If implemented, the scheme will see the FCC’s Lifeline programme, which gives eligible consumers a US$9.25 monthly subsidy for fixed voice services, extended to include standalone fixed or mobile broadband services and bundles of fixed or mobile voice and data services. The proposal announced by the FCC would involve reorganizing the “Lifeline” plan that is now available for telephone service. Under a proposed update to its existing Lifeline financial assistance program for phone services, the FCC would expand the use of monthly subsidies to include broadband services....

RapidShare, has announced that it will shut down next month. There was no reason given but it is suspected that the loss of the majority of its users after the implementation of the draconian anti-piracy measures is likely for this shutdown. RapidShare had many complicated legal battles with entertainment companies that wanted to hold the Rapidshare liable for the actions of its users, further complicating this was the U.S. Government labeling Rapidshare as a “notorious market....

After all, some retailers receive as much as 30% of their annual sales during the winter holidays. And overall, holiday sales represent nearly 20% of the retail industry’s total sales. Simply put, there’s too much to gain by pushing through and getting proactive instead. You can’t let those customers go to your competitors just because you got too busy to attract them to your website, can you? Of course, you’ll need visual marketing assets to make it work....

Gigabyte’s newly announced motherboard ships with support eight DDR4 memory slot, and this time, you will also have the option to increase your storage through M.2 slots and Thunderbolt 3 outputs. It is also the first motherboard that comes shipped with a USB-C 3.1 port as well as Thunderbolt 3 output, so it will provide tons of flexibility options to users. Intel i7-6950X is going to be a part of the Broadwell-E processor lineup and will be running 10 cores and 20 threads, with each processing core running at a speed of 3....

According to VRT NWS, the recorded audio clips are being sent to sub-contractors who are “transcribing the audio files for subsequent use in improving Google’s speech recognition”. VRT NWS, with the help of a whistle-blower, was able to listen to more than one thousand recordings obtained from a Dutch subcontractor who was hired as a “language reviewer” to transcribe recorded audio collected by Google Home and Google Assistant. “In these recordings, we could hear addresses and other sensitive information....

The browser-based prototype version of AR called ‘Article’ is a 3D model viewer, which not only runs on Chrome, but also works with all other web browsers. “In the next few months, there will be hundreds of millions of Android and iOS devices that are able to provide augmented reality experiences – meaning you’ll be able to look at the world through your phone, and place digital objects wherever you look,” Google’s Reza Ali and Josh Carpenter wrote in a blog post....

The initial thought behind Project Loon was to make a “continuous stream of” balloons travel around the globe, using winds at that altitude. They were designed to ride the wind and if one fell out of place another would come in and replace it. Now, Google has acquired the ability to target these balloons at a particular area. With this breakthrough, they will use 100x times less as many balloons to accomplish even more than it has in the past, according to Project Loon....

Earlier it had been rumoured that the talks between Microsoft and Cyanogen failed on funding issues but now both the companies have entered into a strategic partnership, a joint press release on Thursday, stated. Cyanogen is best known for its bloatware free and customisable Android ROMs is quite popular among Android smartphone buyers and modders while Microsoft has been getting its act together with the latest Windows 10 OS which it says will be a unique cross platform runtime environment....

The defaced page put up by the hackers stated that Google Malaysia had been hacked by a“Bangladeshi hacker” calling himself “[email protected]”. The hackers gave no reason for the hacking. Though Google Malaysia appears to have restored control of the website now, the defaced page continues to appear intermittently according to local Malaysian users. Google representative said that it was likely a case of a domain name system (DNS) attack....

Now another explosive video substantiating Assange’s claim as surfaced giving some voice to the anti-Hillary chorus. On Thursday, creators of the video on the YouTube channel SourceFed released an explosive video that alleged Google is actively altering search recommendations in favour of the presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFxFRqNmXKg However, the search giant defended itself against charges of political bias in its search algorithm In the video, it shows that if someone types “Hillary Clinton cri,” Google’s search suggests phrases like “Hillary Clinton crime reform” and “Hillary Clinton crisis”, said Matt Lieberman, host and writer for SourceFed....

