Google seeks to commercialize humanoid robots

The first sign that Google now owns robotics heavyweight Boston Dynamics was when the Google bus rolled into the DARPA Robotics Challenge to offer engineers a place to kick back and take a nap. Officials at Google, a company known for offering extravagant perks like meditation pods and beach volleyball courts to employees, showed up at the Homestead Miami Speedway in southern Florida today to show support for their new team and to get a look at the Atlas robot, built by Boston Dynamics, and one of the stars of the challenge. The Atlas robot hardware was built by Boston Dynamics, which was recently acquired by Google. (Photo: Sharon Gaudin/Computerworld) Last week, Google confirmed reports that it had acquired Boston Dynamics, a company known for creating impressive robots like the four-legged BigDog robot, as well as Atlas, a six-foot-tall, 330-pound two-legged robot designed to function much like a human. Google, which is known for its search engine and popular Android mobile platform, had bought seven other robotics companies in the last several months, before snatching up Boston Dynamics. Industry analysts had speculated that the company is interested in beefing up the software for its autonomous cars with the robotics acquisitions, but many were surprised that Google would go for a robotics player as prominent as Boston Dynamics. Joe Bondaryk, project manager with Boston Dynamics, said Google is eager to get into humanoid robotics, and the company has the energy and the cash to advance the technology. "My understanding is they're very interested in the humanoid robots and what they could be made to do, and finding a commercial use and business purpose for them," said Bondaryk. "DARPA is all blue sky thinking, but Google is even more blue sky and it has deeper pockets." He also noted that Boston Dynamics will honor its government and military contracts but probably won't take on any new ones.emule acceleration patch registration code download cnr cp4sp1 vezeto intel 82810 graphics driver update adobe flash player latest version retro clock widget 1.6.4 apk prosavage pm133 driver lexmark z23 driver for xp rcon tool cod4 11 3 1 gratis tema laptop hello kitty windows 7 via vt6103l audio driver free

Windows 8 cheat sheet

Ready or not, Windows 8 is here. One of the most controversial versions of the operating system ever released, its main interface feels designed more for touch-screen tablets than traditional computers. What's more, the Desktop has been hidden away and weakened with the removal of the Start button. But I'm not here to talk about the controversy. I'm here to help you use Windows 8, because whichever version of Windows you're upgrading from, you'll find it a new experience. The horizontally oriented Start screen (once called the Metro interface) sports big tiles that practically beg you to touch them. And the Start screen and the Desktop feel as if they're dueling operating systems, because each works differently from the other in many ways. All this might sound overwhelming, but as you'll see, it's not that tough to master Windows 8. In this cheat sheet I'll show you how to get the most out of the new Start screen and its apps, the Desktop, the new Charms bar, Internet Explorer 10 and plenty more. I've also provided quick reference charts listing useful touch-screen gestures and keyboard shortcuts. Note: If you want to get the most out of Windows 8, you'll have to use a Microsoft ID as your user account. Without a Microsoft ID, you won't be able to use a number of new Windows 8 Store apps, including Mail and People, and you won't be able to sync settings among multiple devices. So when you set up Windows 8 for the first time, sign in with an existing Microsoft ID or create a new one. (You can also switch to a Microsoft ID account later on via the "PC settings" screen.) There's a new lock screen in town When you start Windows 8 (whether booting up initially or waking from sleep), you'll see the first big difference from previous versions of Windows -- a whole new look for the lock screen. Like the lock screens on Windows Phone devices, it sports a big graphic image and displays a variety of information, such as the date and time, the local weather, the number of new emails you have, the strength of your network connection and how much power you've got left on your device. Windows 8's new lock screen mimics the lock screens on mobile devices. Click to view larger image. This information isn't interactive; you can't click or tap to see your email, for example. (Later in the story I'll cover how to change the information that appears on your lock screen.) To log into Windows, tap a key or click the mouse -- or, on a touch system, swipe from the bottom up -- and you'll come to a sign-in screen. Select an account if you've got multiple accounts, then type in your password and press Enter to sign into Windows 8. Meet the Start screen Once you've logged into Windows from the lock screen, you head directly to the new Start screen rather than the familiar Desktop interface. Like it or not, this is the new face of Windows. Initially Microsoft called this design the "Metro" interface, but now it's just calling the new UI "Windows 8 design." Laptop and desktop PC users might dislike the Start screen's big tiles and horizontal orientation, but I've got some advice for you: Get used to it -- it's your new home. Here's what you need to know about it. Tiles. The Start screen is made up of a grid of colorful tiles. Each tile represents an app; click (or tap) the tile to run the app. Your new home: the Windows 8 Start screen. Click to view larger image. To begin with, you'll find tiles for several simple new apps -- People, Mail, Calendar, Messaging and others -- that are built into Windows 8 and have the same look and feel as the Start screen. (More apps in this style are available through Microsoft's newly launched Windows Store.) Formerly called Metro apps, they're variously referred to as Windows 8 apps, Windows Store apps, Modern apps or Start apps by industry watchers. Update, 10/31/12: Microsoft has now officially announced that it will call the new-style apps "Windows 8 Store apps." We've updated this cheat sheet accordingly. Notifications. Some Windows 8 screencast o matic for chromebook linksys lne100tx v5 1 driver skype per lg t310i sunage battle for elysium remastered skype app blackberry z10 hp laserjet 1320 pcl5 driver windows 7 64 bit lexmark t420 driver for win7 uc browser for samsung corby plus gt b3410 bluesoleil crack windows 7 freedom fighters 2 soldiers of liberty pc

Google CEO: 'Big bets' on non-core products are worth the risk

Google's core offering may be search, but the company is just as serious about providing in-the-moment information to users with emerging technologies such as Google Now, self-driving cars and Google Glass, CEO Larry Page said during the company's recent earnings call with analysts. Those products, along with voice-based search and others, may be risky "big bets," but Google doesn't want to be focused only on "incremental technologies," Page said. "That is why we're investing in what appear to be speculative projects," he added. "[Most companies] never do anything different, and they run into problems for that reason." During the conference call, financial analysts asked how Google will monetize new products such as Google Now, which functions as a kind of personal digital assistant to automatically give users information as they go about their day. "I'm not worried about that," Page said. "The better the job we can do in providing users with information without their asking for it, the better we can provide commercial information from people who are excited about promoting it." For the latest quarter, Google's sales rose by 31% to about $14 billion, driven partly by strong gains in advertising revenue. deluxe cleaners epson tm-u295 drivers xp microsoft .net framework 3.5 sp1 helper.exe konica minolta di2510 driver windows 7 64 bit plants vs zombies hd kindle fire apk descargar el juego de plants vs zombies para android 4.0 new usb disk security 2012 temple run game for blackberry phones menutab pro for facebook mac hotspotshieldlaunch17

