Wednesday, February 24, 2016

IT News Head Lines (Tech Report) 25/02/2016





Hackers compromise Linux Mint Cinnamon ISO and forums
The leader of the Linux Mint project, one of the more popular Linux distributions for the desktop, has revealed the project's website was attacked. In two separate posts to the project's blog, ISO for Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon edition and a stolen forums database.
The linuxmint.com domain remained down until earlier today, and now the blog.linuxmint.com subdomain isn't responding. ...
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Play Tennis Day Shortbread
The Starting Five
  1. Reuters: U.S. government, Apple take

    encryption case to court of public opinion
  2. The Motley Fool: Intel Corp. confirms first

    10-nanometer product on track for 2017 introduction
  3. VideoCardz: AMD Radeon 400 series leaks and rumors

    and AMD Radeon M400 series to be released in April
  4. Android Police: Cyanogen launches a new MOD

    platform
    for deeper integration of apps in Android
  5. VideoCardz: Microsoft feared XBLA would

    "completely destroy the console industry"
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Lenovo's new convertible laptops are portable and flexible
Balancing mobility and utility can be difficult. At Mobile World Congress this weekend, Lenovo revealed the Yoga 710 and Yoga 510 laptops and a 2-in-1 detachable Miix tablet. All of these machines can be used as a laptop or tablet, but each one emphasizes different qualities of that combination.
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MSI Cubi 2 Plus PCs make the most of mini-STX mobos
A little while ago, Intel introduced its 5x5 motherboard standard, now called mini-STX. These mobos are even itty-bittier than Mini-ITX boards, measuring a mere 5" x 5". MSI is now taking advantage of that new standard for its Cubi 2 Plus lineup of mini PCs.
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Western Digital experiences a setback in its SanDisk acquisition
In the last few months, Western Digital has made moves to become a player in the SSD market. It acquired Skyera, a solid-state storage systems developer, before launching a $19 billion takeover of SanDisk. Today, despite some disappointing financial news, Western Digital affirmed its continued interest in acquiring SanDisk. Western Digital still expects that transaction to close sometime in the second quarter of 2016.
The disappointing news for Western Digital is that a proposed $3.775 billion equity investment from Unis Union has fallen through. After the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States announced that it would investigate the investment, Unis bowed out. That exit has triggered an alternate offer for SanDisk, ...
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Nvidia Shield TV update serves up Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Nvidia has released a software update for its Shield Android TV streaming box. Upgrade 3.0 brings an OS update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow and new external storage options. When we took the Shield for a spin last year, we noted that the ability to store apps on SD cards and USB drives was rather hit or miss. Considering the base model comes with 16GB of internal storage, owners could run up against a storage wall in a hurry. With this update, apps and games can now be encrypted and stored on SD cards and external USB drives. When plugged in, external storage should be seen as internal storage.
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Aerocool's Dream Box kit lets builders shape their own case
Construction kits never quite lose their cool. Today's Lego kits might not be as awesome as the ones I played with as a child, but they're still fun in a way that other kinds of toys aren't. Perhaps this is why Aerocool's new Dream Box DIY PC case construction kit caught my eye, even if it isn't the most convenient or practical way to build a system.
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