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Garden fertilised by Twitter output wins Gold at Chelsea

Larger than the hashtag of my aunt A garden conceived by an alliance of trick-cyclists, architects and professors of "social computing" - and enabled by the wondrous power of Twitter - has won a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show.… Read More | View Original Article

c't Hardware Hacks 02/13 jetzt im Handel

Ab jetzt können Sie die neue Hardware Hacks im Zeitschriften-Handel kaufen: 164 Seiten mit Anleitungen, Tests und Projekten aus vielen Bereichen des DIY. Dabei sind unter anderem 3D-Scanner, Raspberry Pi, Siebdruck und frisierte Bobbycars. Read More | View Original Article

Aurora attack tried to pinch secret list of Chinese spies

Oops...looks like another US intelligence FAIL The Chinese hackers involved in the Operation Aurora attacks revealed by Google in 2010 may have accessed top secret information on US surveillance targets in the country including suspected foreign spies and terrorists, it has emerged.… Read More | View Original Article

LulzSec-medlemme får op til 2 år og 8 måneders fængsel

I april erklærede det sidste medlem af den 4-mandsgruppe af LulzSec-medlemmer, som tæller Ryan Ackroyd, Jake Davis, Mustafa Al-Bassam og Ryan Cleary, sig skyldig i kriminel hacking. De fire medlemmer antages at stå bag flere angreb på Sony, Nintendo og Twentieth Century Fox. Dog erklærede de sig "kun" skyldig i at havde hacket Pentagon, CIA og DreamHost.... Read More | View Original Article

Internet of Things: Derfor vil alt ændre sig nu

Efter at have talt om Internet of Things i årevis, er det nu tid til at udnytte den verden af muligheder, der opstår, når milliarder af enheder kobles trådløst til internettet. Read More | View Original Article

Facebook : outil collaboratif numéro 1 dans l'entreprise ?

Selon une étude mondiale réalisée par Avanade, fournisseur de solutions technologiques d'entreprise, Facebook serait le premier outil collaboratif utilisé dans l'entreprise. Le réseau social grand public devancerait dans les usages Twitter et LinkedIn, reléguant loin derrière les outils dédiés au monde professionnel comme Microsoft Read More | View Original Article

Microsoft talks about Xbox One’s internals, while disclosing nothing

The Xbox One is full of technology and after its big reveal, Microsoft talked a little about what's going into the console, giving some tidbits of info about what makes it tick. Read More | View Original Article

Studie: Smartphones im Büro bremsen alles aus

Die wachsende Mobilität der Mitarbeiter bringt die nicht-mobile IT im Backend an ihre Grenzen. Oft bis hin zu dem Punkt, da ganze Teams nicht mehr im Netzwerk arbeiten können. Und das gilt für die 5-Mann-Firma ebenso wie für den Konzern. Read More | View Original Article

Congressional Report: US Power Grid Highly Vulnerable To Cyberattack

An anonymous reader writes "Despite warnings that a cyberattack could cripple the nation's power supply, a U.S. Congressional report (PDF) finds that power companies' efforts to protect the power grid are insufficient. Attacks are apparently commonplace, with one utility claiming they fight off some 10,000 attempted attacks every month. The report also found that while most power companies are complying with mandatory standards for protection, few do much else above and beyond that to protect the grid. Read More | View Original Article

Embedded systems vendors careless says Metasploit author HD Moore

'You can probably own five percent of the Internet without even blinking' AusCERT 2013  One of the reasons we can't have nice things like a secure Internet is that vendors of consumer kit can't be bothered.… Read More | View Original Article

Handbrake - gratis ripping av DVD og Blu-ray

Etterspurt funksjon endelig på plass. Handbrake har i mange år vært blant de aller beste programmene for ripping av Blu-ray og DVD-filmer til MP4- og MKV-filer. Programmet er gratis, og finnes i versjoner for både Windows, Linux og MacOs. Dette er et svært avansert verktøy som byr på meget god kvalitet på det rippede materialet. Ja, etter vår mening er det faktisk det aller beste programmet til formålet. Det har imidlertid ikke innebygd støtte for dekryptering av innhold. Read More | View Original Article

Le client SkyDrive Pro pour Windows disponible au téléchargement

L'application de synchronisation cliente SkyDrive Pro est désormais disponible au téléchargement pour les entreprises clientes de Sharepoint 2013 et SharePoint Online pour Office 365. SkyDrive Pro est la version professionnelle du service de travail collaboratif de Microsoft, qui permet de stocker et partager des fichiers en ligne ou sur le serveur SharePoint de Read More | View Original Article