New iPad is the 'epitome' of what a tablet should be

Two years ago, Apple side-swiped the computer industry by releasing the first iPad. Though dismissed by some critics at the time as an overgrown iPhone, the iPad has proved to be just as disruptive to the PC industry as the iPhone was to mobile. And 55 million tablet sales later -- including an incredible 15.4 million last quarter alone -- there's a new king of the tablet hill: the latest iPad. Unveiled by Apple CEO Tim Cook and other company execs on March 7, the new iPad arrived this past Friday to long lines and sold-out preorders, its popularity surprising almost no one. As was the case last year, the new iPad was available in a variety of retail locations besides Apple stores, including Best Buy, Target, Radio Shack, AT&T, Verizon, and assorted resellers. (Some Wal-Mart stores began selling the tablet just after midnight, eight hours before Apple's own retail stores opened.) I preordered my iPad -- the 64GB model with Wi-Fi and 4G -- for home delivery. As fun as chatting up other Apple fans is, the convenience of not leaving the house beat standing in line. I still got to talk with an Apple fan, though: the FedEx person who delivered my iPad. He immediately struck up a conversation, volunteering the fact that he'd been (enviously) delivering new iPads all day and was excited he was soon to get his own after missing the prelaunch window. (Just a few days after orders began, Apple ran out of stock; current delivery times are two to three weeks.) I was struck again about how software encased in a bit of aluminum and glass can engender so much excitement, prompting perfect strangers to chat for hours on end while braving long waits to get the latest Apple hardware. Owners post unboxing photos online, on Facebook and in tweets; videos pop up in forums and on personal sites; and every mainstream media outlet from USA Today to the local neighborhood blogger feels the need to weigh in. Clearly, the iPad has gone mainstream. But does it live up to this year's heightened expectations? The basics At first glance, the new iPad is virtually indistinguishable from the iPad 2; if you loved/hated the design before, you're going to love/hate this one just as much. I've always been a fan of the aluminum-and-glass look, so I don't mind that it's unchanged. The new iPad, still encased in a 9.5-in.-x-7.3-in. aluminum frame, is just slightly thicker than the previous model. The oil-resistant oleophobic 9.7-in. glass display again comes bordered in either white or black, a minimalist design that's still as sharp-looking and luxurious in quality and feel as ever. My first choice is always black. While even the most experienced iPad 2 users would be hard-pressed to distinguish between the new iPad and an iPad 2 on looks alone, the same cannot be said regarding the weight. At 1.46 lbs. for the LTE version -- 1.44 lbs. for the Wi-Fi-only models -- the new iPad is a couple of ounces heavier than its predecessor; iPad 2 users will notice a difference, though it's not enough to be off-putting. (For those who are still using the first iPad, this one weighs just slightly less than that model. So if you're upgrading from version 1 to the new iPad, you should notice this one's slightly lighter.)plants vs zombies gratis version completa softonic free talk and write insys m54sr drivers vista angry birds 2-pack figures yellow and green pig hp photosmart c4200 printer driver windows xp ifaith for windows 1.5.6 free skype for samsung vodafone 360 wechat hp java heck.in

Users flock to anonymizing services after NSA snooping reports

Companies offering anonymous Web browsing and communication services are seeing a huge increase in business since recent news leaks about the National Security Agency's mass data collection and surveillance activities. Disconnect Search, an anonymous Web search service that launched Monday, had more than 400,000 searches by users by Thursday morning, said Casey Oppenheim, its co-founder. Disconnect, which also offers users a service to block companies from tracking them online, started working on Disconnect Search more than a year ago, before the first leaks from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden were published in June. But Oppenheim said the continuing revelations about NSA data collection are driving users to the search service, he said by email. Web searches are among the most personal information that companies or the government could collect about someone, he said. "In comparison to search surveillance, I'd probably rather have my phone tapped or my email tracked because I'm filtering myself when I communicate with others in those ways," he said. "Most people don't filter their searches and don't understand how their queries are being tracked, saved, and turned into profiles that are associated with their real names and/or their IP address." Disconnect Search, a browser extension, allows Web users to continue to use their search engine of choice, but the service routes search queries through Disconnect's servers. The service also prevents search engines from passing keywords to sites that are visited from the search engine's results, and it encrypts all queries. Another anonymous search service, DuckDuckGo, has seen a steep increase in searches since the Snowden leaks. In May, the month before the first Snowden leaks were published, DuckDuckGo users searched 54.4 million times. In September, users searched 116.7 million times, said a spokesman for the company. DuckDuckGo doesn't collect or store personal information, meaning it doesn't know how many users it has.die hard 5 game for mobile adobe photoshop cs6 crack mac game counter strike extreme v7 single link awinware pdf security remover crack icarus sanctuary of the gods review amortization table excel variable interest rate samsung pc studio para windows 7 baixaki radeon 9200 se family driver windows 7 websmartz slideshow designer registration key hp laserjet 5 drivers

Google dives headfirst into robotics with Boston Dynamics buy

Less than two weeks after reports circulated that Google has been buying up robotics companies for the past six months as part of an effort to develop its own robotics technology, the company said it's buying Boston Dynamics, one of the most well-known robotics companies in the world. Boston Dynamics confirmed to the IDG News Service this weekend that it is acquiring the company behind the four-legged rough-terrain traversing BigDog robot, as well as Atlas, a six-foot-tall, 330-pound robot designed to function much like a human. Atlas is the focus of a DARPA-sponsored robotics challenge later this week that will have 17 teams from the likes of Carnegie Mellon University and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory vying to create the best software to enable the robot to turn valves, use human tools, climb a ladder and even drive a car. And Boston Dynamics was at a robotics demonstration for the U.S. Army at Fort Benning in Georgia in October, showing off its BigDog robot. While the company declined to talk about its work there, officials did say they were under contract with DARPA, or the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Boston Dynamics showed off its BigDog robot, shown crouched down here, during a robotics demonstration at Fort Benning this fall. (Image: Sharon Gaudin) Now, Boston Dynamics, which works with industry as well as the U.S. military, will be part of Google. That's a bit of an odd pairing, according to Ezra Gottheil, an analyst for Technology Business Research. "I can usually figure some connection between Google's main business and their wilder acquisitions and projects, but this one is hard to figure," Gottheil told Computerworld. "The only thing I can figure is that they like to buy very smart people and very smart technologies. Certainly, there's a potential integration with the automobile stuff, but I still don't have a clue." For several years now, Google has been working to develop autonomous cars, logging thousands of miles on the road, getting the first license for a driverless car and even approaching major auto makers in Detroit as potential partners in their effort. For the last six months, Google has been buying robotics companies in an effort to develop technology that can be used in its manufacturing operation, which largely focuses on electronics assembly. Boston Dynamics will be the eighth robotics company acquired. "We are looking forward to this next chapter in robotics and in what we can accomplish as part of the Google team," Boston Dynamics co-founder Marc Raibert said in a statement. Zeus Kerravala, an analyst with ZK Research, noted that at first glance, this does seem like an odd purchase for Google, which is known for search, its highly popular Android platform, the Chromebook and Maps. But it's just an extension of their recent robotics interest. "Well, much of what Google does is experiment with stuff and that's what makes them Google," said Kerravala. "With Boston Dynamics, they get a bunch of robots in different shapes and sizes. And Google is just a company that's really out there and has deep pockets."nova 3 for iphone free educational puzzle for babies for ipod toddler animals game for ipad free ringtones for android mobile phone kitty birthday party time for ipod mega n64 emulator for android pako king dreamworks adventures for iphone how the grinch stole christmas for iphone face in hole free for iphone manager app for android mobile

