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+ - Chinese Supercomputer Seizes Top500 Crown ->

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judgecorp writes "A Chinese supercomputer, the Tianhe-2 has taken the Number 1 spot in the Top500 list of supercomputers, by nearly doubling the current record holder's performance. The machine uses Intel Xeon Phi co-processors, but it's a largely Chinese design with its own interconnects and architecture. The secret of its success is mostly being huge — it has more than three million cores."
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+ - Samsung Launches Double Speed Galaxy S4 (For Korea)->

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judgecorp writes "Samsung has produced a version of the Galaxy S4, with roughly double the data rate of the existing 4G phone, The phone uses LTE-Advanced, which is twice the speed of LTE, and ten times as fast as 3G. Of course, you have to have a network that supports LTE-Advanced, so the phone will only work in Korea in the near future, but Samsung is keen to sell your operator some LTE-Advanced base stations..."
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+ - iPhone Apparently Open To Old Wi-Fi Attack-> 1

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judgecorp writes "Security researchers say that iPhone and other Apple devices are vulnerable to an old attack, using a fake Wi-Fi access point. Attackers can use an SSID which matches one that is stored on the iPhone (say "BTWiF"), which the iPhone will connect to automatically. Other devices are protected thanks to the use of HTTPS, which enforces HTTPS, but iPhones are susceptible to this man in the middle attack, researchers say."
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+ - Demo Europe Hits Russia - And Start-ups Have To Beg->

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judgecorp writes "The Demo VC funding event has hit Europe (in fact, Moscow), and it is very clear that start-ups in Europe have to compete hard for any venture capital. In its 20 year history in Silicon Valley, Demo is famous for highlighting subsequent success stories such as Netscape, Skype and Salesforce.com. Demo Europe began with a venture capitalist waxing lyrical on how the shortage of funds means he gets plenty of choice where to put his money. Promising tech start-ups have a series of hoops to jump through including brief pitches. The most promising candidates so far include a Russian social VoIP network and a shared whiteboard."
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+ - Microsoft Boasts Of Tiny Energy Saving With IE-> 2

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judgecorp writes "Microsoft has sponsored research that indicates that its Internet Explorer (IE) browser uses less power than the competition, Firefox and Google (there's no explanation of what causes the difrference). However, the difference in power use is not really significant — it's about one Watt when browsing. Browsing for 20 hours at this rate, the IE user would save enough power to make a cup of tea, compared with Firefox and Chrome users. That Microsoft commissioned and published the report seems to indicate a certain desperation to Microsoft's IE marketing efforts."
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+ - Can You Trust A Crowdsourced Courier->

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judgecorp writes "EasyBring is a crowdsourced delivery service. If you have package to deliver, you register it with the service, and someone that is making that journey already will pick it up and deliver it for you. There are obvious worries, like how do you know your stuff won't get stolen? And what stops someone using the service to deliver drugs... or a bomb? But it's going well in Norway, and the company hopes to expand"
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+ - IBM Uses Roomba Robots To Plot Data Centre Heat ->

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judgecorp writes "IBM is using robots based on iRobot Create, a customisable version of the Roomba vaccum cleaner, to measure temperature and humidity in data centers. The robot looks for cold zones (where cold air may be going to waste instead of being directed to the servers) and hotspots (where the air circulation may be breaking down. IBM is putting the robots to commercial use at partners — while EMC is at an early stage on a strikingly similar project."
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+ - Koobface Facebook Worm Returns From The Dead ->

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judgecorp writes "Kobface, the Facebook worm which Facebook reported dead last year, has returned from the dead. Last year, Facebook published the names of those it believed were behind the worm, which at one stage had control of 800,000 PCs, and redirected traffic to affiliated advertising sites, making money for the gang behind it. McAfee reports that sightings of Koobface have tripled in the last three months."
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+ - BT Runs An 800GBps Channel On Old Fibre ->

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judgecorp writes "BT has demonstrated an 800Gbps "superchannel" on a 410km fibre in its core network, which was not able to carry 10Gbps channels using older technology. The superchannel is an advanced dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) technique, created by combining multiple coherent optical signals into one channel, which had previously been shown in laboratory tests. BT ran the test on a fibre with optical characteristics (high polarisation mode dispersion) that made it unsuitable for 10GBps using current techniques. That's a good result for BT, because it means its existing core fibre network can be upgraded to handle more data. It's also a good customer story for Ciena, which makes the optical switches used in the test."
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+ - Terrorist Murder In London Could Revive Snooper's Charter->

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judgecorp writes "Supporters of the Communications Data Bill (also known as the Snooper's Charter) have lost no time in calling for the Bill to be revived, in response to yesterday's brutal murder of a soldier on the streets of Woolwich, South London. The Bill would have allowed monitoring of all online communications — including who people contact and what websites they visit — but was shelved after Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg opposed it, effectively splitting Britain's coalition government on the issue. Now the fear of new terrorism could rekindle support, based on the argument that even "lone wolf" attackers use the Internet."
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+ - Kim Dotcom Claims He Invented 2FA - As Twitter Adopts It->

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judgecorp writes "Kim Dotcom has tweeted a link claiming he invented two-factor authentication (2FA) in 1998, just as Twitter offered the security method to its users, as a way of avoiding the hacks perpetrated against media outlets in recent weeks. Dotcom's claim is controversiaol, of course, some people have pointed out prior art going back to 1995, while others have criticised him for using patents at all. Meanwhile Twitter's efforts haven't impressed. As well as lagging behind other social media providers like Google, Twitter's 2FA offering is somewhat limited."
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