Kraftbolag i USA utsätts för dagliga cyberattacker

En ny rapport visar att flera amerikanska kraftbolag utsätts för olika typer av cyberattacker varje dag. Read More | View Original Article

Jive's Producteev task management app now free for unlimited users

Jive Software has eliminated the limit on the number of people who can use its social task management application Producteev for free within a company. read more Read More | View Original Article

Jive's Producteev task management app now free for unlimited users

Jive Software has eliminated the limit on the number of people who can use its social task management application Producteev for free within a company. Read More | View Original Article

40 Gbps wireless designed to complement fibre rollouts

Wildly fast on the 240 GHz band It won't make fibre optic networking obsolete anytime soon, but it's still an impressive achievement: German researchers have demonstrated a one-kilometre point-to-point wireless transmission at 40 Gbps.… Read More | View Original Article

Google Chrome 27 Is Out: 5% Faster Page Loads

An anonymous reader writes "Google on Tuesday released Chrome version 27 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The new version features a big boost to page loads (now 5 percent faster on average) as well as significant updates for developers. The speed improvement is thanks to the introduction of 'smarter behind-the-scenes resource scheduling,' according to Google. Read More | View Original Article

Anonymous threat shutters Gitmo WiFi

Legal black hole becomes internet black hole Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, the enclave of Cuban territory leased by the US government, has switched off its WiFi service and cut access to social networks for fear of attack by Anonymous.… Read More | View Original Article

Dev writes comments as limericks and other coding secrets

Coders confess their crimes, like the spam-bots they write in spare moments An anonymous developer has admitted to writing comments in code as limericks.… Read More | View Original Article

Un exemplaire du premier Harry Potter adjugé pour 176.000 euros

Un exemplaire du premier tome de la série des Harry Potter, "Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers", annoté par l'auteur J.K. Rowling, a été adjugé pour la somme de 150.000 livres (176.000 euros) lors d'une vente de charité à Londres, a annoncé mardi la maison de vente aux enchères Sotheby's. Read More | View Original Article

This is cool: Qualcomm shows off its Mirasol display

Engadget There have been rumors of Qualcomm's MEMS-based Mirasol display for years now. Once advertised as the "future" of e-reader displays, the company is now showcasing its proofs-of-concept. Engadget snagged a preview of both a 5.2-inch panel display with a 2,560 x 1,440 resolution and 577 ppi embedded into the chassis of a common smartphone body, as well as 1.5-inch panel on what looks like a smartwatch. Read More | View Original Article

Special Ops Takes Its Manhunts Into Space

Wired reports on a cluster of mini-satellites that will soon be launched into orbit that will assist U.S. special forces personnel during manhunts. "SOCOM is putting eight miniature communications satellites, each about the size of a water jug, on top of the Minotaur rocket that's getting ready to launch from Wallops Island, Virginia. Read More | View Original Article

Broadcom’s CTO on Ethernet’s six key directions

As the industry celebrates the 40th anniversary of Ethernet, Broadcom CTO Henry Samueli talks about six directions in which it is heading. Read More | View Original Article

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Opera rewrite comes to Android

Fat lady singing Norway's gift to the world of technology, the Opera browser, is now available for Android in an entirely new version.… Read More | View Original Article

Hands-on (and on camera) with Xbox One’s new controller and Kinect

REDMOND, WA—The schedule for today's Xbox event on Microsoft's Redmond campus included time for what was billed as a half-hour "interactive experience." That experience unfortunately did not include a chance to sample any actual gameplay running on Xbox One hardware, but it did include an opportunity to get some time with the new Xbox One handheld controller and revamped Kinect camera. Read More | View Original Article

Does Yahoo's 1TB of Flickr storage signal bigger cloud plans?

With Flickr now offering users 1TB of free photo storage, Yahoo may just be getting started when it comes to cloud storage. read more Read More | View Original Article

Airbnb runs afoul of New York law

An Airbnb host was fined $2400 for violating a New York state law barring short-term apartment rentals in large buildings. read more Read More | View Original Article

T-Mobile wins 3G shootout, Sprint and Verizon speeds fade

On the strength of high speeds in East Coast cities, T-Mobile 3G showed the highest 20-city average in our study. read more Read More | View Original Article

U.S. power companies under frequent cyberattack

A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyberattacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid supplying more than 300 million people, according to a congressional report. read more Read More | View Original Article