Apple moves toward digital unity with Mountain Lion

Apple surprised the tech world last week by pulling the curtain back on its latest desktop/laptop operating system: OS X Mountain Lion. The final version will be released this summer, but the developer preview unveiled on Thursday shows that the upcoming OS picks up where OS X 10.7 -- code-named Lion -- left off. The coming update incorporates even more popular features from iOS, the software which runs the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The upgrade -- pricing not yet announced -- will be available only as a download from the Mac App Store. Apple won't sell it on disc or on a thumb drive, as it did with earlier versions of OS X. That's a change from past practice and gives Apple another way to showcase its fast-growing App Store. Another change: Apple execs quietly previewed Mountain Lion first with a select few journalists and bloggers. Their early-bird reports last week led to a sudden tsunami of information about Mountain Lion and what it offers: iOS-like Messages, Reminders, Notifications and Game Center, AirPlay Mirroring, and a new security effort called Gatekeeper. It was clear with the release of Lion last year that the Mac OS X and iOS feature sets were morphing; this year, that trend continues with Mountain Lion. The big question for users then becomes whether this melding of features works, whether the iOS-inspired apps and processes fit within the context of a desktop operating system. For better or worse, the future of Apple's desktop OS is full of iOS-esque flourishes, changes that reflect a new Apple way of thinking and indicate where Apple is going. iCloud integration The most important element of the new OS is deeper integration with iCloud, the collection of services that stores your data to Apple's servers automatically and then syncs that data across all your devices. On the iPhone and iPad, every photo, document, bookmark, contact -- everything -- gets backed up. And through iCloud, it gets automatically sent to all your Macs/PCs, iPhones or iPads. To put it another way, iCloud shifts the onus of keeping data organized and up to date on multiple devices from the user to the machine. It's invisible. And it just works. For example, if I see an app I like in the App Store, I can buy it and within a few moments that app is already on my iPhone, my iPads, and my various Macs. When I take a picture on my iPhone, by the time I fire up iPhoto on the Mac, it's already waiting in Photo Stream on all of my devices. iCloud makes living with multiple devices far easier because data is automatically dispensed across them all. Last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook reaffirmed that iCloud is not a strategy with a specific shelf life, but a core part of all future Apple products, just as the Digital Media Hub strategy motivated Apple decisions over last dozen years or so. While iCloud integration on the Mac is not yet as comprehensive as it is in the iDevice lineup, Mountain Lion moves closer to real integration with Apple's online services. The iCloud focus is apparent right away. After downloading and installing Mountain Lion, an iCloud login/sign up is one of the first things to greet you following a clean install. If you already have an iCloud account, your email, contacts, calendars, FaceTime info, Safari bookmarks and Reading List links are automatically configured. Once the Setup Assistant is complete, a virtual visit to the Mac App Store allows you to easily install any apps you've already bought.red stamp cards for ipod hills of glory wwii for android doraemon repair shop seasons for android baby names by nametrix for ipads how to free movies for ipad 2015 eye shadow makeup tutorials for android 200 vision illusions for iphone textfree with voice app for ipad pool billiards pro apk for android urban crime game free for ipad

Is Apple's OS X Mountain Lion on early-release track?

Apple may release OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion earlier than expected, according to a report by a popular blog and clues found within the release dates of the three developer previews of the new operating system. On Tuesday, AppleInsider, citing an unnamed source, said that Apple's European arm was training new staff to answer queries about Mountain Lion. In the past, Apple has limited the training window, possibly to avoid leaks from the new staff about undisclosed features. AppleInsider speculated that the staff hiring and training may mean Apple will debut Mountain Lion at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which opens June 11 in San Francisco. The release dates for Mountain Lion's developer previews also may hint at early availability. Apple has shipped three OS X 10.8 developer-only previews so far, on Feb. 16, March 16 and most recently, April 18. Those dates are ahead of the schedule Apple set last year when it fed developers a stream of previews for OS X 10.7, aka Lion, which went on sale July 20, 2011. Mountain Lion's trio of previews were 8, 15 and 25 days earlier than the first three Lion previews: The former is now more than three weeks ahead of the latter's 2011 timetable. If Apple keeps to the established pace and seeds one more preview to developers -- Lion offered four last year, then a so-called "gold master" build before hitting the Mac App Store -- Mountain Lion would go on sale June 25, with the gold master ready June 6. That last date may be a tad early, as Apple opens WWDC the following week. It seems improbable that the company would preempt a ready-for-sale announcement at WWDC by releasing a gold master of OS X 10.8 several days earlier, entailing a risk that the news would leak. Also in play are expected refreshes of Apple's computers. Most experts assume Apple will unveil new iMac desktops and MacBook Pro and MacBook Air laptops this quarter and next with Intel's Ivy Bridge architecture. Ivy Bridge is Intel's third-generation design of the Core clan, and the first to use a 22-nanometer manufacturing process. Quad-core Ivy Bridge processors are now available to computer makers (Insider, registration required), and dual-core siblings will be ready to ship in the next few months, Intel has said. The iMac would seem the logical line to get Ivy Bridge first: All models of the desktop now rely on Intel second-generation quad-core chips -- unlike the MacBook families, where some models use dual-core processors -- and the iMac is the longest in the tooth. Apple last refreshed the iMac May 3, 2011. If Apple uses WWDC to reveal new iMacs -- or any other systems -- it would be to its advantage if they were preloaded with Mountain Lion, not Lion. Using the newest operating system would appease customers, some who will complain if Mountain Lion launches just after they purchase a new machine. It would also reduce the company's fulfillment costs if, as expected, Apple announces Mountain Lion's release date at WWDC, then includes any Macs sold subsequently in a free upgrade program. Apple has used the WWDC keynote -- the one part of the conference that's open to non-developers -- to pull the sheet off new Macs, although the last time it did was 2009.hover chat formerly ninja sms for android weather hd free for ipod casio scientific calculator for android sonic the hedgehog for android free speedy uploader for facebook for iphones digify share files privately for android tropical photo frames for ipad photo frames editor for android yahoo mail for android 2.3.6 lync 2013 for windows 10

Mac users left wondering if OS X Snow Leopard's retired

Apple's refusal to put into writing its operating system support policy leaves Snow Leopard users wondering whether their copy of OS X has been retired, security experts said today. The question "Is Snow Leopard retired?" went legitimate as soon as Apple launched OS X Mountain Lion last week. That's because Apple has always dropped security update support for one edition around the time it has two newer in play. If the current OS X is dubbed "n," then "n-2" support ends at the debut of "n." In other words, patches are provided only to the newest OS X and the one immediately preceding it. With Mountain Lion's debut last Wednesday, that informal policy -- Apple has never put its support practices on paper or its website -- means the two editions that will receive patches are OS X 10.7, aka 2011's Lion, and the brand new 10.8, or Mountain Lion. Apple last shipped a Snow Leopard security update in May 2012. "I would expect that Snow Leopard is toast," said Chet Wisniewski, senior security adviser at Sophos, when asked today of his expectations. "They seem to apply that 'n-2' rule [of no security updates] somewhat universally, even when it doesn't make sense." Apple has held to the n-2 rule, although the timing of an edition's final update has varied. Last year, Apple shipped the last OS X-wide security update for Leopard (n-2), the edition released in Oct. 2007, on June 23, 2011, almost a month before the launch of Lion (n). OS X Tiger (n-2), which appeared in April 2005, received a final security update on Sept. 10, 2009, 12 days after Snow Leopard (n) shipped. Prior to that, Panther (n-2), or OS X 10.3, got its final update two-and-a-half weeks after the debut of Leopard (n), while OS X 10.2, aka Jaguar (n-2), saw its last patch three months before the launch of Tiger (n). An edition's retirement isn't comprehensive. Apple has typically delivered separate security updates for four components: iTunes, Java, QuickTime and Safari for several months beyond the cut-off.Bf server emu zip rc mod for minecraft 1 5 2 fujing web camera driver youtube videos as mp4 flv google chrome kundli lite full version windows 7 securecrt 64 bit full rtl 8187 driver patch for omnipeek hidden beauty danto the transfiguration of the commonplace dragon knight 4 3d blender nlite addons s polish

Twitter experiments with 'Event Parrot'

