Computer viruses that threaten to delete your files unless you pay a ransom are known as ransomware. BBC Technology reporter Zoe Kleinman explains. – Source
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Dec 14, 2015
Microsoft Lumia 550 price in the UK drops to £60
The Microsoft Lumia 550 got discounted just last week and now it took another pay cut – the UK price dropped from the £90 from last week to £60. The US and EU prices don’t seem to have followed this second reduction though.
Anyway, new customers can now grab a 550 from Carphone Warehouse for £60 + £10 top-up for a Pay as you go plan with EE. Upgrades get it for £50. The retailer has exclusivity on the White color option, but the phone is also available in Black.
O2 is in on the deal too, offering the phone at £60 on a Pay & Go plan. Make sure to go through the O2 site though, Carphone Warehouse’s offers for O2 are for…
Microsoft Lumia 550 price in the UK drops to £60
Google Nexus 6P vs Samsung Galaxy Note5
Introduction
When it comes to the phablet domain, Samsung’s Galaxy Note smartphones have consistently been the frontrunners in its class ever since the segment’s inception. This year’s latest iteration, the Samsung Galaxy Note 5, sees a tremendous shift in its design – while also improving on what it does best. That, of course, consists of being incredibly spec’d to the roof, and accompanied with a diversified portfolio that caters to the everyday professional.
Interestingly enough, it has a strong competitor in a newcomer to the space. The Google Nexus … – Source
Google Nexus 6P vs Samsung Galaxy Note5
Best new Android widgets (December 2015)
The time has come to show you some of the best widgets that have ventured to the Google Play Store during the past two weeks! As you have probably noticed, we have been running this bi-weekly column for some time now. As a result, we have formed a pretty good understanding on how to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Although not every Android user makes full use of them (as it’s entirely optional), the home screen widgets that are natively supported by Google’s OS are one of its fundamental functionality features. In general, widgets are “miniature application views that can be embedded … – Source
Best new Android widgets (December 2015)
Amazon pulls listings for hoverboards over battery concerns
“Marty, you have to come back with me!” Amazon is worried about the rash of “hoverboards” catching fire and has notified all sellers of the electric gadgets that it needs documentation that their batteries meet safety standards.
Swagway (probably Segway’s fly cousin) stated that their boards are already fully certified and is glad that Amazon “decided to take steps to weed out the low quality boards.” The company is also working on ways that will allow consumers to verify that they got an authentic Swagway.
It seems that Amazon has already pulled some listings for hoverboards (even the reportedly compliant Swagways). Others (like Razor and Jetson) are still available…
Amazon pulls listings for hoverboards over battery concerns
Love Home Swap Buys HomeForExchange In Home Sharing Consolidation Play
On the back of Airbnb raising yet more billions to fuel its private home accommodation business, Love Home Swap — a marketplace for people to exchange homes for short stays — is on a consolidation tear of its own. The UK-based company has acquired Holland’s HomeForExchange, which LHS founder and CEO Debbie Wosskow tells TechCrunch will help her company build up its stock… Read More
Love Home Swap Buys HomeForExchange In Home Sharing Consolidation Play
Chinese censors are scrubbing sites of mentions of North Korean girl band
After the Moranbong Band’s abrupt cancelation of their performances in Beijing over the weekend, it appears Chinese censors went to work deleting speculation and chatter about the North Korean girl band on mainland sites.
The Moranbong Band, whose members were said to be handpicked by North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, were on a goodwill mission to Beijing and were set to perform three concerts starting Saturday night. But just hours before the first, they abruptly canceled the gig and headed home on a North Korean jet.
The band was supposed to perform songs such as “Long Live the Workers’ Party of Korea” and “I wanted to see you (Comrade Kim Jong-un)” at the invite-only goodwill concert, said …
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Chinese censors are scrubbing sites of mentions of North Korean girl band
A Tor Alternative Uses Spam Traffic to Hide Messages
Tor is the venerable messaging system used by whistleblowers and drug dealers alike to hide on the internet, and as a result, it gets …
A Tor Alternative Uses Spam Traffic to Hide Messages
Turn your Microsoft Band 2 into a table clock with this $19.99 charging stand
A new charging stand for the Microsoft Band 2 will turn your wearable into a table clock. Even better, the stand eliminates those unsightly cable-lines. While you are using the stand, all of the charging wires can be hidden from view without getting tangled. And the use of “magnetized adhesion” means that the charging cables can be quickly attached and removed.
The price of the charging stand is $19.99 from the Microsoft Store, but keep in mind that the charging cable is not included. You have to use the cable that comes out of the box with your purchase of the Microsoft Band 2.
As … – Source
Turn your Microsoft Band 2 into a table clock with this $19.99 charging stand
#ExplainAFilmPlotBadly Does Exactly That; Produces Hilarious Summaries
Twitter is buzzing tonight with a new trending topic: #ExplainAFilmBadly. It’s pretty funny, and at some points, painfully accurate.
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#ExplainAFilmPlotBadly Does Exactly That; Produces Hilarious Summaries
20 LG V10 interface features that make the day-to-day Android experience better
LG’s V10 is certainly among the “surprise devices” that came out in 2015. Not because it’s a premium phablet by LG, but because of its funky experimental feature – the secondary anways-on screen (also called “ticker”), used to display notifications and app shortcuts. The manufacturer also explored a slightly different take on design language and materials, with stainless steel bars running along the sides of the handset and giving it a very sturdy feel, while the phone’s shape is flat and large – something we haven’t seen from LG’s top-tier handsets in a while.
The … – Source
20 LG V10 interface features that make the day-to-day Android experience better
The State Of Robotics For 2015
While faulty hoverboards are setting themselves ablaze to celebrate Christmas, robots are gradually moving from labs to news reports to entering our daily lives.
First in line are drones, already in many people’s hands, autonomous cars with early deployments such as Tesla’s autopilot, and desktop robots like 3d printers.
In 2015 robot popped up in many forms, shapes and industries. Read More
The State Of Robotics For 2015
We Always Knew They'd Come Back: Here's The Trailer For Independence Day Resurgence
Jeff Goldblum spent 20 years getting the planet ready after Earth was first invaded: now, the aliens are back. The first trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence has arrived!
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We Always Knew They'd Come Back: Here's The Trailer For Independence Day Resurgence
Drunk driver attempts to fool police by hiding in a nativity scene
There was no room at the inn for one drunk driver in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
An intoxicated man driving a mini cooper was apprehended by the North Yorkshire Police after crashing his Mini Cooper into a steel barrier on the A659. The man had attempted to evade the police by hiding in a manger scene, amid the hay and shepherds and baby Jesus.
See also: This British woman made the Nativity scene entirely from cheddar cheese
The police tweeted about the not-so-silent night shortly afterwards.
Driver runs from RTC in #tadcaster & tries to hide in nativity display. Located & arrested #overthelimitunderarrest pic.twitter.com/TsrSu3zVgs
— NorthYorksPolice RPG (@NYorksRPG) …
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Drunk driver attempts to fool police by hiding in a nativity scene
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