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Advertisement Mac users get a taste of ransomware, Google named best place to work, Ray Tomlinson passes away @ 74, the new Myst gets its first trailer, and what if Bob Ross had made a Mario level?Hackers Target OS X With Ransomware Mac ransomware reported to Apple on Friday, cert is revoked and binary signature added to XProtect by Sunday night before malware strikes. — Dino A. Dai Zovi (@dinodaizovi) March 7, 2016As reported by Reuters, hackers have successfully infected Mac OS X with ransomware for the first time. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that infects people’s computers, encrypts their data, and then demands payment to decrypt it again Don't Pay Up - How To Beat Ransomware! Don't Pay Up - How To Beat Ransomware! Just imagine if someone showed up on your doorstep and said, "Hey, there's mice in your house that you didn't know about. Give us $100 and we'll get rid of them." This is the Ransomware... Read More . Essentially, holding users to … [Read more...] about Mac Ransomware Hits Users, Google Wins Best Company Award… [Tech News Digest]

Ah, November. Finally a brief respite from the craziness of September and October, until everything starts hotting up again in January. The top tech news in Europe this month was a fairly muted affair: except for a couple of acquisitions and one or two startups coming out of stealth, November mostly saw the continuation of long-running sagas, such as the questionable legality of Uber, the UK's incoming Snooper's Charter, mid-range smartphones gaining ground on the iPhone and Galaxy flagships that have dominated Western Europe for so long. Without further ado, here's Europe's top tech news for November 2015. It is once again illegal to make private copies of music in the UK. The UK Intellectual Property Office has withdrawn the 2014 private copying exception, under which anyone could make personal copies of their own music, including format-shifted versions (taking a DVD that you own and playing it on your iPad, for example). As a result, now you can possibly be jailed … [Read more...] about Europe’s top tech news, November 2015

After rolling out the call waiting feature for iPhone, the feature has now been rolled out to Android users. The feature — that was rolled out to iPhone users last month — notifies users about a call when they are on another call. This feature has been rolled out with the latest update to the app with version 2.19.352 and is mentioned in the changelog of this app update as well. After updating the app if a WhatsApp user is on a call, they will get an alert to accept or decline the call. Before this update, whenever a WhatsApp user was on a call, the second call would automatically get disconnected and they would see a notification later after the call ended. Along with this feature, this app update also brings updated group privacy feature. Thanks to this feature, WhatsApp users can control who can add them to groups. Along with this, WhatsApp also rolled out a bug fix for an issue that several users reported led to massive battery drainage. As mentioned above, the call … [Read more...] about WhatsApp call waiting feature comes to Android smartphones

MUMBAI: The Aditya Birla Group will not be denied bank funds or be barred from bidding for insolvent companies if Vodafone Idea were to default and enter bankruptcy proceedings as there were no corporate or promoter guarantees issued by the conglomerate to the telecom firm, say bankers. When a company faces insolvency proceedings, promoters are unable to raise funds for other businesses, and also they are not eligible to bid for any bankrupt business under Section 29A of the Bankruptcy Act. With effect from December 1, guarantors to any insolvent business too face bankruptcy proceedings. Of Aditya Birla Group companies, Grasim Industries has the largest stake of 11.6%, followed by Hindalco Industries (2.6%) in the telecom firm, which is not generating enough money to meet its liabilities. Overall, the Birla Group has a 18.5% stake, while Vodafone Group holds 53.6% in the company. Given Vodafone Idea’s shareholding pattern, an insolvency proceeding against the company would … [Read more...] about Telco woes: Aditya Birla Group won’t face fund or bid curbs

The government will likely give companies up to two years to be fully compliant with the proposals in the Data Protection Bill after it is passed in Parliament and becomes law, official sources told ET. The industry is of the view that since the Bill is modelled on the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), large companies, including global Internet giants and Indian information technology companies, may not have to put too much efforts to tweak their systems to comply with the proposed Indian law. “Some time — around two years — will be given to the companies to be compliant with the law,” said a top government official, adding that the government would soon decide on the exact timeline for the implementation of the Bill. EU’s GDPR was notified in May 2016 and gave companies and public bodies until May 2018 to adjust their business practices according to the legislation. “Let’s assume the Bill gets passed within 24 … [Read more...] about Firms may get up to 2 years to comply with Data Protection Bill proposals