iOS 8 upgrades grind to a halt

It appears that the excitement over iOS upgrades has waned as huge swathes of iOS 7 users appear to be reluctant – or unable – to upgrade to iOS 8. Data released by Apple shows that 56 percent of users accessing the Apple App Store are currently running iOS 8 or above, with 40 percent still clinging onto iOS 7. The needle has barely shifted since the end of October when iOS 8 adoption hit 52 percent. Since the end of October iOS 8 usage has only increased by four percentage points. At its peak, iOS 7 hit 78 percent adoption. There are a number of obstacles in the way of people upgrading their iOS device. The first is that...

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Obama Urges F.C.C. to Adopt Strict Rules on Net Neutrality

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday put the full weight of his administration behind an open and free Internet, calling for a strict policy of so-called net neutrality and formally opposing deals in which content providers like Netflix would pay huge sums to broadband companies for faster access to their customers. The president’s proposal is consistent with his longstanding support for rules that seek to prevent cable and telephone companies from providing special access to some content providers. But the statement posted online Monday, as Mr. Obama traveled to Asia, is the most direct effort by the president to influence the...

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We petition the obama administration to: President Obama, Lets Preserve Net Neutrality. Lets start treating broadband like a communications service!

We petition the obama administration to: President Obama, Lets Preserve Net Neutrality. Lets start treating broadband like a communications service! The FCC is spitting in the eyes of the millions of Americans who demanded real Net Neutrality by reclassifying ISP's as Title II services. We need the FCC to implement a strong Title II rule that bans fees and discrimination. If they don’t, Obama will go down in history as the president who broke the Internet. But there’s hope: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler can correct the agency’s past mistakes and truly protect our nation’s communications infrastructure. The agency must take the necessary steps to make broadband networks open, accessible, reliable and affordable for everyone. Tell the FCC to do its job and preserve the openness of the Internet. SIGN...

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Yet another major ISP is using your cable modem to offer free WiFi hotspots

Several Internet Service Providers in the United States use subscribers’ cable modems to broadcast free WiFi hotspots to other customers in the area. While notes about this practice are always buried somewhere in terms and conditions or other notices, subscribers are often unaware of this practice. And as might be expected, they’re often taken aback when they learn for the first time that their Internet connections are being used to provide strangers with free WiFi. Earlier this year, Comcast subscribers in Minnesota were surprised to learn that their modems were broadcasting free WiFi to anyone and everyone nearby who might be a...

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How To Install Windows 10 Technical Preview In A Sandbox

If you love Windows and just can’t wait for the final public release of Windows 10 then don’t worry Windows 10 Technical Preview is here and available to download and install at your leisure. Microsoft made the OS available for download recently and it’s available free of charge. If you want to get up close and personal with the latest version of Windows then you have a couple options. First up, if you have an old PC that isn’t doing very much then you could install Windows 10 from a flash drive. That may not be the best solution. We think it would be better to run the new OS inside a “sandbox,” a virtual machine. This way it won’t affect...

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How to leak sensitive data from an isolated computer (air-gap) to a near by mobile phone - AirHopper

Tomorrow at MALCON 2014, security researcher Mordechai Guri with guidance of Prof. Yuval Elovici from the cyber security labs at Ben Gurion University in Israel will present a breakthrough method (“AirHopper) for leaking data from an isolated computer to a mobile phone without the presence of a network. In highly secure facilities the assumption today is that data can not leak outside of an isolated internal network. It is called air-gap security. The common policy in such secure organizations is to leave your mobile phone in some locker when you enter the facility and then pick it up when you go out. We at the cyber security labs challenged this assumption and found a way to leak data from a computer inside the organization to a remote a mobile phone without using Wifi or Bluetooth....

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Obama’s Effort to Train Syrian Rebels to Fight ISIS Won’t Work: CIA

President Obama on Tuesday told coalition military officials from around the world that they’ve had some “important successes” against ISIS, though they face a long-term campaign with many ups and downs. There are 60 countries in all taking part in in the U.S.-led efforts to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the ISIS terrorists who have overrun large sections of northern Iraq and Syria since last summer. So far, the campaign has been very much a mixed bag, “with the Islamic State losing control of territory in some places while making gains in other,” reported The Washington Post. Related: The Merger of ISIS and al-Qaeda Could Cripple...

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Dallas Ebola patient traveled on Frontier flight from Cleveland; Airline contacting passengers on flight

CLEVELAND, Ohio-- The second Texas nurse confirmed with Ebola in Dallas traveled by air from Cleveland to that city on a Frontier Airlines flight two days ago and may have been contagious at the time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the airline. The CDC is now working to notify the 132 passengers on the flight-- Flight 1143. The healthcare worker was visiting family in Akron from October 8th to October 13th, according to the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). "As of right now we do not have a case of Ebola in Ohio, but we are going to be working  to identify any close contacts that the individual...

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Monster storm that stretches from the coast of Spain to Canada threatens to wreak havoc on both sides of the Atlantic.

A giant storm with hurricane force winds was seen swirling eastward across the Atlantic Ocean, NOAA indicated  It is expected to lessen in strength, but parts of the United Kingdom may experience 'stormy conditions' Two other storms are also barreling across the Atlantic Ocean - Hurricane Fay and Hurricane Gonzalo Gonzalo has already battered the West Indies - downing trees, flooding streets and destroying buildings - and could become a category four storm as it heads towards Bermuda A monster comma-shaped storm stretching across nearly the whole North Atlantic is threatening to wreak havoc on both sides of the ocean. Video ...

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Pentagon Warns of Immediate National Security Threats From Climate Change

Rising sea levels, hotter global temperatures, wildly fluctuating precipitation patterns, and more frequent extreme weather systems will likely intensify global instability, hunger, and poverty. These events could very well lead to acute food and water shortages, an explosion of pandemic diseases, waves of destitute refugees, and violent conflagrations over dwindling natural resources — a likelihood that should be viewed as an immediate threat to America's national security. Those are the sobering themes of a new report on climate change, authored not by scientists or environmentalists, but...

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Purdue professor says Ebola 'primed' to go airborne

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The first case of Ebola transmitted between patients in America has experts across the country reviewing safety protocols. At Purdue University, Dr. David Sanders has been studying the virus since 2003 – specifically how this particular Zaire strain of Ebola enters human cells. While the virus has thus far only been shown to be transferred via bodily fluids, Sanders argues that it could become airborne."It can enter the lung from the airway side," Sanders said. "So this argues that Ebola is primed to have respiratory transmission. "We need to be taking this into consideration," he continued. "What if? This is not a crazy, 'What if?' This is not a wild, 'What if?'" Sanders said the longer the virus spread and mutates, the more likely airborne transmission...

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Texas dept.: 2nd person tests positive for Ebola

BREAKING NEWS: Second healthcare worker tests positive for Ebola in Texas    Worker cared for Thomas Eric Duncan at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas    Reported a fever yesterday and was immediately isolated at the hospital.    Health officials interviewed patient to quickly identify potential exposures.    Nurse Nina Pham is currently being treated for Ebola at the same hospital    CDC has blamed 'breach in protocol' that lead Miss Pham to catch the virus. A second healthcare worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has tested positive for Ebola. The ...

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