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Camera and software manufacturer Phase One has released a new version of its Capture One Raw file converter that includes new tools, added flexibility and options, as well as support for additional cameras. Updating the ...

Researchers have trained the Hubble Space Telescope on Europa repeatedly since Europa's geysers were first announced last year, in an attempt to confirm and characterize the plumes. But they've come up empty.

Thanks to Edward Snowden, we're getting a new look at which programs can successfully keep out the NSA. A report in Der Spiegel has shed new light on the NSA's encryption-breaking programs, and put a spotlight on the han...

Members of the Queen's Royal Guards have been removed from high-profile public posts outside key royal residences in London following increased security threats See also: Queen's Guard Plays a Regal 'Game of Thrones' Cov...

It's tempting to imagine that few online safeguards will stop NSA surveillance in its tracks, but that's not true. A new leak from Edward Snowden's files reveals that there's a surprising number of ways to thwart these s...

Iran's current approach to internet censorship typically isn't subtle -- either you get unfettered access, or (more often) you don't see a site at all. However, the country's government is about to take a more measured a...

The ripples from the massive National Security Agency leak orchestrated by former contract worker Edward Snowden continue to be felt even now. While most of the eye-opening revelations are behind us, the sheer volume of ...

Great to see Avid add Yosemite support to the latest release.∞ Read this on The Loop

During this holiday time of the year, we give in to pressure and gorge ourselves on sweets. Everyone is making cookies, fudge and hot chocolate, so we relent under the mask of it being the holidays. Our New Year’s reso...

The Bizzby Sky drone is capable of carrying up to 500g, enabling individuals to send and receive small items across crowded cityscapes.

(Phys.org)--Hundreds of thousands of asteroids are known to orbit our Sun at distances ranging from near the Earth to beyond Saturn. The most widely known collection of asteroids, the "main belt," contains some of the la...

Command line utilities are often reserved for only the geekiest amongst us, but many of them are actually a lot better than desktop alternatives. In fact, many are easier to use, waste less resources, and often have more...

Traffic to Gmail from China cut, official regulators suspected

Mice that are already infected with the pathogen that causes Lyme disease appear to facilitate the spread of a lesser-known but emerging disease, babesiosis, into new areas. The finding provides a possible answer as to w...

Three out of three? That could be the score for the U.S. National Security Agency's cryptographic "most wanted" list of 2012. In January 2012, it saw Internet traffic anonymizing tool Tor (The Onion Router), Linux distri...

Can you believe it’s almost 2015? There are just a few days left in 2014, and we’re going to do our best to fill them with great paid iPhone and iPad apps that are on sale for free for a limited time. To start things...

NSA headquarters Fort Meade night Wikicommons Trevor Paglen Those looking to avoid the National Security Administration's prying eyes have new ammunition thanks to Edward Snowden. A report in Der Spiegel has revealed wh...

You can find the most tax-friendly places to retire, and you can find the best places to stretch your dollar in retirement. But the best places to retire, overall? The answer will depend greatly on your personal situatio...

Here's a look at the top alien-planet discoveries of 2014, from the first potentially habitable Earth-size world to a staggering haul of 715 newly announced exoplanets.

Google's Gmail is the most popular email platform out there and the service is hated by some governments that want to keep the populace in the dark about what is going on in their country and the world around them. One o...

The past year has been a boom time for the commercial spaceflight industry, but alongside the successes have come failures, even tragedies.

The Roost™ Smart Battery – Alarm notifications delivered to you, wherever you are. This is not your average 9V battery. Our retrofit approach to the Smart, Connected Home is different. It's affordable – you don't n...