The only current alternative is to block Regsvr32 with a firewall. Since years, business focused Microsoft has taken the pains to have an AppLocker feature in its popular operating system which essentially allows you to create a list of blacklisted apps. Although the feature has gone down well with network administrators who have used…
With this acquisition, Nokia is set to re-emerge as a consumer brand. Erstwhile cellphone manufacturing Finish giant Nokia, has announced its plan of acquiring Withings for 170 million euros, equivalent to $191 million. With this move, the French wearables and health company is all set to become a division of Nokia Technologies, which is already…
A bill to this effect is currently underway. Cyber wargames involving Red Teams is set to be the norm. The infobahn is increasingly being looked at as a platform to wage war by the U.S. military. U.S. lawmakers are now demanding that U.S. military cyber security personnel, undergo mandatory training as enemy hackers, in cyber…
Just as a great smartphone is pretty useless without apps, Tesla has realized that without electric charging stations its EVs have diminished value. The key to selling EV is to have a sufficient large support network. Tesla has realized this pretty early in the game. By the end of 2017, it hopes to double the…
These strategic attacks have targeted their ability to communicate thus sowing the seeds of confusion and driving down their fighter’s morale. Although U.S. and particularly Russian air strikes have done much damage to the rank and morale of Daesh fighters, in addition to it, the United States now wants to go after the terrorist group’s…
Chunshuitang, a Chinese sex toy company is building a smart love hotel. “The love hotel we are building now will be so smart that the light and temperature of the rooms can change according to the mood and intimacy of a couple,” said Lin Degang, CEO of Chunshuitang, a sex toy company based in Beijing,…
Since the mechanical alarm clock was invented in 1876, there hasn’t been much innovation in waking up. While the idea was the same as the rooster: loud, sudden noises ripping you from the sweet embrace of sleep, it was certainly a vast technological improvement. However that concept is set to be changed by a slew…
Here’s a bullet point recap of tech developments for the busy executive. In its fight against the dreaded Zika virus, Brazil has taken on a tech approach by creating a smart billboard which attracts these mosquitoes in order to zap them. In other news, researchers from the Columbia University have designed and built a camera…
Google employees can now work on their pet project using 20% of their working hours, without having to take on any additional financial debt related to their big idea. It’s hard to avoid startups created an ex-Google employee in Silicon Valley, who tend to have clever ideas but don’t always see success in the first…
Security researchers at British defense contractor BAE Systems said that the attackers who stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank probably hacked into software from the SWIFT financial platform that is at the heart of the global financial system. It was aware of malware targeting its client software, said SWIFT which is a cooperative…
