Password manager LastPass has updated its Android app so that it can auto-fill usernames and passwords in Google Chrome and other Android apps. LastPass already offered separate plugins for the Firefox and Dolphin web browsers for Android, but this is the first time it’s worked with Chrome… albeit it’s not quite as well integrated with […]
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Phones with Intel’s 64-bit chips could discourage custom ROMs
Intel is getting ready to launch its next-gen smartphone chips. The upcoming 64-bit “Merrifield” processors will be the company’s most powerful smartphone chips to date, while offering longer battery life. But there may be something else that makes Merrifield chips special: Phones with the new processors may be designed to disable key features if you […]
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FreedomPop’s Privacy Phone encrypts your (cheap) phone calls for $189
FreedomPop’s claim to fame is the company’s low-cost wireless plans. But now FreedomPop is jumping on the privacy and security bandwagon, offering a new phone that it says offers more secure communications. It’s called the Privacy Phone, and while the hardware is kind of dated, it’s loaded with features to help keep your voice calls […]
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Google to scan your Android apps for malware continuously
Google is taking another step toward improving security on Android devices. The company already scans apps submitted to the Google Play store for known malware, and offers users the option of scanning apps when you install them on your device. But what if you install an app that Google later discovers contains malware? Soon you’ll be […]
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Lilbits (2-26-2014): Shuttle’s fanless, Bay Trail PC
Shuttle has been making small desktop computers (and PC cases) for years. One of the company’s upcoming models looks like it could make a pretty nice media center PC (or point-of-sales or kiosk system). It features a 2 GHz Intel Celeron J1900 quad-core Bay Trail processor and passive cooling which means it shouldn’t make any […]
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HTTPS Everywhere makes Firefox for Android more secure
HTTPS Everywhere is a plugin for web browsers that does its best to force a secure, HTTPS connection whenever possible. It’s been available for desktop browsers including Firefox, Opera, and Chrome for a while. Now the Electronic Frontier Foundation has announced that HTTPS Everywhere is going mobile. You can download and install the plugin using […]
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Windows XP support dies in April (Update: sort of)
Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP on April 8th, 2014. That makes sense. The operating system has been around for well over a decade and users have had plenty of time to move to Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1. But there are still millions of people using the aging operating […]
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Blackphone promises complete privacy, but what will it deliver?
Privacy-minded smartphone users, take heed. There’s a new handset coming called Blackphone, and its creators want you to know that it’s being built from the ground up to provide the most secure smartphone experience possible. But will it live up to the hype? The Blackphone team is comprised of some heavy hitters in the digital […]
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Gmail kills the need to click “display images below”
Back in the mid 1990s internet bandwidth was scarce and you might have found yourself telling your web browser only to load images upon request. Now that broadband is common, images, video, and other graphics have flooded the internet, and preventing images from loading means preventing a huge chunk of the web from loading. But […]
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Soon Chrome will only run extensions from the Chrome Web Store
Browser extensions are tools that can change the way a web browser behaves on some or all web pages you visit. They can do everything from manage your passwords to providing quick access to internet radio stations. They can also take over your browser by overriding your default settings — and that’s something Google wants […]