“Nemesis” malware hijacks PC’s boot process to gain stealth, persistence

Bootkit targeting banks and payment card processors hard to detect and remove.

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Dealmaster: We’ve got “Cyber Week” savings, like a Dell 5K monitor for $700 off

We've got tons of deals for the holiday season.

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SSDs aren’t as cheap as hard drives yet, but they’re getting there

Prices have fallen to 39 cents-per-GB, projected to fall to 17 cents by 2017.

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Black Friday deals: here are the UK's best

It's that time of the year again. Black Friday has finally arrived, bringing with it a near-endless stream of deals and discounts for you to consider. If you've decided to stay at home and avoid the chaos outside -- we don't blame you, it gets pretty...

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Black Friday Dealmaster starts early with the post-turkey bargains [Updated]

Game consoles, computers, TVs, phones, holy crap, that's a lot of deals and stuff.

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The best Cyber Monday deals

So you successfully emerged from Black Friday shopping relatively unscathed, and you've got the cash for an extra tech gift (or, let's be honest, a treat for yourself). Where do you go to spend that dough? Don't worry: we've rounded up some of the be...

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Dealmaster: Cyber Monday brings bigger savings than Black Friday

Save $50 on a Playstation 4 Uncharted bundle from Amazon and Dell, and much more.

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TrueCrypt is safer than previously reported, detailed analysis concludes

Fraunhofer Institute gives clean bill of health to crypto tool used by millions.

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Christmas Gift Idea: Pocket-sized LDS Scriptures 50% Off

Give the words of Jesus this ‪‎Christmas‬. The pocket-sized LDS scriptures are 50% off. Learn more about the pocket-sized scriptures.

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Google Photos saves space by deleting images you've already backed up

Google Photos is a handy way to backup and organize images, and starting today, Android users are getting new features to help with the task. First, a "Free Up Space" option in the Settings menu will automatically delete photos stored on your mobil...

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Video: The Story of the Bible in 8 minutes

The YouTube channel BroJFullmer has produce another great video, "The Story of the Bible in 8 minutes." It describes what the Bible is, how it is structured, and gives an overview of the story line–all in 8 minutes. It is narrated by children Ethan and Naomi. The stories are simplified to show how all the pieces fit […]

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The Pentagon's plan to outsource lethal cyber-weapons

The Pentagon has quietly put out a call for vendors to bid on a contract to develop, execute and manage its new cyber weaponry and defense program. The scope of this nearly half-billion-dollar "help wanted" work order includes counterhacking, as we...

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There’s a new Popcorn Time-like free music streaming site, and RIAA sues

The Aurous pirate site slogan: "Enjoy music how you want to for free."

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Nucleus wants to take the friction out of video calling

Video calling is a great example of a technology that once felt highly futuristic but is now available on nearly every computer and smartphone out there. FaceTime, Hangouts, Skype -- there are plenty of options, and they all work pretty well, and w...

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From the Wirecutter: The best home online backup service

After extensive comparison, CrashPlan comes out ahead—but there are other options.

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CBS to Stream Select NFL Games and Super Bowl 50 Free to Roku and Other OTT Devices

CBS Sports announced this week that it will will stream two regular season NFL games, four NFL playoff games and Super Bowl 50 to laptops, desktops, and tablets at CBSSports.com, and on televisions through select over-the-top (OTT) devices, including Roku and Roku TV, Xbox One, Apple TV, Chromecast. All of these NFL ON CBS games will be available for free to all users - no subscriptions and cable/satellite TV service authentication will be required.

The first live streaming broadcast will be the New York Jets vs. Miami in London (Oct. 4, 9:30 AM, ET). The Carolina-Dallas Thanksgiving Day game (Nov. 26, 4:30 PM, ET), will also be streamed live.

All AFC playoff coverage including the Wild Card, Divisional, and Championship games will be streamed live. The NFL ON CBS live streaming coverage will culminate on Sunday, Feb. 7, with a live broadcast of Super Bowl 50 from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

"We’re very excited to offer more NFL ON CBS streaming coverage across more digital platforms than ever before," said Jeffrey Gerttula, Senior Vice President and General Manager of CBS Sports Digital. “All NFL fans will have access through their computers, tablets and now Connected TVs to two regular season games for the first time in addition to all of the AFC playoff action, culminating with a truly historic Super Bowl." Additional details of the streaming coverage for each game will be announced at a later date.

For more programming from CBS Sports, visit Roku's CBSSports.com channel.

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Intel's 3D memory is 1,000 times faster than modern storage

Intel and Micron unveiled a novel new kind of non-volatile data storage device during a press conference on Tuesday. The chips, dubbed "3D XPoint" (pronounced "cross-point"), are being touted as the first new class of "mainstream memory" to hit the m...

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Israeli researchers compromise isolated network with dumbphones

Without a doubt, storing highly sensitive data on an internet-disconnected, "air-gapped" computer network is one of the best security measures an organization can take -- but nothing is foolproof. Researchers at Ben-Gurion University in Isreal have f...

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Dell's latest tablet is designed for war zones

If your typical day involves saving someone's life or trekking around a glacier, a regular tablet may be a bit... dainty. That's why Dell has just buttressed its Rugged series with a brand new model, the Latitude 12 Rugged Tablet. The company is pitc...

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Samsung brings 2TB solid-state drives to your home PC

You no longer have to bend over backwards to get more than a terabyte of fast, flash-based storage in your home computer. Samsung is shipping 2TB versions of its 850 Evo and 850 Pro solid-state drives, giving you as much capacity as a decent-sized sp...

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