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...

S&P: Αναβάθμιση Ισπανίας, υποβάθμιση Ολλανδίας

Σε αναβάθμιση των προοπτικών του ισπανικού χρέους σε σταθερές από αρνητικές, προχώρησαν οι Standard & Poor’s επικαλούμενοι την επιστροφή στην οικονομική ανάπτυξη, περιορίζοντας τις πιθανότητες μείωσης της αξιολόγησης της χώρας σε επίπεδο junk από τον οίκο. 

Παράλληλα, σύμφωνα με σχετική ανακοίνωση του οίκου...

Apple's European Black Friday Sales Go Live with Discounted Prices, Not Gift Cards

Apple's online stores for a number of European countries have just come back online for Black Friday's one-day shopping event, and unlike in Australia and New Zealand where the company is using bonus gift cards rather than discounts as customer incentives, Apple's European stores are seeing the more traditional discounted pricing scheme...

Facebook tests Instapaper/Pocket-like ‘Save for Later’ feature app

Facebook is testing Instapaper/Pocket-like ‘Save for Later‘ feature as

an app which saves the links that are posted in Facebook for reading it later...

Αναβάθμιση από S&P

Την αναβάθμιση του μακροπρόθεσμου rating χρέους της Κύπρου κατά μία βαθμίδα σε Β- απόCCC+ ανακοίνωσε σήμερα ο οίκος αξιολόγησης Standard and Poor’s αναφέροντας ότι οι άμεσοι κίνδυνοι για την αποπληρωμή του χρέους της, φαίνεται να έχουν υποχωρήσει. 

Την ίδια ώρα, το βραχυπρόθεσμο rating αναβαθμίστηκε σε B από C. Παρά την...

'OK Google' Voice Search Lands on Chrome (video)

Google has released a Chrome extension that brings the voice-activated "OK Google" command to the browser.

The Google Voice Search Hotword (Beta) extensionis now available in the Chrome Web Store. When installed, it allows those on the desktop to speak their commands to the browser using the "OK Google" hotword...

Lamborghini Cabrera confirmed for 2014, preliminary details arriving before Christmas

A Lamborghini representative has announced a "Gallardo follower" will be launched in 2014.

Earlier this week Lamborghini released the first teaser for the Gallardo replacement and now they announced the car will go on sale in 2014...

Band to take the stage with 3D-printed instruments (pics & video)

3D-printed electric guitars and bass guitars are nothing new for Olaf Diegel, a design engineer and professor of mechatronics at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand. 

Since 2011, he has been building gorgeously intricate custom electric instruments he calls ODD guitars using Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) printing to craft the bodies.

He then adds a mahogany or maple wood core, a wooden neck, tuning pegs, a bridge, pickups, and controls for a fully playable instrument...

50 Unfortunate Truths About Investing

1. Saying "I'll be greedy when others are fearful" is much easier than actually doing it.

2. The gulf between a great company and a great investment can be extraordinary.

3. Markets go through at least one big pullback every year, and one massive one every decade. Get used to it. It's just what they do...

Αυξήθηκαν οι καταθέσεις ξένων στο σύστημα

Τάσεις σταθεροποίησης άρχισε να παρουσιάζει το τραπεζικό σύστημα, με τις εκροές καταθέσεων να περιορίζονται στο χαμηλότερο επίπεδο από το 2012 και τις ξένες καταθέσεις να αυξάνονται. 

Τα νέα στοιχεία της κεντρικής τράπεζας δείχνουν βελτίωση της κατάστασης στο σύστημα σε σχέση με τους προηγούμενους μήνες, παρά τις προκλήσεις που εξακολουθούν να αντιμετωπίζουν οι τράπεζες...