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Submission + - Microsoft download potentially private/sensitive files due to SmartScreen filter (blogspot.co.uk) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Internet Explorer's SmartScreen filter phones home to Microsoft with information about files a user has downloaded, not only do they have the file name but a short time afterwards they download three copies of the file to MSN servers! Security researchers from the UK have updated research information from 2011 testing IE's SmartScreen filter on IE10 and believe that this is a major invasion of privacy.
Google

Submission + - Microsoft Sends DMCA Notices To Legitimate Websites

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: In the past couple of days, a bunch of technology sites received a DMCA takedown notice from Microsoft (through Google). NGOHQ and PowerArchiver for hosting screenshot(s) of Windows 8 RTM while their forum users were criticizing the new Metro UI. BetaNews received a notice for posting a link to the Windows 8 Developer Preview.

Submission + - Best use for an old smartphone?

Submitted by zaba
zaba writes: Ask Slashdot:
The original iPhone was a dream come true for me. Phone, camera, mp3 player and data all in one device. It had more cpu and memory than my first computer!

Several generations of smartphones later, my wife and I have some random smartphones (some iPhone, some Android) lying around. Between privacy concerns, bad batteries, etc. these phones are not worthy of donation.

So, I ask you, Slashdot readers, have you done anything fun with an old smartphone? Any suggestions/ideas?
Security

Submission + - After Hacker Exposes Hotel Lock Insecurity, Lock Firm Asks Hotels To Pay For Fix (forbes.com)

Submitted by Sparrowvsrevolution
Sparrowvsrevolution writes: In an update to an earlier story on Slashdot, hotel lock company Onity is now offering a hardware fix for the millions of hotel keycard locks that hacker Cody Brocious demonstrated at Black Hat were vulnerable to being opened by a sub-$50 Arduino device. Unfortunately, Onity wants the hotels who already bought the company's insecure product to pay for the fix.

Onity is actually offering two different mitigations: The first is a plug that blocks the port that Brocious used to gain access to the locks' data, as well as more-obscure Torx screws to prevent intruders from opening the lock's case and removing the plug. That band-aid style fix is free. A second, more rigorous fix requires changing the locks' circuit boards manually. In that case, Onity is offering "special pricing programs" for the new circuit boards customers need to secure their doors, and requiring them to also pay the shipping and labor costs.
Movies

Submission + - Glasses-Free 3D A Possibility for Commercial Theaters...May Even Be Cheaper (themoviepool.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Despite how many people feel on the issue, it doesn't look like 3D movies are going away any time soon. One of my key issues with the format (besides it not being used optimally) has to deal with the glasses you have to wear in order to watch. I wear normal glasses (shocking this day and age, I know) so every 3D movie forces me to put glasses over my glasses, resulting in an awkward and often uncomfortable experience. One research group thinks it can rectify that problem with glasses-free 3D display technology designed for commercial theaters.
Be

Submission + - Be OS Moves forward? (macworld.com) 1

Submitted by AgNO3
AgNO3 writes: While this moves forward it seems to me that this would have been a great Phone OS for the current hardware we have in phones.
Games

Submission + - First shots fired in graphics price war (techreport.com)

Submitted by
crookedvulture
crookedvulture writes: "Looks like the first shots have been fired in a PC graphics price war. Last week, Nvidia introduced the new GeForce GTX 660 Ti at $299, largely matching the performance of AMD's incumbent Radeon HD 7950 for 50 bucks less. Today, AMD announced price cuts for its mid-range Radeon lineup, including a $30 discount on the 7950. The Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition will drop from $249 to $199, and the 7850 from $209 to $189. The two graphics giants also have warring game bundles. The GeForce GTX 660 Ti comes with a download code for Borderlands 2, while the Radeon HD 7800 series will start including one for Sleeping Dogs. With the usual torrent of holiday game releases due in next few months, it's nice to see strong competition delivering better deals for consumers. If only the CPU market was as competitive. Intel has managed to hold prices largely steady through two generations of desktop processors."

Submission + - Asexuals: A Growing Population?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: About 1 percent, or 70 million, of people worldwide belong to what researchers are now calling the 'fourth sexual orientation,' a small but often misunderstood and often overlooked group of 'asexual' men and women who feel absolutely no sexual attraction to other people.
Graphics

Submission + - Introducing the brand new OpenGL ES 3.0 (imgtec.com)

Submitted by
ImaginationPR
ImaginationPR writes: "Five years after revealing OpenGL ES 2.0 to the world, the Khronos Groups has recently published the brand new OpenGL ES 3.0 specification. Aimed to be backwards compatible with the previous version, this iteration will enable developers to add more features to graphics applications. Imagination have been one of the key members of the Khronos Group, having worked closely with them to make sure that the new version has all the features needed for PowerVR Series6 ‘Rogue’, the next generation of high performance GPUs."
Google

Submission + - Google Seeks U.S. Ban on iPhones, iPads, Macs 1

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: Following up on an announcement that it would rid itself of 4,000 employees world-wide and renege on a deal with the State of Illinois, Google’s Motorola Mobility unit said it has filed a new patent-infringement case against Apple, which seeks a ban on U.S. imports of devices including the iPhone, iPad and Mac computers. 'Apple’s unwillingness to work out a license leaves us little choice but to defend ourselves and our engineers' innovations,' Motorola Mobility said in an e-mailed statement. All of this doing-no-evil may have taken its toll on Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who traded in some GOOG stock for a little walking-around-money and reportedly jetted off to Fiji on their very own 767 for a little R&R with friends and family on a superyacht.
GNOME

Submission + - Why GNOME Needs To Think Big (itworld.com)

Submitted by
jfruh
jfruh writes: "The GNOME project as it exists today is the result of a big dream: To create a free GUI desktop that would match Windows and the Mac. Having achieved that amibtion, though, the project has been somewhat rudderless; as open source advocate Brian Proffitt points out, 'make it better' is not a goal. He thinks GNOME needs much bigger ambitions if it wants to stay relevant. What do you think GNOME should aim for next?"
Android

Submission + - The word "ToDo" has been trademarked ! (bgr.com)

Submitted by Taco Cowboy
Taco Cowboy writes: An iOS app developer is threatening to sue an Android app developer over the word "ToDo"

Apparently, according to the iOS app developer, he "owns the trademark for the word “ToDo”"

As if the patent trolls haven't given us enough headaches, now we have trademark trolls
Games

Submission + - Hey PS2 Fans, PCSX2 1.0 Is Out

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: After over a decade of development, version 1.0 of PCSX2, an open-source PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator, has finally been made available for Windows and Linux. The first version (0.026) was released on March 23, 2002. That's more than 10 years ago. Version 1.0.0 (r5350) was released on August 3, 2012.
Advertising

Submission + - Australian rules Facebook pages responsible for comments (google.com.au) 1

Submitted by jibjibjib
jibjibjib writes: The Australian reports that brands in Australia could be forced to abandon their social media campaigns, after the Advertising Standards Bureau ruled that they were responsible for comments posted on their pages. According to the article, the ASB is poised to release a report attacking Carlton & United Breweries for derogatory comments posted on one of their official Facebook pages, despite CUB monitoring and removing those comments twice daily. Legal expert John Swinson commented on the decision, saying "You simply can no longer have two-way conversations with your customers."

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