Thursday, 30 June 2011
Best Bank for High-Interest Savings Accounts? [Hive Five Call For Contenders]
Electronic Skin Gives Robots a Sense of Touch
Zothecula writes "Providing robots with sensory inputs is one of the keys to the development of more capable and useful machines. Sight and hearing are the most common senses bestowed upon our mechanical friends, but even taste and smell have gotten a look. There have also been a number of efforts to give robots the sense of touch so they can better navigate and interact with their environments. The latest attempt to create a touchy feely robot comes from the Technical University Munich (TUM) where researchers have produced small hexagonal plates, which when joined together, form a sensitive skin."
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The first AmazonFresh app comes to Windows Phone
For a few years, Amazon has had a grocery service for the Seattle area called AmazonFresh. Today the service gets it’s very own mobile app, but not for Android or iOS. No, the first app for AmazonFresh is for Microsoft’s Windows Phone. The app will give users a Metro UI-styled app for ordering all your groceries if you live in the Seattle area. Everyone else still have to use the mobile site. The choice to make a Windows Phone app first might seem strange, but it’s worth noting that more than 40,000 Microsoft employees live in the Seattle area, and…
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90% of visitors declined ICO website's opt-out cookie
Oh sir... it's only wafer thin... Just the one, sir...
As we know, no one is on time in implementing the EU's cookies directive. Well, two countries managed to get their laws in place in time, the other 25 didn't bother.?
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Breaches and Security, By the Numbers
A look at how companies try—and fail—to defend themselves against data theft.
How is companies' data being stolen? Attacks often employ multiple methods—but remotely hacking a computer isn't always one of them. Sometimes employees are involved, and some attackers physically break in. The numbers in the chart below total more than 100 percent because more than one method can be used in an attack.
Animal Footprint Sandals
Creative wooden beach sandals inspired by traditional Japanese footwear.
Ashiato sandals come in five colorful designs that allow you to leave paw prints of five different animals.
For more awesome shoes, check out: 12 Unique and Creative Shoes
Ashiato sandals come in five colorful designs that allow you to leave paw prints of five different animals.
For more awesome shoes, check out: 12 Unique and Creative Shoes
NY State Passes Marriage Equality Act
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Virgin teases with TiVo iPad app snap
Keeping mum on the details
Virgin Media has revealed it's working on an iPad app that'll tap into its TiVo-designed DVR, Media TV.?
Connectivity: the weakest link in cloud computing?
You give your view
Reg Research Cloud computing makes you so dependent on the network, and often even the public internet. So how can it be a sensible option??
In violent video games, teens face (and fight) their demons
Sixteen-year-old Evan Jones played his first violent videogames when he was 3. He slew demons in Diablo II, blasted Lovecraftian horrors in Quake and shot terrorists in Counter-Strike.
If you buy conventional wisdom, by now Jones should be a tightly wound coil of aggression, ready to attack someone at the slightest provocation. Instead, he’s a pretty laid-back kid.
“[I get] an adrenaline rush during the game, and the need to win, but afterwards it’s just fine,” the San Francisco Bay Area teen says of playing his current favorites, including the gory Killing Floor. “I see violent videogames as an outlet to aggression and stress,” Jones said in an e-mail to Wired.com, adding that he is not interested in violent movies or TV and doesn’t like real-life violence.
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MoviePass wants to be Netflix, but for theaters
Here's a scenario: you'd love to see the latest blockbuster, but aren't willing to fork out a month's wages to do so. Cue MoviePass, a startup seeking to make life cheaper (fiscally, not emotionally) for repeat cinema moviegoers. The $50 subscription allows for "unlimited" cinema screenings, provided you're okay with a few caveats: 3D or IMAX screenings incur a $3 surcharge, and you'll be limited to one flick per day. Tickets must also be purchased on a partner website, netting you a coupon code that's exchanged for stubs in-theater. Not the most elegant solution, but the reliance on paper prevents folks from re-watching or double-dipping while inside. If that sounds just a bit too jovial for you, the company's also considering a chopped-down $30 plan, which would impose a four movie limit each month. It's launching as a trial this weekend in San Francisco, so if you've nothing better to do, give it a go and let us know how it works out.MoviePass wants to be Netflix, but for theaters originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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ICO orders release of (mostly useless) weather station data
CRU cuts of weather datasets released into the wild
The Information Commissioner's Office has ordered the University of East Anglia to release a portion of a weather dataset. The University's Climatic Research Unit had shared the data with Georgia Tech but refused to release it more widely. A leading Oxford physicist, Professor Jonathan Jones, made the successful request, which the ICO has now published.?
