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The malware — which pretends to be Federal Bureau of Investigation — fools the victim into believing that they are guilty of watching child pornography among other criminal activities. As part of which their device has been locked out. Ransomware encrypts all the files it could find on the system and password protect them. Victims are given a time period of 24 to 12 hours in which they are directed to pay up a large chunk of money if they want to have access to their files again....

The popular lyrics and annotation site Rap Genius launched its iPhone app earlier this year, and today it released a big update. The latest version of Genius by Rap Genius, version 1.5, now lets you create annotations to content directly from your phone. Previously you could only view annotations from the mobile app. The update also adds another desired feature: copy and paste support. Now you can finally highlight lyrics, copy them, and paste them somewhere else on your iPhone as you would expect....

That last one is perhaps the more interesting for ZDNet’s readers, as it’s how you can start to feed aircraft location data into a growing network of tracking stations that uses the GPS locations most aircraft transmit to build a global map of air traffic. This approach, ADS-B, is intended to make it easier for aircraft to locate each other and for air traffic control to keep track of them....

Earlier this month, Beats official unveiled its new Powerbeats Pro totally wireless earphones — a sporty, louder take on Apple’s AirPods that uses the same H1 chip. The early reveal was tagged with a message about pending FCC approval, however, with the Powerbeats Pro launch not planned until sometime in May. As of today, Apple (which bought Beats in 2014) has been granted FCC approval for four Bluetooth headphone products, representing the four colors of the upcoming Powerbeats Pro earphones....

When Steve Jobs announced AirPrint back on that day in early September excitement rang as iOS users finally got the ability to print from their device. Then as a few weeks passed and we learned that this was not the case. AirPrint only works on a few select HP printers which leaves most of us in the dark for one of the slickest features in iOS 4.2. Well, that is where Printopia comes in....

Prison Break is officially back! Season five is underway right now with many familiar faces reuniting due to a surprising turn of events— Michael Scofield isn’t actually dead. It remains to be seen in the weeks going forward why this is the case, and what kind of escape Michael and his brother Lincoln are going to have to pull off this time, but any fan who has watched the first four seasons knows how crazy things can get....

I have discussed this topic in detail in the past. But in this article, I will also discuss popular methods to hide identity on the Internet with their pros and cons. Basically, there are three methods to hide identity on the Internet. Hide behind the VPN, Proxy, and use the Tor network. VPN What’s VPN? VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. VPN provides an encrypted tunnel which is great for surfing the internet securely over public wifi....

There are a couple of key things you can always count on in a Disney movie. There will be lovable characters, for one. They always have memorable songs in them. There is a heartwarming story that teaches everyone a lesson. Most importantly, there are sidekicks and furry friends that provide support and comedic relief! Well, today, we’re going to be ranking these pets. It’ll be hard, but some of the most important factors will be their cuteness, how helpful they are, what strengths they offer up and how popular they are with fans....

Popular music streaming service Rdio is today announcing an expansion of its support for connected speaker systems and smart TVs, including Google’s new Google Cast for Audio platform introduced earlier this year. In addition to supporting speakers that integrate Google’s Cast for audio platform, the music service is now available on Harman/Kardon, Denon, and the DTS Play-Fi Whole-Home Wireless ecosystem featuring leading brands such as Definitive Technology, Phorus, Polk Audio and Wren....

Apple has been accused of censoring a pro-democracy app in Hong Kong after Chinese officials warned that it might contravene the recently imposed draconian national security law. The law prohibits any criticism of the Chinese government. Pro-democracy campaigners created PopVote, an unofficial election effectively acting as a popularity poll for candidates opposed to the Chinese crackdown in the region. Both iOS and Android apps were created for it … But Quartz reports that the iOS app never made it onto the App Store....

What’s Changed in Twitter’s Privacy Policy? A lot of changes have been made to the privacy policy, but there are three key changes to point out. More data sharing. Twitter is changing the way it shares data with what the company refers to as “partners” but what it really means is advertisers. “We’ve updated how we share non-personal, aggregated, and device-level data, including through some select partnership agreements that allow the data to be linked to your name, email, or other personal information – but only when you give your consent to those partners” the company writes in its blog post about its data sharing policy....

