Month: October 2018

Electronic voting was going to be the future. Now paper’s making a comeback – CNET

New voting systems are coming, but not as soon as you’d like. …read more Source:: CNet


Amazon Fire TV Cube fire sale: Just $60 – CNET

That’s half what Amazon currently charges for the Alexa-powered streaming media player. …read more Source:: CNet


Europe’s 5G pace is slow and steady as others race out – CNET

When it comes to introducing speedy 5G networks, the US is the hare to Europe’s tortoise. Only in this version of the tale, it’s the hare that wins. …read more Source:: CNet


Halloween treat: A brief history of real-life Frankensteins – CNET

From CNET Magazine: Mary Shelley’s 200-year-old horror story has real-world medical implications that still echo today. …read more Source:: CNet


Kids’ Apps Are Flooded With Ads

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Those cute little apps your child plays with are most likely flooded with ads — some of which are totally age-inappropriate, researchers have found. A stunning 95 percent of commonly downloaded apps that are marketed to or played by children age five and under contain at least…


The iPad Pro’s USB-C port is great. It should be on my iPhone, too – CNET

Commentary: Who wants incompatible cables, chargers and earbuds? USB-C fixes that, and gives the iPad laptop power. …read more Source:: CNet


Hitting the Streets of Willow in the 2019 Fiat 124 Abarth and 500 Abarth – Roadshow

We attended a one-day racing school with Fiat and Skip Barber Racing in the California desert and learned a ton while having fun. …read more Source:: CNet


Oracle’s next chapter: The Autonomous Database and the DBA

The autonomous database was the central theme of this year’s Oracle OpenWorld event that wrapped up last week. With the product now generally available, Oracle showcased several production Autonomous Data Warehouse references. The next steps are showing real business impacts and educating customers on why DBAs remain relevant. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Windows 10 1809 ZIP bug now fixed: So will Microsoft rerelease October update today?

Microsoft rolls out a preview fix to address the Windows 10 October 2018 Update ZIP copy fail. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Google Project Zero-es in on Google project

Horn gouges hole in host for Docker guest breakout Google’s gVisor sandboxed kernel had a bug that would allow an attacker to escape their container and overwrite files in the host filesystem – according to Google Project Zero’s Jann Horn.… …read more Source:: TheRegister