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Blog - Biomedical News: Genome Editing, Lab Grown Blood Vessels, and TB Vaccine for Diabetes
Editing the genome to correct a genetic defect in live animals, blood vessels grown from cultured skin cells, and TB vaccine improves diabetes.
Genome editing to treat hemophilia
Google taps former Microsoft prosecutor amid probe (Dan Levine/Reuters)
Dan Levine / Reuters:
Google taps former Microsoft prosecutor amid probe — (Reuters) - As Google tries to fend off a U.S. probe of its multibillion-dollar search business, it has been quietly adding to its stable of antitrust advisers, which, Reuters has learned, includes a former Microsoft prosecutor.
New software uses facial recognition to defend against prying eyes
If you step away from your system and someone else decides to sit down and poke around, PrivateEye will present a confusing jumble of garbled text. It'll even notify you if someone tries to peek over your shoulder -- and display a picture of your peeping Tom, throw up an alert, or sound an alarm.
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New software uses facial recognition to defend against prying eyes originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Venture Capital: 5 Tips for Nailing the Full Partnership Pitch
iPhone 5 production to begin in August
Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty claims Apple will begin production of the iPhone 5 in the second half of August and ramp up progressively through the rest of the year. Using information obtained from Taiwanese sources, Huberty also writes in a recent research note that the iPhone 5 will go on sale in September, a date that coincides with earlier leaks.
The iPhone 5 will be a big seller for Apple and the Morgan Stanley analyst keeps her yearly sales estimate of 72 million units. Third quarter sales may drop due to the September arrival of the iPhone 5, but an increase in sales during the fourth quarter will make up for any third quarter lag. Huberty also believes that Apple is working on a lower-priced iPhone and an Apple-branded TV. Both of these rumors have floated around for a while and have yet to come to fruition.
iPhone 5 production to begin in August originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
CSI Virtual MasterCard app will extend mobile payments to iOS, others
Engadget has confirmed that CSI and MasterCard will launch a mobile payment application for iOS in July of this year. The interesting note is that iOS and RIM are on the list as there are no iPhone or BlackBerry devices with Near-Field Communication (NFC) capability. By gazing into the crystal ball, we assume that the app either won't depend on NFC, or (less likely) both Apple and RIM will release NFC-enabled hardware.
NFC rumors have hovered above the iPhone like so many vultures lately. A recent Bernstein report suggested that the forthcoming iPhone will not offer NFC support.
Regardless, the app is coming. All we've got to do now is wait for it to show up and then see how it works.
CSI Virtual MasterCard app will extend mobile payments to iOS, others originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
BitFenix's Shinobi Window mid-tower enclosure
We're taking an in-depth look at the Shinobi Window, a mainstream mid-tower enclosure from the folks at Bit Fenix. We've run the case through our usual battery of tests to determine if it's a worthy contender at $70.
A Must Have Apartment For Millionaire Clock Lovers [Desired]
Monday, 27 June 2011
All-You-Can-Watch MoviePass Brings Netflix Model to Theaters (Angela Watercutter/Epicenter)
Angela Watercutter / Epicenter:
All-You-Can-Watch MoviePass Brings Netflix Model to Theaters — Updated: Information on 3-D and Imax pricing and a comment from an analyst were added to this story June 27, 2011, at 11:20 a.m. Pacific. — MoviePass, a new $50-per-month service for film fans, will let subscribers watch unlimited movies …
For the energy of the Internet, look to the end devices
A common misperception is that the bulk of the energy consumption associated with the Internet and connected-computing comes from massive data centers. In reality, the billions of end devices -- computers, set-top-boxes -- are currently the bigger and more wasteful culprits. 
Wikipedia adding 'WikiLove' button
Wikipedia is going to add a "WikiLove" button to encourage its contributors to keep editing despite the increase of corrections and criticism.
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