Security tips from a super-hacker: Kevin Mitnick’s advice on protecting laptops, smartphones, and more

Virtually everyone in technology knows about Kevin Mitnick, who in the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s was a notorious fugitive hacker on the run from the FBI. (If you’re not familiar with the details of Mitnick’s exploits, I recommend his book,

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Onetastic add-in for OneNote puts your notes in a calendar

Microsoft’s OneNote is a great tool for keeping random notes, research, shopping lists, and whatever else you feel the need to jot down. But it doesn’t really have a great way to extract notes based on date. That’s where a fantastic

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‘Insanely fast’, says Xiaomi Mi 5’s first video teaser

Less than a week after sharing some sample pictures captured with the Mi 5’s camera, Xiaomi VP Hugo Barra has released the first video teaser for the company’s upcoming flagship smartphone. Contrary to what one would expect, the Mi 5

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Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) with 3,300mAh battery certified by FCC

The Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) has been given the OK by the FCC (after it was certified by the Bluetooth SIG). This certification puts the battery capacity at 3,300mAh – a nice 300mAh bump from the original (and it also

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Leaked Huawei P9 renders confirm a metal body and dual camera design

Huawei will definitely be attending MWC 2016 – that was made pretty clear, after the Chinese manufacturer officially sent out invites for its February 21 event. What still isn’t clear, however, is what announcements we can expect to see there.

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Myst’s spiritual successor Obduction finally has its first real trailer

1COMMENT Hayden Dingman | @haydencd Games reporter, PCWorld Mar 3, 2016 12:52 PM Regular readers may know I’m pretty excited about a little game called Obduction, a.k.a. “Cyan’s long-awaited spiritual successor to Myst.” I’ve gone to Spokane. I’ve seen the game.

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5 things you need to know about AI buzzwords: cognitive, neural, and deep, oh my!

equal IBM Watson appears on the Jeopardy quiz show Credit: IBM 2COMMENTS Katherine Noyes IDG News Service Mar 3, 2016 11:58 AM There’s never any shortage of buzzwords in the IT world, but when it comes to AI, they can

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