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- The Price of Military Tech Assistance In Movies
derekmead writes "Last week at Camp David, President Obama met up with fellow NATO leaders to discuss the road ahead in Afghanistan. Although no one there used the language of defeat, the implicit message was clear: the war has gone nowhere in the past few ...
details... - Inventor of the TV Remote Control Dies
An anonymous reader writes "Yes, kids, you used to have to walk across the room to change the TV channel. That changed with the introduction of the 'Flash-Matic,' a revolutionary device that was 'Absolutely harmless to humans!' and could 'even shut off annoying commercials while ...
details... - Researchers 'Map' Android Malware Genome
yahoi writes "Researchers at NC State are sharing their analysis and classification of Android malware samples under a new project that they hope will help shape a new way of fighting malware, learning from the lessons of the PC generation and its traditional anti-malware products. ...
details... - At Long Last, a Private Cargo Spaceship Takes Off (Video)
Tuesday morning at 0344, right on schedule (and it had to be right on schedule), Elon Musk's baby finally left the launch pad on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). Two babies, actually: the Falcon 9 launch vehicle is what we watched as ...
details... - Microbots Made of Bubbles Are Controlled By Lasers
An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at the University of Hawaii have turned bubbles of gas into non-mechanical 'microbots' that they propel and steer with a laser. The laser heats up specific areas of the fluid that the bubble are in, and temperature gradients push the ...
details... - 60TB Disk Drives Could Be a Reality In 2016
CWmike writes "The maximum areal densities of hard disk drives are expected to more than double by 2016, according to IHS iSuppli. Hard drive company Seagate has also predicted a doubling of drive density, and now IHS iSuppli is confirming what the vendor community already ...
details... - Depressed People Surf the Web Differently
An anonymous reader sends this excerpt from Medical Daily:
"Researchers led by Sriram Chellappan from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, collected internet usage data from 216 college students enrolled at the university. The usage data was collected anonymously without interfering with the student’s normal ...
details... - Canadian Telcos Secretly Supporting Internet Surveillance Legislation
An anonymous reader writes "Canada's proposed Internet surveillance was back in the news last week after speculation grew that government intends to keep the bill in legislative limbo until it dies on the order paper. This morning,
Michael Geist reports that nearly all of the major ...
details... - Another Raspberry Pi? $49 ARM Single-Board Computer With Android
n7ytd writes "Announced today and running on an 800 MHz VIA core, the 170 x 85mm 'APC' is expected to ship this July. It has 2GB of flash storage and 512MB of DDR3 memory. 'A modified version of Google Android 2.3 uses up most of ...
details... - Microsoft Tests Social Search Waters With 'so.cl' Network
benfrog writes "Microsoft just quietly launched so.cl in an experiment to more closely unite web searches and social networking. It's not intended as a stand-alone social network — users can log in with Facebook or Windows Live IDs, and it will share your searches publicly ...
details... - Moon Methone Meets Cassini
MistrX writes with a tidbit about what the Cassini probe is up to nowadays. From the article: "NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its closest approach to Saturn's tiny moon Methone as part of a trajectory that will take it on a close flyby of another of ...
details... - Researchers Can Generate RSA SecurID Random Numbers Flawlessly
Fluffeh writes "A researcher has found and published a way to tune into an RSA SecurID Token. Once a few easy steps are followed, anyone can generate the exact numbers shown on the token. The method relies on finding the seed that is used to ...
details... - Designing the World's Tiniest Manned Suborbital Vehicle
cylonlover writes, quoting Gizmag: "Generally speaking, companies developing suborbital manned vehicles brag about how much elbow room their spacecraft will provide passengers. They say there will be plenty of room to float around during the weightless portion of the flight, that there will be no ...
details... - MPAA Agent Poses As Homebuyer To Catch Pirates
bonch writes "The MPAA used an undercover agent posing as a potential homebuyer to gain access to the home of a British couple charged with running a streaming links site. UK authorities decided not to pursue the case, but the MPAA continued, focusing on a ...
details... - Kaspersky Calls For Cyber Weapons Convention
judgecorp writes with a synopsis of talk given by Kaspersky at CeBit "Cyber weapons are so dangerous, they should be limited by a treaty like those restricting chemical and nuclear arms, Russian security expert Eugene Kaspersky has told a conference. He also warned that online ...
details... - Firefox flirts with Blekko for 'instant' search
The Blekko add-on from Mozilla Labs provides a new take on 'instant' search results.