IDG News Service - Twitter is known to experiment with new features to give its users more ways to find and follow content. Here's what appears to be the latest: a news delivery service. A new account called "Event Parrot" appeared on the site at least several hours ago. The account, which identifies itself as a Twitter experiment, is designed to send direct messages to its followers to "help you keep up with what's happening in the world." Twitter declined to comment on the account, or clarify when exactly it was created. But with more than 14,000 followers as of press time, it is already gaining some traction. The Event Parrot account introduced itself in a tweet Thursday morning, which read: "Hello world. So happy to keep in the know about what's happening in the world." The account gained a verified check mark during the morning, which is something that Twitter gives to the accounts of certain prominent individuals and brands to establish their authenticity. Signs point to the account being a Twitter-run experiment. "A common thread across recent releases has been experimentation," Twitter said in a September blog post on the topic of experiments. "We've tested various features with small groups of our 200 million users before determining what we'll release." Twitter has been doing more experiments in recent months, the company said, so much so that it's rare for a day to go by that it does not release at least one experiment. How the Event Parrot account is supposed to work, however, is less clear. Some reports have cited the delivery of direct messages involving world news like 2013 Nobel Prize announcements, or the kidnapping of Libya's prime minister. How Twitter will decide which news might be more relevant for which people isn't clear. Event Parrot is a curious experiment for Twitter because many of its users already use the site to gather news from their contacts and news organizations. The most recent Twitter experiment to be turned into a full-fledged feature was its Magic Recs account. That account is designed to notify users of certain tweets or contacts that Twitter determines would be of interest to them, based on the people in their network.museo 700 font free panasonic dp2500 driver intervideo sansa media converter for e260 atelier web remote commander full version philips brilliance 105 driver rail simulator 2012 full version free facebook messenger for nokia 311 drivers for trendnet tew 423pi french retail plus rp capu 835 drivers office 2013 themes

Direct Twitter messages with links fall prey to technical issues

Twitter's direct messaging feature appears to be experiencing technical difficulties by not allowing certain messages to be sent if they contain links. The issue was first noticed by some users Wednesday night, with tweets flagging the issue continuing to appear through Thursday morning and into the early afternoon. Apparently, whether a message can successfully be sent depends on the link it contains. In internal tests, messages containing links to Twitter.com, Facebook.com, YouTube.com and NYTimes.com appeared to work fine. But messages containing links to Google.com did not go through, and neither did messages containing links to Businesswire.com, Inquisitr.com, PCWorld.com or Computerworld.com. Twitter could not immediately be reached to comment on the issue, though in other reports the company described the problem as a "technical issue with URLs." Some users' problems, however, suggest there might be more going on. When trying to send a message containing a link, some users reported seeing a message that read, "Permission denied. There was an error sending your message: Text contains malware." Tweets and direct messages containing links can be dangerous on Twitter, and in the past have been used to hijack members' accounts. In the Netherlands, users reported earlier this year that they were targeted by malicious malware. In that case, hackers used links within Twitter to land people on external sites that would attack their browser and deliver malware. Twitter already tries to flag certain URLs to prevent phishing and scams, by blocking the posting of suspected malware URLs and flagging suspected harmful shortened URLs. Harmful sites may include phishing sites, sites that download malicious software to the user's computer, or spam sites that request personal information, the company says.tajima dgml by pulse ambassador free jungle book movie 1994 softick ppp 2 21 driver for pcga cd51 inkwell mac os x skype na android 2 2 4shared music pro apk plotech 6 94v 0 driver hp laser jet 3745 print drivers canoscan 656u driver

Twitter, the protector of news?

As Twitter rings in the new year, it's got some big ideas for expanding its audience by forging more news partnerships. The social network is already a major platform for news distribution, but now Twitter is looking to amp up those efforts, partly through media partnerships. On Tuesday, Twitter's recently hired head of news, Vivian Schiller, offered some thoughts about why those partnerships are important, and what Twitter's hoping to do with them. Schiller's hiring was announced in October. The 26-year news veteran was scooped up from NBC News to help Twitter become a bigger destination for news and to expand its advertising revenue by ushering in more media deals. Those partnerships, Schiller suggested in a blog post, could be good not just for Twitter, but also for journalism's survival. Traditional news companies have struggled to adapt their businesses to keep up with the pace of the Internet, especially on mobile. One reason why the traditional news companies' move to digital media has been slow is that legacy platforms including radio, print and broadcast TV still generate most of their revenue, Schiller said. "The cash cow must be protected," Schiller said in a LinkedIn post. However, the legacy platforms pay for forms of journalism such as foreign and investigative stories that digital startups might not be able to afford, she said. One question brought to fore by the digital age is whether Twitter and other Internet companies are trying to compete with traditional news outlets. Schiller, however, seems to view the industries' interests as being complementary. "In my new job, I'll get to work with old and new friends at news organizations to find ways for them to reach a bigger audience via Twitter," she said. The media-partnering responsibilities she has held at places like NBC News, NPR and The New York Times have been geared toward finding ways to disrupt traditional strategies, "but not destroy," she said. Schiller said she would serve as Twitter's "in-house evangelist for what journalists and consumers need from the product," working toward the broader goal of positioning Twitter as a tool for keeping people informed. The job represents new terrain for Schiller. "What if instead of being the digital person in a media company I should be the media person in a tech company?" she said. "Could those same relationships work in reverse?" For it to work, Twitter also needs to strike a balance between expanding its platform without cannibalizing the advertising revenue of its media partners.advent sigmatel c major audio driver chinese a7n266 vm driver usb 2 0 awakening the buddha within nba live 2005 tpb p5ld2 sm bus controller driver spongebob diner dash full version free apk 30 day squat challenge schedule google images xanax portuguese sb0680 sound card driver saving private ryan english movie big city adventure for pc

Twitter expands keyword targeting so Nestle knows you

Do you love, no scratch that -- "luv" espresso? Do you "adore" it even? Twitter advertisers may now know how you feel about their products no matter how you choose to express yourself. On Wednesday, the social network added some smarts to its ad targeting system so that marketers can understand people who use synonyms, alternative spellings and "Twitter-specific lingo" in their tweets. The ability to display ads to users based on keywords they type was introduced in April, and the improvements are designed to let advertisers target those whose tweets might previously have gone unnoticed. The new feature, called "broad match for keywords," could provide a boost to Twitter's efforts to monetize its service. It's designed to make it easier for marketers to reach users based on the conversations they're having on the site, at the right moment and in the right context. The tool automatically expands the targeted keywords in a marketer's campaign. So if a coffee shop runs a campaign targeting the keywords "love coffee," broad match will allow them to also reach people who tweet that they "luv coffee" or "love latte" or, for the truly enamored, that "coffee is my first love." Broad match will become the default matching type for targeted keywords, the company said. But it won't change the frequency of ads shown to users, according to Twitter. "Users will not see more ads than they already do," a Twitter spokeswoman said. Broad matching provides some flexibility -- for marketers who don't want to go overboard, they can use a "+" modifier. By targeting "love + latte," for example, users who tweet "luv latte" will be included, but not people who tweet "luv espresso." As a public company, Twitter faces growing pressure to demonstrate its value to investors and turn a profit. Twitter generated sales of US$317 million last year, its IPO documents revealed, but its loss was roughly $79 million.ing kundli lite kundli 6 software full version letmewatchthis game of thrones season 3 ms 7071 driver deity wars for pc driver ess solo 1938 ati d33a27 drivers photo grid for android antivirus avg gratis da scaricare utorrent 3 2 1 beta

Nook price cut to $199, Wi-Fi only model launched

Barnes & Noble today launched a Wi-Fi-only version of the Nook for $149 and cut the price of its original Wi-Fi and 3G version from $259 to $199. The price cut is welcome news to some analysts and users, who have seen the market flooded with E-Ink black-and-white e-readers since the Nook was launched in November. Many analysts felt the original price for the Nook and competing devices would be too high when compared with color-display tablets and related devices that can also be used to read e-books. By comparison, the cheapest iPad goes for $499, and can be used for many full color multimedia functions, including video, as well as for reading e-books. Informa Telecoms & Media recently said sales growth for broadband wireless e-readers such as the Nook with Wi-Fi and 3G will be limited by 2014. By dropping the original Nook's price to $199, Barnes & Noble becomes the first to break the $200 barrier for a fully functioning e-reader. The basic Kindle from Amazon is still priced at $259. The Sony Reader Pocket Edition lists for $170, but doesn't allow wireless 3G downloading. The value of the Wi-Fi-only version is improved somewhat because Barnes & Noble offers free access to AT&T's nationwide Wi-Fi network, now in about 20,000 locations. That's in addition to the Barnes & Noble in-store Wi-Fi previously available. Barnes & Noble also announced it is shipping its latest Nook software update, version 1.4, which offers faster access to content. The bookseller updated the software in April to version 1.3 to allow in-store reading of selected content and free content, among other changes.parallels virtuozzo containers 4 6 avg internet security setup starcom um100c driver plantsvszombiespopcapserialnumber lenovo thinkpad t43 drivers smcwusbs n driver sql server 2012 express edition with advanced services onimusha2samuraisdestinyforpc hp usb disk storage format tool para windows 7 vcard export tool 1 05

