PCMag Live 04/14/14: Amazon Phone Rumors & Android 4.1.1 Vulnerable to Heartbleed

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Published Oct 6, 2020

PCMag Live for Monday, April 14, 2014 is hosted by Dan Costa and Sascha Segan.

In our Headline News segment, Dan and Sascha are floored that Android 4.1.1 is vulnerable to Heartbleed, whereas Mac and iOS are not. Google says 34% of Android devices use 4.1, but only 10% of active devices are vulnerable. We reckon that's about 90m devices! And let's not forget that that 17% of Android devices are still running 2.x. Yikes. Also, the Wall Street Journal revealed that in June we'll be getting official word from Amazon about their long-rumored smartphone. The Amazon phone allegedly will have four front-facing cameras with retina tracking to offer 3D-like images. Sascha doesn't care about that. What he really wants Mayday support. Lastly, PC gamers are rejoicing because it looks like legendary developer Sid Meir is rebooting Alpha Centuri as Civilization: Beyond Earth. Nerd up!

Today's Reader Question comes from our YouTube comments and asks, "I have .MTS video files to which I'd like to put on DVD without losing any quality. What software can do that?"

The One Cool Thing from the PCMag Labs today is the Windows Phone 8.1 which is released to developers today. The general public can get their hands on one in June. There are new home screen options and nice, big tiles. But the big question is how Cortana compares to Siri when Sascha proposes to her.

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