Peruvians start applying for biometric passports this week

Peru’s Interior Minister Jose Luis Perez Guadalupe announced this week that citizens are now able to initiate the required procedures to obt...

Encap Security broadens fingerprint support

Financial institution authentication firm Encap Security has announced a new version of its platform that includes support for Android’s fin...

Windows 10 Upgrade Options for Vista Users

Q. My somewhat ancient Hewlett-Packard laptop is running Windows Vista, and I never see Vista mentioned in articles about upgrading operat...

How to play YouTube audio in background on your iPhone

Play YouTube audio in background on iPhone: Simple trick allows for listening to music after shutting down app, Some earbuds and the officia...

Apple 'working on an iPhone even its engineers can’t hack

Amid a very public battle with the FBI over demands that it open a phone belonging to one of the San Bernadino attackers, a report has said ...

Wi-Fi achieved at 10,000 times lower power

The upside of Wi-Fi is that it's everywhere -- invisibly connecting laptops to printers, allowing smartphones to make calls or stream mo...

Google's Project Shield defends small websites from DDoS bombardment

News and human rights sites get free protection Google's Project Shield is aiming to protect news reporting and free expression on the w...

How can I play DVDs in Windows 10?

What do I need to do to watch a DVD in Windows 10? It was disabled when I upgraded from Windows 7 Microsoft has usually avoided providing so...

Lenovo Ideapad Y700 review

Gaming laptops are a great introduction to the glorious world of PC gaming. They come pre-built, with factory options, in a portable form-f...

HP's PCs now come with unlimited free Wi-Fi

HP has announced that it has extended its agreement with iPass, which was first introduced in 2014, refreshing the terms and implementing th...

Facebook's 'Like' button is now joined by several new emotions

Facebook's new reactions, which will accompany the existing Like button, are now rolling out globally. The social network announced tha...

Which hard disk is best? Here are some pointers

Backblaze has published another report on disk reliability Backblaze uses a hell of a lot of hard drives for its cloud backup and storage s...

Using a wireless mouse or keyboard? Then you need to know about this

MouseJack is a dangerous exploit that could leave your machine wide open In a worrying development for those who use a wireless mouse or ke...

13 things you forgot your Mac could do

1. Dictate offline OS X Yosemite and El Capitan support offline dictation (Mountain Lion and earlier require an internet connection). You...

How easy is it to hack a home network?

My home is under attack. Right now, skilled adversaries are probing its defences seeking a way in. They are swift, relentless and smart. No ...

This device can tell doctors just how conscious you are

How conscious are you? It seems like an unanswerable question. But new research from the University of Cambridge claims to be able to measur...

Keezel's hotspot purifies your public Wi-Fi network

Keezel isn't your typical hotspot . Instead of creating a personal network for you, it encrypts existing, unsecured Wi-Fi to protect you...