If you use a Windows 8 PC, you’ve probably noticed that the Windows Store is built for home use; you’ll find serious tools like Office, but it’s not really meant for work. That’s going to change in a big, big way with Windows 10. Microsoft has revealed that its future software will let your workplace offer a customized version of the Windows Store that includes both in-house apps and approved public apps. Your IT managers will have a much easier time behind the scenes, too — they’ll have a web-based tool that lets them easily assign apps and manage updates. No, you probably won’t get to install games on your office PC, but this means that your company is less likely to cling to an ancient version of Windows just because it wants more control over the tools you use. If nothing else, it’ll make the daily grind a little more bearable.
Symantec said that the recently detailed Regin spyware looked like it was created for government surveillance, and there’s now some strong support for that claim. Both Kaspersky Lab and Wired understand that the super-sophisticated malware was used to infiltrate both Belgian carrier Belgacom and cryptographer Jean-Jacques Quisquater. Given that the NSA and Britain’s GCHQ have been linked to these malware attacks, it’s easy to connect the dots — from all indications, one or both spy agencies used Regin to snoop on these targets. There are also hints that it may have been used to hack into the European Commission back in 2011. The Commission’s director of security couldn’t tell Wired if the malware in that incident was the same, but the code involve was built from a “series of elements” that worked together, like Regin does.
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As a whole, Sony isn’t a stranger to being hacked, but the most recent effort targeted its movie division — not PlayStation. Computers in Sony Pictures offices have been compromised, as Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety report. Studio-wide, computers were breached by a group named “#GOP” that threatened the following:
“We already warned you, and this is just a beginning. We continue till our request be met. We’ve obtained all of your internal data including your secrets and top secrets. If you don’t obey us, we’ll release the data shown below to the world.”
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Doh! We missed Super Smash Bros. for Wii U in last week’s listings, but we hope you and your family have time to play a round during any holiday get-togethers this week. Of course, we’ll be getting ready for the fall finale of The Walking Dead (especially considering how good this season has been), and preparing our snarky tweets for the airing of Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever Saturday night on Lifetime. Gamers have several options, with a Borderlands prequel, Geometry Wars 3, and Thomas Was Alone (on a few new platforms) arriving this week. Look after the break to check out each day’s highlights, including trailers and let us know what you think (or what we missed).
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If a new Indiegogo project has its way, you could soon be waving goodbye to that old, beloved mouse of yours. Meet Flow, a small gadget that pairs with your desktop or laptop and can be programmed with shortcuts to your most frequently used actions. At launch, Flow is said to offer support for more than 30 applications, including popular ones like Final Cut Pro X, Photoshop, Premiere, SoundCloud, Spotify and YouTube. With Spotify, for example, you could set up Flow to skip tracks by simply making a swipe gesture over the device, among other things. Right now, most of Flow’s information points to the peripheral being used with desktops or laptops, but the company does note that there could be support for mobile applications in the future. The Flow Indiegogo page appears to be doing really well thus far, so be sure to check out the crowdfunding page if you want to see this get made.
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It’s a periscope! It’s an elbow macaroni! Nope, it’s the RE, HTC’s $200 handheld camera. Sure, it’s super fun and really easy to hold, but if pro-level action shots are what you’re after, this noodle-shaped shooter isn’t for you. That’s not all we have on deck, though — read on for the rest of our news highlights from the past 24 hours.
When eBay Now first surfaced two years ago, it appeared in the guise of an iOS app that promised same-day delivery for products sold by local stores. The service managed to pick up some steam (or at least that’s what company execs led us to believe) but after a burst of bad news over the summer, eBay’s grand app experiment has finally bit the dust. Over the weekend, the company quietly pulled the eBay Now app from its spots in the iOS and Android app stores, a turn of events that Reuters called well ahead of time. Don’t fret, though! The thing is, eBay Now’s heart still beats — it’s just being transplanted into a different body.
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Most bands release a new album as MP3s, and on both CD and vinyl. If you caught any of OK Go’s music videos, you know they prefer to do things a little differently. In addition to the aforementioned formats, the band plans release its latest album Hungry Ghosts as DNA. Yep, that’s right, nanograms of Deoxyribonucleic acid will carry the music. With the help of a biochemist from UCLA, the record’s digital files — basically a collection of ones and zeroes — were translated into the genetic code. “Legally speaking, it’s unclear whether we will be able to sell the DNA to anyone, or how we would physically get it to them,” Kulash told The New Yorker. “This stuff is regulated really fucking heavily.” For example, fans may see the DNA version of the album as a small vial with a few drops of water that carry copies of the tunes. “Obviously, it’s an artistic gesture and a scientific project, not the most efficient way to actually buy our album,” explained Kulash.
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It was one of the final questions of the NSA’s open Q&A today, and one that’s weighed heavily on the minds of American citizens since the Prism scandal last year: “Are our fears of being discreetly spied on merited?” They aren’t, according to NSA Civil Liberties and Privacy Director Rebecca Richards . “NSA is a foreign intelligence agency,” she explained. “Our mission is to collect critical intelligence on foreign powers or their agents necessary to defend the country.” The response is almost dismissive, but technically correct: the NSA isn’t supposed to keep tabs on domestic threats, that’s the FBI’s job. That said, Richards did admit that some intelligence collection against US citizens is unavoidable. “For example, a foreign intelligence target may communicate with or about a U.S. Person,” she explained. “NSA’s minimization procedures have been designed to account for this possibility and other cases where NSA may incidentally acquire U.S. Person information.”
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Thanks to accessories like Google Cardboard and Samsung’s Gear VR, using a smartphone to enter a virtual reality world has become relatively simple. However, those options have the limitation of being available to use only with Android, leaving iOS users wondering what it would be like to access something similar on their device. Here’s where a new Indiegogo campaign comes in. Pinć VR is a novel peripheral which, along with a companion application, can morph your iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus into a virtual reality headset (similar to what Gear VR does with the Galaxy Note 4).
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