If you think the world is full of enough people making bad jokes, then you may not be delighted to hear that Scottish scientists have just invented a computer (and website) that makes bad jokes too. The Joking Computer software…
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Joking Computer wants you to rate its puns
A new malware that has been spreading via USB devices has been discovered by security experts. The worm is programmed to steal data from systems running specific software used in utilities and industrial manufacturing plants. The worm dubbed Stuxnet has the security world in a frenzy and propagates itself by exploiting a hole in all versions of Windows in the code that processes shortcut files, ending in “.lnk,”. The malware includes a rootkit, designed to hide the fact that a computer has been compromised, together with other software that sneaks onto injected computers using digital certificates signed two Taiwanese chip manufacturers. Both manufacturers are based in the same industrial complex in Taiwan: RealTek and JMicron, according to Chester Wisniewski, senior security advisor at Sopho.
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Worlds First Control System Malware Worm Discovered
Realizing the many iPad owners are carrying their Apple keyboard with them on the go, Waterfield has rolled out four different options for carrying and protecting them on the go. As they explain… Introducing the WaterField Designs Keyboard Cases designed for the ultrathin Apple Wireless Keyboard: the Keyboard Travel Case, Keyboard Sleeve, Keyboard Slip and the Keyboard Socket. Get organized with the Travel Case; select stylish protection with the Sleeve; make it light and tight with the Slip; get down to basics with the Socket. The Keyboard Travel Case is $49 and holds the wireless keyboard and other mobile laptop or iPad gear. The interior custom-fitted compartments cradle the keyboard, the mouse, the power supply, and the power cord
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Using Your Apple Keyboard With You iPad? Waterfield’s Got You Covered
A false-flag cyber attack could take down the internet since “the mysterious network, dubbed ‘Ghostnet’ by researchers, has many dubious capabilities, including the ability to see everything in a network, as well as hear the people using it.” Video after the break.
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False Flag Cyber Attack Could Take Down Internet
HP’s tablet intentions continue to be slowly fleshed out, with the latest being a new product listing for the HP Slate 500 (product code XB830PA) on the company’s site. Specifications are still unclear, but a mention of EnergyStar testing [PDF link] leads to a listing that tips a 1.6GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and Windows 7 as the OS.
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HP Slate 500 Windows 7 tablet product page spotted
With 3D finally starting to break through in mainstream devices, Sony is looking to protect one of their developments that sends two images from one video screen to two different people. Patents recently published show that Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. the PlayStation division of Sony, is looking to systems that will allow to players to share separate images from one screen, rather than playing in a split screen mode. An example maybe if two people were playing a FPS on one screen, the norm would be to use a split screen, Sony’s Multiplayer Stereoscopic System would allow each player to see only their own characters views on the screen
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Sony Patents Multiplayer Stereoscopic System
According to a USPTO document, HP has recently submitted a trademark application for the term “Palmpad”, a moniker that would be fitting for its first attempt at a webOS tablet. The application form lists the target goods/services as “Computers, computer hardware, computer software, computer peripherals, portable computers, handheld and mobile computers, PDAs, electronic notepads, mobile digital electronic devices”, a category of devices that describes a tablet to a tee. Another circulating rumor suggests that this “Palmpad” may ship with a capacitive touchscreen that supports digital pen input. A carryover from HP’s popular lineup of TabletPCs and Palm’s PalmPilot devices, this pen input would serve to set the webOS tablet apart from its primary competitor, the iPad. Anyone interested heightened by the possibility of inking or perhaps even graffiti on this rumored webOS tablet
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HP webOS tablet to be called the Palmpad, ship with a digital pen?
Today Apple announced that it has set a new company record for quarterly revenue and has sold 8.4 million iPhone smartphones and 3.27 million iPad tablet computers. Read the full story here.
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Apple posts record Q3 FY2010 revenue of $15.7 billion, sells 8.4 million iPhones and 3.27 million iPads
I normally hate traveling for work; juggling a computer, work files, ebook reader, etc. is a pain. However, now that I’ve been trying the Mobile Edge Evo Backpack for a few weeks, I wish I traveled more often so I could use a bag like this! My first impression of the Evo backpack was that it was a complete beast of a bag. It seemed physically large, but when I put it on it didn’t feel as big
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Mobile Edge EVO Backpack Review and Giveaway!
