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Episode #111 of the Sophos Security Chet Chat podcast is here. Chet and Duck are back, wrangling the latest security stories into an entertaining and informative quarter-hour of useful news.

They are demanding a switch on our smartphones that would theoretically brick them after they're stolen. But would it be effective?

The FDA hasn't seen patient deaths or injuries, but it has seen malware clogging up hospital equipment, passwords passed around like candy, and disregard for updating/patching old equipment.

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Do you know someone who's been scammed online? Chances are that you do - or you may have been scammed yourself. The National Consumer Fraud Week aims to spread the word about how to avoid becoming a victim online.

Microsoft is pushing to get the Surface RT tablet into schools, and it's using a massive price cut and a giveaway to do it. On Monday, the company cut prices by more than 50% for its 32GB Surface RT, as long as schools buy the tablet before September. A Surface RT nor ...

Microsoft has long supported a linked accounts feature for its Hotmail and Outlook.com service, allowing users to simply switch between Microsoft Accounts without having to enter passwords. The feature was originally introduced in 2006, but Microsoft says it plans to ...

Microsoft has been working on improving its Bing voice recognition in Windows Phone recently. We saw some early advancements debut in a leaked video earlier this year, but the company now appears to be ready to launch some of those changes this week. The processing pa ...

Sprint may be in the middle of a complicated set of acquisitions and mergers, but it's continuing to build out its LTE network. The company says that it has activated LTE service in 22 US cities today, including Miami, Tampa, New Orleans, and Raleigh, bringing its net ...

Skype launched its Video Messaging feature earlier this year as a preview for Mac, iOS, and Android, but it was limited to 20 free messages before a Skype Premium subscription for $4.99 a month was required for continuous use. Skype is bringing the feature out of prev ...