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Submission + - HackRF, an open source SDR platform (kickstarter.com)

lipanitech writes: HackRF is an open source hardware project to build a Software Defined Radio (SDR) peripheral. SDR is the application of Digital Signal Processing to radio waveforms. It is similar to the software-based digital audio techniques that became popular a couple of decades ago. Just as a sound card in a computer digitizes audio waveforms, a software radio peripheral digitizes radio waveforms. It's like a very fast sound card with the speaker and microphone replaced by an antenna. A single software radio platform can be used to implement virtually any wireless technology (Bluetooth, ZigBee, cellular technologies, FM radio, etc.).

Submission + - Bad Piggies Android Malware Pulled From Google Play (pcmag.com)

lipanitech writes: The chances of you encountering Android malware on the Google Play are relatively slim, but that doesn't mean it's not out there. Yesterday, an app masquerading as the Angry Birds sequel Bad Piggies was yanked from the Google Play store. Security company F-Secure wrote yesterday that they detected the unusual app and reported it to Google, who has since pulled the app from the Google Play store.

Submission + - At Least One Ham Killed in Oklahoma Tornado; At Least One More Survives Close Ca (blogspot.com) 1

lipanitech writes: Tornado researcher Tim Samaras, who was killed May 31 by a tornado outside El Reno, Oklahoma, was an Extra Class amateur holding the call sign WJ0G. According to news reports, the twister he was tracking along with his son, Paul, and partner, Carl Young, suddenly changed course and headed directly for them. All three were killed.

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