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Submission + - Man Attempts To Build Nuclear Reactor In His Home (geeksuper.com)

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autospa

on Wednesday August 03, 2011 @07:03AM

autospa writes: "A 31-year-old Sweden known as “Richard” got arrested by the Police in attempted to build a nuclear reactor in his kitchen. This happened when he calls the Swedish Radiation Authority to make sure that his nuclear reactor in a domestic kitchen is legal."

Submission + - MIT Unveils Sun-Free Photovoltaics (mit.edu)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28, 2011 @05:31PM

An anonymous reader writes: Researchers at MIT just unveiled a new solar power generator that doesn't need sunlight to function. The button-sized power generator can tap energy from heat, the sun’s rays, a hydrocarbon fuel, or a decaying radioisotope, and it can run three times longer than a lithium-ion battery of the same weight. It is hoped that the technology may one day be used to generate power for spacecraft on long-term missions where sunlight may not be available.

Submission + - Car Hacking Via SMS Is A Reality (geeksuper.com)

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autospa

on Thursday July 28, 2011 @05:19PM

autospa writes: "Security researchers Don Bailey and Mathew Solnik find a way to unlock cars and other vehicles via text messages. They used remote control and different telemetry systems to hack the car locking system by reversing the communication protocol and take a control over the GSM or CDMA mobile network servers using different text combinations send through the mobile, this technique is known as “war texting”. Common telemetry systems include MW Assist, GM OnStar, Ford Sync, and Hyundai Blue Link."

Submission + - Chinese Couple Sells All Three Kids to Play Online (abcnewsradioonline.com)

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autospa

on Wednesday July 27, 2011 @04:06AM

autospa writes: "A young Chinese couple has sold all three of their children in exchange for money to play online games at Internet cafes, reports a southern Chinese newspaper."

Submission + - Facebook iPad App Leaked (dailytech.com)

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autospa

on Monday July 25, 2011 @10:09AM

autospa writes: "Marvin Bernal, a Canadian engineering student and iOS enthusiast, discovered the iPad app hidden within the code of Facebook's iPhone app after Facebook released an update to its iPhone app. Version 3.4.4 had some fixes, but Bernal noticed the iPad app code almost immediately and tweeted it for everyone to see."

Submission + - Australian Parents Want Right To Snoop On Facebook (geeksuper.com)

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autospa

on Thursday July 21, 2011 @10:48AM

autospa writes: "Australia's attorneys-general meeting in Adelaide will consider whether laws should be introduced to allow parents access to their children's Facebook and MySpace accounts, allowing them to legally breach their privacy."

Submission + - Apple releases Mac OS X Lion (apple.com)

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steffann

on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @09:21AM

steffann writes: "The long anticipated Lion release of Mac OS X has just been released by Apple. It is only available through the App Store."

Submission + - FILM ADDS 3D TO ANY LCD SCREEN (diginfo.tv)

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autospa

on Saturday July 09, 2011 @10:05AM

autospa writes: "Japanese firm Global Wave recently debuted film sheets that bring 3D to any LCD screen. The sheets will be available for 12.1-inch, 21.5-inch and 23-inch monitors as well as for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, and the application is compatible with both Windows and iOS."

Submission + - iPad Typing Guinness Record By Eduard Saakashvili (geeksuper.com)

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autospa

on Wednesday July 06, 2011 @02:23PM

autospa writes: "Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's eldest son has broken the world record for the fastest typing on an iPad by typing A-Z in 5.26 seconds, which is 1.05 seconds faster than the previous record set by British Charlie Joseph McDonnel on 27th June 2010."

Submission + - Facebook Announces Video Calling, Powered By Skype

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 06, 2011 @01:43PM

An anonymous reader writes: As rumored and anticipated, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced video calling, powered by Skype. The company also revealed other chat improvements, including an option to see the friends you message most and group chat, and confirmed that it now has 750 million users.

Submission + - Google Blocks the 2-Years-Old Account Of A Kid (geeksuper.com)

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autospa

on Monday July 04, 2011 @10:17AM

autospa writes: "Most of the users already praising Google's new social networking service — Google+. The new Facebook competitor is in very much news from the start of this week, and the latest news we heard that Google blocks the account of 10-years-old boy named Alex because of his sign-up to Google+. The main reason of the blockage of Alex's account is his age, as Google doesn't allow you to have an account if you are younger than 13."

Submission + - Facebook Engineers Create Google+ Hack (geeksuper.com) 1

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autospa

on Saturday July 02, 2011 @05:07PM

autospa writes: "Google is facing some serious criticisms on the launch of Google+. In the latest response a team of Facebook Engineers created a Google+ inspired Facebook hack named as Circlehack. By login via Facebook to this hack, you can easily build Facebook Friend lists."

Submission + - Horrifying 700 Percent Slower Dial-Up Modem Sound (geeksuper.com)

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autospa

on Tuesday June 28, 2011 @06:37PM

autospa writes: "I remember the annoying sound of my dial-up modem while connecting to the internet, which was so slow that I can't even watch any video on the Youtube. But thanks to the broadband to find escape from those old days. Although that sound was annoying, but after slowed down the same sound of dial-up modem up to 700 percent made it the most scary sound I've ever heard."

Submission + - First Leaked Press Shots of Nokia N9 (geeksuper.com)

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autospa

on Monday June 20, 2011 @02:44PM

autospa writes: "The very first press shots of Nokia N9 have just leaked. From the shots, device looks very sleek and stylish with aluminum slider. Nokia N9 will be unveiled tomorrow at the CommunicAsia 2011 event in Singapore."

Comment Great (Score 1) 231

by autospa on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @12:31AM (#36432508) Attached to: Mac OS X Lion Has a Browser-Only Mode

I think it would be a great service for web freaks (like me), but I think this time Apple copied this stuff from Google Chrome OS.

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