Google has confirmed it is barring current buyers of its Google Glass spectacles from passing them on to somebody else. It’s not clear if the restrictions will still apply once the devices go on general sale. At the moment the only way to get hold of the glasses is to be invited to purchase them […]
The Drug Enforcement Agency has told staff that it can’t find a way to beat the encryption used in Apple’s iMessage system. Even if it could decrypt the messages, a legal loophole might make it problematic. The revelation comes in an internal DEA intelligence note leaked to CNET. It notes that even with a federal […]
The US military is working on ways to improve security on wireless networks. It’s suggested adopting some of the tactics used by credit card firms and eBay. The project is the work of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is effectively the military’s gadgets division. It’s previously worked on making a robot that can […]
Google will pay $7 million in penalties in the US for a pattern of drive-by data nabbing across 38 states. While the money isn’t much for the search giant, it has also agreed to long-term work to prevent it happening again. The settlement is part of a long-running international saga involving the Street View mapping […]
Leaked prototype photos show that at one stage the iPhone was planned to be the size of the iPad mini and a much squarer shape. It would also have been a pocket-challenging almost two inches thick. The pictures were provided to ArsTechnica by a former Apple staffer and date back to 2005. That makes them […]
A new iPhone app will help analyze your urine for 25 different health conditions. But thankfully you won’t have to worry about Apple’s warranty exemption for passing water damage. Instead the app works by examining photographs of a strip onto which a patient urinates. The strip changes color depending on the presence and levels of […]
The Federal Communications Commission has warned that the two million wireless signal boosters in US homes might contravene new rules designed to prevent interference. But it has hastily rewritten an order that appeared to order existing users to turn the devices off immediately. The boosters are designed to improve cellphone reception by boosting the local […]
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