Marketed using Apple’s own images, the knock-offs provide few guarantees as to exactly what customers will get. Reiko calls its version “Data Cable for Apple Watch” even though the magnetic cables are used solely for charging, not for data. They all tout 100cm (1-meter) lengths comparable to Apple’s $29 cables and typically use pictures of the metal-clad Apple Watch Magnetic Charging Cable, but some of the postings additionally include shots of the all-plastic cable shipped with the Apple Watch Sport....

If you like IKEA furniture but are less keen on the DIY construction process, TaskRabbit is the company’s subsidiary that will find someone to build it for you. But if you’ve ever registered to use the service, you’ll want to change your password … TaskRabbit took its website and app temporarily offline yesterday, saying only that it was investigating a ‘cybersecurity incident.’ But as the WSJ notes, it is now asking users to change their passwords, suggesting that the firm believes there is at least a strong possibility that user data was compromised....

Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman will go down in film history as one of the greatest pairings of an actor and a director of all time. Their collaborations are limited to Pulp Fiction and both volumes of Kill Bill, but that was enough to solidify their lasting legacy. In Pulp Fiction, Thurman’s character Mia Wallace subverted the trope of the mob wife from a million other crime stories by giving us an articulate drug addict who could both weave thought-provoking monologues and overdose on heroin, breathing new life into a stale and overdone stock character....

The report sent Qualtrics shares jumped 7% in late trading. “It was an outstanding quarter,” said CEO Zig Serafin in an interview with ZDNet via Zoom. “We’re on a roll, that’s showing up in the momentum of this business.” “And what’s driving this is we are helping organizations analyze and act on the data they just can’t get anywhere else.” “The information we end up enabling is like gold,” added Serafin....

With Raspbmc installed, you can easily stream multimedia from another computer or an online service, such as YouTube. But one service that doesn’t come pre-installed with Raspbmc is Hulu. Fortunately, there’s a way to get Hulu onto a Raspbmc box. And the best part: unlike most Hulu apps for mobile devices, you don’t have to subscribe to Hulu Plus for it to work. Before Begging Before you undertake this one to a two-hour project, it’s best to set some realistic expectations....

Here’s what happened during Project Blue Book season 1 episode 10’s “The Washington Merry-Go Round.” The History Channel has produced some great original series in recent years, with their first scripted show being Vikings. The initial seasons focused on the adventures of real-life Viking Ragnar Lodbrok (Travis Fimmel), and the show quickly attracted a loyal audience for its great characters and bloody battle sequences. History are also behind original dramas Six and Knightfall....

User ———-> Proxy ———–> Webpage Proxy Chaining is connecting two or more proxy servers to obtain the intended page. We can use asmany proxies as we want. Let’s see an example as shown below: User ———–> Proxy1 ———–> Proxy2 ———–> Proxy3 ———–> Proxy4———–> Webpage The user connects to proxy1 and from there to the next proxies as specified by the user until it finally reaches the destination. When the destination end searches for the IP, the Proxy4 IP is displayed as the user’s IP....

Android always opens the door to various possibilities such as flashing custom ROM or kernel or APK modding etc. So if you have accidentally bricked your QMobile S6S then you can easily install the firmware flash file on it. Since QMobile S6S is having a MediaTek processor, you have to use the SP Flash tool in order to flash the Stock ROM image on your QMobile S6S device. On this page, we will guide you on how to flash the firmware file on QMobile S6S using the flash tool....

If you have an Asus smartphone, you are already in the league of one of the best smartphone worldwide and when backed by Android, it is just unstoppable with countless features and apps that make it one of the best smartphone to purchase. But, it does have its share of issues and problems, of which, the majority are fixable. In this extract, we are tackling the Asus Wifi problems and we will discuss the possible and potential fixes and troubleshooting tips that aren’t just for Asus but for all Android-enabled smartphone....