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RIM gets licensing deal with Dolby, ends BlackBerry lawsuits
RIM put an end to Dolby's lawsuits over audio Monday by negotiating a patent licensing deal. BlackBerry phones and the PlayBook tablet will now have a license to use Dolby's mobile-friendly HE AAC audio format. Neither side said how much the deal costs, although RIM had quietly obtained the license on August 4....
electronista.com | 12-Sep-2011 19:05
Scientists build WiFi hunter-killer drone and call it SkyNET... Viene Tormenta!
You'd think scientists would proscribe certain names for their inventions -- you wouldn't be taken seriously if your supercomputer was called HAL 9000, WOPR or Proteus IV would you? Well, a team from the Stevens Institute of Technology isn't listening, because it's developing an aerial drone and calling it SkyNET. A Linux box, strapped to a Parrot A.R. Drone, can fly within range of your home wireless network and electronically attack it from the air. Whilst internet-only attacks are traceable to some extent, drone attacks are difficult to detect until it's too late -- you'd have to catch it in the act and chase it off with a long-handled pitchfork, or something. The team is working on refining the technology to make it cheaper than the $600 it currently costs and advise that people toughen up their domestic wireless security. We advise they stop pushing us ever closer towards the Robopocalypse.
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Facebook to delete prison inmates' active accounts
Social-networking giant is working with prison officials to prevent inmates from using their user accounts to deliver threats or unwanted sexual advances.
digg.com | 10-Aug-2011 06:10
Teenage Hacker Breaks Into Norway Shooter's Email
Hackers have reportedly broken into Norway shooter Anders Behring Breivik's email account and turned the contents over to police in an effort to help their investigation.
digg.com | 10-Aug-2011 02:17
Anti-Piracy Lawyers Accuse Blind Man of Downloading Porn
As the mass-lawsuits against BitTorrent users in the United States drag on, detail on the collateral damage this extortion-like scheme is costing becomes clear. It is likely that thousands of people have been wrongfully accused of sharing copyrighted material, yet they see no other option than to pay up. One of the cases that stands out is that of a Californian man who's incapable of watching the adult film he is accused of sharing because he is legally blind.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 23:54
Students Love Technology: Infographic
Is the idea that students love technology surprising? No, but this infographic sheds a little light on this gadget-addicted generation.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 23:15
Hacker group vows to 'kill Facebook'
Apparently, "Anonymous" won't be accepting your friend request.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 22:01
Google+, the Mac App
Sully Taylor, Creative Director for Teens in Tech Labs and Founder & CEO at Sully Creative, has released a Google+ application for Mac users. The app is a very simple one, however. "Just a ported browser," he says, "not a native app." Yes, we know that you can use Fluid.app to do pretty much the same thing - that is, if you prefer to do the work yourself. But Taylor says Fluid won't be robust enough for what he plans to do with the app in the next week. Oh, really?
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 21:29
Android and iOS both fail, but Android fails better
How well a system works is only half the picture: the other half is how badly it fails
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 21:28
Raid on Russian firm explains the demise of Mac Defender malware
Mac Defender was a piece of malware that came in with a bang and curiously disappeared just as quickly
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 20:18
Facebook's New Green HQ Designed to Attract Employees
In the competive Silicon Valley culture, Facebook is working very hard to make sure it has the first pick of the best talent. Part of that strategy is a new green HQ, energy-efficient and very comfortable for occupants.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 20:16
Privacy Groups Protest Massive DHS Database of Secret Watchlists
Homeland Security plans to operate a massive new database of names, photos, birthdays and biometrics called Watchlist Service, duplicated from the FBI's Terrorist Screening Database which has proven not to be accurate many times in the past. DHS wants to exempt the Watchlist Service from Privacy Act provisions, meaning you will never know if you are wrongfully listed. Privacy groups worried about inaccurate info and mission creep have filed a protest, arguing the Privacy Act says DHS must notify subject of government surveillance.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 19:03
Bit.ly Buys Social Media Publishing Tool Twitterfeed
The web's dominant URL shortener has acquired social publishing tool Twitterfeed.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 18:47
Looking Beyond: 3 Technology Trends Your Company Can't Ignore
As someone who has been accurately predicting the future of technology for over 25 years, I urge all leaders to focus on the following three emerging trends that will reshape the business landscape as we know it.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 18:46
THE DVD IS DEAD: Here's How To Carry Around Your Entire Movie Collection In Your Pocket
The best pocket-sized Wi-Fi hard drives for bringing all your media with you.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 18:18
Rioters' phones could help police
Police may be able to use rioters' mobile phone information to help convict them, say legal experts.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 18:13
VIDEO: Chrome OS For Tablets Caught On Film
Google’s Chrome OS was originally designed as a lightweight operating system for devices such as netbooks, which have a constant internet connection. The search giant already has Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) and will soon offer Android Ice Cream Sandwich for tablets but apparently that hasn’t stopped Google from optimizing a version of Chrome OS for use on slates.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 17:32
Today, Aug. 9, 1995: When the Future Looked Bright for Netscape..But now?
