Day: October 29, 2013

Hero HTC phone takes a BULLET, saves shop worker’s life mid-robbery

Mobe battery in doesn’t-endanger-user shocker……


Red Hat Security Advisory 2013-1473-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2013-1473-01 – The Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments is a remote display protocol for virtual environments. SPICE users can access a virtualized desktop or server from the local system or any system with network access to the server. SPICE is used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for viewing virtualized guests…


Red Hat Security Advisory 2013-1460-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2013-1460-01 – The rhev-hypervisor6 package provides a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor ISO disk image. The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor is a dedicated Kernel-based Virtual Machine hypervisor. It includes everything necessary to run and manage virtual machines: A subset of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating environment and the Red…


The case against Gmail

Gmail was a breath of fresh air when it debuted. But this onetime alternative is showing signs that it’s past its prime, especially if you want to use the service with a third-party client. That’s the way Google wants it, which is why I’ve given up on Gmail after almost a decade…….


Is Apple busting your iPhone?

The New York Times’ Catherine Rampell asked if Apple is trying to bust your iPhone to get you to upgrade. While it may benefit Apple – and every other company – to make old products obsolete, there are bigger forces at work…….


RIAA Targets 21 Sites For Shutdown

New submitter souperfly writes “The Inquirer has a list of 21 sites that the RIAA is looking to get shutdown by ISPs this week. The list includes sites filestube, Bomb-Mp3, Mp3skull, Bitsnoop, Extratorrent, Torrenthound, Torrentreactor and Monova, and at least one ISP — Virgin Media in the UK — has confirmed the number of targeted…


Pssst, Hey… Facebook, wanna buy BlackBerry? Well, it was worth a try

Secret talks rumored as buyout deadline looms……


The 404 1,373: Where we we plant a flag in Hill Valley (podcast)

Reenacting “Back to the Future” in real time on Twitter, an app that proves you’re free of STDs, a bike lock that puts a hit out on would-be thieves, and a mysterious barge in the Bay Area that may soon house a floating Google Glass store…….


How secure is the deadbolt in the Kwikset Kevo smart lock?

Experts and amateurs alike allege that Kwikset SmartKey locks are flawed and unsafe. What does this mean for the Kevo?……


New Call of Duty ad will star Megan Fox

In a first for the franchise, a female celebrity takes on the lead role in a new ad for Call of Duty: Ghosts. It’s gaming emancipation…….