Looks Like Lizard Squad was Busted Today
The group that claimed they were behind the DDoS attacks on several gaming platforms and networks appears to have been taken down. Just in time for you to work on your Season 1 Leapquake Crusader build in Diablo 3!
The DDoS attacks started back on 23 August and the situation got more serious when SOE's John Smedley's flight was diverted after a bomb threat. Attacks continued for a few more days with both Twitch and League of Legends being hit. There was also a threat of an attack of some kind during PAX during an AMA session.
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What are Hackers Thinking?
Seems like a week doesn't go by without news of a data breach, denial of service, or other "cyber-related" crime (yes, I hate the cyber moniker too). Security Watch anaylzes a survey conducted at Black Hat USA 2014 and shares an infographic that breaks down the responses.
Despite the advancement of cyber-attacks, over 99 percent of the hackers confirmed that simple hacking tactics like phishing are still effective. Just because an attack wreaks massive damage doesn't necessarily mean that it's advanced, or that the hacker has very sophisticated skills.
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Time Warner Cable Outage Caused by Human Error
Earlier this week, 11.4 million users of Time Warner Cable broadband service were knocked offline for a few hours. MIT Technology Review took a look at the incident and highlights the risk of monopolies and duopolies in the broadband market.
When just one or two companies own all the information networks in a region, the impact of any outage is increased, says James Cowie, chief scientist at Dyn, a company that provides Internet traffic management and performance assurance. "Right now, last-mile monopolies and duopolies are a significant source of risk in the American Internet, and it's not yet clear how to build around that," he says.
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Windows Live Messenger Signing Out After 15 Years
As a former MSN Messenger user, I'm pouring one out for the venerable service. The last bastion for the chat service was China and is finally being replaced there by Skype at the end of October.
A number of Chinese Windows Live users received emails from Microsoft on Thursday, Chinese newspapers reported, informing them of the planned closure. The emails told users they would get free Skype credit when they migrated over to the new service, the newspaper said.
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See How a Bugatti Veyron is Delivered
The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse costs around $3 million USD so you should expect that delivery would be more than signing a handful of docs and driving off the lot. Someone captured the delivery process in a video so you know what you could expect when you take delivery of yours.
With 1,200 horsepower, a top-speed of 255 mph, and a 0-60 time of less than 2.6 seconds, the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse is fantastic machine, and Bugatti and its dealers do everything they can to keep it that way en route from the factory to the owner's garage.
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Flickr Hosting Millions of Historic Images
The Internet Archive organization has been busy since the late 90's digitally preserving not only websites (the Wayback Machine is powered by this org), but also texts, audio, moving images, and software. The book images they've scanned over the years are being uploaded into Flickr as we speak, with over 2.6 million available and tagged for your browsing pleasure. Share some of your favorites via the Comments link, won't cha?
Kalev Leetaru has already uploaded 2.6 million pictures to Flickr, which are searchable thanks to tags that have been automatically added. The photos and drawings are sourced from more than 600 million library book pages scanned in by the Internet Archive organisation. "Most of the images that are in the books are not in any of the art galleries of the world - the original copies have long ago been lost." The pictures range from 1500 to 1922, when copyright restrictions kick in.
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HP Recalling 6 Million Power Cords
If you have or know someone with an HP or Compaq notebook or mini notebook computer, heads up. HP is recalling the LS-15 power cord due to fire concerns. They say there are about 5.6 million of the cords in the US and another 446K in Canada. Hit up HP's support site to get a replacement before you get burned.
The Palo Alto, California-based company has received 29 reports of cords overheating and melting or charring. There have been two claims of minor burns and 13 claims of minor property damage, the statement said. The computers and accessories were sold with the AC power cords at electronics stores, dealers, and online from September 2010 through June 2012 for about $500 to $1,500, the statement said.
