Articles for August 2014
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3, The Huge "Phablet," Saves A Man's Life
by Pete Daniel
on 4 August 2014
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2121 views
When living in China, it looks like you need to carry your smart phone around as an alternative to full protection body armor. A man was shot with his Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 taking the brunt of the impact and the victim coming away mostly unscathed. ... Read more
Google Helps To Catch Sex Offender - Who's Next?
by Pete Daniel
on 4 August 2014
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1965 views
The fight against the use of the internet to further child exploitation and pedophiles being able to search for sites with child pornography took a turn towards protection today when a man in Houston was charged with possession of child pornography. ... Read more
New Google Drive Feature To See Quota Used for Services and Files
by Pete Daniel
on 4 August 2014
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3418 views
The Google Drive interface has been updated for their web app to allow a greater understanding of the Drive storage quota, what Google service data is taking up the most space (Gmail, Drive, Google+ Photos) and how much each file is using in storage. ... Read more
Microsoft To Release Windows 8.1 Update 2 on August 12
by Pete Daniel
on 4 August 2014
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1975 views
Reports are beginning to leak out ahead of an official Microsoft announcement that the second update to Windows 8.1 is going to be released on August 12. Multiple sources include ZDnet and others are suggesting that this as a likely scenario. ... Read more
Scientists Achieve Incredible Internet Speeds With Modern Tech Equipment
by Pete Daniel
on 4 August 2014
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1872 views
Clever Danish scientists have broken network transmission speed records. The team behind the record-breaking network speeds at the Technical University of Denmark (known as DTU) managed to create a network with transfer speeds of 1TB per second. ... Read more
A Major Exploit in USB Firmware Is An Undetectable, Unpatchable Nightmare
by Dan Vlasic
on 4 August 2014
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2926 views
Forget everything you know about USB security because re-formatting, antivirus, spyware, anti-keylogger suites are not functional against BadUSB, which taps into the USB firmware. ... Read more
Cyber Security Researchers Warn Consumers About the Inherent Dangers of USB Sharing
by Chris Thomas
on 3 August 2014
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1963 views
According to cyber security researches, all USB storage drives have an inherent flaw built into them. Any device that connects to a computer via USB can theoretically trick the computer into thinking it is another device entirely. ... Read more
Anonymous group hacks Israeli government websites under "Operation: Save Gaza"
by Gary Oldwood
on 2 August 2014
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The hacktivist group Anonymous has stepped into the Israel - Palestine war in its own way, by taking down Mossad’s official website (Mossad is the Israeli intelligence agency) among with several other Israeli government websites. ... Read more
Google Is Testing A Wikipedia-Driven Interactive Knowledge Graph For Historical Queries
by Dan Vlasic
on 2 August 2014
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2182 views
Florian Kiersch is a Google Chrome and web search enthusiast who has been working on this improvement codenamed Knowledge Graph tool, which is designed to generate historical timelines automatically tapping into Wikipedia content. ... Read more
Instagram Mimics Snapchat with New One Tap Photo App 'Bolt'
by Chris Thomas
on 2 August 2014
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2405 views
Instagram has released a new messenger app called Bolt to compete with Snapchat. The app is currently only available in South Africa, Singapore, and New Zealand. ... Read more
Cars Can Now Be Hacked – Latest Car Models Most Vulnerable to Attacks
by Chris Thomas
on 1 August 2014
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3188 views
With automobiles becoming increasingly dependent on computer components, the most sophisticated hackers could hypothetically find a loophole that lets them control a vehicle remotely. ... Read more
Google Overloaded with European 'Right to be Forgotten' Requests, Says Removal Isn't an Easy Process
by Chris Thomas
on 1 August 2014
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2225 views
Many European citizens are exercising their “right to be forgotten†by requesting that Google removes all traces of their online identity from internet existence by removing links to potentially information from the search engine's index. ... Read more
Icebergs Hit Pinterest. App Being Acquired By The Social Imagery Giant
by Pete Daniel
on 1 August 2014
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17119 views
In an acquisition that makes a good deal of sense, Pinterest the digital pinboard web site and app is acquiring the Icebergs app that runs on iOS mobile devices (with an Android version that was being worked on but a distance away from release). ... Read more
Firefox Beta for Android Getting Improved Home Page Customization
by Pete Daniel
on 1 August 2014
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2148 views
Firefox Beta for Android is receiving some improvements to help users modify their home screen to open favorite web sites faster. The latest Firefox Beta released on Google Play allows users to adjust the thumbnail grid of previous visited sites. ... Read more
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