'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' Trailer: Destruction and Electro (video trailer)

Andrew Garfield is back slinging webs, punishing evildoers and suffering just the right amount of superhero angst in the first official trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the follow-up to last year's franchise reboot. 

The trailer opens with Peter Parker pondering power and responsibility, while Spidey zips through the city catching cop cars and dodging machine gun bullet fire — just a little "traffic jam" he casually tells Gwen Stacey (Emma Stone)...

Hackers steal 2 million Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo passwords

It looks as though hackers have managed to swipe user names and passwords from some of the world’s biggest social networking and email platforms… again. 

Per CNN, security firm Trustwave claims that...

1000 νέες εταιρείες το Νοέμβριο

Χίλιες νέες εταιρείες εγγράφηκαν στην Κύπρο το Νοέμβριο, ενισχύοντας τις προσδοκίες παραγόντων του κλάδου διεθνών υπηρεσιών για βελτίωση της κατάστασης. 

Παρά τα κτυπήματα που έχει δεχθεί ο κλάδος, η εισροή εταιρειών στην Κύπρο συνεχίζεται, ιδίως το τελευταίο τρίμηνο. 

Φορείς της αγοράς κάνουν λόγο για σταδιακή επανάκτηση της εμπιστοσύνης των ξένων προς την Κύπρο...

Alan Greenspan On Gold And Bitcoin ‘Bubble’ (video)

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Bloomberg Television’s Trish Regan and Adam Johnson on “Street Smart” today that “I guess” Bitcoin is a bubble. 

He said, “the question is I do not understand where the backing of Bitcoin is coming from individuals with very high net worth and who have great reputations could create their own currency because people would be willing to exchange their checks...

The Right Way To Exercise Outside In The Winter

Nose dripping. Eyes watering. Cold air freezing your throat, filling your lungs and drifting from your mouth in the form of an exhausted little cloud. Exercise outside in the wintertime, and you’ll enjoy these sensations. Consider them points of pride for braving the cold as most others pack into stuffy gyms.

Suspicious of anyone who’d voluntarily go outside – let alone exercise! – in 30-degree weather?

 You’ll probably warm up to the idea if you go about cold-weather exercise the right way and let your body adjust to the low temperatures. Follow these tips from John Honerkamp, chief coach of the...

Next-gen USB plugs will be reversible, rectifying the tech industry’s most heinous crime

One of the tech world’s most archaic aspects is that plugs don’t universally connect to ports — even the ones that have the word “universal” right there in the name. 

Aside from power cords with two prongs of equal size, the most prominent plug that can be reversed and connected is...

ΕΕ: Στο €1,7 δισ. το πρόστιμο τραπεζών

Το ποσό του €1,7 δισ. άγγιξε το πρόστιμο που συμφώνησαν να πληρώσουν στις αντιμονοπωλιακές αρχές της ΕΕ έξι εταιρείες για το ρόλο τους στην υπόθεση παραποίησης βασικών επιτοκίων ώστε να επωφεληθούν οι εργασίες τους...

Android Support vs iOS Support

Some interesting figures about Android phones:

1. 10 of the 16 devices were discontinued less than or equal to an year after release....

Στο κόκκινο οι πωλήσεις ακινήτων

Τη μικρότερη πτώση των τελευταίων μηνών κατέγραψαν το Νοέμβριο του 2013 οι πωλήσεις ακινήτων, με την κατάσταση στην αγορά να παραμένει ιδιαίτερα δύσκολη λόγω της πιστωτικής στενότητας. 

Σύμφωνα με στοιχεία που ανακοίνωσε το κτηματολόγιο, τα πωλητήρια έγγραφα που έχουν κατατεθεί μειώθηκαν το Νοέμβριο του 2013 στα 394 τεμάχια έναντι 444 το Νοέμβριο του 2012,..

ΗΠΑ: Σε 27 χρόνια έκλεισαν 10.000 τράπεζες

Στο υψηλότερο επίπεδο από την κρίση του '29 έχει φτάσει η συγκέντρωση στο αμερικανικό τραπεζικό σύστημα. Ο αριθμός των τραπεζών υποχώρησε το γ' τρίμηνο κάτω από τα 7.000 για πρώτη φορά τα τελευταία 80 χρόνια. 

Στις αρχές της δεκαετίας του '80 ξεπερνούσε τις 18.000. Η μείωση του πλήθους των τραπεζών οφείλεται κυρίως στο κλείσιμο μικρών τραπεζών με...

