Android custom version OxygenOS launched by OnePLus

Smartphone-maker OnePlus just released the initial version of OxygenOS, its forked version of Android Lollipop, optimized for its OnePlus One phone.
News that OnePlus was working on the operating system broke in January, after a split with partner Cyanogen.

ONLINE NOTE PROJECT COMPOSER TAKING SERVICE BEING TESTED BY DROPBOX

It appears that Dropbox is bringing back HackPad, the collaborative documents service the company acquired a year ago. The Y Combinator-backed startup had grown to become a popular tool for taking quick notes at conferences, events, as well as in the classroom, due to its simple design, ease of use, and real-time nature. Now, a service called Composer, which looks remarkably like HackPad, has appeared.

FREAK is another serious flaw in the Web's encryption

Experts are warning of a serious security flaw that has apparently gone undetected for years and can weaken encrypted connections between computers and websites, potentially undermining security across the Internet.
The flaw, which has been dubbed FREAK, affects the widely used Secure Sockets Layer protocol and its successor, Transport Layer Security, and can allow an attacker to intercept supposedly encrypted traffic as it moves between clients and servers

ALL ABOUT NON-VOLATILE MEMORY EXPRESS (NVMe) YOU SHOULD KNOW

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As SSDs become more common, you'll also hear more about Non-Volatile Memory Express, a.k.a. NVM Express, or more commonly—NVMe. NVMe is a communications interface/protocol developed specially for SSDs by a consortium of vendors including Intel, Samsung, Sandisk, Dell, and Seagate.
Like SCSI and SATA, NVMe is designed to take advantage of the unique properties of pipeline-rich, random access, memory-based storage. The spec also reflects improvements in methods to lower data latency since SATA and AHCI were introduc

HUAWEI'S NEW ANDROID WATCH WEAR VIDEO HITS TOWN

On Saturday, Huawei posted a pair of promotional videos to its YouTube channel that show off its as-yet unannounced Android Wear watch, and, boy, are you going to want to see what's in store.
The videos, first spotted by DroidLife, show an Android Wear smartwatch with a round screen that, unlike the Moto 360, is actually completely round. The Moto 360, you might remember, has a slice of missing pixels at the bottom of its display.
Sapphire glass protects the face (that's a snazzy upgrade over other Android Wear watches), and you can choose from a selection of watchbands, ranging from leather to a Milanese loop metal-link affair.

ONLINE DATING APP "TINDER" PREMIUM VERSION "TINDER PLUS" TO BE LAUNCHED THIS MONDAY IN MARKETS

   Tinder online dating app this Monday would release a new premium version of the app which has a all host of new additions with the most important being an Undo button for errant swipes and a Passport option for searching outside your current geographic region.This new premium version would be paid for unlike its predecessor which was free.

 Tinder had previously tested its pricing in selected markets with prices ranging between   $.99  to $19.99/month with lots of people in the know are speculating that the US market  price of the app would most likely be below $10 altough official statements from Tinder says it is not yet available  for Android and iOS users in the States and would be available for them most likeley from mid-late March

NSA METADATA PROGRAM REAUTHORIZED TILL CERTAIN PARTS OF THE PATRIOT ACT LACK AUTHORIZATION

NSA Bulk Telephony Metadata Program Reupped Until Parts Of The Patriot Act Potentially Sunset

In a post on its official Tumblr, the United States’ Office of the Director of National Intelligence noted that it sought and received a reauthorization of its telephony metadata program, authorized under Section 215 of the Patriot Act. The program collects metadata on phone calls, including those of United States citizens.
The reauthorization lasts until June 1, 201

PC RUNNING LINUX ARE NOT AS SAFE AS YOU THINK FIND OUT WHY !!!

