Getting your head around public key encryption isn’t easy, even if you’re a dab hand at math. Prime factors? Modular arithmetic? Say what? Instead, here’s a totally straightforward explanation that starts from the basics, using paint mixing as an example. No, really! The key to understanding public key encryption is realising that it’s easy to combine two things—like mixing paint or multiplying big numbers together—but it’s hellish difficult to reverse …Read the Rest
Google’s Giving $60,000 to Whoever Can Exploit Chrome
While both Safari and IE collapsed under the pressure from hackers at last year’s Pwn2Own contest, not one person was …Read the Rest
Google’s Mystery HUD Glasses Could Be on Sale By the Holidays
Google Goggles could soon become a set of physical goggles if murmurings from within the company are true. Could this …Read the Rest
Is HTC Working on a Spotify Rival?
When HTC ponied up $300 million for a majority stake in Beats, it’s fair to say it signaled its interest …Read the Rest
HTTPS Everywhere Keeps Your Personal Information Safe on Over 1,400 Sites, Available for Firefox and Chrome
Chrome/Firefox: HTTPS Everywhere is a simple extension that, with just a one-click installation, can seriously increase your security on …Read the Rest
Mr. Bean Not Dead
At this point, most of us know not to believe Twitter death rumors, but just in case there are any …Read the Rest
Is This the Face of the Canon 5D Mark III?
Last month, a mystery photo surfaced, allegedly showing the back of the mythical Canon 5D Mark III in action. …Read the Rest
New Mozilla Browser Add-On Visualizes Who Is Tracking You Online
In the hour that Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs lets his 9-year-old daughter surf the web every day, her wanderings …Read the Rest
Is uTorrent Coming to Android?
There are plenty of things iOS can do that Android can’t—Siri and Facetime, for example. However, Android may soon be …Read the Rest
This Is How Apple Swindled the iPad Trademark
Proview—the former owners of the iPad trademark in China—is suing Apple in California for “fraud by intentional misrepresentation, fraud …Read the Rest
The Pirate Bay Removes All of Its Torrent Links
The Pirate Bay, the largest torrent site on the Internet, is no more. Or well, it’s not like it …Read the Rest