Day: July 28, 2021

Scanning Medium Format Film on a 35mm Scanner

Scanning film is great for archival purposes as well as sharing said photos digitally. However, if you’re scanning 120 film, aka medium format, it can be expensive to get the requisite hardware. 35mm scanners are comparatively more common, so [Christian Chapman] decided to modify one to suit medium film instead. The hack is for the…


King Richard trailer: Will Smith aces as dad of Venus and Serena Williams – CNET

The Men in Black star plays Richard Williams, who drew up a 78-page plan for his daughters’ success before they were even born. …read more Source:: CNet


Security breaches where working from home is involved are costlier, claims IBM report

Great, it’s not like employers need more reasons to haul you back to the office Firms looking to save money by shifting to more flexible ways of working will need to think carefully about IT security and the additional cost of breaches linked to staff working from home.… …read more Source:: Register


Mortgage rates for July 28, 2021: Rates inch up – CNET

A couple major mortgage rates went up today. Find out what this means if you’re in the market for a new home loan. …read more Source:: CNet


Since it’s the only way to differentiate in a Chromium-dominated market, Vivaldi 4.1 introduces ‘Accordion’ tabs

Do the browser polka Browser maker Vivaldi has introduced Accordion Tabs in version 4.1 – yet another way to deal with tab overload.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


White House Calls on America’s Most Critical Companies To Improve Cyber Defenses

The White House is signaling to U.S. critical infrastructure companies, such as energy providers that they must improve their cyber defenses because additional potential regulation is on the horizon. From a report: U.S. President Joseph Biden signed a national security memorandum on Wednesday, launching a new public-private initiative that creates “performance controls” for cybersecurity at…


BlackMatter & Haron: Evil Ransomware Newborns or Rebirths

They’re either new or old REvil & DarkSide wine in new bottles. Both have a taste for deep-pocketed targets and DarkSide-esque virtue-signaling. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Swamp Gas Will Get You Home

The energy to power a motorcycle has to come from somewhere, be it a power station, a solar panel, a gas station, or a hydrogen plant. There have been many ways to reduce the cost of extracting that energy over the years, but we think [Gijs Schalkx] may have hit upon one of the cheapest…


Alexa is becoming the anti-Windows

While Microsoft has staked out the high-productivity state of “flow,” Amazon is focused on when you’re not focused. Can the complementary approaches drive cooperation among the cloud competitors? …read more Source:: ZDNet


Reboot of PunkSpider Tool at DEF CON Stirs Debate

Researchers plan to introduce a revamp of PunkSpider, which helps identify flaws in websites so companies can make their back-end systems more secure, at DEF CON. …read more Source:: Threatpost