Zak Islam

Zak Islam

Contributing writer

Zak was a contributing writer at Tom's Guide with a focus on security, networking and general computing. As a fan of any and all news relating to hardware, graphics chips or CPUs, Zak has also written for other tech sites such as Tom's Hardware and Digital Trends.

Latest articles by Zak Islam

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Google Warns of Increase in Attempted Account Hijackings

By Zak Islam Published

Spammers turning to hacking into Gmail accounts.

Online Security
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Australian Firefighters Call Apple Maps 'Dangerous'

By Zak Islam Published

Country Fire Authority in Australia explains mapping solution's inaccuracies.

Phones
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Obama Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order

By Zak Islam Published

Comes ahead of controversial privacy bill CISPA.

Online Security
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Microsoft Patch to Address 57 Security Bugs

By Zak Islam Published

12 security fixes to remove large number of bugs.

Online Security
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Facebook Replaces Google Maps as Top U.S. Mobile App

By Zak Islam Published

Google claims five of the top six U.S. mobile apps at the end of 2012.

Social Media
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Apple Pulls 500px App for Allowing Easy Access to Nude Pics

By Zak Islam Published

Photography application was available for nearly 16 months.

Phones
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Google: We're Scratching the Surface of Search

By Zak Islam Published

Head of search refers to Knowledge Graph as spearheading future of search engine.

Software
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Android Botnet Claims 1 Million Victims in China

By Zak Islam Published

Trojan-based attack hidden in over 7,000 apps, including popular games such as Temple Run.

Android Phones
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Google Wants to Attract 90 Percent of Microsoft Office Users

By Zak Islam Published

Purchase of QuickOffice will help goal, search engine giant believes.

Software
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Android Smartphones Prone to New Spam Virus

By Zak Islam Published

SpamSoldier engineered to hide traces of malicious activity.

Android Phones
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BlackBerry 10 Browser Test Outperforms iOS, Windows Phone

By Zak Islam Published

Upcoming platform renders pages considerably faster than rivals.

Browsers
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Nokia Lumia 920 Firmware Delivers Improved Camera Quality

By Zak Islam Published

Fuzziness issues set to be fixed.

Cameras & Photography
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Google Maps iOS App Downloaded 10 Million Times in 2 Days

By Zak Islam Published

Google's mapping solution has remained top-downloaded app for five days.

iPhones
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Obama Victory Image Becomes Facebook's Most Liked Post

By Zak Islam Published

Image has also broke Twitter's most retweeted tweet of all time record.

Social Media
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Over 50 Carriers Testing BlackBerry 10, Q1 Launch Reiterated

By Zak Islam Published

Two BlackBerry 10 smartphones set to release during opening stages of 2013.

Network Carriers
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Google Rolls Out New Gmail Compose Features

By Zak Islam Published

Users can now compose emails straight from their inbox.

Email
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Android and iOS App Sizes on the Rise

By Zak Islam Published

Both Apple and Google increased sizes for cell network downloads in March.

Android Phones

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