The fight between torrents and tech companies is getting uglier even as we speak. Several top Anti-virus makers have begun blocking uTorrent after identifying the software as malicious or ‘potentially dangerous’. To add to uTorrent’s woes, Google Chrome is currently blocking several pages on uTorrent’s official website like utclient.utorrrent.com. The same is being flagged under the Google’s Safe Browsing norms based reports the popular file-sharing application is linked to riskware and trojans....

Apple co-found Steve Wozniak found himself nostalgic after reading the teenager’s misfortune with the clock which was taken to a bomb by his school authorities and led to his arrest. Wozniak or Woz as he calls himself on Facebook narrated a school time incident from his own life when he had to spend ‘juvie’ or juvenile detention. The real life incident from Woz’s life pertains to his school going days in 1967....

In proposals leaked to Dutch financial newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad, the EU “wants to force electronics manufacturers to facilitate easier battery replacements.” This means that any smartphone brand wanting to sell a phone in the EU, including Apple, would have to include a mandatory user-removable battery on every device that they sell in the market. The idea behind this proposal is to make smartphones more sustainable with easier battery replacements, enabling them to have a longer duration, and thereby generating less electronic waste....

With such a huge bank balance Apple Inc. can definitely afford to buy some of the biggest companies of the World. Lets check that in future if Apple actually plans to buy how much could it buy with its cash!! Buy Auto Industry of America: Apple seems to be interested in the car market. There are rumors that it is planning to develop an electric car. Instead Apple can buy Tesla Motors Inc worth $ 29 billion and Ford which is worth $ 63 billion and definitely chalk out the design of an iCar?...

The iPhone 11 models that are affected were manufactured between November 2019 and May 2020. “Apple has determined that a small percentage of iPhone 11 displays may stop responding to touch due to an issue with the display module,” the company said in its support page on Friday. iPhone 11 users can check if their device is eligible for the replacement program by putting its serial number on Apple’s website....

With the launch of Apple Music today, Apple has finally stepped into the streaming music game world. The new service is ready for use as a built-in part of its iOS 8.4 Music app for iPhone and iPad devices, and presents a huge list of items of on-demand tracks for streaming playback for just $9.99 per month, or $14.99 for a family plan which let’s sharing with up to six users....

After the update, a number of iPhones users are facing problems such as frequently broken calls, network and signal connectivity problems along with issues pertaining to battery life as well. “Since upgrading, owners of both new and old iPhones are finding their phones either don’t make or receive calls. Bluetooth connectivity, Wi-Fi and battery-related issues are again surfacing on an iOS generation which Apple has promoted as being all about efficiency, stability and speed,” Forbes reported on Friday....

It has already been revealed that Google paid a hefty Apple $1 billion in 2014 to retain its position as the default search bar provider on iOS Safari, as well as a revenue-sharing agreement between the two companies in which Apple will get a percentage of the revenue that Google generates through Apple devices. An Oracle lawyer said in federal court amidst an ongoing suit between the two tech giants that Google has reportedly brought in $31 billion in revenue after it acquired the mobile operating system, Android....

How does Attrace work? Blockchain is the technology that was developed to authenticate bitcoin transactions. It is also increasingly being used in other industries, including financial management. Attrace has found a use for it in the affiliate marketing industry as well. Attrace is a custom blockchain solution that was developed specifically for managing affiliate marketing relationships. Blockchain has helped dramatically improve the efficiency of many functions traditional affiliate networks struggled with....

Their new client is known as BiglyBT and is based on Azureus code (which later rebranded to Vuze). The client is licensed under the GNU General Public License and does not hold any of Vuze’s proprietary code. “We are no longer involved in Vuze or Azureus Software, Inc. We cannot speak to what their intentions are with the development of their product,” the two developers, parg and TuxPaper told TorrentFreak....