1995: Netscape Communications stages a successful initial public offering, making it one of the first companies to capitalize on the growing World Wide...But what happened after is history...
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 17:20
Apple’s iPad is Eating Notebooks for Lunch
The influence of Apple’s iPad on mobile computing is made fairly obvious by the huge numbers of competitor products that we’ve seen from just about every mobile and computer company under the sun, but a new report from Deutsche Bank makes it even more apparent.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 17:10
Freezing the Fluid Emotions of Dance
This was how Clive Barnes, then the dance critic for The New York Times, summed up the conviction that motivated Martha Graham, when he wrote an appreciation of her work in 1965. The essay was illustrated by a Sam Falk.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 17:07
Evolution Of Tablets: From 1968 To Date
From our caveman days to the present, how the tablet—and we—have evolved.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 17:02
Toshiba Releases Glasses-Free 3D Laptop To Much Rejoicing
The Qosmio F755 3D laptop is now available for those who wish to live in the 2D world but – and only occasionally – may also want to view things in 3D. The laptop uses a “15.6-inch diagonal full HD TruBrite® display with Active Lens” to display both 2D and 3D images (sample shown here may not represent actual display, your results may vary, consult a doctor before playing 3D games, 3D gaming could cause headaches, nausea, a feeling that 3D is BS, the croup, accidental ingestion of your wedding ring, dance, Gary Oldman’s Disease, vestigial tail growth).
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 17:01
Nokia: the N9 Isn't Coming to America
Cellphones, Mobile Handsets Nokia: the N9 isn't coming to America By Darren Murph posted Aug 9th 2011 10:30AM If you've been eagerly awaiting September 23rd so you can grab your very own Nokia N9 in America, the company's first (and last) MeeGo smartphone may not be shipping in your region after all.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 16:59
Cryptocat Creates a Private, Encrypted Chatroom on Any Computer with a Web Browser
If you need to have an encrypted, private chat but don't have the tools handy to do so, you can just use Cryptocat. While anyone will be able to enter the chatroom if they know its name, nobody without your secret key will be able to see what you're saying.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 16:48
Government To Block Sharing Sites, But Music Biz Must Cut Prices
As the phenomena of blocking file-sharing sites continues to spread around the world, the government of Indonesia is tackling the issue from two directions. Alongside an announcement confirming that ISP blocks will be put in place against some of the most popular file-hosting services, record labels are also being told they need to reduce prices in order to deter piracy.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 16:19
The Camera That Goes to ONE MILLION FPS
Vision Research, with their Phantom line of high-speed video cameras, has kind of outdone themselves this time with the Phantom v1610. A MILLION FPS!?
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 16:00
Building A Mini AMD Fusion PC
AMD's new Fusion APU technology makes it easy to construct a small home PC that pack big media-processing power, but require only a minuscule amount of your green. Here's how you can build one.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 15:51
Digg Launches Real-Time “Newswire” Service:Innovative Method of Social News Curation
In what looks like an effort to advance the social discovery characteristic of Digg, the service has launched a new feature called the Newswire. “Newswire”, is a real time Top News section on Digg that enables users to be editors and help to opt the Top News instead of just reading it.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 11:13
IPad rivals have better chance in Europe: Forrester
Read 'IPad rivals have better chance in Europe: Forrester' on Yahoo! News. LONDON (Reuters) - Would-be rivals to Apple's iPad have more of a chance in Europe than they do in the United States, but they need to cut prices fast to grasp the opportunity, IT research firm Forrester said on Tuesday.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 09:18
Don’t Blame Facebook for Facial Recognition’s Creepiness
We all know Facebook is an easy privacy punching bag. The social network has a tendency to tinker with our personal data, and deservedly lands in hot water now and then with paranoid users, pundits and politicians.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 08:54
The Big Players in This New Era of Video Chatting (Graphic)
The Alive Web is something more than the static pages and events we're used to. The Alive Web is more interactive and immersive.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 03:10
Why every Android user needs this green app
Android cell phones are notoriously bad at battery drain. But recently I discovered the single app that has smartly and simply solved many of these battery life problems for me: the PowerMax Android app made by Volt-Up.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 01:54
Digg's New Newswire is a Radical Experiment in Social News
... added a highly customizable, real time Newswire. Want to see the freshest videos about technology that have been validated enough to get 10 or more Diggs but aren't so popular that they've been dugg more than 50 times? Text posts about business with more than 50 Diggs? Those kinds of views are now available.
