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Hardware TPM Hacked
BiggerIsBetter writes Christopher Tarnovsky has pulled off the near impossible TPM hardware hack. We all knew it was only a matter of time; this is why you shouldnt entrust your data to proprietary solutions. From the article: The technique can
Signs of Water Found On Saturnian Moon Enceladus
Matt_dk writes Scientists working on the Cassini space mission have found negatively charged water ions in the ice plume of Enceladus. Their findings, based on analysis from data taken in plume fly-throughs in 2008 and reported in the journal Icarus,
Microsoft Phasing Out FAST Search For Linux, Unix
viralMeme writes Microsoft plans to begin phasing out Unix and Linux platform support for its FAST enterprise search products, as of its next release. According to a Thursday blog post from Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Bjørn Olstad, We’ve continued to sell,
Space Shuttle Spy Gets 15 Years
goG writes A Chinese-born engineer was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison for hoarding sensitive information about the US space shuttle with the intent of giving it to China. US District Judge Cormac Carney called Chungs crimes
Call For Scientific Research Code To Be Released
Pentagram writes Professor Ince, writing in the Guardian, has issued a call for scientists to make the code they use in the course of their research publicly available. He focuses specifically on the topical controversies in climate science, and concludes
Google To Challenge Facebook Again
Hugh Pickens writes Google is set to make a fresh attempt to gain a foothold in the booming social networking business, seeking to counter the growing threat that Facebook poses to some of its core services. USA Today reports that
GIMP 2.8 Will Sport a Redesigned UI
ceswiedler writes Ars Technicas Ryan Paul previews the upcoming release of the GIMP. It will include a single-window mode where the user can dock toolbar windows and switch between images via tabs. There are other improvements as well, including docking
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NVIDIA Optimus Notebook Graphics Switching Impresses
Ideally, switchable notebook graphics would be seamless. Launch an app that doesnt require significant graphics resources & chipset graphics get used. Fire up a game & the discrete GPU kicks in. Up til now, a scenario like this wasnt available
Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1,024MB graphics card: the jigsaw is
Filling in the gap left by the last two launches, £60 will buy you a Radeon HD 5570 1,024MB card. We find out how good it is.
Apple Management: iPad Prices Could Change
Apple intends to stay nimble on pricing of the iPad, possibly lowering prices if the newly unveiled tablet device fails to gain traction among consumers.
The 7 Somewhat United States of Facebook
Peter Warden, a former Apple engineer, likes to analyze data — so much so that he started scraping public profiles and photos from hundreds of millions of Facebook accounts about a year ago, and now has data collected from more
Translator for Smartphone by Google soon
The Google folks are always busy in their labs bringing new technology to the users and enhancing the existing applications for a better user experience.
Macworld Expo 2010 Caters to Apple Fans
Like a Star Trek convention minus Leonard Nimoy, Macworld Conference and Expo 2010 kicks off Tuesday at San Franciscos Moscone Center with no official
Decent DX11 Capable Gaming For $79, Radeon HD 5570 Launched
A quick look at its model number, will reveal that the Radeon HD 5570 falls somewhere in between the Radeon HD 5450 and 5670 in AMDs current line-up. The card offers decent frame rates at moderately high resolutions for some
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Alleged Mario pirate agrees to pay $1.3 million
An Australian man who allegedly copied and then uploaded to the Web the New Super Mario Bros. for the Wii has agreed to pay up.
Netflix has Blockbuster on the ropes
As Blockbuster suffers through another round of layoffs and its stock trades for less than a postage stamp, one has to wonder when Netflix will deliver a knockout.
Tweeting a book by its cover
An indie magazine in Brooklyn has launched a new Twitter account that broadcasts what books people are reading on the New York subway system--an attempt to show that e-readers have their voyeuristic disadvantages.
Apple's Aperture 3 adds face recognition, GPS
New version of Apples professional photography software adds more than 200 new features, including the popular Faces and Places introduced in iPhoto 09.
Google Gmail press conference (live blog)
Were heading to the Googleplex to find out whats happening to Gmail. Earlier reports have pointed to Google taking on Twitter. Tune in to find out if thats true.
High-tech doughnuts
Google may be planning its own version of Twitter, Madden NFL is coming to Facebook, and a new social network lets you create the next big thing in doughnuts.
EA losses drop, but sales and outlook decline
Aggressive cost cuts trim Electronic Arts quarterly loss, but lower game sales take a bite out of revenue. Meanwhile, the company lowers its forecast for current quarter.
