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Wired
Safe and Affordable Jetpack: Just $90,000
For years, man has been trying to build a jetpack which would be safe and cheap enough to use by anyone other than Lee Majors on the title sequence of The Fall Guy. It turns out we?ve been doing it wrong. Instead of starting with a pack and adding on the jet, we should have torn the giant engines from a plane and strapped them to some poor schmuck.
by Charlie Sorrel
9 Mar 2010 at 10:10am
Amazon Is Building a Better Browser for Kindle
Browsing the web on one of Amazon?s Kindle e-readers is like taking a step backwards in time. It?s clunky and has only limited support for web standards and bare-bones JavaScript capabilities. But now Amazon may be looking to add browser engineers to the Kindle team, according to the job listings on the company?s website.
by Michael Calore
9 Mar 2010 at 9:25am
Motorola's Backflip Will Make You Come Unhinged
Despite some of forward-thinking hardware, Moto's Backflip is crippled by a horrid Android skin. And there's only so much one can do with 3.1 inches.
by Terrence Russell
9 Mar 2010 at 7:00am
March 9, 1454: This Man Is a Continent ... or Two
Amerigo Vespucci is remembered in the names of two continents, not because he was first to visit them, but because he was first to realize that they were something new to Europeans.
by Randy Alfred
8 Mar 2010 at 11:00pm
Turn an FM Transmitter Into a Micro Pirate Radio
Seize the airwaves to fight corporate radio's preprogrammed junk. It all starts with a soldering iron and a cheapo FM transmitter.
by Mathew Honan
8 Mar 2010 at 7:00pm
Most Dangerous Object in the Office: Shocknife SK-2
There's no sharp point or edge, but the electrodes in the polycarbonate Shocknife deliver a stabbing 7,500 volts. Ouch. Kilo-ouch.
by Cameron Bird
8 Mar 2010 at 7:00pm
10 Perfect 'Snowicane' Cars, Picked by You
A few of them are completely impractical, and two of them don't actually exist, but damned if you didn't come up with a good list.
by Tony Borroz
8 Mar 2010 at 7:00pm
A Closer Look at Sony's New Skin for Android Phones
Sony's new user interface is designed as a skin that will go on top of the Android operating system and aggregate social networking feeds. Take a closer look at it how it compares to Motorola's MotoBlur and the HTC Sense.
by Priya Ganapati
8 Mar 2010 at 6:45pm
Meet the Winners of Webmonkey's Google I/O Giveaway
We're sending two talented monkeys to the Google I/O developer conference in May. We asked our readers to submit their web creations, and we picked the winners from the best of the submissions.
by Michael Calore
8 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm
Digital-Ad Spending May Eclipse Print This Year
Spending on digital advertising is poised to surpass print for the first time in 2010, according to a new study prepared even before the announcement of Apple?s iPad, with all of that hardware's game-changing potential. But another view is: So what? It?s bound to happen soon if not this year.
by Eliot Van Buskirk
8 Mar 2010 at 5:40pm
MacWorld News
Are Macs really cheaper to manage than PCs?
Does "I'm a Mac" mean "I'm less expensive to manage?" An Enterprise Desktop Alliance survey says Macs cost a lot less than PCs to manage.
by Tom Kaneshige
9 Mar 2010 at 9:35am
Chinese companies plan tablets amid iPad hype
Several Chinese companies have jumped on the tablet PC bandwagon as buyers await the sale of the iPad, possibly presaging wide imitation of the Apple device.
by Owen Fletcher
9 Mar 2010 at 9:18am
Review: Optoma PK102 pico projector
The tiny Optoma PK102 pico projector delivers vivid color images and handles stand-alone presentations via its built-in media player.
by Richard Jantz
9 Mar 2010 at 9:00am
iCalShare relaunched with even more calendars
iCalShare has been relaunched, and is even easier to use. The site provides more than 3,500 free calendars in 40 categories. The new search tool and interface are both improved in the latest incarnation.
