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Rumor: FBI reaches out to Israeli mobile forensics company Cellebrite to help unlock San Bernadino iPhone 5c

When in doubt, go to the Israelis for help. The so-far unnamed third party that’s helping the FBI try to unlock the iPhone 5c linked to the San Bernadino shootings is Cellebrite, a mobile forensics company based in Israel. The FBI has reportedly contacted Cellebrite to help break the encryption on the infamous iPhone according […]

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Google Chrome 46 to include Mac-specific changes, reduce memory consumption, boost performance

If the current builds of the Chrome web browser have been driving you mildly nuts, Google might have some fixes on the way. A test build of Google’s forthcoming Chrome 46 makes substantial improvements to the performance of the Web browser on the Mac. The build appears to halve Chrome’s memory consumption, and make formely […]

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Intel, Micron announce 3D XPoint memory project, cite speeds of 1,000x faster than NAND memory

If you thought your NAND Flash-based solid state drive was fast, this will blow you away. Intel and Micron announced 3D XPoint memory on Tuesday. The project looks into a joint endeavor into non-volatile memory technology the companies claim is the first major breakthrough in the space since the introduction of NAND flash in 1989. […]

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Intel, Micron 3D NAND partnership could allow for larger, faster memory modules in Macs, iOS devices

Via the combined forces of Intel and Micron, NAND flash memory could get even faster. This, in turn, could make the memory in your iOS devices even faster and allow for more storage space. The two companies are apparently working on a 3D NAND flash technologies wherein 3D NAND is stacked in 32 vertical layers. […]

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Apple releases Safari 7.0.6, 6.1.6, addresses WebKit security issues

On Wednesday, Apple released version 7.0.6 of its Safari web browser for OS X Mavericks and version 6.1.6 for its OS X Lion and Mountain Lion operating systems. The new version, features fixes for several WebKit-related security and memory corruption issues that could let attackers run arbitrary code on victim’s computers. The security issue could […]