Terrifying new malware uses sound to spread, doesn’t need networks

Computer scientists have developed an audio malware prototype that’s capable of establishing communication between devices that do not have an active network connection,Ars Technica reports. 

Instead, the lab-created malware uses the built-in microphones and speakers to send out a high-frequency signal from an...

Learn the secrets of Google Now voice commands (infographic)

At the risk of incurring Android fanboy wrath, Google Now is a lot like Apple's Siri: it responds to voice commands and can perform lots of cool and practical functions.

Of course, like Siri, it comes without an instruction manual. And, in fact, if you invoke the help command or look at Google's own support page, you'll get only an abbreviated list of the available voice actions.

Over at Trendblog.net, however, there's a new infographic listing around 60 Google Now voice commands, everything from Communication to Notes & Reminders to Easter Eggs...

2016 BMW 5-Series to have Gran Lusso Coupe styling influences, 600 bhp M5 in 2017 (pics)

A new report indicates the next generation of the BMW 5-Series will receive a design inspired by the striking Gran Lusso Coupe concept.

Set to come out in late 2016 as a 2017MY, the seventh-gen 5-Series is going to receive a new design which will be influenced by the Pininfarina-penned Gran Lusso Coupe concept showcased earlier this year at Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este...

Apple offering 0% financing on online hardware purchases in most European countries, ends 10th January

Today, Apple has launched a promotion for online purchases, offering 0% financing on any purchase above £449 (or €400). The deal is on offer across most of Apple’s European websites, including the UK, France, Italy and Spain...

Nexus phones carry SMS crash bug vuln

A Dutch security researcher has published a vulnerability that allows someone to crash a remote Nexus 4 or Nexus 5 phone – by sending them a crafted “Class 0” text message.

Instead of falling into a user's inbox and waiting for someone to read the message, a Class 0 or “flash...

Amazon PrimeAir Could Deliver Your Stuff On Drones (pics & video)

In a 60 Minutes interview, Jeff Bezos announced that Amazon is working on delivery that's even faster than Prime. 

The company wants to use octocopters to deliver your order within a half hour.

Bezos says that the project, which is heavily in the R&D stage right now, couldn't debut before 2015 even if Amazon were ready...

Ο Ν. Παπαδόπουλος νέος πρόεδρος ΔΗΚΟ

Ο Νικόλας Παπαδόπουλος είναι ο νέος Πρόεδρος του Δημοκρατικού Κόμματος μετά από μια δραματική εκλογική διαδικασία, που ανατρέπει το πολιτικό σκηνικό. 

Ο κ. Παπαδόπουλος πήρε 51,12% των έγκυρων ψήφων, σύμφωνα με τον Πρόεδρο της Κεντρικής Εφορευτικής Επιτροπής Φύτο Κωνσταντίνου, ο οποίος ανακήρυξε τον βουλευτή του ΔΗΚΟ νέο Πρόεδρο του κόμματος...

Fast & Furious actor Paul Walker dies in California car crash (pics & video)

The star of ‘The Fast and the Furious’ movie franchise and a friend identified as Roger Rodas died in Southern California after the Porsche they were in crashed violently into a tree, his rep confirmed to the Daily News. Police said speed was a factor...

Android 4.4 KitKat degrades video playback performance

Android 4.4 KitKat is the latest version of the Google developed mobile operating system. The 4.4 was promised to enhance the overall performance and as far as we can tell from those devices that have already been updated that it mostly true...

How big a TV should I buy?

How big a TV should you buy? 37? 42? 50? 65? 90? There's a TV in nearly every size you can want, and at nearly every budget.

As long as you're not limited by a cabinet or entertainment center, you can probably get a bigger TV than you're figuring. Possibly, a lot bigger.

Here's how to figure out how big you can go.

The short answer: as big as you can afford. The longer answer depends on your room, your seating distance, your eyes, and the...

Moody΄s: Αναβάθμισε την Ελλάδα σε Caa3 από C

Σε αναβάθμιση της πιστοληπτικής αξιολόγησης της Ελλάδας διατηρώντας σταθερό το outlook προχώρησε η Moody’s, καθώς όπως υποστηρίζει η οικονομία της χώρας έχει αρχίσει να ανακάμπτει σταδιακά. 

Ειδικότερα, ο οίκος αναβάθμισε κατά 2 βαθμίδες το αξιόχρεο των κρατικών ομολόγων σε Caa3 από C προηγουμένως, επικαλούμενο την «σημαντική δημοσιονομική προσαρμογή» που έχει πετύχει η Ελλάδα παρά τους χαμηλούς ρυθμούς...