A brewing free-speech debate touched off by a lost prototype of Apple’s iPhone has ended quietly with a blogger’s agreement to cooperate with investigators. Thomas J Nolan Jr, a lawyer for Jason Chen of Gizmodo.com, said Monday that technology website agreed to the deal with prosecutors to resolve the case as quickly as possible. A judge on Friday ordered a search warrant withdrawn and seized items returned to Chen. The website posted images in April of a prototype iPhone left in a Redwood City bar by an Apple employee. Gizmodo said it paid money for the phone
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iPhone saga: Free speech fight ends quietly
Well, it’s about that time of the year. And, while Apple’s busy releasing all sorts of hit products like the iPad and iPhone 4, it’s about time to figure out how much they’ve actually made over the last few months. Today, Apple finally unveiled their official third quarter results, which equals one full quarter with the iPad out in the world. And, believe us when we say that the iPad’s made a big dent in the market (and a very good bulge in Apple’s wallet)
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Apple Reports Third Quarter Results
Apple’s been getting a little bit of bad press lately, but it clearly isn’t hurting their bottom line. In a press release today, the Cupertino company announced earnings for Q3 2010 ending on June 26th… and they’re impressive. The company posted revenue of $15.7 billion for the quarter with earnings per diluted share coming in at a blistering $3.51; up from $2.01/share in Q3 of last year. The company’s gross margin was 39.1% (compared to 40.9% from a year ago), and international sales accounted for 52% of the company’s quarterly revenue.
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Apple eviscerates Q3 earnings estimates, revenue up 78% year-over-year
This is a concept input device that [Tech B] built for disabled users. The device uses an accelerometer along with a piezo sensor (right click) and a push button (left click) to function as a mouse. The Arduino that resides in a breadboard on the side of the hat communicates with the computer over a serial connection, using PySerial to translate the microcontroller data into cursor commands with the power and ease of the Python programming language. During development [Tech B] made a proof-of-concept video using a Basic Stamp which you can watch after the break
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Hands-free input
(image courtesy Vator.tv ) Amazon is normally very tight-lipped about Kindle sales. Today, though, they pulled back the curtain a bit, and the peek inside should be enough to send traditional publishing and bookstores screaming for their xanax. Apparently, in the last three months, Amazon has sold 180 Kindle eBooks for every 100 hardcover books
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Amazon Announces Huge eBook Sales Numbers As the Sky Falls on Publishers
By Evan Ackerman I’ve had my Pogoplug for a several months now, and I’m still a big fan… Enough of a fan to have gone and bought a couple for my job (what, you think I blog for a living? HA!). Now I’m kicking myself, though, because Pogoplug is introducing the Pogoplug Biz, which not only includes a whole bunch of useful business-y features, but also comes in a color that isn’t purplish-pink. Chiefly, the Pogoplug Biz is a way of making stuff on your computers (say, projects) available to other people (say, clients) in a way that’s easy for you to manage and easy for them to access. The Biz differs from the regular Pogoplug (which also has this capability) by letting you control the entire process, customizing the Pogoplug interface to integrate directly with your business and avoiding the inevitable question from your clients of “what the heck is a Pogoplug and why do I have to get my files from it?” There’s a whole host of other cool stuff that you can do with the Pogoplug Biz, and we’ve got the entire rundown, after the jump.
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Pogoplug Drops The Pink, Goes Business Class
Section: Computers , Networking , Gadgets / Other , Peripherals , Storage The company behind the Pogoplug , Cloud Engines has unveiled a new device today—its the Pogoplug Biz. And as you can likely tell by the name, its intended for the business user. First things first though, the Pogoplug Biz is going to be available for pre-order as of today and it will be priced at $299. Similar to the other Pogoplug devices, there is no monthly service fee for use.
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Pogoplug Biz for business users now available for pre-order, priced at $299
Oh, that Ed Hardy, just when we let go – they suck us back in with their wares. This time they have an update to their USB keys from last year . These latest ones are bit funkier than the USB keys from the past, and they look like dog tags rather than USB flash drives.
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New Ed Hardy USB Keys Get a Facelift
It was heralded as a game changer when it was released nearly six years ago, but now it’s being let out to pasture without a path back to the barn. It’s Windows XP Service Pack 2 and last week, Microsoft released the last security patches it’s ever going to release for that version of its operating system.
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So long XP SP2, it was good to know you
Ben Heck chose to make his Bill Paxton pinball machine the old fashioned way, using actual flippers and tunnels and whatnot. But there’s also another, less complicated way to make a pinball machine – by running an emulator on a computer.
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hot touch arcade emulator: fake pinball machine accepts real coins
Ever since HPO purchased Palm and announced that they would be investing heavily in Palm’s webOS, we knew that they would be producing a tablet computer based on webOS. Now HP have filed for a trademark, which we expect they will use for their webOS tablet, the trademark is called ‘Palmpad’. HP has recently put on hold the Google Android tablet it was developing and also the Window 7 based one. HP can obviously see great potential in using Palm’s webOS for a tablet, and with all the investment they are putting into webOS we can expect to see something pretty interesting. We still have no idea when HP will launch the Palmpad webOS based tablet, and what sort of specifications it will have, as soon as we get some more information we will let you guys know
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HP Files Palmpad Trademark For webOS Tablet
For many people, the idea of a small portable device which can plug into their network and then with a simple cable swap plug directly into their computer sounds like a match made in heaven. This is the niche Seagate hopes to capitalize on with their GoFlex Net as it adds yet another option to the already amazingly customizable Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex portable drive line! Now read on for the full review . Permanent Link
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Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Net USB NAS Review