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iOS 4.3.4 Prevents Hacking and Jailbreaking 281

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 17, 2011 @09:05PM from the higher-walls dept.

Mightee writes "Apple has released a software update to iOS, version 4.3.4, for the iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad 2, 1, and iPod Touch. The main objective of this version is to prevent the hacking in Apple iOS devices which occurs through malicious PDF files. Another objective is to prevent the jailbreaking which occurs as a consequence of the previous effect. In previous versions, the iOS device is easily vulnerable to attacks. It happens because of mishandling of fonts embedded in the PDF file. Sometimes a downloaded PDF may be malicious, and there is a possibility that the file could inject malware into the iOS device, which gives a chance for the hackers to access the hardware of the iOS device."

Aluminum-Celmet Could Increase EV Range By 300% 182

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 16, 2011 @11:20PM from the it's-like-a-helmet-but-with-celery dept.

LesterMoore writes "Japanese company Sumitomo Electric Industries have developed a new material that they believe can significantly improve the capacity of EV batteries. The material is a form of porous aluminum called 'Aluminum-Celmet.' 'The positive electrode current collector in a conventional lithium-ion secondary battery is made from aluminum foil, while the negative electrode current collector is made from copper foil. Replacing the aluminum foil with Aluminum-Celmet increases the amount of positive active material per unit area. Sumitomo Electric’s trial calculations indicate that in the case of automotive onboard battery packs, such replacement will increase battery capacity 1.5 to 3 times. Alternatively, with no change in capacity, battery volume can be reduced to one-third to two-thirds. These changes afford such benefits as reduced footprint of home-use storage batteries for power generated by solar and other natural sources, as well as by fuel cells."

Ubisoft's Authentication Servers Go Down 634

Posted by kdawson on Sunday March 07, 2010 @08:23PM from the single-point-of-well-you-know dept.

ZuchinniOne writes "With Ubisoft's fantastically awful new DRM you must be online and logged in to their servers to play the games you buy. Not only was this DRM broken the very first day it was released, but now their authentication servers have failed so absolutely that no-one who legally bought their games can play them. 'At around 8am GMT, people began to complain in the Assassin's Creed 2 forum that they couldn't access the Ubisoft servers and were unable to play their games.' One can only hope that this utter failure will help to stem the tide of bad DRM."

New Contestants On the Turing Test 630

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday October 08, 2008 @11:15AM from the game-on dept.

vitamine73 writes "At 9 a.m. next Sunday, six computer programs — 'artificial conversational entities' — will answer questions posed by human volunteers at the University of Reading in a bid to become the first recognized 'thinking' machine. If any program succeeds, it is likely to be hailed as the most significant breakthrough in artificial intelligence since the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue beat world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997. It could also raise profound questions about whether a computer has the potential to be 'conscious' — and if humans should have the 'right' to switch it off."

Extreme Toothbrushing 12

Posted by samzenpus on Friday August 22, 2008 @01:28PM from the twice-a-day dept.

It doesn't stop at brushing teeth. This guy needs a harness and knee pads to floss.

Comment Once a year mostly.. (Score 1) 508

by Ryz0r on Wednesday June 20, 2007 @07:08PM (#19588021) Attached to: How often do you reload your OS and software?

Because that's how long a Norton Internet Security liscence lasts. Renewing the liscense just seems like a waste of money when there are potentially better freeware products on the market. I use Avast! anyway because it's less resource heavy and intrusive.

Oh, and my XP install always seems to gain a million random apps that I use once and never uninstall, so it's nice to have a nice clean install every January! However, I have had to reinstall on various occasions where something has gone tits-up and I'm too lazy/clueless to figure out what it is. I like reinstalling Windows; you tend to find things you'd forgotten about in that mad rush to save what you want to keep before it's all washed away. Kind of like re-arranging your bedroom, or cleaning out your car..

Haptics Technology Turns Phones into Weapons 115

Posted by Zonk on Saturday March 31, 2007 @11:27PM from the kicking-butt-with-cell-tech dept.

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SkinnyGuy writes "Virtually all of our phones have little motors that make vibration possible. Now there's a company working on taking the abilities of these mini motors much, much further. Touch-Bak's technology allows for users to send 'virtual punches' and jabs, and can send phones flying from the hands of users if they're unaware of the service. It's all a bit on the extreme side and, to his credit, the PCMag.com author recognizes that, but it's still a fascinating application of the little understood Haptics technology. '"Imagine," Galsworthy continued, "that you know your buddy Kyle is in an important meeting and you know that he keeps his phone in his pocket. You can deliver a digital punch right to his thigh. He jumps out of his seat during the meeting and . . . it's hilarious!" Galsworthy was so tickled by this description of events that he was lost in fits of laughter on the other side of the phone. To me, this service is childish and, well, kind of stupid.'"

Real Life Spy Gadgets That Anyone Can Buy 171

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday June 11, 2006 @11:00AM from the show-cams-and-pen-grenades dept.

Ant writes "Here is a collection of "spy equipment" found for sale around the Internet. Everything listed is completely real, is sold at online stores, and almost any item listed here costs less than $500, and often times can be bought for less than $200. Seen on Compfused."

Galactic Civilizations II Breaks DRM Mold 168

Posted by Zonk on Saturday March 11, 2006 @05:59PM from the who-needs-drm dept.

Machitis writes "A recent news item at GalCiv2.com says, 'Our license allows you to install the game onto as many machines that you own that you want as long as only one copy is being used at once. How many sales are lost because people want to have a game on their laptop and desktop and don't want to drag CDs around so choose not to buy the game? [...] we were quite disturbed to discover that the company that makes Starforce provided a working URL to a list of pirated GalCiv II torrents. I'm not sure whether what they did was illegal or not, but it's troubling nevertheless and was totally unnecessary.'"

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