The e-reader market: Still young and restless

The price for some e-readers with black-and-white displays could drop below $100 before the end of 2010, and possibly hit $50 in 2011, according to analysts. Declining prices are just one indication that the e-reader market is young and likely to remain in a state of uncertainty for a few more years, they said. One major question still on the minds of experts is how long e-readers equipped with black-and-white e-ink displays can survive in the face of competition from full-color tablet computers, such as the highly successful iPad, which offers multimedia functionality and a backlit 9.7-in. LED display. Adding more complexity to the market outlook, e-readers with color e-paper will appear this fall, said Dmitriy Molchanov, an analyst at Boston-based Yankee Group Research. Fujitsu has shown color e-paper prototypes for years. Meanwhile, Qualcomm, using a different technology, has since 2008 been working on a color Mirasol display that could appear in coming months, Molchanov said. Also, this month, LG Display revealed that it's working on flexible color e-paper for e-readers or tablets. Molchanov said color e-paper will force a market split, with Kindle maker Amazon.com leading a number of manufacturers down a low-cost path typified by devices that have black-and-white displays and cost as little as $50. Amazon doesn't plan to introduce a Kindle with a color screen anytime soon, he noted. Meanwhile, Sony, which makes the Reader device, will lead other manufacturers into a "high-feature" segment for devices that have color displays, touchscreens, video support and more, Molchanov said. Allen Weiner, a Gartner analyst, wrote in a blog post earlier this summer that it is "early in the e-reader evolution" and postulated that the market is becoming segmented three ways. Many choices for e-reader devices One of the three "flavors" of e-readers that Weiner expects to see is a class of devices with e-ink displays that cost about $149 or less. That group would include the 6-inch Kobo, which is offered at the Borders Web site for $149.99. Since Weiner's blog post appeared, Amazon has launched two versions of its next-generation Kindle. Both have 6-inch screens, but one is a Wi-Fi-only model that sells for $139 and the other supports both Wi-Fi and 3G and sells for $189. Both start shipping Friday.puffin web browser for windows flash player for philips smart tv stellar phoenix windows data recovery crack serial lexmark x1100 series drivers getjar nimbuzz chat radmin viewer 3 4 full version fat head drivers golf clubs my wcp watermark editor 1 0 1 blackberry desktop software 6 0 2 42 return of the condor heroes 2006 direct

More Americans own e-readers than tablets, survey finds

More American are using e-readers than tablets, according to a Pew Research Institute survey. The Pew survey of 2,277 adults that finished on May 22 found that 12% of Americans owned an e-reader device in May compared to 8% who owned a tablet like the popular iPad Also, ownership grew faster for e-readers like the Nook or Kindle than ownership of tablets over the six months between November 2010 and May, the Pew survey found. The telephone survey found that Hispanic Americans are the fastest-growing ownership group of both e-reader and tablet devices. E-reader ownership grew from 6% of American adults in November 2010 to 12% in May, Pew said. Tablet ownership grew from 5% to 8% over the same period. Tablet ownership had been climbing "relatively quickly" through Nov. 2010, Pew said, but growth was virtually flat from January to May, growing from only from 7% to 8%. Pew also found that 3% of U.S. adults own both kinds of devices, while 9% own an e-reader but not a tablet, and 5% own a tablet but not an e-reader. Among demographic groups Pew studied, Hispanics showed the biggest growth in e-reader ownership in the six month period ending in May, tripling from 5% to 15%. Hispanics represented the largest e-reader ownership group, followed by whites at 11% and African Americans at 8%. Hispanics also had the biggest tablet ownership by demographic group in May at 15%, up from 7% in November, Pew said. Ownership of the devices among white Americans jumped from 4% to 7% over the six months while African Americans grew from 4% to 8%. Pew didn't comment on the reasons for the trend toward owning e-readers, although observers note that the devices are much less expensive (and far less functional) than tablets and have been on the market longer. The Kindle e-reader with special offers can be had for $114, while Pad 2 pricing starts at $499. Pew started tracking e-reader ownership in April 2009 (although some e-readers were around much earlier). The researcher started tracking tablet ownership in May 2010, about a month after the first iPad went on sale. The Pew survey also confirmed the widely-recognized trend that laptops are as popular as desktops. The May survey found desktop ownership at 57% of Americans compared to laptop ownership at 56%, a statistical tie since the poll has amargin of error of 2 percentage points. In November, desktop ownership had outpaced laptops by 8 percentage points, 61% to 53%. Even though tablets and e-readers get plenty of media attention, Pew found that cell phones are by far the most widely owned computing devices in the U.S. (83%), with desktops second (57%), and laptops third (56%). E-readers and tablets were well behind at 12% and 8% respectively. vgp vcc5 driver chrome specforce crack free wechat for pc without bluestacks belkin f5u002 driver usb mass storage driver method get asus p5n73 am audio driver mafia wars 2 bot free new york dmv drivers license renewal chinese 2000 driver sis6215 win animal ink ebook

Bookeen Cybook Orizon Touchscreen Ebook Reader

The Bookeen Cybook Orizon joins a growing group of ebook readers with built-in Wi-Fi, which allows you to download material without having to hook the device up to a PC. The $240 (as of August 5, 2011) Orizon also has a 6-inch touchscreen electronic-paper display, which makes for easy and intuitive menu navigation, text selections, and page turns using your fingertip. Wi-Fi and touchscreen are great technologies, but on the Orizon they don't always work well in tandem, which I discovered when I tried to shop for books using the Orizon's built-in browser. Because pages loaded slowly on the Wi-Fi connection, tapping a book from a search results list (for example) often produced unintended selections, making the whole experience painfully time-consuming and frustrating. In most other respects, the Orizon was much more satisfactory. Like its pocket-size sibling, the Cybook Opus, the Orizon--available with a black or white plastic case--is thin for its 6-inch screen size and 7.5-by-4.9-inch footprint: It's not quite three-tenths of an inch thick. That's about the same thickness as the current 3G/Wi-Fi Amazon Kindle, but the Kindle doesn't have a touchscreen. The Orizon weighs about the same as that third-generation Kindle, 8.6 ounces to the Kindle's 8.7 ounces. While most of the dedicated e-readers we've seen use E Ink's electrophoretic displays, the Orizon uses a touchscreen from E Ink competitor Sipix. Like the E Ink Pearl panel on the Kindle and other competitors, it boasts 16 shades of gray and a screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels (167 dpi). The display supports multitouch, so you can make fonts larger or smaller and zoom in on websites by pinching and zooming with your fingertips. In my tests, I found the screen quite responsive to page turns, accomplished with fingertip swipes from right to left or left to right. But pinching and zooming sometimes required two or three attempts. Tapping on the lower left of the screen (most of the time the corner is marked with several translucent concentric quarter circles) produces context-sensitive pop-up menus that you can also summon and navigate using a hardware button embedded in the bezel. When you're reading, for example, the menu allows you to choose from among seven font families and 12 gradually increasing font sizes; you may also customize the page layout via options for justifying text, toggling the boldface version of your font, and hiding or showing the header and the so-called pageometer (which shows how many pages you've read out of the total number in the book).miami drunk driver accident attorneys brazilian android full crackle apk divx web player for windows 7 64 bit game call of duty modern warfare 2 highly compressed cx25878 vista drivers angry birds for samsung champ gt c3303i 3 com lan card driver samsung digimax 350se driver d link easy search utility mac shank 2 pc demo