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PAX Prime Kicks Off in Seattle
Penny Arcade Expo, aka PAX Prime, started Friday in Seattle. I'll be posting larger than normal Gaming [H]eadline roundups this weekend to keep up with the deluge of news. Here are a few things that happened yesterday:
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD and mature themes explored @ IGN
Dragon Age Keep official reveal @ YouTube
Super Meat Boy Forever announced @ CVG
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Haptic Feedback Gloves Teach Typing
Paging Mavis Beacon. An enterprising dad made some gloves using motors, transistors, and an Arduino Nano board to develop muscle memory and improve his son's touch typing. I prefer 'The Typing of the Dead' myself.
Far more difficult was convincing my son to practice with the new gizmo. He would do it for a while, and he reported that spending a few minutes getting his fingers vibrated indeed helped him to get the sequence of keystrokes right. But he was more inclined to play with the slider, trying to challenge himself to keep up with rapid-fire bursts of letters. Clearly, I had missed a critical concept in modern pedagogy: gamification.
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Nintendo unveils updated 3DS, 3DS XL Models
New 3DS and 3DS XL handhelds were announced by Nintendo on Friday. More than just a simple refresh, they have larger screens, more buttons, better battery life, and NFC tech built-in. Alas, it appears they won't hit US shores this year.
The new models launch in Japan on October 11, with the new 3DS priced 16,000 yen (around $154) and the new 3DS XL 18,800 yen ($181). The new 3DS XL will be available in Metallic Blue and Metallic Black, and the new 3DS in White and Black. A Nintendo press release notes: "As for the overseas markets, our local subsidiaries will separately confirm. However, there will be no U.S. and European launches this calendar year."
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Sony & Sprint to Bring Xperia Flagship Phone to US
In what appears to be epically bad timing, Sony is releasing the Xperia Z3 flagship phone on the Sprint network soon. However, this announcement will be at Berlin's IFA next week and will likely be lost in the Samsung announcement hoopla (Galaxy Note 4 anyone? ) . Also looming is a fruity phone announcement on 9/9.
"I can't see this making much of a difference," said Deutsche Bank analyst Yasuo Nakane of the Sprint deal, stressing the importance of a deal with a major carrier such as Verizon Communications Inc - along with AT&T Inc one of the top two U.S. carriers - to get critical mass in that market. Sony offers an Xperia tablet through Verizon. "Even if they put out a phone on Sprint, Verizon is the priority any way you think about it," Nakane said.
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JPMorgan Hack Spans Three Months
I've found Bloomberg to have very good sources related to security incidents and now they have detail on the unfolding JPMorgan Chase & Co breach. This hack reportedly spans three months and exposed gigabytes of information, including customer account data.
The intruders used multiple zero-day strategies -- so named because they let hackers take control of target computers by previously unknown methods, giving programmers zero time to develop a patch -- and placed layers of custom malware into the network, according to the people familiar with the probe. To JPMorgan's security staff, that suggested something more than than ordinary cybercrime, these people said.
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Sparks Fly as NASA Pushes the Limits of 3-D Printing Technology
NASA engineers pushed the limits of technology by designing a rocket engine injector --a highly complex part that sends propellant into the engine -- with design features that took advantage of 3-D printing. To make the parts, the design was entered into the 3-D printer's computer. The printer then built each part by layering metal powder and fusing it together with a laser, a process known as selective laser melting.
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Intel Haswell-E Core i7-5960X CPU & X99 Chipset
There are many members of the "1366 X58 Enthusiast Overclockers Club" that have been waiting with bated breath for Intel's launch of the new X99 Express Chipset and new family of Core i7 Haswell-E processors. All this new hardware comes bundled with brand new DDR4 RAM technology packing huge bandwidth as well.
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SilverStone SFX SX600-G 600W Power Supply Review
With many people looking for a smaller enthusiast computer system footprint, the size of a power supply gets very important. With SFF motherboards getting better for overclocking, many folks are looking for higher PSU powers for overclocking. SilverStone brings an SFX form factor 600 watt capable pint-sized PSU.
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