digg.com | 09-Aug-2011 00:55
Watch LulzSec Strike Back At The Empire [Video]
Rebellious groups Anonymous and LulzSec have formed a hacktivist Voltron to strike back against international police efforts to arrest their members; they've hacked the police. It's a war, now. And we've developed a war-room style video of Lulzsec's history.
digg.com | 08-Aug-2011 23:11
DIY hacker drone: Home-made surveillance craft can launch airborne cyber attacks
The Wireless Aerial Surveillance Platform - or Wasp - was constructed from a former U.S. Army target drone by two computer security experts.
digg.com | 08-Aug-2011 22:37
This Sexy Coffee Gadget Probably Won’t Ever Exist
What is it? A laser cutter? A mod photo enlarger? A microscope? A tattoo remover? Nope, it’s a coffee maker, but an extremely svelte coffee maker. In fact, I imagine this little Nespresso-friendly caffeine inducer would look pretty sweet in your typical “ice hotel” or ad agency lobby.
digg.com | 08-Aug-2011 22:30
Man Lines Up Over A Month Early For The iPhone 5 (But Mostly For Attention)
Each time a new iPhone is set to hit the shelves, I get my pre-order in nice and early. Waiting in line is for chumps, right?
digg.com | 08-Aug-2011 22:08
Amazon’s New(ish) Social Network — Now Lifting Even More Info From Facebook, Twitter
Amazon’s “Public Notes” feature for Kindle has been available for months. So why did my following and follower counts rocket up overnight to five times what they had been?
digg.com | 08-Aug-2011 22:08
A Month With Google+ Shows Why This Social Network Has Legs
If you’re a stranger who follows me on Google+, you might think I rarely use the service. That’s because the majority of my posts have been limited to the seven circles I created for friends, acquaintances, family, Ars staffers, and other people I like to expose to various aspects of my personality. You had no idea? That’s exactly the point.
digg.com | 08-Aug-2011 22:05
Jailbroken Apple TV plays HTML5 Blackjack, iOS gambling rings can't be far behind
It was all the way back in October of 2010 that a few ingenious devs jailbroke the second gen Apple TV. Since then, we've seen a weather app, web browser, and finally a port of XBMC, but there hasn't been much progress getting apps up and running. Well, today's news doesn't bring us any closer to playing Cut the Rope on Apple's "hobby" but it does show that HTML5 is a viable option for getting games on the tiny media streamer. The fairly bare-bones Blackjack game isn't going to wow anyone with its graphical prowess or stun with a deep level of interactivity, but it's certainly a worthwhile proof of concept. While you wait for internet poker and online gambling to come to the little black box, check out the video after the break.
digg.com | 08-Aug-2011 22:02
Digg Launches ‘Newswire’ Showing User Buries for First Time
Digg users have already started to notice a new Beta feature called 'Newswire' that Digg announced on its blog this morning. 'Newswire', a real time Top News
digg.com | 08-Aug-2011 21:41
China may block access to Windows Phone Marketplace
The Chinese government might be blocking access to the Windows Phone Marketplace from smartphones, according to anecdotes.
digg.com | 08-Aug-2011 20:45
Sifting for Diamonds with the Digg Newswire
Today Digg is launching the Digg Newswire, which is a tool for discovering breaking stories on Digg and speeding them on their way to Top News.
digg.com | 08-Aug-2011 20:15
'Stone-Like' DVD Etches In Movies, Pics, Data To Last Forever
Start-up Millenniata is planning to introduce a new optical disc and player that etches bits of data into a stone-like material that it claims lasts forever and can be played on any moden DVD or Blu-ray player.
digg.com | 08-Aug-2011 20:06
The Long-Shot Rifle That Can Drop a Taliban Fighter from 1.5 Miles Away
1.54 miles. That's the world's longest recorded sniper strike. It's the distance at which British Corporal Craig Harrison eliminated a Taliban machine gun team in Afghanistan in 2009. This is the gun he used: the L115A3 rifle.
digg.com | 08-Aug-2011 19:05
Tech Can Identify Faces (and Social Security Numbers) in a Crowd
A new study from Carnegie Mellon can cross reference a person's face with currently available photos on the Web and find information, including their interests -- and in some cases their social security numbers.
digg.com | 08-Aug-2011 18:16