Microsoft-Barnes & Noble deal could lead to Windows-based tablet

Microsoft's new partnership with Barnes & Noble could lead to development of a Windows-based tablet or e-reader, not just a Nook e-reader application for Windows 8, some analysts believe. The operating system for such a tablet or e-reader could be Windows 8, Windows RT, or even Windows Phone 8, analysts said Monday. Both companies confirmed that a Nook application for Windows 8 is planned, but officials were vague about whether the two companies would develop a Windows e-reader or a tablet, which would likely involve a third-party tablet maker. Whatever version of a Microsoft operating system would be used, the two companies hope to mine enormous potential revenues from e-books, especially from the relatively untapped market for college e-textbooks, said Allen Weiner, an analyst at Gartner, in an interview. Microsoft might also hope to tie in Skype videoconferencing to develop a social connectivity tool for e-book readers, said Jack Gold, an analyst at J.Gold Associates, noting that such a tool would enable students to, say, confer with one another on a college microbiology text. Microsoft's Bing search engine could add more value to such an offering, he said. Microsoft will invest $300 million in a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary, which will include the digital Nook and college businesses of Barnes & Noble. In two years, the global market for college textbooks -- which are primarily still published in paper form -- will reach more than $4 billion, meaning there's great potential for companies that want to get involved in sales of e-textbooks, Weiner said. "That market's pretty open, and Barnes & Noble owns 135 college textbook stores already, so they're in an incredible position in the textbook market," he said. Moreover, Amazon has not shown much interest in e-textbooks, Weiner added. If the new partnership develops a Windows-based tablet or e-reader, the device would likely give college students and other users the ability to use Microsoft Office apps that either aren't available or aren't fully usable on Apple's iPad, Weiner added. "I don't think the iPad is a killer device for education users, so running Windows with productivity software and Barnes & Noble, with its really good relationships with publishers and college distribution, could be really interesting," Weiner said. Microsoft could even be eyeing the possibility of developing some kind of reader device as part of its partnership with Nokia. Such a device would likely be based on the Windows Phone 8 operating system, also called Apollo, or a future variation of Windows Phone, Weiner said. "I would bet that Nokia will have a tablet, and they would do well in the international market," Weiner said, adding that Barnes & Noble would be a third partner for e-book content for a Nokia-Windows tablet. Windows 8 could power "lots of devices, including tablets," said Gold, adding that "an e-book reader on such a platform, together with an integrated book marketplace [via Barnes & Noble], can help the sale of such devices, especially convertible notebook-tablet devices." The Microsoft-Barnes & Noble partnership stems in part from both companies recognizing the success Amazon has had with its Kindle e-readers. "Microsoft wants a piece of that action, so having the content to sell is critical, and the [sales] volumes could be huge," said Gold. Microsoft is keeping tabs on Apple's deals for e-textbooks and other e-books, Gold noted. "Microsoft can't afford to sit back and ignore Apple, as each e-book on an iPad could easily lead to movement away from back-end computing on a PC or Mac desktop," Gold added. "Microsoft needs to protect its turf." The Bing search engine could add even more value to the Microsoft-Barnes & Noble e-book partnership, Gold said. "Microsoft has made a huge bet on Bing," he said. "The book market could easily be coupled to Bing for additional services, as Google is trying to do." And if that's not enough, Microsoft could bundle Skype calling and videoconferencing to add social networking capability to e-book readers. Microsoft acquired Skype for $8.5 billion last October. "That's a potential new market offering," Gold added.vimicro diamond audio model emc 2 0 driver sound card driver for linux nforce 430 linux drivers polish wechat custom emoticons angry birds for psp 3004 lucida grande bold font kamus al munawwir visual basic express edition 2010 tutorial pdf driver oracle jdbc driver oracledriver

Low-cost iPhone: 'C' for cheap, color or classic?

Apple's new low-cost iPhone may be called the iPhone 5C, a name that didn't strike analysts as "C" for "Comforting." The name of the long-rumored lower-priced iPhone -- meant to give Apple new ammunition in its war against Android smartphone makers in emerging markets -- was recently teased in a photograph claiming to show product boxes for the new device. But iPhone 5C? Is that the right name? "The first word that comes to my mind is 'cheap' or 'cost,' but that's because I have context," said Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, in an email reply to questions about how the "C" may be interpreted by consumers. Some have slapped the label "Color" onto the "C" in the iPhone 5C moniker, tying that to speculation that the low-price phone will have an all-plastic case and be sold in a rainbow of bright colors. Current iPhones are available only in black and white. "The first thing that comes to mind when I see 'C' is 'cheap,' but I think this is because we are so close to all of it," said Carolina Milanesi of Gartner, referring to herself and her fellow analysts who watch Apple's every move. Jack Gold, an analyst at J. Gold Associates, cited "cheap" as a likely interpretation of iPhone 5C too, but also rattled off a long list, ranging from the serious "classic" and "complete" to the tongue-in-cheek "crumb," as in "apple crumb cake" and "core," with a tip to "apple core." Some letters have more of a history with Apple than others. The letter "C," for example, was used in 1984 by the Cupertino, Calif. company on the Apple IIc, the letter representing "compact" in that case. In 1990, it put "LC" on a Macintosh to designate "low-cost color" for a more-affordable desktop line produced during the reign of CEO John Sculley, who had ousted co-founder Steve Jobs in 1985. Apple has continued to prefer certain naming conventions. In 2009, it introduced the iPhone 3GS, the successor to the iPhone 3G, with the "S" supposedly standing for "speedy" or "snappy" because its new processor was twice as fast as the one in the model of the year before. That "S" has stuck -- Apple used it again in 2011 to identify the iPhone 4S -- and most assume it will again do duty with this fall's new model, the iPhone 5S. But if iPhone 5C makes customers think of "cheap," what are Apple's options? Gold thought it was a waste of time to worry. "I don't think you can come up with any letter designation that people couldn't find a negative connotation if they tried hard enough," he said. Milanesi echoed that when she pointed out that the letter need not carry baggage. "If you look at the [Mercedes-Benz] S-Class and C-Class, [they] are still all in the higher end of the market, but of course 'C' is a lower spec," she said. Alternative names the analysts suggested ran from "iPhone Mini" (Milanesi) to "iPhone Classic" (Moorhead). "Apple has never just done a cheaper version of one of its leading devices," Moorhead observed. "They've either water-falled a more-expensive device downward (iPhone 4GS), miniaturized and provided a descriptive name (mini/nano/shuffle) or institutionalized (classic). If the lower-priced iPhone truly is just a lower-cost and -priced iPhone, I would call it the 'iPhone classic.'" But if Apple's already settled on "C" as the identifier, Moorhead had one piece of advice. "If Apple were to use something along the lines of 'C,' they would need to fill it with meaning or [risk having] the industry fill it for them," Moorhead said. "Consider the 'iPad,' initially mocked, but not anymore, because Apple filled it with meaning." Milanesi also had some free branding advice for Apple. "I think it is about time they moved away from numbers, because even at one model a year getting to iPhone 10 in 2018 seems a little daft," she said. Apple has not confirmed a lower-priced iPhone -- it regularly refuses to discuss upcoming products -- but analysts anticipate a fall release, most likely in September, alongside a revamped iPhone 5. Both would run iOS 7, Apple's new mobile operating system. Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer, or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . His email address is gkeizer@ix.netcom.com. iPhone, iPad dwarf mobile rivals in small- and mid-sized firmsessay writer online decma biology help online latti writing help incon essay writting boltjo powerpoint services gentai marketing assignment inav essay helper bruxpuzz thesis statement help nmuswolf buy essays dornreads custome writing gaca

