Your trusted IT guy going rogue is no laughing matter...unless we are talking about this guy. And just to be clear, I didn't start laughing at the list of crap this guy pulled until I got to the porn server part. You investigate and find that not only is your software illegal, it was sold to you by a company secretly owned and operated by none other than your own IT systems administrator, a trusted employee for seven years. When you start digging into the admin's activities, you find a for-pay porn Web site he's been running on one of your corporate servers. Then you find that he's downloaded 400 customer credit card numbers from your e-commerce server. Comments
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Starbucks Starts Accepting Mobile Payments Nationwide
Mobile payments, the wave of the future? Nearly 6,800 company-operated Starbucks stores in the U.S. will begin accepting mobile payments Wednesday. Customers using the Starbucks Card Mobile app on their iPhone, iPod touch or BlackBerry will now be able to use those devices as tender. Comments
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Google Cleared To Offer Products to Iran
The Official Google Blog was updated today saying that the company has been cleared to offer its products to Iran. I'm sure the Iranian government is thrilled. Some of those export restrictions have now been lifted and today, for the first time, we're making Google Earth, Picasa and Chrome available for download in Iran. We're committed to full compliance with U.S. export controls and sanctions programs and, as a condition of our export licenses from the Treasury Department, we will continue to block IP addresses associated with the Iranian government. Comments
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Web-Controlled Shotguns Are Illegal
As many times as we've reported on these internet gun contraptions, you'd think people would know by now that shooting real guns over the internet is illegal in many states. Kind of a sweet set-up though. Thanks to [H] reader Benjamin S. for the link. Comments
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Work E-Mail Not Protected by Attorney-Client Privilege
A California court of appeals has ruled that you have no attorney-client privilege if you e-mail your lawyer from a work computer. I see where they are coming from but this explanation doesn't make sense at all, does it? [T]he e-mails sent via company computer under the circumstances of this case were akin to consulting her lawyer in her employer's conference room, in a loud voice, with the door open, so that any reasonable person would expect that their discussion of her complaints about her employer would be overheard," (.pdf) the court wrote. Comments
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Apple's Cook Calls CES Tablets 'Vapor'
I know most PC folks will be a little peeved reading Tim Cook's comments calling CES tablets "vapor" and bagging on Windows and Android devices but, like it or not, he does have a point when he says his company has a huge first mover advantage. The next generation of Android tablets, which is what you discussed primarily at CES - there's nothing shipping yet, and so I don't know," Cook concluded. "Generally they lack performance specs, they lack prices, they lack timing, and so today they're vapor. We'll assess them as they come out, wherever, but we're not sitting still, and we have a huge first mover advantage. Comments
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AMD Delivers the World's First and Only APU for Embedded Systems
AMD today announced immediate availability of the new AMD Embedded G-Series processor, the world's first and only Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) for embedded systems. The AMD Embedded G-Series, based on AMD Fusion technology, delivers a complete, full-featured embedded platform and incorporates the new low-power, x86 CPU based on the "Bobcat" core with a world-class DirectX® 11-capable GPU and parallel processing engine on a single piece of silicon. Comments
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Intel Names BBC Executive to Lead Digital Home Effort
Intel Corporation today announced that Erik Huggers will serve as corporate vice president and general manager of the company's Digital Home Group and become a member of Intel's Management Committee. Huggers is director of the BBC's Future Media & Technology division and serves as a member of the BBC's Executive Board. He replaces interim general manager Brad Daniels. Comments
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HBO Would Want Netflix to Charge $20 a Month
HBO has no plans to allow Netflix to stream its content. Why? HBO doesn't share and, this is where it gets good, Netflix would have to increase rates to $20 a month. Do what!?! "HBO believes in content exclusivity, especially for high-value content," says Jeff Cusson, the channel's senior vp corporate affairs. "That's our rationale for not selling streaming rights to a competing subscription service." While HBO licenses shows to such pay-as-you-go streaming services as iTunes and Amazon, it has "no intention of making its content available for streaming on Netflix," he adds. A high-placed Time Warner executive says that if Netflix expects to get a meaningful amount of HBO content, it would have to raise the price of its streaming-only service from $7.99 a month to $20 before the economics made sense. Comments
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One Handed Kinect FPS Hack
This one handed Kinect hack actually looks like something that FPS gamers might like. Supposedly it can be used with any game that uses a mouse, keyboard, joystick or gamepad. Would you use something like this? Comments
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HTML 5 Has A New Logo
The World Wide Web Consortium today unveiled a new logo for HTML5 that is already being printed and sold on hats, t-shirts and stickers. I am not kidding. With the logo, the W3C wants to promote the new Web technology--and itself. The Web is growing far beyond its roots of housing static Web sites and is transforming into a vehicle for entertainment and a foundation for online applications. The W3C hopes the logo--T-shirts and stickers with it already are on sale--will fuel excitement and interest in the refurbished Web. Comments
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This Is How You Design A Custom Case
What do you do when a retail "off the shelf" case doesn't suit your needs? If you are [H], you build your own case! Oh yea, and when I say build your own, I don't mean slap some aluminum, plastic and / or plywood together and call it good. I mean you design it, mock it up and then make it.
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Corsair H70 CPU Water Cooler Review
A review of Corsair's H70 CPU water cooler has been posted at Hardware Secrets this afternoon. If you want a low maintenance H20 setup, the H70 fits the bill nicely. You can see our evaluation here for comparison purposes. After reviewing several CPU air coolers, it is time we to test the top-shelf liquid cooling solution from Corsair: the H70. It is a complete sealed system, with easy installation and no maintenance. Let's see if it is really worthwhile picking this system over high-end air coolers. Comments
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ASUS EAH6870 DirectCU Video Card Review
ASUS debuts a customized Radeon HD 6870 in its DirectCU line of video cards. The EAH6870 DirectCU has a custom cooling solution, enhanced power circuitry, and a GPU frequency boost. We put it to the test against a reference Radeon HD 6870 and a GeForce GTX 470.
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AMD 6970/6950 CFX and NVIDIA 580/570 SLI Review
Ever wondered how the new Radeon HD 6970, Radeon HD 6950, GeForce GTX 580 and GeForce GTX 570 perform when paired up with a second card? We did, and we have evaluated all four combinations in AMD Eyefinity and NV Surround resolutions.
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Corsair SP2500 2.1 Speaker System Review
Corsair continues to expand its product line with products every year that are basic to the needs of the computer hardware enthusiast. After its recent foray into headsets, Corsair is entering the 2.1 speaker market with its SP2500 system.
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