The scientists have developed the world’s smallest optical switch using a single atom and a modulator that is significantly smaller than the wavelength of light used in the system. This device converts information originally available in electrical form into optical signals. They do this by turning a laser on and off at the frequency of an incoming signal, thereby “modulating” the light to create an optical replication of the input transmission....

Forensiq conducted the study over a ten day period across United States, Europe and Asia, on both Android smartphone and Apple devices. It found one percent of all devices observed in the U.S. ran at least one app committing this kind of fraud; in Europe and Asia, two to three percent of devices encountered fake ads. The Forensiq study identified over 5,000 apps that display unseen ads on both Apple and Android devices....

Cheryl Treadway, who resided at Avon Park, about 85 miles southeast of Tampa, had been quarreling most of the day with her boyfriend, Ethan Nickerson, who carried “a large knife”, as reported in the press release of Highlands County Sheriff’s Office. According to the agency, Mr. Nickerson tried to grapple Ms. Treadway when she tried to leave the house to pick up her children. He then took away her cell phone....

Techworm team has once again thought of bringing to the notice of all its followers few excellent system tools which can be added to the computer with ease and also absolutely for free of cost. Below are few Computer Software which are truly useful and in general handy to its user which also adds value to the computer. So by downloading some of these software user can make their PC truly a customized one....

More so, if you are looking to a make a career in programming, you need to know the right coding languages to nail it. So, what kind of programming skills do you need to survive in the extremely ever growing competent market? Thankfully, GitHub, a $2 billion start-up that allows developers to share codes and build businesses, has the answer for you. Also, called as the “Facebook for programmers,” GitHub has close to 24 million users in 200 countries who work in 337 different programming languages and also include employees working for the biggest tech giants, including Apple, Facebook and Google....

However, the United States too has caught up with China and is now sharing the top position with the Asian country. Both nations added new systems to tie in terms of the number supercomputers that rank. Also, they are tied at 171 systems each and are also roughly equal in terms of raw computing power. “The 48th edition of the Top500 list saw China and the United States pacing each other for supercomputing supremacy,” Top500 editors said in a statement released at an HPC conference in Salt Lake City....

Top 5 games amongst the ones which were a hit among Android smartphone and tablet users in the year 2015Clash of ClansZigZag: Asphalt NitroCriminal Case: Clash of Clans I bet most of the readers of this articles are also the players of this global strategy game. This sums up what the game offers. ? Build your village into an unbeatable fortress ? Raise your own army of Barbarians, Archers, Hog Riders, Wizards, Dragons and other mighty fighters ?...

Office Lens (Free for Windows, Android and iOS) It is an excellent app to take picture of your receipts, magazines, blackboards, whiteboards and documents. With the help of this app, you can take pictures from different angles and the app will clear shadows and glare too. You will get an opportunity to save your photographs as PowerPoint, word or PDFs files. Alarm Clock Sleep Cycle (Free for Android and iOS) Sufficient sleep is essential for every student, but a rested wakeup is not about the quantity of your sleep....

The special-use status means that .onion can now only be used on Tor. Earlier .onion could be technically opened on the regular web due to its psdeuo-TLD status. The special-use status also opens the possibility of site-specific encryption and the use of security certificates. For the uninitiated, Tor, which is a acronym for The Onion Router is used as a way of browsing the web (more) anonymously. Tor directs Internet traffic through a free, worldwide, volunteer network consisting of more than six thousand relays to conceal a user’s location and usage from anyone conducting network surveillance or traffic analysis....

As of now FBI needed a warrant from a court to hack into any computer in United States or around the world. A proposed amendment to Rule 41 would have allowed FBI to hack into computers behind Tor or VPN without warrant and based on suspicion that the user indulged in illegal activities. A U.S. court has ruled that the FBI can hack into a computer without a warrant. The US court delivered this landmark judgement in the case involving FBI’s hacking of child pornography site, Playpen, that had been accessible through Tor, a browser designed for anonymous web surfing....

PC World reports that just when things started to heat up in match one of the best-of-three competition between Evil Geniuses and compLexity Gaming, the game was suddenly struck by lag and paused soon thereafter. The DDoS attack, which was confirmed by a Dota 2 analyst on the official The International Livestream, held up the games for around a hour. Analysts stated that since the Dota 2 matches at The International are played via the public Internet, not a local network, the tournament was prone to an outside attack....

For example, with this latest mod, you can pretty much blow up anything in GTA V, much like what you were doing half the time in Ubisoft’s title. In addition, you will also be able to cause complete and utter mayhem because the Watch Dogs mod also brings with it the ability to alter traffic signals, and force trains to derail themselves, which will deliver a new level of spice; something that you were not used to in GTA V....

According to the company, the external SSD drive is “the world’s highest capacity, pocket-sized, portable SSD prototype featuring a SuperSpeed USB 20Gbps interface.” The device has been created for users who want to create their digital collections without restrictions and always have them handy. “Consumers are generating more content than ever and require more advanced solutions to help them capture, access, share and manage it all. Our top priority is to empower people by giving them complete control of their content, so they have peace of mind that it’s reliably stored and at their fingertips when and where they need it,” said David Ellis, vice president, product marketing, Western Digital....

A keylogger ((short for keystroke logger) is a type of surveillance software (considered to be either software or spyware) that has the capability of tracking or logging every key struck on your keyboard, or every download and communication typically in a covert manner so that you are unaware that your actions are being monitored. It can capture passwords, credit card numbers, personal messages, financial account numbers and everything else you type....

Which operating system do ‘real’ hackers use?So which operating system do such black hat or gray hat hackers use? So which operating system do such black hat or gray hat hackers use? While there may be thousands of blog posts which say that hackers prefer Linux operating system for their black hat hacking operations, it is proved that it may not be so. Many of the high-risk hacking show that some “real hackers” run MS windows to hide in plain sight....

In a desperate bid to use every pixel of the Start menu, between the Windows 10 list of most-used apps and the Documents/Network/etc links, Microsoft has managed to create a new Suggested section. Clicking a suggestion, takes the Windows 10 user to the Store to download the suggested app. Microsoft’s attempt to wrap ads as helpful ‘suggestions’ is clever but deceitful, but at the end of the day, they’re still ads for products hustle on the unwitting user....

WireStamp brings WiseIntro, a whole new marketing tool for the GigsThe platform aims to give small businesses and freelancers a simple path to a more visible online presence One problem that persists with gig economy workers, self-employers and any ‘micro-business’ is the issue of income security. In a modern, digital world, one way to attract new clientele then is with an online presence where one can showcase their work. This can be through social media pages like Facebook and Instagram or by having a personal or company webpage....

But, now researchers at Lund University in Sweden have built the world’s fastest film camera that is capable of taking five trillion images per second, which means an image every 0.2 trillionths of a second. In other words, the camera is fast enough to visualize the movement of light or capture molecular processes. The camera could be used to observe extremely rapid natural processes and reactions in chemistry, physics, biology and biomedicine that until now have not been captured on film, researchers said....