The 'Penquin' Turla

A Turla/Snake/Uroburos Malware for Linux

Recently, an interesting malicious sample was uploaded to a multi-scanner service. This immediately triggered our interest because it appears to represent a previously unknown piece of a larger puzzle. That puzzle is "Turla", one of the most complex APTs in the world.
We have written previously about the Turla APT with posts about their Epic Turla operations  and Agent.btz inspiration.

Fujitsu psychology tool profiles users at risk of cyberattacks

Fujitsu wants to make computer security more personalized with profiling software based on psychology.
The manufacturer’s Fujitsu Laboratories is developing an enterprise tool that can identify and advise people who are more vulnerable to cyberattacks, based on how they use email and Web browsers as well as their keyboard and mouse actions.

Kim Dotcom Launches Skype Competitor MegaChat

Kim Dotcom, the infamous entrepreneur behind Megaupload, has released his latest product. Currently in beta, MegaChat is a browser-based encrypted video calling and file-sharing platform that is being positioned as a Skype competitor.

BlackBerry wants to mandate app developers to make apps for its platform

BlackBerry CEO John Chen wants net neutrality to extend to content and applications, so that developers of apps for Android and iOS will be mandated to develop on the BlackBerry platform as well.
Not all content and app providers have embraced openness and neutrality, Chen wrote in a blog post that the company said was adapted from a letter sent to U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday. Policymakers must demand openness not just at the traffic and transport layer, but also at the content and applications layer, he added.

FACEBOOK NEW APP LETS BUSINESSES CREATE AN INTERNAL SOCIAL NETWORK

About six months ago, we reported that Facebook was working on a new product aimed squarely at the enterprise market under the working title, “FB@Work.” Now that product is officially coming to light: today the company is launching new iOS and Android apps simply called “Work,” along with a version of Facebook at Work accessible via its main website, which will let businesses create their own social networks amongst their employees that are built to look and act like Facebook itself.

An Anti-Torture Logo That Cleverly Communicates Across Three Cultures

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Up until 2009, Sri Lanka, the island country just south of India, was engulfed in a civil war that lasted 26 years. In broad strokes, the war erupted in the 1980s over ethnic tensions between the Buddhist Sinhalese majority population and the Hindu Tamil minority, who the Sinhalese saw as the favorites of the British colonists. The last years of the war became particularly violent, and a reported 40,000 civilians died. Even though the war officially ended, the brutality hasn’t abated: a recent report found that Sri Lankan government forces continue to abduct, torture, and rape suspected members of the Tamil Tiger rebels, with no signs of stopping.

The Autopilot Tech That Could Be a Total Game-Changer for Drones

Brian Krzanich, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., right, shows the AscTec Firefly drone at CES in Las Vegas. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Intel invented a new sport on stage at the Consumer Electronics Show this year: drone pong. To play, four men stood around around a drone hovering in place. As each one approached the drone, it would float away from him, much like the digital ball in the classic video game Pong, and drift toward another person. He could then “pass” it to the next person by approaching the drone.

Uber slashes prices in 48 cities to brighten the winter blues

Uber wants to get you out of hibernation and back on the streets. The ride-sharing service says it will cut ride rates in 48 U.S. cities for the winter season. Uber is restricting the price cuts to cities where the service most recently rolled out, though the company didn't say whether the price cuts will also extend to so-called "surge pricing" when the cost of an Uber ride goes up during peak demand.
Uber made a similar move in early 2014, when the company lowered prices in select cities to get users requesting rides during the winter slump.

Google Calendar’s Enforced Birthdays Show The Ugly Side Of Algorithms

You may recall that Google’s mission is to “organize the world’s information”. So if you’ve been seeing the Birthdays of people you hardly know appearing UFO-like in your Google Calendar lately, never fear — this is just Mountain View doing its thang organizing your stuff.
Specifically, this bit of Googly info-admin boils down to its algorithms harvesting the birth dates of all of your Google contacts (which means anyone you might email regularly) and any Google+ users you added to the circles of your (in all likelihood Google-enforced) Google+ profile, and then inserting those dates into your calendar so you don’t have to.