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Student file sharers allegedly extorted
An Internet security analyst, was in charge of tracking illegal file sharing at the University of Georgia until he allegedly tried to shake down the student downloaders he caught. by Greg Sandoval CNET News
PayPal suspends service in India
Online payment service provider PayPal has put some of its services in India on hold, and is reversing funds requested through PayPal India, according to reports. by Liau Yun Qing ZDNet Asia
Checks to curb latest SEO tricks
Unethical tactics employed by companies utilizing SEO tactics such as link farms and loading Web pages filled with irrelevant keywords, are not welcomed by search engine operators. by Kevin Kwang ZDNet Asia
China breaks up Black Hawk hacking ring
Chinese authorities have broken a hacking-tool dissemination ring, according to state media. by Tom Espiner ZDNet UK
Oracle releases emergency patch
Oracle has released a patch for a server flaw that can be exploited over a network without the use of a username or password. by Tom Espiner ZDNet UK
Expert sees security issues with the Apple iPad
Apples new iPad device looks like it will have some of the same security issues that affect the iPhone, such as weak encryption, said a mobile security expert. by Elinor Mills CNET News
Kayak.com lets you book 'Lost' flight
Buzz started spreading around on Twitter that you can find something awfully funny on travel search site Kayak.com: search for a one-way flight from Sydney to Los Angeles by Caroline McCarthy CNET News
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Stunningly Preserved 165-Million-Year Old Spider Fossil Found
Scientists have unearthed an almost perfectly preserved spider fossil in China dating back to the middle Jurassic era, 165 million years ago. The fossilized spiders, Eoplectreurys gertschi, are older than the only two other specimens known by around 120 million
Audio: DIY Recordings of Awakening Sun
As the sun emerges from a long lull in activity, the star’s emissions in the radio band of the spectrum have also picked up. And from a shed on three acres of land outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, amateur radio
Ultra-Precise Quantum-Logic Clock Puts Old Atomic Clock to Shame
Scientists have built a clock which is 100,000 times more precise than the existing international standard.The quantum-logic clock, which detects the energy state of a single aluminum ion, keeps time to within a second every 3.7 billion years. The new
Electric Charge Can Change the Freezing Point of Water
A watched pot never boils, but an electrically charged pot sometimes freezes.A study in the Feb. 5 Science reports that water can freeze at different temperatures depending on whether the surface it rests on is positively or negatively charged. Under
Leaves Show Looped Networks May Be Better Than Branched
Tree branches have inspired efficient transit networks, but a new study finds inspiration in leaves. The curvy, connected leaf veins found in some plants are an efficient way to circumvent damaged areas and channel nutrients, report researchers led by Eleni
Best View Yet of Pluto Shows Rapidly Changing Surface
After more than four years of processing on 20 hand-built computers, the best views ever captured of Pluto are now available.Working from 384 images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in which the image of Pluto itself was just a few pixels across,
Dinosaur Fossil Reveals True Feather Colors
Another week, another colorful feathered dinosaur. Hot on the heels of a recent report identifying pigments in fossilized dino feathers and filaments (SN Online: 1/27/10), a different team of scientists says that it has mapped the full pattern of plumage
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ATI Radeon HD 5570: Reasonable Gaming Performance For $80?
AMD rounds out its DirectX 11-capable lineup with an entry-level gaming card sporting all of the Radeon
Q&A: Tom's Hardware And Kingston On SSD Technology
Now waist-deep in the SSD game, Kingston has a lot of know-how and industry insight on all things memory-related. We sat down with two of the companys insiders for a different perspective on some of today’s biggest SSD questions.
The Most Promising Tech of 2010
The economy is on a slippery slope and theres much unrest in the world. But not to worry—2010 promises to be awesome for tech! Heres whats coming.
Presented By: BlackBerry Developer Resource Fridays
  Welcome to BlackBerry Developer Resource Fridays, a reoccurring event here on the BlackBerry Developers Blog. Well keep you up to date on helpful articles that have been added to the Developer Knowledge Base and other new additions to
In Pictures: Tom's Hardware's AMD/Eyefinity Event
Five Toms Hardware readers were chosen in a recent contest to come and visit our new office in Culver City, California to go hands-on with Eyefinity. Thanks to AMD and EA, they were able to try out a handful of
Touch-Screen HTPC: Three Premium Cases Compared
With ATIs Radeon HD 5000-series GPUs and Intels Clarkdale-based processors coming loaded with multi-media functionality, its a great time to build an HTPC. We compare three enclosures from Moneual, Thermaltake, and Zalman, all priced very differently.
