Day: October 14, 2013

Beetle Connection Manager SEH Buffer Overflow

Beetel Connection Manager structured exception handler buffer overflow exploit…….


Code.org aims to introduce more than 10M students to computer programming

Code.org wants to bring basic computer programming education to students of all ages…….


Support For NASA Spending Depends On Perception of Size of Space Agency Budget

MarkWhittington writes “Alan Steinberg, a post doctorate fellow in political science at Sam Houston State University, conducted a study surrounding the vexing problem of how to motivate more people to support increased levels of funding for NASA. In an October 14, 2013 piece in The Space Review, Steinberg announced the results of a study conducted…


Madonna banned by movie theater for alleged movie texting

The singer reportedly buries herself in her BlackBerry during the premiere of the movie “12 Years a Slave.” Some complain. She explains it was for business. One famous movie theater chain bans her in protest…….


Why the Nexus 5 should advance touchless control

Google’s anticipated new Android KitKat phone should be capable of always listening for voice commands, and it’s also likely to be the new phone that pushes the technology forward…….


BlackBerry’s global ADS BLITZ: Reports of my death greatly exaggerated

Crumbling Canadians can at least afford newspaper inches……


NBN’s convoy of no consequence

The latest in the series of campaigns trying to convince Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull to keep the NBN as fibre to the home is not too dissimilar to campaigns waged against the last government…….


Teradata cuts outlook, struggles in Asia

The data warehousing vendor said that earnings and revenue will come up short of Wall Street estimates in the third quarter…….


In BlackBerry’s letter to customers, a stiff upper lip

Funny how tech companies that won’t say a word are suddenly full of them once trouble really strikes…….


Imagination Tech Announces MIPS-based ‘Warrior P-Class’ CPU Core

MojoKid writes “Imagination Technologies has announced the first CPU based on its new version of the MIPS architecture. The new P5600 chip (codenamed Warrior) is a 32-bit CPU based on the MIPS Series 5 architecture and is designed to challenge companies like ARM in the embedded and mobile markets. Major features of the new chip…