by Ramu Nagappan
9 Mar 2010 at 8:45am
Review: FileMaker Pro 11 and FileMaker Pro Advanced 11
A year after the release of the FileMaker 10 database program, version 11 has arrived, with new tools and great new features that make it even easier to use.
by William Porter
9 Mar 2010 at 8:24am
Charts, productivity tools highlight FileMaker 11
FileMaker took the wraps off the latest version of its flagship database application, rolling out a major update to FileMaker Pro highlighted by new charting, reporting, and sharing tools.
by Philip Michaels
9 Mar 2010 at 8:00am
Bigpoint to unveil platform for MMO games on Mac, iPhone
Bigpoint plans to demo a platform for MMO games based on Unity, which will allow players to dynamically pick up and play the same game from the Mac or the iPhone.
by Nicholas Bonsack
9 Mar 2010 at 7:35am
Review: Runmeter and Cyclemeter for iPhone
Thanks to their ease of use, excellent post-workout reporting features, innovative sharing functions, and pleasing interface, Runmeter and Cyclemeter are among the best fitness apps you'll find for the iPhone.
by Mathew Honan
9 Mar 2010 at 7:12am
Sony to begin worldwide 3D TV launch in June
Sony will begin selling 3D TVs in Japan on June 10 and worldwide at about the same time, it said Tuesday.
by Martyn Williams
9 Mar 2010 at 6:50am
Review: Ricoh GXR digital camera
While the GXR sounds like good news for photographers looking for a high-quality shoot-from-the-hip camera for street and travel photography, getting set up doesn?t come cheap.
by Gavin Stoker
9 Mar 2010 at 6:30am
US CERT Technical Cyber Alert System Documents
SB10-067: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of March 1, 2010
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of March 1, 2010
SB10-060: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 22, 2010
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 22, 2010
TA10-055A: Malicious Activity Associated with "Aurora" Internet Explorer Expl...
Malicious Activity Associated with "Aurora" Internet Explorer Exploit
SB10-053: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 15, 2010
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 15, 2010
SB10-046: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 8, 2010
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 8, 2010
TA10-040A: Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities
Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities
SB10-040: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 1, 2010
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 1, 2010
TA10-021A: Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities
Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities
SB10-018: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 11, 2010
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 11, 2010
TA10-013A: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Vulnerabilities
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Vulnerabilities
Slashdot
HTC Android Phones Found With Malware Pre-Installed
Trailrunner7 writes "Security researchers have found that Vodafone, one of the world's larger wireless providers, is distributing some HTC phones with malware pre-installed on them. The phone, HTC's Magic, runs the Google Android mobile operating system, and is one of the more popular handsets right now. A researcher at Panda Software received one of the handsets recently, and upon attaching it to her PC, found that the phone was pre-loaded with the Mariposa bot client. Mariposa has been in t...
by Soulskill
9 Mar 2010 at 10:45am
Cybercrooks Surpassed Old School Bankrobbers In '09
krebsonsecurity writes "Organized cyber-criminal gangs stole $25 million in the 3rd quarter alone last year, by pilfering the online bank accounts of small to midsized businesses, the FDIC reported last week. In contrast, traditional bank robbers hauled just $9.4 million in 1,184 bank robberies during that same period, according to an analysis of FBI bank crime statistics by krebsonsecurity.com. From that story: 'The federal government sure publishes a lot more information about physical bank...
by Soulskill
9 Mar 2010 at 10:04am
European Parliament Declaring War Against ACTA
An anonymous reader writes "The European Parliament is preparing to take on ACTA. A joint resolution (DOC) has been tabled by the major EP parties that threatens to go to court unless things change. The EP is calling for public access to negotiation texts and rules out further confidential negotiations. Moreover, the EP wants a ban on imposing a three-strikes model, assurances that ACTA will not result in personal searches at the border, and an ACTA impact assessment on fundamental rights and...
by Soulskill
9 Mar 2010 at 9:23am
Apple's iPhone Developer License Agreement Revealed
nigham writes "The EFF is publicly disclosing a version of Apple's iPhone developer program license agreement. The highlights: you can't disclose the agreement itself (the EFF managed to get it via the Freedom of Information Act thanks to NASA's recent app), Apple reserves the right to kill your app at any time with no reason, and Apple's liability in any circumstance is limited to 50 bucks. There's also this gem: 'You will not, through use of the Apple Software, services or otherwise create ...
