ICANN holds .islam, .halal in limbo despite losing case Internet overseer ICANN has insisted it has the authority to maintain a six-year online Muslim ban, despite being told otherwise by its own independent oversight panel.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Downloadable plans for untraceable guns are scheduled to hit the internet on Aug. 1. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Twenty states announced Monday that they plan to ask a federal judge in Seattle to immediately issue a temporary restraining order against Defense Distributed, a Texas-based group that has already begun making 3D-printer gun files available on its DEFCAD website after a recent legal settlement with…

The appliance manufacturer has received a patent for a device that enables you to cook food with a water bath. …read more Source:: CNet

After more than four months of testing, our results are in. …read more Source:: CNet

Protect and survive – or old-fashioned protectionism, you decide The US military is drawing up a list of overseas organizations – primarily in Russia and China, funnily enough – that the Pentagon and its contractors shouldn’t buy software from, citing security concerns.… …read more Source:: Register

An anonymous reader shares a report: In 1913 on the outskirts of Cairo, an inventor from Philadelphia named Frank Shuman built the world’s first solar thermal power station, using the abundant Egyptian sunshine to pump 6,000 gallons of water a minute from the Nile to irrigate a nearby cotton field. World War I and the…

The researchers saw the new version in action in a large email campaign on July 18, just one day after it debuted in underground forums. …read more Source:: Threatpost

An anonymous reader writes: Mozilla is rebranding Firefox. The company is asking for feedback on the new look, which will try to cover the various Firefox offerings. For most people, Firefox refers to a browser, but the company wants the brand to encompass all the various apps and services that the Firefox family of internet…

A trio of Note 9 rumors purportedly show a cheaper price, a new cooling system made of copper, and another look at a wireless charging dock. …read more Source:: CNet