Fingerprint sensor in iPhone 5s is no silver bullet, researchers say

The fingerprint sensor in Apple's new iPhone 5s has the potential to enhance the security of the device, but the devil will be in the details. Its effectiveness will depend on the strength of the implementation and whether it's used in conjunction with other security credentials, researchers said. Apple unveiled two new iPhone models Tuesday, the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s, the latter of which has a fingerprint sensor dubbed Touch ID built into the home button. The sensor will allow users to use their fingerprints instead of a password to unlock the device and make purchases on iTunes. It's not clear if the feature will also be used in other scenarios that have yet to be revealed or if third-party applications will also be able to use it to authenticate users. In presenting the technology Tuesday, Apple said the fingerprint data is encrypted and locked in the device's new A7 chip, that it's never directly accessible to software and that it's not stored on Apple's servers or backed up to iCloud. Fingerprint scanners have historically been susceptible to errors and replay attacks that involve stealing fingerprints and using them to trick the scanners by employing a variety of techniques. According to Apple, Touch ID scans sub-epidermal skin layers, has a 500-ppi resolution and can recognize fingerprints at any rotation. But how well it will resist attempts by security researchers to bypass it remains to be seen. "Common attacks against fingerprint readers include using photos of fingers or creating fingerprint molds based on captured prints," said Dirk Sigurdson, director of engineering for the Mobilisafe mobile risk management technology at security firm Rapid7, via email. "Hopefully the iPhone sensor will have strong protections against using copied fingers." Fingerprint technology is not a high-security feature, said Marc Rogers, principal security researcher at mobile security firm Lookout. That's why most military installations, for example, use hand geometry or retina scanners instead, he said. "It is possible to copy a fingerprint and I think that as the technology sees wider usage, the techniques of copying fingerprints will only improve," the researcher said. However, a fingerprint is still better and more convenient than a four-digit PIN, he said. The best single factor of authentication is a strong password stored only in the user's brain, but it's inherently difficult for people to create and remember strong passwords, Sigurdson said. This often results in bad passwords being used, so a good fingerprint reader and matching algorithm will likely improve the security of iOS devices, he said. Many people probably don't even set a PIN because it's inconvenient to enter it every time, so a fingerprint gives them the opportunity to secure their device in a way that's better than nothing, Rogers said. Research suggests as many as half of users never set up a four-digit PIN or a more complex password to lock their devices, Apple said during its presentation. Rogers believes fingerprints could add great security if they're used in conjunction with other security credentials as part of two-factor authentication. For example, Apple could allow users to set a strong, complex password that's used to encrypt the file system and which would need to be entered only when the device is switched on. The user's fingerprint could then be used as a medium-strength access credential to unlock the device when it's on and needs to be used. This would provide both security and convenience for users, Rogers said. In addition, if Apple would allow other applications on the device to use the fingerprint sensor, it could increase the security of those applications. For example, a banking application could require users to authorize transactions by scanning their fingerprints, limiting what attackers can do if they steal those users' log-in passwords, he said. Overall, the sensor has the potential to increase the security of the device, but it depends on implementation and whether consumers will actually use it, Christopher Pogue, director of security vendor Trustwave's SpiderLabs security research team, said via email. "It is key that consumers can easily understand how to use the sensor." Like Rogers, Pogue believes that fingerprints would be most valuable if used as part of a two-factor authentication system. "Like anything else that runs on a mobile device, the scanner itself is an application that interfaces with the underlying operating system and like other applications, regardless of function, there are vulnerabilities that exist due to a multitude of factors," Pogue said. "This application will likely be no different, and exploits will certainly be forthcoming if not already here." Unlike a password, a fingerprint is not something a person can forget or share with someone else, so in that regard it provides stronger access control than a password, Pogue said. However, there has to be a failsafe mechanism to prevent the device owner from being locked out in case his fingerprint is modified as a result of an injury, for example, he said. "It's this 'back door' access that, if present, would likely lead to unforeseen security vulnerabilities."custom paper writing quesol custom thesis poni write an essay for me mesni english homework help zipum college essay help piatof academic english writing wane law assignment help verwo essay writing sites sersa assignment helper prowab writing essays for money flanxi

Amazon redesigns Kindle app for iOS 7, adds Collections

Many new iOS app updates are being released today to work with the new iOS 7 on iPhone 4 and later, but one free update expected to draw general interest is a major update to the Amazon Kindle for iOS reader. The 4.0 Kindle update is optimized for iOS 7, and shares many of the flat design features central to Apple's latest mobile OS. Amazon's description says the design is based on "themes of deference, clarity and depth." A new Collections feature in 4.0 lets users organize books, documents and magazines more easily. Content can be added to multiple categories. For example, an Amazon spokeswoman said that "A Game of Thrones" could be categorized in both "My Favorites" and "Fantasy Epics."algebra help online vifit best essay writing service reviews borgstar custom coursework ferke assignment writing service thyouder customer writing watmi essay help online fiwar research help sforhealth

Apples 64-bit A7 chip is a marketing gimmick

Apple's 64-bit A7 processor in the iPhone 5s is more a marketing stunt than a technical enhancement and though it will not deliver any immediate benefits to smartphone users, there are other reasons to move to 64-bit, a Qualcomm executive said on Tuesday. "I know there's a lot of noise because Apple did [64-bit] on their A7," said Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Qualcomm, in an interview. "I think they are doing a marketing gimmick. There's zero benefit a consumer gets from that." A benefit of 64-bit is more memory addressability, but that is not relevant in today's smartphones or tablets, Chandrasekher said. The iPhone 5s has only 1GB of DRAM. "Predominantly... you need it for memory addressability beyond 4GB. That's it. You don't really need it for performance, and the kinds of applications that 64-bit get used in mostly are large, server-class applications," said Chandrasekher, who previously ran Intel's mobile platforms group. The 5s is the first smartphone with a 64-bit chip, and almost a year ahead of its Android smartphone rivals. So far, 64-bit chips have largely been relegated to PCs and servers, but the technology's merits in smaller mobile devices has been questioned. Apple claims the iPhone 5s is two times faster than its predecessor, and that the A7 brings desktop-style computing to the smartphone. But benchmark tets have raised questions about how much of the performance gains can be credited purely to 64-bit capabilities. Qualcomm is the one of the world's top suppliers of chips for smartphones and tablets, and its Snapdragon chips are used in Android and Windows Phone smartphones. The chip maker ultimately will deliver a 64-bit mobile chip, but sees the move as more beneficial from engineering, chip design and OSes standpoints. "From an engineering efficiency standpoint it just makes sense to go do that. Particularly the OS guys will want it at some point in time," said Chandrasekher, who declined to say when the its 64-bit chip would be introduced. Consumers and tablet and smartphone makers won't drive the demand for 64-bit chips, Chandrasekher said. Chip makers are upgrading to 64-bit in order to keep up with the latest chip designs and to reduce manufacturing costs. Qualcomm designs chips based on architecture from ARM Holdings, which in 2011 introduced its first 64-bit architecture and subsequently announced 64-bit processor designs. Top ARM-based chip makers like Samsung and Nvidia have already announced that they would make 64-bit ARM-based processors. But outside the iPhone 5s, the first 64-bit ARM-based chips are expected to appear in servers like Hewlett-Packard's Moonshot. Companies like AppliedMicro, Advanced Micro Devices and Calxeda are expected to ship 64-bit ARM-based server chips starting next year.temple run pc softonic find codec gom player gezginler northern rail driver asus p4p800e drivers microstar mid2020 drivers drivers canon 3110 3228 cheat money in plants vs zombies cheat engine viber for blackberry curve 9320 flash player 6 myegy ok netgear print router

China Mobile-Apple iPhone pact 'very big deal'

