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Indigo is a cloud-based, cross-platform personal assistant for Android and Windows Phone 8 (hands-on)

Indigo is a cloud-based, cross-platform personal assistant for Android and Windows Phone 8 (hands-on)

The idea of a personal assistant needs no introduction: you already know Siri, and those of you fortunate to own a Jelly Bean handset (or at least a hacked ICS one) have the privilege of using Google Now. So there’s very little we haven’t seen here. And yet, we were inclined to take a look at Indigo, a new personal assistant for Android and Windows Phone 8 that launched yesterday, and will be available as a free download in the coming weeks. Meet us past the break to find out why.

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Original news article at https://www.engadget.com on February 26, 2013 at 09:27PM

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‘Dexter’ Malware Caught Swiping Credit Card Numbers From POS Systems

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_%28TV_series%29

A new piece of malware is targeting point-of-sale (POS) systems at retailers, hotel chains and other businesses worldwide.

According to Seculert, the malware—known as “Dexter”—has been seen found being used in hundreds of attacks during the past two to three months. The malware has hit systems in 40 different countries, with the largest percentage (42 percent) in North America. Nineteen percent are located in the United Kingdom.

Original news article at https://news.hitb.org/ on December 14, 2012 at 06:08AM

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Connectify Dispatch now available, melds all our internet access into one speedy link (video)

Connectify Dispatch

Clearly, there’s a lot of us out there who like the idea of blending multiple connection types: in the wake of a better than expected Kickstarter run, Connectify’s Dispatch is ready to download. As promised, the app unifies as many cellular, Ethernet and WiFi connections as a computer can muster, whether it’s for a simple speed increase or a quick handover if one or more links goes down. It’s also smart about bandwidth use, tracking usage and prioritizing connections to avoid using that heavily capped mobile data plan until it’s absolutely necessary. Only Windows users get to boost their internet for now, although Connectify is hoping for Android, Linux and Mac ports in 2013.

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Original news article at https://www.engadget.com on December 13, 2012 at 08:30PM