Teen Hacker Who Shut Down Schools Around The Globe With Bomb Hoaxes, Arrested

Vincent Lauton was arrested after local threats prompted them to track his IP address, local media reported. He can get into pretty much any system, and is a master of the dark web. Lauton was so well respected as a hacker that detectives sometimes turned to him for advice. Two weeks ago, three schools in Birmingham were evacuated following hoax calls. Seven days later, six schools in Birmingham were threatened, along with four in London and Cornwall respectively....

February 12, 2016 · 2 min · 251 words · Justin Patterson

This new Terahertz radio transmitter lets you surf the Internet at 100 Gbps

Now THz wireless technology is armed with very wide bandwidths and QAM-capability. Today, we usually talk about wireless data-rates in megabits per second or gigabits per second. But I foresee well soon be talking about terabits per second. Thats what THz wireless technology offers. Such extreme speeds are currently confined in optical fibers. Prof Fujishima added that the research group plans to further develop 300GHz ultrahigh-speed wireless circuits. source: www.techworm.net

February 12, 2016 · 1 min · 70 words · Jacob Taylor

Top 3 Best Android Gaming Tablets

It also has 2GB of RAM, and a dual-band Wi-Fi adapter necessary to connect to wireless networks. There is a 5MP rear camera sensor present and a 5,200mAh battery for adequate battery life. In short, you will get the best experience where tactile feedback is concerned. Nexus 9 Now there are several reasons why Nexus 9 was included in this round-off. Secondly, it is loaded with hardware that surpasses the performance of NVIDIA Shield tablet K1....

February 12, 2016 · 1 min · 110 words · Wendy Good

U.S. hater Kim Jong-un of North Korea is a Apple fanboy

The Almighty leader has a favourite gadget made by Americans. Compulsive US baiter and strongly anti-US reclusive leader, Kim Jung-un of North Korea is a Apple fanboy. source: www.techworm.net

February 12, 2016 · 1 min · 29 words · Amanda Perry

Using The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents streaming service will get you hacked!!!

Sampson says that this is where Torrents-Time plugin is vulnerable. According to him, Torrents Time fails to implement CORS, leaves users vulnerable to attack. Mac users are at even more risk from using Torrents Time according to Sampson. This is because Torrents Time app for Mac runs as a root user. Program later crashes when sending random strings, so possible buffer overflow waiting to be exploited, Sampson note. Also Read-Best Torrent Sites...

February 12, 2016 · 1 min · 80 words · Melissa White

Vigilante Hackers Build Botnet To Secure Routers From Lizard Squad

Lizard Squad is now selling access to some of its machines via its online subscription service called Lizard Stresser. Linux.Wifatch infected routers of many companies and then also boosted their security measures. They can only help reduce the issue. The White Team is not the only team of vigilante hackers trying to secure the Internet. Just last week, a hacker replaced a malware with antivirus software. source: www.techworm.net

February 12, 2016 · 1 min · 68 words · Jorge Lewis

1-Terabit internet satellites to bring hi-speed Internet to users

ViaSat says it already has much of its infrastructure in place. The key technologies underlying ViaSat-3 are in hand today, says ViaSat CEO Mark Dankberg. Currently, there are 400 or so commercial communications satellites currently orbiting the Earth combined. ViaSat isnt the only company working on offering Internet connectivity through satellites. Similarly, SpaceX and Virgin Galactic too are working on offering connectivity using small group of satellites. However, all these options floated by the companies face major challenges using satellite internet....

February 11, 2016 · 1 min · 83 words · Curtis Sparks

Hackers close to breaking encryption used by games like FIFA 2016

In a seeming volte-face, Chinese hacking group 3DM has announced that it is close to breaking Denuvo. Denuvo, is an anti-tamper technology developed by the Austrian company Denuvo Software Solutions GmbH. We have not yet been stumped [by protection measures]. source: www.techworm.net

February 11, 2016 · 1 min · 42 words · Melissa Hicks

How to enable multiple user accounts on an Android smartphone

Android is a revolutionary OS. It provides power and efficiency to the users. In case you have a lower version, thenthis guide will help you in enabling multi-user feature. Ill discuss both the cases in detail, first lets see about phones having this feature pre-installed. First of all in your android gear go to tweaks -> Users. Thats it you are done, now you’re able to switch between multiple accounts in your android....

February 11, 2016 · 1 min · 102 words · Dennis Dominguez

LibreOffice 5.1 Updated With Redesigned User Interface, New Features

It comes just under six months after version 5.0 debuted back in August. Theres a new Slide menu in Impress for creating and altering slides and their properties. you could export Calc spreadsheets as PNG images (this was already available for Writer and Impress). It also does a better job of importing RTF files and Microsoft Visio projects. For a complete rundown of the extensive changes in LibreOffice 5.1, yo check its release notes....

February 11, 2016 · 1 min · 99 words · Alexis Perez MD

Relive the past with Windows 3.1 and 1,500 of its apps in your browser

Those of you who are in their 40s would remember those days when Windows 3.1 ruled the roost. Reading the above description may have made some of you a bit nostalgic. you’ve got the option to try out the operating system and its apps byheading to this page. source: www.techworm.net

February 11, 2016 · 1 min · 50 words · Joshua Douglas

Researchers Accomplish Fastest Ever Data Transmission At A Blazing Speed Of 1.125 Tb/s

No, this is not fiction. The study will be published today inScientific Reports. The team created a super-channel by grouping the channels together. At the other end, a receiver with incredibly high bandwidth makes sense of it all. Using high-bandwidth super-receivers enables us to receive an entire super-channel in one go. In this study, the researchers directly connected the transmitter to the receiver to get the maximum data rate. Source:PhysOrg...

February 11, 2016 · 1 min · 74 words · Wendy Henderson

This mind-controlled ‘bionic spine’ can help paralysed patients walk again

In essence this a bionic spinal cord. An experimental treatment uses electricity to help people suffering from paralysis stand up and even walk! In just hours, it can reduce the risk of the brain injury that might accompany such implants. This then translates the signals into commands that might be sent wirelessly to bionic limbs or exoskeleton suits. The difference with our unit is we have to put it in, and leave it in....

February 11, 2016 · 1 min · 111 words · Walter Wall