2016 · 1 min · 54 words · Timothy Castro

Salesforce CEO to LinkedIn: I would have paid you more than Microsoft

One of LinkedIns possible suitors whom Microsoft beat was the American cloud computing company Salesforce. Perhaps the LinkedIn promoters feared uncertainties of a stock-and-cash deal offered by Salesforce. Now it is revealed that Salesforce was willing to pay much much more than Microsoft. Microsofts Nadella sweetened the deal further for LinkedIn by offering $725 million breakup fee provision. And the rest is history. source: www.techworm.net

July 25, 2016 · 1 min · 65 words · Amy Brown

Verizon To Buy Yahoo For $4.8 Billion

However, intellectual property assets are expected to be sold separately, according to Bloomberg. The purchase could hand Verizon the popular sites Tumblr and Flickr. Verizon faces two dominant competitors in the online advertising business: Google and Facebook. Yahoo could also help Verizon improve in the search field, where it is currently lagging behind. source: www.techworm.net

July 25, 2016 · 1 min · 55 words · Sarah Harris