Potential For Digital Pearl Harbor Is Real
A former FBI "cyberexpert" says that the potential for a digital Pearl Harbor is real. Thankfully this guy is now working for a company that can help save us all!
One of the challenges of highlighting this threat with the general public is they often don't see the physical ramifications of these types of attacks. When data is exfiltrated, it's gone but it's also still physically there. The adversary has it but when you open up your folders you see it there, so it doesn't seem real. When people talk about a "digital Pearl Harbor" they are talking about physical ramifications that are really going to get people's attention.
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Oracle vs. Google Day 3
It is the end of day #3 in the Oracle vs. Google case. Normally we aren't big on following lawsuits but this case is actually far more interesting than I thought it was going to be.
Google acknowledges using Java to develop Android and Page today confirmed that Google didn't take a Java license. Google says its use was fair and legal and Google engineers wrote original code for Android. Google rejected a proposal by Sun in 2006 that the search engine company pay $100 million for a three-year technology partnership to build Android jointly, Google's lawyers said in the case last year.
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Hantol PSU Contain Fake PFC Made of Cement
Heads up, it looks like fake components are making the rounds again. This time around the folks at Hardware Secrets found cement in a PSU purchased for review. Hit the link for the full details.
This was done to deceive users in two ways. First, people may assume that this unit has a passive PFC circuit, which is not the case. Second, with a piece of cement inside the unit, it is heavier, and a lot of users when buying entry-level power supplies tend to assume that heavier models are better, as they have more components and bigger heatsinks.
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Heavy Drinking Improves Exam Grades
Great news! A new study suggests that heavy drinking actually improves exam grades! Now for the bad news...apparently this only applies to water.
Students who take water into the examination hall may improve their grades, a study of 447 people found. Controlling for ability from previous coursework results, researchers found those with water scored an average of 5% higher than those without.
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IKEA Announces Furniture With Built-In Smart TV
If you could chose your own TV, this thing would be so much better. Thanks to Jon855 for the link.
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Samuel Jackson In A Siri Commercial
How in the hell does Apple get Samuel Jackson in a Siri commercial and not have him ask how many motherf'ing snakes are on this motherf'ing plane? Total missed opportunity on that one.
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FSP AURUM PRO GOLD 1200 Power Supply
If solid performance and gold plated good looks are what you are looking for in a big-watt power supply, give our evaluation of the FSP AURUM PRO GOLD 1200 PSU a look. Trust me, it has lots of both.
"AURUM" means gold. So today we are showing you the "Gold Pro Gold" from FSP. That is a big name to stand behind. Once past the marketing though, the Aurum Pro Gold looks like a very solid and efficient single rail power supply for the enthusiast needing a heaping supply of wattage in a snazzy looking PSU.
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We Don't Need Game Publishers, Hardware Makers or Retailers
While we may not agree with everything this guy says, the idea that we can do without middlemen in the gaming industry is very, very true. It would be nice to see the entertainment industry as a whole (music and movies) go this route too.
While publishers, retailers and hardware makers might still be adding value, they are no longer required. Using the miracle of the internet, game creators can make videogames — good ones! — and sell them to game players without any involvement from traditional publishers, retailers or hardware makers. And when creators don't have to put their work through the gauntlet of middlemen, with everybody down the line taking their cut of the profits, they can sell those games much more cheaply.
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Yahoo! Is A Facebook API Molester
Heh...this ZDNet editor was molested by Yahoo.
Instead of the usual "Authorize" on the upper right you get for most Facebook-connected apps, you get a "Okay, Read Article" prompt. That's pretty scummy social engineering, because if the verbiage was "Authorize Yahoo" I might not have done it.
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Man Sues Ubisoft Over Assassin's Creed
This case should be interesting to follow. The case seems kinda weak and he probably doesn't stand a chance but, you never know, we've seen stranger things happen.
According to the Complaint, in Link, the Plaintiff's plot includes the conception and creation of a link device and process whereby ancestral memories can be accessed, recalled, relived, and re-experienced by the user. Link apparently further describes a bio-synchronizer. The Complaint further alleges that Assassin's Creed's "Animus" and "Animus 2.0" device and process, among other portions of the game, are infringements of Plaintiff's Link copyright.
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Zuckerberg Did $1B Instagram Deal On His Own
I understand that Zuckerberg founded the company and all but, if this story is true, how do you pull something like this off without consulting the bank or your board? Petty cash purchase?
During three days of quiet negotiations, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg halved Kevin Systrom's asking price -- all without involving bankers or his own board of directors, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. In fact, Zuckerberg, who controls roughly 57 percent of the company's voting rights, had pretty much closed the deal with Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom before even informing the board of the acquisition.
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Violent Video Games Quote of the Day
Somebody give the author of this article a cigar. It is hard to believe this much common sense is coming from a mainstream media outlet.
When horrible things happen, we look for simple answers, for easy rationalizations — ways to essentially say, Oh, this is why so-and-so did such-and-such. We want the "why" right now, when the spotlight's on. We want the dots connected, and we want them to correspond with our suspicions about new, ultra-popular activities, like dancing to jazz music in the 1920s, or reading comics in the 1950s, or listening to rock 'n' roll in the 1960s, or playing Dungeons & Dragons in the 1980s — or playing violent video games pretty much from the 1990s on.
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Titan Fenrir Siberia Heatpipe HSF
FrostyTech has the half horizontal / half vertical Titan Fenrir Siberia TTC-NC55TZRB heatpipe HSF on the test bench today. How well does that unusual design work? Here's a quote from the review:
The general idea is that exhaust air from the horizontal fin stack (above) can be put to use cooling board mounted devices adjacent to the CPU socket. Items like the motherboard VRM, MOSFETs and memory modules get little to no dedicated cooling, so this aspect of the Titan Siberia heatsink is handy for keeping these passively cooled component from overheating.
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FSP AURUM PRO GOLD 1200 Power Supply Review
"AURUM" means gold. So today we are showing you the "Gold Pro Gold" from FSP. That is a big name to stand behind. Once past the marketing though, the Aurum Pro Gold looks like a very solid and efficient single rail power supply for the enthusiast needing a heaping supply of wattage in a snazzy looking PSU.
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