Day: October 1, 2013

Non-Apple app store Cydia shown on iOS 7, with caveats

Developers have managed to get a version of third-party app store Cydia up and running on iOS 7. But it seems far from done…….


Half-Life 3 Trademark Filed In Europe

jones_supa writes “A trademark application for Half-Life 3, possibly the next entry in Valve’s excruciatingly dormant Half-Life franchise, has been filed in Europe, according to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market, the European Union’s trademark and designs registry. The OHIM’s database lists the Half-Life 3 trademark as owned by Valve Corporation, and filed…


Apple now has 10 percent of all corporate cash

Moody’s declares that of all the cash sloshing around in nonfinancial institutions, Apple has the largest chunk, and it’s 9.5 percent more than last year…….


NSA, intelligence workers ‘stretched to limit’ by shutdown, official says

The Director of Public Affairs for National Intelligence speaks of “greater risk” as civilian workers get sent home on furlough because of the budget impasse and resulting government shutdown…….


Exploits, more details for unpatched IE vulnerability

Three separate targeted attack campaigns have been using the vulnerability, and now an exploit has been released on Metasploit. Microsoft has released a Fix it but not a patch…….


Death Star soccer ball: Kick ’em while they’re Darth

Kick the Death Star to the curb with a soccer ball reproduction of Darth Vader’s famous spacecraft…….


Grand Theft Auto Online hits server speed bumps

Small delay before you can beat up that hooker……


New Threat To Seaside Nuclear Plants, Datacenters: Jellyfish

Nerval’s Lobster writes “One of the largest nuclear-power plants in the world was forced to shut down temporarily Sept. 29, after pipes that bring Baltic Sea water in to cool the plant’s turbines became clogged with tons of jellyfish. The sudden influx of common moon jellyfish overwhelmed the screens and filters that keep flotsam and…


Panasonic offers Home Screen wallpapers for 2013 TVs

Panasonic has updated its 2013 Smart TVs to include customizable wallpaper for its new Home Screen…….


iPad 5 in space gray crops up again on video

Stop me if you’ve seen this before: A new color and form factor for Apple’s next iPad. Here it is again, this time next to other iPads…….