Google: Symantec antivirus flaws are ‘as bad as it gets’
Google’s Project Zero team searches for “zero-day” code flaws and gives companies 90 days (plus a two week grace period) to fix them. In this case, Ormandy published the blog post shortly after Symantec pushed the fixes, saying the antivirus company did resolve the bugs “quickly.”However, he excoriated Symantec for the danger of the errors and its incompetence in allowing them. In one case, he found a...
Solve an FMV mystery with ‘Her Story’ on Android
It took a year, but Her Story, Sam Barlow’s mystery game, has been ported to Android. Her Story is a full-motion video game where you’re tasked with piecing together a story through watching short excerpts of interviews. The only mechanic you have at your disposal is a search tool, which lets you bring up clips that contain certain words or phrases. There are hundreds of clips to search through, and by the end of the game...
Solve an FMV mystery with ‘Her Story’ on Android
It took a year, but Her Story, Sam Barlow’s mystery game, has been ported to Android. Her Story is a full-motion video game where you’re tasked with piecing together a story through watching short excerpts of interviews. The only mechanic you have at your disposal is a search tool, which lets you bring up clips that contain certain words or phrases. There are hundreds of clips to search through, and by the end of the game...
Apple Names Jeff Williams Chief Operating Officer
Tor Myhren Joins Apple CUPERTINO, California — December 17, 2015 — Apple® today announced that Jeff Williams has been named chief operating officer and Johny Srouji is joining Apple’s executive team as senior vice president for Hardware Technologies. Phil Schiller, senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, will expand his role to include leadership of the revolutionary App Store® across all Apple platforms. Apple also announced...
Windows 10 Anniversary Update arrives August 2nd
Microsoft hasn’t done the greatest job of keeping its Windows 10 Anniversary Update schedule a secret (it inadvertently spilled the beans on June 28th), but it’s at last official: the upgrade arrives on August 2nd. It’s free for anyone who has already moved to Windows 10, so most people won’t have to pay for Anniversary features like broader biometric security and pen support, a more efficient Edge browser with...