ATI Radeon HD 5450: Eyefinity And HTPCs For Everyone?
Spoiler alert: ATIs Radeon HD 5450 is the first DirectX 11 card weve seen with outright poor gaming performance. But with its low price tag, does this Radeon deliver solid value to the masses, or should you be setting your
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Battle of the Immortals closed beta live: we have your key
Perfect World Entertainment describes Battle of the Immortals as a 2.5D MMORPG that mixes Eastern and Western culture. There are five classes, an auto-navigation system for quests that means you wont be stuck wondering where to go next, and both
Apple investigating Mac Pro performance and heat issues
Last week, we told you about some unusual issues affecting Nehalem-based Mac Pro models, characterized by abnormal performance degradation and CPU power draw when using on-board audio circuitry. Several sources have told Ars that Apple support technicians are now saying
Royalty-free codec still needed despite no-cost h264 license
MPEG LA has announced plans to extend the duration of no-cost h264 licensing for free Internet video until 2016. This move lifts some of the immediate ambiguity about h264 licensing and will
No fix for Mass Effect 2 text; issue could have been avoided
When youre creating a game, what type of display do you aim for when optimizing text? We had readers contacting us to talk about their problems reading the text in Mass Effect
The deep and savage road: Ars reviews Dante's Inferno
Can you image your soul laid bare, every sin and broken promise shown in grim detail to the one you love above all others? You dont know what it was like! Dante
Windows 7 eclipses Vista on Steam, 64-bit dominating 32-bit
We already know that Windows 7 is growing faster than Vista was when it was released, but how fast are gamers adopting it? Pretty darn quickly, according to January 2010 data from Steam, the leader of the digital distribution market.
Australia's Internet: nonneutral and proud of it
Last week, an Australian federal judge issued a major ruling—the first of its kind worldwide—saying that ISPs arent required to take action against subscribers after receiving letters alleging copyright infringement. But lost
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DRM is Dead, RIAA Says
The RIAA says DRM is dead. Wait. What? Who are you people and what have you done with the real RIAA?For years the RIAA has defended the use of DRM, much to the dislike of millions of honest customers who
Undercover Cop Arrests Undercover Cop
You have to wonder how effective an undercover operation is when one undercover cop arrests another undercover cop for trying to sell him drugs. Regardless, once the newspaper ran this story, everyone’s cover was blown. If either police department bothered
Apple Approves Marijuana App
Let’s see, you can’t get an iPhone app showing boobies but you can get an app to help you find weed. I guess I’m not surprised by an iToke app, we are after all talking about Apple here. You now
Microsoft Responds to Obama’s Xbox Criticism
Damn you Xbox machine for making our kids stay up late and be stupid. If my kid ends up being a high school drop out, we know who to blame now! For our kids to excel, we must accept our
New Pirate Bay to Be Based on Give-And-Take Models
Does anyone seriously think this is going to work? Remember how much everyone loved Napster? Remember how much they liked it once it became a legit site? Yeah, that’s what is going to happen here too. The more you give,
Creating Font Using a Car
Here is your creative font of the day (its free too). A group of people made a new font using a computer, a sophisticated camera tracking system and a car. I use my car all the time to make fonts
Ping Pong Table-Door
From the why didn’t I think of that files comes the amazing ping pong table/door! From the looks of it, this amazing product not only makes you popular, it gets you chicks too! Comments
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NVIDIA Optimus - Truly Seamless Switchable Graphics and ASUS UL50Vf
NVIDIAs new Optimus technology is set to change the way we interact with our laptops. The information has been under tight wraps for the past couple of months, but today NVIDIA is ready to reveal all, and whats more you
AMD’s Radeon HD 5570: Low Profile, Higher Performance
With the bulk of the 5000 series launched, AMD is now launching products to fill in the gaps in their product line. Today we look at one of those cards, the Redwood based 5570, and why its one of fastest
AMD Reveals More Llano Details at ISSCC: 32nm, Power Gating, 4-cores, Turbo?
AMD shared some more details with us about Llano. The 32nm processor will feature power gating and a host of other power optimizations that lead us to believe well see CPU & graphics turbo in AMDs first APU....
Intel Core 2 CULV Roundup: Who Needs Atom?