If you were stranded on a desert island, which eight unmissable pieces of music would you want to take with you? That’s what the BBC asked Gates. The program invites guests to select the eight records they would take with them were they to be cast away on a desert island. Talking to Kirsty Young on Radio 4’s “Desert Island Discs,” Gates shared his list in a rare personal interview....

Your site is extremely vulnerable to ddos attacks. I want to offer you info how to properly setup your protection, so that you can’t be ddosed! My price is 1 Bitcoin only. Right now I will star small (very small) attack which will not crash your server, but you should notice it in logs. Just check it. I want to offer you info on how I did it and what you have to do to prevent it....

This year Bitcoin has gained more than 170% as larger investors seek it for its purported inflation-resistant qualities. Further, there are also other reasons that can help increase the cryptocurrency prices even higher. These factors include growing institutional demand, increasing perception among investors that Bitcoin is a digital store of value and an alternative to gold, stronger network fundamentals, potential for quick gains, and expectations that the cryptocurrency will become a mainstream payment method “In December 2017, data suggested that retail and mainstream investors were behind the Bitcoin rally....

Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission Executive Director Reginald Villasanta said they coordinated with the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group for the arrest of Konstantin Simeonov Kavrakov. Villasanta said that they nabbed the suspect at the PS Bank branch at the corner of Scout Reyes Street in Barangay Paligsahan, Q.C. He was trying to withdraw money using counterfeit ATM cards around 9 p.ml. Following arrest, they recovered nine pPS Bank Quezon Avenue ATM branch receipts and P76,570 in different denominations that the suspect withdrew from the bank’s ATM....

Downloading Windows 10? Here are a few things you should know aboutWindows 10 : Privacy issues that come with it and PDF Manual for understanding the Microsoft’s new Operating SystemData syncing by defaultCortanaAdvertising ID :Encryption key backed up to OneDriveYou empower Microsoft to disclose your data once you download Windows 10Windows 10 Manual for understanding the working of the new operating system : We had already warned you that Windows 10 Technical Preview, when it was launched, was a keeping track of everything the beta tester did within the operating system....

You are used to watching new movies on Netflix or Hulu. So, what to do with old DVD discs on the shelf? You can convert DVDs. The whole DVD collection, which is saved as digital copies on hard drive or storage services, can be better reserved and played on any device. WinX DVD Ripper Platinum helps digitize DVDs for easily organizing, watching and sharing. It comes with powerful capability of converting virtually all DVDs to digital on Windows while delivering lossless quality....

For those unaware, launched in 2009, Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and peer-to-peer payment system. It is the first decentralized virtual currency and has the highest market value than many of its several counterparts. An inventor who goes by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto is believed to be the creator of Bitcoin. However, till date, it is unclear whether Nakamoto is an individual or a group of people. Also, no one is sure if Nakamoto is alive or dead....

The report was published earlier this week by the Cyber Threat Alliance, founded by Intel Security, Symantec, Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet. The report states that Cryptowall has till now affected $325m worth of ransomware victim payments and made more than 400,000 attempts to infect computers with the third variant of CryptoWall (CW3), many of which appear to have focused on targets in North America. The report states that the ransomware originates from a single entity, evidence of which is available in both the code as well as the web of bitcoin payments trackable on the public blockchain....

One of the most common problems found in the regular and OLED Nintendo Switch is excessive battery drain. In response to users complaining about rapidly draining batteries, Nintendo has asked users to perform a deep-drain and recharge cycle on the batteries. Lately, OLED Nintendo Switch owners have been complaining about the draining of batteries overnight when the console is supposed to be in sleep mode. Clearly, Nintendo is not sure what the actual problem is and has decided to go with the generic solutions for the time being....

Latest to join this default party is Tor. It so happens that default setting left unmodified in Apache Web servers can reveal details about Tor traffic handled through that particular server. As you know, the dark web which hosts .onion websites can be accessed using Tor anonymity browser. There are various methods of doing this, and one of the simplest is to use an Apache Web server along with a Tor daemon to handle the “anonymous” part of the server’s traffic....