Day: October 5, 2013

Silicon Valley: A history worth preserving

Historic sites in Silicon Valley are being torn down………


Microsoft Reportedly Seeks To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices

quantr draws your attention to a Bloomberg report that Microsoft has reached out to HTC to see if the company would be interested in adding Windows as a second OS to its Android handsets. From the Bloomberg story: “Its willingness to add Windows as a second operating system underscores the lengths to which Microsoft will…


Microsoft Reportedly SeeksTo Put Windows Phone On Android Devices

quantr draws your attention to a Bloomberg report that Microsoft has reached out to HTC to see if the company would be interested in adding Windows as a second OS to its Android handsets. From the Bloomberg story: “Its willingness to add Windows as a second operating system underscores the lengths to which Microsoft will…


New Nokia ad says Samsung wants to copy Lumia 1020?

A peculiar Nokia ad, presaging the launch of the Lumia 1020 in Abu Dhabi, features parachutists. It also has a weird Asian man at the end who seems to be up to no good…….


The Hail Mary Cloud and the Lessons Learned

badger.foo writes “Against ridiculous odds and even after gaining some media focus, the botnet dubbed The Hail Mary Cloud apparently succeeded in staying under the radar and kept compromising Linux machines for several years. This article sums up the known facts about the botnet and suggests some practical measures to keep your servers safe.”……


As MacBook Air ages, Apple rivals show the way to Retina

It’s time for Apple to update the Air and/or a thinner, lighter Pro with a Retina screen. It’s certainly doable…….


Security camera catches USPS worker’s amazingly lazy delivery

It’s bad enough when FedEx or UPS throw your delivery onto your porch. But a home security camera catches a USPS truck driving across a front lawn so that it can get closer to the front door…….


Ask Slashdot: Best Open Source Project For a Router/Wi-Fi Access Point?

An anonymous reader writes “My wireless router just died. I have an old netbook lying around that has a wired network interface and a wireless one. The wireless card is supported in master mode by Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD. What does Slashdot recommend I use to turn it into a router/wireless access point? DD-WRT? pfSense?…


Probe of Einstein’s Brain Reveals Clues To His Genius

sciencehabit writes “Smart, successful, and well-connected: a good description of Albert Einstein and his brain. The father of relativity theory didn’t live to see modern brain imaging techniques, but after his death his brain was sliced into sections and photographed. Now, scientists have used those cross-sectional photos to reveal a larger-than-average corpus callosum — the…


‘Dangerously Naive’ Aaron Swartz ‘Destroyed Himself’

theodp writes “In July, MIT drew criticism after issuing a report clearing itself in the suicide of Aaron Swartz. So, one wonders what Swartz supporters will make of The Lessons of Aaron Swartz, an MIT Technology Review op-edish piece penned by MIT EE/CS prof Hal Abelson, who chaired the review panel. Calling Swartz ‘dangerously naïve…