If you could get twice the performance for only a 50% increase, would you be willing to fork over the extra money? Compared to Atom, Intels current CULV products offer exactly that, albeit with slightly less battery life. We have
AMD’s Radeon HD 5450: The Next Step In HTPC Video Cards
Cedar, AMDs final Evergreen chip, launches today with the Radeon HD 4500. What does bringing Evergreen, audio bitstreaming, and DX11 do for the low-end of the market? We find out...
New Westmere Details Emerge: Power Efficiency and 4/6-core plans for the Desktop
Intel let loose some new information on Westmere today about power efficiency as well as its upcoming quad-core and 6-core desktop chips....
GF100 Cards Finally Named? GTX 480 & GTX 470
With a skeptical eye towards Twitter, a post was made on the NVIDIAGeForce account 4 hours ago announcing the names of the first two GF100 cards. As we’re largely sure this is a legitimate NVIDIA account we’re going to go
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Ignite, Syndicated Events, and Social Media Marketing
As we approach Global Ignite Week, a collection of Ignite events around the world during the first week of March, I cant help but think about the future of conferences, one of OReillys major businesses. Here are some of the
Four short links: 9 February 2010
Track DC -- informative drill-down report from Washington DC government about the different departments. (via Sunlight Labs blog) Errors in Scientific Software -- a 1994 study of scientific software that found inconsistent interfaces (1 in 7 for Fortran, 1 in
Flickr Photos In Google Street View
Google Maps has added more user photos to its Street View (above). Now the Yahoo-owned Flickr is joining the Google-owned Panoramio and Picasa photo sites as a supplier of alternative street views. GeoBloggers reported it earlier today and also noted
When SOEs encourage a responsibility-avoiding fantasy...
From The Economist an article dealing with general fragmentation of technology in financial firms, and the issue of people needing to use ad hoc desktop applications comes up: a manager says The big task of management is to manage down
Super Bowl in the Digital Age
Technology is playing a critical role in sports, both improving the experience and extending the life of any particular event. Fans can connect with their favorite teams through their online communities; they can play digital games as their favorite players
Staying Competitive in a Tough Job Market - Which O'Reilly books have helped you?
With so many people searching for jobs, its important to stay up on the newest technologies, or constantly improve in the areas youre already involved in. At OReilly, we publish books that help you zoom in on the details of
Four short links: 8 February 2010
Kindle Development Kit APIs -- Amazon will release a Kindle SDK. These are the API docs. (via obra on Twitter) rePublish -- all-Javascript ebook reader. (via kellan on Twitter) Peer Review: Whats it Good For? (Cameron Neylon) -- harsh and
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Government petitioned to abandon centralised IT projects
Computing Staff, Computing, Tuesday 9 February 2010 at 16:41:00Petition says government should adopt incremental private sector approachAn e-petitionon the 10 Downing St website calling on the government to abandon centralised ITprojects has received 199
Schengen system raises privacy concerns
Nicola Brittain, Computing, Tuesday 9 February 2010 at 16:34:00System contains personal data of EU citizens and can be accessed via 500,000terminalsIt is believed that confidential information on British citizens could beaccessed via 500,000 terminals
Google readying social updates for Gmail
Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Tuesday 9 February 2010 at 16:25:00Search firm expected to add social networking capabilities todayGoogle is about to make a number of social networking updates to its Gmailservice, according to reports. The
Lanway launches recruitment drive
Doug Woodburn, CRN, Tuesday 9 February 2010 at 16:09:00VAR to beef up headcount as it waits for result of Buying Solutions frameworkVARLanwayhas kicked off a recruitment drive and claims it is on course to
Areva branches out into solar
Tom Young, BusinessGreen, Tuesday 9 February 2010 at 16:03:00Firm looks to solar thermalFrench nuclear firm Arevaannounced yeterdaythe acquisition of US firm Ausra as it moves into the solar market for thefirst time.Areva has targeted
Elsevier celebrates scientists’ groundbreaking work with competition
IWR News Desk, Information World Review, Tuesday 9 February 2010 at 15:50:00Elsevier, the publisher of scientific, technical and medical informationproducts and services, has launched a competition for excellence in methodologyand approach in a peer-reviewed publication.Called the Reaxys PhD Prize, the
Computeractive saddles up for Computer Aid
Paul Allen, Computeractive, Tuesday 9 February 2010 at 15:39:00Sponsored bike ride from London to Paris in aid of recycling charityA member of the Computeractive team is limbering up to raise more than £1,000for one
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The Jarmidor, Part 3
Having discovered that Im not the only pipe-faggot on Kuro5hin I decided to see whether I could get my loose shag as moist as a 14 year old baptist girl at her first Jonas brothers concert. Unfortunately my girlfriend doesnt
15 Yards: The Unsportsmanlike Tax Evasion of the NFL
Superbowl XLIV approaches, pitting two potent offensive teams against one another. The inimitable Peyton Manning, this years winner of the National Football Leagues MVP award (his fourth, most of any player all time), will try to use his bottomless well
Obama The First Year
Hes accomplished quite a lot his first year. Heres my list of the most talked about on liberal blogs.
