Month: November 2018

200 people remade Shrek and now it’s totally hallucinogenic – CNET

Shrek gets a patchwork live-action and animated retelling that feels like a fever dream. …read more Source:: CNet


Nissan’s new Leaf Nismo RC is a meaner green machine – Roadshow

More power and all-wheel drive kick the Leaf race car up a couple of notches. …read more Source:: CNet


Survey shows IT professionals concerned about cyberwarfare, end users, and conducting international business

In a recent Tech Pro Research survey, 86% of respondents said carrying out international business presented security challenges, despite only 41% of respondents actually engaging in overseas business. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Magecart fiends punch card-skimming code in Sotheby’s Home website

If you shopped with ’em since March 2017, consider your deets in the haul Toff tat bazaar Sotheby’s Home website has become the latest casualty of Magecart after a breach saw card-skimming code deployed by infosec rotters.… …read more Source:: Register


Apple Reportedly Cuts Over 700 Apps from Chinese App Store

Apple has reportedly removed 718 apps from the Chinese App Store in the last few days. From a report: The iPhone maker swept out the apps because their developers pushed updates without its permission, The Telegraph reported, citing local reports. Apple warned developers against updating iOS apps without its permission in early 2017. The banned…


Extreme Pi Overclocking With Mineral Oil

Liquid cooling is a popular way to get a bit of extra performance out of your computer. Usually this is done in desktops, where a special heat sink with copper tubing is glued to the CPU, and the copper tubes are plumbed to a radiator. If you want dive deeper into the world of liquid…


Nearly D-day Dell tells shareholders: Come December 11, we expect you to say yes

Not just the gang at No 10 Downing St who’ll be sweating Dell has reported results for Q3 of fiscal ’19, ended 2 November, ahead of its December 11 shareholder vote on going public – now likely to be a shoo-in, if you go by what execs said on the call.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


NYC Politician Wants To Ban Cashless Restaurants

If New York City Council Member Ritchie J. Torres has his way, the growing trend of cashless restaurants — establishments that accept payment only in plastic and digital forms — will be snuffed out. From a report: Torres plans to introduce legislation before his fellow city council members that, if passed, would levy fines on…


Amazon Alexa and Apple Music will soon play nice – CNET

The new skill comes to Amazon Echo smart speakers on Dec. 17 and is slated to roll out to other Alexa-enabled devices soon after. …read more Source:: CNet


NHS supplier that holds 40 million UK patient records: AWS is our new cloud-based platform

EMIS upgrade will punt GP system into the fluffy stuff One of the NHS’s major suppliers is upgrading its GP records system and moving millions of patient data to Amazon’s cloud.… …read more Source:: TheRegister