PARENTS have been warned to watch what they buy for their children this Christmas, after computer experts in Edinburgh hacked into a wi-fi enabled doll. Bill Buchanan, a professor in Edinburgh Napier University's school of computing, was able to use the wireless...

An update to Windows software has caused problems for personal computer users trying to connect to the internet. Several European internet service providers (ISPs) have highlighted the problem, which can strike regardless of the type of router box or the particular...

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Google Photos is a great way to store your personal photos and make them available across different devices - and with the holiday season upon us, the potential for generating lots of photos is at an especially high level. But the service is far more than just a...

After debuting on iOS earlier this year, Google has just quietly made its Gboard keyboard available for Android devices. The keyboard comes in as an update to the currently-available Google Keyboard, merging in Google’s Gboard features with Google Keyboard’s...

Windows Defender is the No. 1 antivirus on Windows 10, protecting more computers against viruses, malware, spyware, and other threats than any other solution.   Keep your PC safer with the free, trusted antivirus protection built-in to Windows 10. Windows...

As reports circulate about tech-savvy thieves using electronic devices - "key jammers" - to prevent cars from locking, what do you need to know about this growing crime?   The transmitters, which are easy to buy online, can be used to interrupt signals from keys...

Hackers to target web-connected 'internet of things' gizmos installed in hospitals, police stations and other vital institutions.   Hackers’ power is set to grow exponentially as more and more devices are fitted with an internet connection. This is the phrase...

Police forces across London have stepped up the fight against crime by using Microsoft’s Azure cloud service to store and review millions of hours of footage filmed on officers’ body cameras. Around 22,000 police men and women from 32 boroughs in the capital have been...

  If you want to continue using WhatsApp in 2017 you may have to upgrade your phone. Millions of users of the messaging platform could face being unable to contact their family and friends via the app over the festive period as the company looks to upgrade their...

A VERSION of Shamoon, the destructive computer virus that crippled tens of thousands of computers at Middle Eastern energy companies four years ago, was used in mid-November to attack computers in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the region, according to US security...