Our Trip to Cuba
Its next to impossible to get an objective opinion on Cuba. Most Americans cant go there and form their own opinion. We went there because it promised to be an affordable family vacation with a direct flight from Quebec that
Applying the First Amendment to Corporations: Well established and a good idea
Theres been much hang-wringing about the recent Citizens United U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a ban on direct electioneering by corporations in a window before elections. Much of the buzz, especially from left-leaning corners, sees it as a
Tweaking K5
Some loosy penis has loads of fun shitting around page-lenghtening and/or widening comments or diar(rh)ies. I suggest Rusty fixes that annoyance by adding a tiny bit of code in K5.
Building Houses - One Bullet at a Time
I almost went to New Orleans back in 05. I feel like the guy who took the next train, only to realize the train is slowing down because theres a wreck ahead on the line. At the time, it was
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Kevin Smith May Try Crowdfunding Horror Film, Red State, After Fans Offer To Do So
Weve already pointed out how director/writer/filmmaker/entertainer Kevin Smith is a great example of a filmmaker embracing the model of connecting with fans and giving them a reason to buy, even to the point of saying that unauthorized file sharing is
Research Shows Unauthorized Digital Books Leads To 'Significant Jump In Sales'
Weve seen this before, with individual authors like Paulo Coelho and David Pogue, who both found that as more people were able to get unauthorized copies of their ebooks, their sales actually increased. So, this shouldnt come as a surprise,
Understanding What's Scarce And What's Not...
A bunch of folks sent over Jeff Jarvis recent blog post entitled stop selling scarcity, which I actually think is slightly misleading. If you read the details, hes actually saying that you should very much sell scarcities -- but that
Photographer Thrilled That Apple Using His Photo As Default iPad Background, Despite No Officia(...)
In my experience, there is a group of photographers who are even more extreme in their copyright views than groups like the RIAA and MPAA. Its certainly not all (or, perhaps, even most) professional photographers who are like this, but
Facebook Sends Lots Of Traffic To News Sites... Will They Start Demanding To Be Paid?
With a new report coming out suggesting that Facebook sends more traffic to news sites than Google News, folks like Mathew Ingram are asking if Rupert Murdoch, the AP and others will be complaining about Facebook stealing their traffic and
Norwegian Supreme Court Explores Whether Private Companies Should Get Access To IP Info
TorrentFreak alerts us to an interesting case happening in Norway right now. Apparently, the most expensive movie ever produced in Norway was (shocking, I know) found on the internet soon after it was released. The filmmakers got very, very upset
AT&T Claims Sling Made Changes To Get On The iPhone; Sling Has No Clue What AT&T Is Talking About
We noted in the past how odd it was that AT&T blocked something like the place-shifting Sling Player from the iPhone, but allowed place-shifting streaming TV apps from partners like MLB.com. So it was worth highlighting that, recently, AT&T changed
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Barnes & Noble Nook Is Finally Available
B&Ns Nook Hits Online, Retail Stores
AMD: Graphics Processors to Accelerate Servers in Two Years
Graphics Chips to Power Servers in Two Years - AMD
MSI P55-GD55: A Mainboard to Forget
This small mainboard is rather simple, yet not primitive. It features a number of exciting extras but keenly lacks some necessities.
Rambus' Mobile Memory Initiative Materializes: Mobile XDR Announced
Rambus Launches Mobile XDR Memory, Targets Mobile Products
Micron and Nanya to Start Making DDR3 Using 42nm Process Technology
Micron and Nanya Unveil 43nm DRAM Process Technology
IBM Demonstrates 100GHz Transistor
IBMs New Transistor Previews Next-Generation Chips
EVGA GeForce GTX 275 CO-OP PhysX Edition: Physics Onboard
All contemporary Nvidia solutions support PhysX, but in return some of the GPU resources are assigned to physics effects acceleration. Is it possible to avoid performance losses without adding more cards? EVGAs answer is yes.
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