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Mozilla may not have a dedicated in-house search engine division the way that Google and Microsoft do, but it does have a new partnership with alterna-search Blekko.
The Blekko add-on (download), developed by ...
details... - Top weather apps for iOS
Whether you live in rainy Seattle or are expecting thunderstorms in Albany, N.Y., it's always a good idea to carry solid weather apps on your iPhone for quick forecasts.
The Weather Channel released version 5.0 of its app late last week with an upgraded interface and ...
details... - Apple releases digital raw compatibility update 3.13
For photographers who use the raw sensor data format for image manipulation, Apple has issued an update that supports new camera models from Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, and Sony.
The raw format is a device-specific collection of raw sensor data (hence the name) that, like the ...
details... - Get fast directions to your favorite destinations with QuickMaps
QuickMaps
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Google Maps has made it much easier to get directions from one place to another, but it can still be a pain, especially on mobile devices. QuickMaps aims to make it much simpler to get to your favorite destinations. Here's how it works:
Install ...
details... - Clueful scans your iOS apps for privacy behavior
Clueful tells you what kinds of information your apps access.
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A new iOS app aims to make app privacy more transparent and easier to stay on top of, especially when it comes to information-tracking you might not have even realized what was going on behind ...
details... - Use Hashtag App to monitor Twitter, Instagram hash tags
Hash tags on Instagram and Twitter both offer a great way to follow what's going on with a particular topic or event. One providing the conversation, while the other provides an illustration.
Tracking a hash tag in most Twitter apps on the iPhone is a ...
details... - How to protect your smartphone from malicious QR codes
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QR codes are a fun way to share information and they're starting to appear in all sorts of places. QR codes often contain Web links, that when scanned, automatically take you to the Web site.
As QR codes become more prevalent, however, it ...
details... - Amazon brings Appstore Test Drive to the handset
Amazon's Appstore Test Drive.
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If you're not sure if you want to buy an application, you can now try it out before you drop your cash.
Amazon announced yesterday that Android device owners will now be able to test drive applications, in its Appstore before they buy. ...
details... - Microsoft: 350 million Windows 7 devices to be shipped in 2012
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Although Windows 8 is expected to hit store shelves later this year, Microsoft believes its current operating system, Windows 7, will have an awfully good year.
Speaking at a forum in Seoul this week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that his company expects 350 million Windows ...
details... - Getting started with Facebook Pages Manager for iOS
Last week, Facebook let the cat out of the bag about its new Facebook Pages Manager app for the iPhone. But, as you may be aware, the app was only available in New Zealand. Now, the app is available here in the U.S.
The app ...
details... - Super Diet Genius app puts superfoods to work
Super Diet Genius plans your meals based on super-healthy superfoods.
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Diet apps are a dime a dozen. And with good reason: your smartphone is the ideal mobile companion for counting calories, managing exercise, and tracking overall health.
The latest entry into this crowded field: ...
details... - Better search on your iPhone with Bang On
If you are like me, you use the Google app or the Google search bar in Safari to perform Web searches on your iPhone. And then you use the search function within your various apps to search for something in a particular app. Well, no ...
details... - How to set up sync on Windows 8
How to set up sync on Windows 8
Whether you love or hate Windows 8's Metro interface, its syncing feature makes it immensely valuable to both people with more than one device, and those who know how frustrating it can be to lose personal data and ...
details... - Tawkon: The Android app that detects radiation spikes
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Buried deep in the pages of your cell phone manual is an often-ignored section on its Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), which is the measure of the amount of radio frequency (RF) energy (radiation) absorbed by the body when using your handset. Every phone is measured ...
details... - Windows 8 tinkering points to news, sports apps
With a June unveiling fast approaching, Microsoft continues to refine its Release Preview for Windows 8.
The latest tidbit to emerge about the early version of the forthcoming Windows interface is the apparent inclusion of Metro-style apps for news, sports, and travel, according to The Verge, ...
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