Verizon Business's Bryan Sartin, who investigates corporate break-ins, saw red this year over hacktivist threats to clients.

Sartin is a director of investigative response with Verizon Business. He’s the guy you call when you’ve been hacked and he usually doesn’t get much of a Christmas vacation.

“Right before big holidays, particularly Christmas and New Year’s is when the very vast majority of people seem to find out that they’ve been ...

Kindle Fire owners can now hide their habits, and stop others from using their tablets for nefarious purposes. Photo Victor J. Blue/Wired.com

Amazon has released its promised Kindle Fire software update, which is geared to fix many of the problems the tablet has suffered since it launched. The update won’t add a proper hardware volume control, of course, but it’s advertised to address some of the performance problems we called out in our generally negative review.

The update, which can be sent automatically to your Kindle Fire, “enhances fluidity and performance” and “improves touch navigation r...