Apple's 'smart dock' would give Siri a permanent place in the home

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday published an Apple patent application detailing a full-function "smart dock" that continually listens for cues to activate and communicate with the voice recognition functions of docked devices, like the iPhone and iPad...

Google starts rolling out Android 4.4.1 with camera fixes for the Nexus 5

Google today announced it has started rolling out Android 4.4.1 for the Nexus 5. The update is meant to improve the camera on the company’s latest flagship device...

Amazon’s Grocery Delivery Service, AmazonFresh, May Launch In SF Next Week

According to ATD, Amazon may be ready to announce the San Francisco launch of AmazonFresh, the online retailer’s grocery delivery service, on December 10.

As it stands now, Amazon is...

Here Are The 25 Worst Passwords You Can Use

Two recent events illustrate that most people do not protect their data very well online. 

On October 4, Adobe reported that its systems had been penetrated by attackers who  stole 38 million user accounts and passwords.

BBC reports that "123456" was the most popular password among the Adobe users whose details were stolen. About 1.9 million people used the sequence...

'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...