A study by cybersecurity experts in Scotland found that passwords can be cracked by analyzing the traces of heat left by a person's fingertips when they enter their password on a keyboard or phone.
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The YouTube app is apparently causing battery drain and Apple devices to heat up unnecessarily. Luckily, the firm is aware of the problem and has publicly stated that it is actively working to fix it.
Microsoft has acknowledged that there is an issue with a small number of Surface Pro 3s that have an i7 and that a fix is coming soon but you should not worry about the thermometer screen.
Earlier this month, Microsoft started shipping Surface Pro 3s with Core i7 processors in them but some users are now reporting that the device gets excessively hot and is overheating.
Microsoft has laid the blame on an overheating data center for the recent outage to Outlook.com, Hotmail, Calendar and SkyDrive, which caused service disruptions for nearly 16 hours
Proud new owners of Apple's latest laptop are being plagued by possible overheating problems. The picture (below) shows what is happening to some new owners of Apple's MacBook Pro 17" model. The MacBook Pro...
Microsoft is facing criticism from a competitor and some customers for its decision to block some older file formats with Office 2003 Service Pack 3, which it released last September. The only non-Microsoft file format...
Windows users who have an older version of Java SE Runtime Environment and have yet to install Update 3, which was released earlier this month, will be getting the usual "on the 26 of each...
It's no secret that longer battery life and safer ways to power mobile devices is what the industry is striving for. Researchers from many divisions of the Fraunhofer Institute have teamed up to devise a...
With the recent release of Microsoft's newest potential cash cows, Windows Vista and Office 2007, the company is expecting a wave of upgrades from users seeking the latest functionality. But what if you're not looking...
Apple has faced temporary problems sourcing spare parts for MacBooks affected by intermittent random shutdowns. Some users have complained that their MacBooks have developed a penchant for this problem. In essence, the fault is...
MacBooks run at a slightly higher average temperature than an similarly specified Dell Latitude D620, a set of independent tests claim. Both machines seemed to run warmer at the bottom of their chassis, observes...
In a new article on its support Web site this week, Apple acknowledges that some 13-inch MacBooks may run warmer than normal due to a small oversight where some of the notebooks shipped with a...
Hot on the heels of Dell's quad-SLI XPS 600 Renegade introduction at CES 2006 come new rumors that Dell is stockpiling AMD processors for use in its systems later this year, possibly even in the...
On day of its official launch of Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Corp. is finding itself facing some tough questions around its bug fixing policies and plans. According to some bloggers, the much anticipated release of...
Efforts under way to revise the popular GNU General Public License could put additional pressure on Microsoft Corp. by the time it tries to push its long-awaited Windows upgrades out the door. As eWEEK reported...
After a recent legal setback, a California company that claims its patents cover the streaming video technology used by adult Web sites is boosting efforts to collect money from a very different group of streaming...
America Online reported Wednesday that it has filed a civil suit against four Florida-based individuals who the company believes are responsible for sending massive amounts of spam e-mail to its members. The giant Internet service...
On the back of AMD's recent launch of Athlon 64 3400+, Intel has confirmed it might launch its 3.4GHz ExSpensive Edition of the XEON MP on the 2nd February, but as the quarter runs on,...
A Japanese web-site revealed some information about heat-dissipation of Intel Prescott processors due to come this November at $637 price-point. The chip will be extremely hot and hungry and in general this is a reason...
The rise of Chinese chip makers, like Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) and Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., was expected by some observers to mark the beginning of a shift in the center of contract chip...
An attack on corporate use of peer-to-peer software is under way, as companies face increasing pressure from record labels and other copyright holders to stop employees from file trading. The latest salvo...
As federal investigators begin to look into why the space shuttle Columbia broke apart, NASA officials said the left wing lost hydraulic sensors, lost tire pressure and then experienced intense heat before the shuttle broke...
Gateway said this friday that it will offer $100 mail-in rebates on its namesake 300SE and 500SE desktops and its Solo 1450SE notebook, dropping prices to $599, $699 and $999, respectively. The...
Both AMD and Intel proudly claim they can make chips cheaper than the other guy, but after going through the math and examining the two companies' divergent strategies, analysts conclude it's a dead heat. ...
Thanks ShOcKz1104 for posting this in the BPN on the forums. This from Wininformant: Two interesting but uncorroborated looks at future Windows versions had the rumor mills working overtime this weekend. (Thanks to Eric...
Thanks NTCompatible for the heads up on this Socket-A Heat Sink Comparison @ Extreme Overclocking, below a blurb. What's on the platter?: In this November roundup we have a lot of...
Sportplanet has some nice screenshots of the upcoming XBox racer, NASCAR Heat. Drop into a 200-mph traffic jam! This is NASCAR HEAT. Door-to-door racing with some of the best drivers in the world...