“Unfortunately, the API used to unzip the file does not verify the file path, so it can be written in unexpected locations,” explained Project Zero member Natalie Silvanovich. What makes it dangerous is that the “file-write vulnerability can be triggered by browsing to a website without any user interaction”, Google notes in the Project Zero bug database. The type of attack, otherwise known as a drive-by download, is commonly employed against desktop browsers....

By using search queries that began with the “how to spell” and then the word in question, Google determined which words people have the most trouble spelling in all 50 states. The search giant then laid the data out in colorful map for all to peruse and mock. Among the most commonly misspelled words were desert, maintenance, vacuum, cancelled, gray and pneumonia. While people in Arizona and New Hampshire struggled with the word “diarrhea,” people in Massachusetts often looked up how to spell “Massachusetts....

Google, an Internet search engine, will now enter the world of telecom and compete with the local wireless providers like Verizon and AT&T. The service will be launched for the U.S. customers and it will let customers pay only for the data that is being used on the network. In simple terms Google wireless customers will have to pay only when they make calls or use any apps or listen to music hence Google will not levy bulk rates which is the common procedure of other telecom service providers where they charge a bulk rate for certain amount of data....

In Magic Cat Academy, the player stars as Momo, a sorcerer kitty who summoned a ghost that stole his school’s master spellbook. Momo is based on the real-life cat that belongs to Google doodler Juliana Chen. “This year’s Halloween Doodle follows freshman feline Momo on her mission to rescue her school of magic,” Google notes. “Help her cast out mischievous spirits by swiping in the shape of the symbols above the ghosts’ heads....

Google’s new tools for Gmail makes it easier to get rid of unwanted emailsHow to Use Google’s New Block Feature Google on Tuesday announced some new Gmail features titled “Block” and “Unsubscribe” that would users to end annoying emails from people who just won’t leave you alone. With the new block feature, if you find yourself getting a bunch of unwanted emails from the same email address, you can, with a couple quick clicks, block those emails from coming to your inbox any longer....

Dubbed as Project Starline, this technology project combines advances in hardware and software to enable friends, families, and co-workers to feel together, even when they are cities (or countries) apart. “Imagine looking through a sort of magic window, and through that window, you see another person, life-size and in three dimensions. You can talk naturally, gesture and make eye contact,” Clay Bavor, VP Google wrote in a blog post. To make this experience possible, Google is applying research in computer vision, machine learning, spatial audio, and real-time compression....

What is this Security Key ? Google will provide a new security key through a USB device which enables 2-factor-authentication , instead of texted security codes you can simply plugin the device and its done. Better Security ? With the new security key your Google accounts will have more security than earlier, the two factor authentication in which Google sent you a texted message had a drawback in case of a sophisticated attacker could set up a lookalike site (phishing) or in case you your mobile was stolen or you simply lost it....

Microsoft which has not taken kindly to these kind of public disclosures has said that it will patch one of the two vulnerabilities in its upcoming February Patch Tuesday security bulletin release. The second flaw it seems is not a big security issue. Readers may remember that the Google research team had made a privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows 7 public after expiration of the self imposed 90 day waiting period....

The unknown hacker seems to a supporter of the Palestinian cause as the leaked cache has a note attached which said “this is for Palestine, Ramallah, West Bank, Gaza, this is for the child that is searching for an answer.” Though DoJ has not confirmed the hack, the hacker claimed he had full access to several gigs of data from a Department of Justice (DoJ) computer. The hacker sent the stolen data trove to Motherboard which verified it and found many of the telephone numbers checked out....

However, Google recently released a patch to address this vulnerability. For those unaware, NFC (Near Field Communication) beaming works via an internal Android OS service known as Android Beam. Android Beam allows data to be transferred between two devices via NFC radio waves and also allows the rapid short-range exchange of web bookmarks, contact info, directions, YouTube videos, and other data. Normally, when apps (APK files) are transferred via NFC beaming, they are stored on disk and a notification is displayed on the screen....