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Microsoft to release fix for Windows Shortcut flaw on Monday
Jul 30th
Microsoft has announced plans to release of an out-of-band update on Monday to address the Windows Shortcut flaw revealed less than two weeks ago. The software giant has been keeping a close watch on the use of .LNK files exploiting the vulnerability and has concluded that it needs to act faster than usual. Microsoft typically releases security patches on the second Tuesday of each month, with the next slated for August 10
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Magic Trackpad or tragic Mac pad? A review
Jul 29th
When I was 12, using a Performa 600CD, my parents gave me an external trackpad accessory that connected via ADB (a moment of silence for Apple Desktop Bus, please…
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Magic Trackpad or tragic Mac pad? A review
Researcher demonstrates ATM "jackpotting" at Black Hat Conference
Jul 29th
LAS VEGAS—In a city filled with slot machines spilling jackpots, it was a “jackpotted” ATM machine that got the most attention Wednesday at the Black Hat security conference, when researcher Barnaby Jack demonstrated two suave hacks against automated teller machines that allowed him to program them to spew out dozens of crisp bills. The demonstration was greeted with hoots and applause
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Creative launches X-Fi MB2 software on Asus gaming mainboards first
Jul 29th
Creative has announced that it is launching new software for mainboards to give gamers better sound quality with onboard audio solutions. The new software is called Sound Blaster X-Fi MB2 with Trustudio Pro and EAX Advanced HD 5.0. That is a mouthful for sure.
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New proton measurements may throw physics a curve
Jul 9th
We may have been overestimating the proton for the last 60 years, if a new experiment has anything to say about it. A group of researchers have tried a new method of measuring the proton’s radius that involved getting a muon to orbit it instead of an electron. The new approach is ten times more accurate than the way it has been done since the invention of quantum mechanics, and it has produced a value for the proton’s radius that is four percent smaller than the currently accepted one.
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Judge slams, slashes "unconstitutional" $675,000 P2P award
Jul 9th
Judge Nancy Gertner knows that Joel Tenenbaum did it. Tenenbaum, the second US target of the RIAA’s five-year litigation campaign to complete a trial, eventually admitted his music-sharing liability on the stand—and Judge Gertner issued a directed verdict against him. But when the jury returned a $675,000 damage award , they went too far
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Judge slams, slashes “unconstitutional” $675,000 P2P award
Overbite Project brings Gopher protocol to Android
Jul 5th
The Overbite Project is an open-source effort to produce browser plugins and client applications that enable support for Gopher , an early network protocol that preceded HTML and the contemporary World Wide Web. The lead developer behind the project is retrocomputing enthusiast Cameron Kaiser, one of the few remaining champions of gopherspace.
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WSJ: Sony recalling over 500,000 VAIO laptops
Jun 30th
The Wall Street Journal reports that electronics giant Sony is recalling over 500,000 laptops for a “temperature-control defect that may cause excessive heat and distort the shape of the laptop” and/or ” skin burns.” The WSJ goes onto write: “The recall concerns some of the company’s F and C-Series Vaio laptops sold since January 2010. the recall applies to 259,000 laptops in the U.S., 103,000 in Europe, 120,000 in Asia and 52,000 in Japan.” Sony has stated that customers affected by the recall can fix the problem themselves by downloading a patch from Sony’s website, or have Sony pick the machine up to perform the repair work (which is just confusing )
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Fujitsu adds four new LifeBook mobile computing solutions
Jun 30th
Fujitsu has launched an enhancement and three new additions to the company’s LifeBook range. The MH330 and MH380 models feature the latest Atom processors, backlit LED displays and DDR3 memory. The TH700 and T730 notebooks come with Dual Digitizer multi-touch screens, the latest Intel Core processors and a range of security features including a BIOS lock, fingerprint reader and 3D shock sensor…
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Feature: Small is beautiful: put a cell tower in your house
Jun 30th
Femtocells sound vaguely like a cross between a Feynman diagram and a biology class, but they’re the latest piece of gear that millions of people will soon want in their homes without having missed them before.
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