Day: August 19, 2013

Sansa Stark adopts a direwolf for real

“Game of Thrones” actress Sophie Turner couldn’t say goodbye to her direwolf buddy, so she added the beast as a permanent family member…….


Smartphone interference tackled by Kansas startup

Future smartphones could gain numerous benefits from algorithms to fight interference, developed by a little-known startup in Lawrence, Kansas, that last week drew closer to implementing the technology in devices…….


WSJ: Foxconn gearing up for iPhone launch next month

Apple’s ready to roll on two new versions of the iPhone for release next month, says The Wall Street Journal…….


Businesses shouldn’t let Google and Microsoft outages shake their confidence in the cloud

The recent……


Twitter rolls out headlines feature to give tweets more context

Twitter has announced a new feature designed to give people a better sense of the context behind the site’s characteristically short, 140-character tweets…….


New tool lets single server map entire internet in 45 minutes

Zmap could be boon to analysts, doom for security……


HP joins Nvidia’s Grid alliance

Hewlett-Packard has joined Nvidia’s growing Grid alliance, equipping a Gen8 Proliant blade server with graphics boards that can speed up and lower the cost of virtual desktop deployments…….


LinkedIn adds University Pages to help the college-bound

Not satisfied with providing a way for people to network, LinkedIn wants to tap into its user base to help people figure out where to go to college…….


Shooters on a budget: 7DFPS game jam serves up new ways to frag

The 7DFPS game jam challenges developers to make a first-person shooter in seven days…….


Protests Mount In New Zealand Against New Surveillance Laws

An anonymous reader writes “New revelations about Ministerial orders requiring backdoors into online services in New Zealand are fueling nationwide protests against new surveillance powers to be granted to the Government Communications Services Bureau. Speaking at one large protest meeting, Kim Dotcom described the ‘Five Eyes’ X-Keyscore surveillance system as ‘Google for spies’. He told…