China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier, has finally inked a deal with Apple to sell the iPhone, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. On Wednesday, the newspaper (subscription required) cited anonymous sources who said China Mobile, which boasts an estimated 740 million subscribers, will announce iPhone availability later this month, most likely at China Mobile's conference, which begins Dec. 18. China Mobile is one of the world's few major mobile carriers that has not sold the iPhone. Investors have been waiting years for the China Mobile deal, believing it would significantly increase iPhone sales in the country and boost Apple's stock price. In early trading Thursday, Apple was up 1.4% to $572.67. The Wall Street Journal's report follows news yesterday that the Chinese government had issued 4G licenses to China Mobile and other carriers, including China Unicom and China Telecom, both which sell the iPhone. Previously, China Mobile had said it would deal the iPhone only when it could offer it on the faster network. Earlier this year, Apple's iPhone was granted a license from government authorities to operate on the 4G network protocol China Mobile will use. "This is a very big deal," said Ben Thompson, an independent analyst based in Taiwan who covers technology on his Stratechery website. "The two pertinent facts about China are that there is tremendous income disparity, and there are a ton of people. So while many Western markets may have a greater percentage of the population that can afford an iPhone, the absolute number of Chinese who are potential customers is very high as well." In the third quarter, the most recently reported by Apple, China was the firm's third-largest market, after the Americas and Europe, with $5.7 billion in revenue, up 6% year-over-year. For the 2013 fiscal year, which ended in September, the Greater China region -- China, Hong Kong and Taiwan -- generated $25.4 billion in revenue, up 13% from the year before and representing 15% of the company's worldwide total. But while a China Mobile deal has huge potential for Apple, its iPhone currently has a much smaller share there than just a few years ago, as cheaper Android phones, most of them made by in-country firms, have captured the bulk of the market. The iPhone 5C, a less-expensive sibling to the flagship iPhone 5S, was expected by some analysts to come in price points competitive with Chinese-made Android smartphones. Instead, Apple stuck to its premium-brand strategy. Even so, researchers believe that Apple will boost market share and rake in revenue from an expansion in the country. "Thanks to its cooperation with China Mobile and the launch of low-cost iPhone, iOS will see a rapid growth in 2014, and ... its market share [in China will] double that of 2013," market research firm IDC forecast in September. Apple has paid more attention to China this year, launching the new iPhones in that market in its initial wave for the first time. According to researcher Canalys, the move paid off, as Apple returned to the top-five smartphone maker list in the third quarter. But when the iPhone debuts on China Mobile, it's inevitable that questions will remain about Apple's ability to grow its share, whether there or globally, said Thompson. "For several years now any questions about Apple's growth prospects have had a simple answer: just wait until they add NTT Docomo and especially China Mobile," Thompson wrote. "Well, they now have, and the only way forward for significant iPhone growth is the long slog of winning new customers. I certainly think Apple is up to it, but there are no more home runs."addons counter strike source portuguese crunchsms for blackberry 8520 Crypted txt drivers wlan usb 2 0 us54gz brazilian kob p4m266a ndmx driver v stream tv card drivers scribblenauts unlimited pc utorrent wake me up when september ends green day alfa network awus036h driver gauntlet dark legacy para pc

Yahoo to encrypt webmail sessions by default starting in January

Yahoo will start encrypting the webmail sessions of its users in early 2014 by making HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) standard for all Yahoo Mail connections. Security experts, privacy advocates and users have asked Yahoo for this feature for a long time. Other major webmail providers already offer it. In November 2012, the Electronic Frontier Foundation with other privacy, security and human rights organizations, sent a letter to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer asking the company to add HTTPS support to its communication services, including email and instant messaging. HTTPS, which combines the HTTP Web communications protocol with the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption protocol, is widely used to secure connections between Web users and websites, and prevents sensitive data from being intercepted and read by unauthorized parties while in transit. Yahoo started rolling out a new Web interface for Yahoo Mail late last year that provided support for full-session HTTPS, but only as an option. In order to enable the feature, users can go in their email account settings and check the "Use SSL" box in the "Security" section. "Starting January 8, 2014, we will make encrypted https connections standard for all Yahoo Mail users," Jeffrey Bonforte, Yahoo's senior vice president of communication products, said Monday in a blog post. "Our teams are working hard to make the necessary changes to default https connections on Yahoo Mail, and we look forward to providing this extra layer of security for all our users." The move comes at a time when there is increased discussion about privacy and security online following revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency and the intelligence agencies of other countries are running extensive electronic surveillance programs. Some of the NSA programs revealed by documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden involve the upstream interception of Internet traffic as it passes through global networks, as well as data collection from online services providers including Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Facebook, AOL and others. The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the NSA collected online address books in bulk from Yahoo, Hotmail, Facebook, Gmail and other email and chat programs at Internet access points controlled by foreign telecommunications companies and allied intelligence services. This type of upstream data collection is something that HTTPS can potentially prevent, as long as the implementation is strong enough. The service provider might be later compelled to hand over the decrypted data at its end, but at least in that case the interception would be done with its knowledge. In addition to preventing bulk data collection by government agencies, HTTPS can also prevent hacker attacks, like the theft of authentication cookies over insecure wireless networks or through cross-site scripting attacks. dark colony completo windows 7 safe disk 4 hide resident evil 5 christine unlocker creation pcut 630 driver asus pvr 416 tvfm tuner drivers audible manager for ipad ymf754 r driver itunes helper windows 7 gates of hades drg free graboid video v3 58

Graph Search for powerful data mining

When a high-profile public figure living in Hong Kong hired the security company Trustwave to test if its experts could get his passwords, they turned to Facebook. While the dangers of sharing too much data on Facebook are well-known, it is surprising how little data can give hackers a foothold. The man gave Trustwave's team no-holds barred permission to try and snatch his data, a so-called "Red Team" test. "We found out through Facebook who his wife was," said Jonathan Werrett, a managing consultant for Trustwave's SpiderLabs in Hong Kong. "We found out through her likes -- her public likes -- that she ran a pilates studio. We could then send a phishing email to her based around the fact that she ran a pilates studio that was hiring." The man's wife opened an email with a video demonstration of the bogus job candidate conducting a class. The malicious attachment infected her computer with malware, which gave Trustwave's analysts access, known as a spear-phishing attack. The computer she was using was a hand-me-down from her husband. The passwords he wanted to protect were in the Apple computer's keychain, so the hacking exercise "turned out to be a lot easier than we otherwise expected," Werrett said. Mining small details from Facebook has become even easier with Graph Search, the site's new search engine that returns personalized results from natural-language queries. Graph Search granularly mines Facebook's vast user data: where people have visited, what they like and if they share those same preferences with their friends. Graph Search immediately prompted warnings from security experts, who said its powerful data aggregation abilities could make people uncomfortable even though the exposed data is public. For penetration testers as well as bad guy hackers, Facebook is invaluable for spear-phising attacks. But Werrett and his colleague, SpiderLabs security analyst Keith Lee in Singapore, wanted an automated way to quickly amass information using Graph Search. So Lee wrote "FBStalker," a Python script he and Werrett debuted Thursday at the Hack in the Box security conference in Kuala Lumpur. In its current form, FBStalker runs in the Chrome browser on OS X, entering queries into Facebook's Graph Search and pulling data. They used FBStalker in the attack against the man in Hong Kong. Even if a person's profile is locked down to strangers, their friends' open profiles can be examined, giving an indication, for example, who the person may be close with. FBStalker uses Graph Search to find photos in which two people are tagged in, comments on profiles and more. An analyst could do that by manually using Graph Search, but it would require going through hundreds of pages of comments, Timelines and photos, Werrett said.realtek hd audio driver win xp asus a8v vm motherboard driver averatec 3280 series drivers skype for sony ericsson k770i xh1154 modem driver minecraft cracked version 1 8 1 of uc web browser for mobile tango for macbook air ecs a929 audio drivers pa3416u 1mpc drivers