by Soulskill
9 Mar 2010 at 8:40am
US Immigration Bill May Bring a National Biometric ID Card
schwit1 sends this quote from the Wall Street Journal:
"Lawmakers working to craft a new comprehensive immigration bill have settled on a way to prevent employers from hiring illegal immigrants: a national biometric identification card all American workers would eventually be required to obtain. Under the potentially controversial plan still taking shape in the Senate, all legal US workers, including citizens and immigrants, would be issued an ID card with embedded information, such as finger...
by Soulskill
9 Mar 2010 at 7:56am
50% Efficiency Boost From New Fuel Injection System
chudnall notes a Technology Review story on a new gas engine injection system that promises increased efficiency of up to 50%. "The key is heating and pressurizing gasoline before injecting it into the combustion chamber, says Mike Rocke, Transonic's vice president of business development. This puts it into a supercritical state that allows for very fast and clean combustion, which in turn decreases the amount of fuel needed to propel a vehicle. The company also treats the gasoline with a cat...
by kdawson
9 Mar 2010 at 7:14am
Making Sense of CPU and GPU Model Numbers?
b4dc0d3r writes "How do you make sense of the various model numbers or naming schemes for CPUs, graphics cards, and the related chipsets? All I want is something that will run Oblivion and output full 1080 video to a TV. Last time I built my own computer I just went to Pricewatch, made a few easy choices, and everything came to my door. Do I really have to research the differences among Core i5, Core 2 Duo, Pentium 4, Pentium D, Semperon, Athlon, Phenom...? And that's just the processor. Is t...
by kdawson
9 Mar 2010 at 4:20am
NSA Still Ahead In Crypto, But Not By Much
Hugh Pickens writes "Network World summarizes an RSA Conference panel discussion in which former NSA technical director Brian Snow said that cryptographers for the NSA have been losing ground to their counterparts in universities and commercial security vendors for 20 years, but still maintain the upper hand in the sophistication of their crypto schemes and in their ability to decrypt. 'I do believe NSA is still ahead, but not by much — a handful of years,' says Snow. 'I think we've got the e...
by kdawson
9 Mar 2010 at 1:22am
Jobs Says No Tethering iPad To iPhone
tugfoigel writes "Anyone who currently owns an iPhone and was hoping they would be able to use it as a mobile Web access point for a Wi-Fi iPad just got some bad news. Reportedly, Steve Jobs has said this will not happen. Swedish blog Slashat.se claims they e-mailed Jobs directly to ask him whether or not you'd be able to tether your iPad and iPhone and received a terse 'No' in reply. According to the report, the email headers made it plausible that the reply had come from Jobs's iPhone."
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by kdawson
8 Mar 2010 at 10:31pm
Why Microsoft Can't Afford To Let Novell Die
geek4 sends in an analysis indicating that Microsoft may have the most to lose if hedge-fund operator Elliot buys Novell. (The eWeekEurope piece is based on a longer and geekier writeup by Andy Updegrove on how the mechanics of unsolicited tender offers can play out in the tech world.) To avoid meltdown or asset-stripping, Novell can try and find a preferred bidder — a company with some interest in running Novell as a business, and preferrably a tech company. Or another company may make a mov...
by kdawson
8 Mar 2010 at 8:37pm
Sophos Latest Virus Alerts
9 Mar 2010 Mal/EncPk-OA
9 Mar 2010 Mal/Oficla-A
9 Mar 2010 Mal/Taterf-B
9 Mar 2010 Mal/TDSSRt-B
9 Mar 2010 Troj/BHO-PL
9 Mar 2010 Troj/DwnLdr-IBN
9 Mar 2010 Troj/NtRootK-FS
9 Mar 2010 Troj/Smardf-Gen
9 Mar 2010 Troj/Tidola-Gen
9 Mar 2010 W32/BatMapi-Gen
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