The Internet Gets Physical (Steve Lohr/New York Times)
Steve Lohr / New York Times:The Internet Gets Physical — THE Internet likes you, really likes you. It offers you so much, just a mouse click or finger tap away. Go Christmas shopping, find restaurants, locate partying friends, tell the world what you’re up to. Some of the finest minds in computer science …
Louis C.K. Doesn’t Get Torrents, But Gets Distribution (Ernesto/TorrentFreak)
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:Louis C.K. Doesn’t Get Torrents, But Gets Distribution — Stand-up comedian Louis C.K is selling a direct download of his show at the Beacon Theater for 5 dollars. No DRM, no forced email spam, no expensive middle-man – just value for value. That’s how easy and convenient video distribution …
Carrier IQ Gets Scrooged For The Holidays – InformationWeek
Globe and Mail Carrier IQ Gets Scrooged For The HolidaysInformationWeekChasing down the source of the communications, he finds that employees' phones are literally phoning home over Wi-Fi, via his networks, to your company: Carrier IQ. The researcher, Trevor Eckhart, isn't the first one to spot the Carrier IQ software and …Inside Carrier IQ-gateComputerworld Carrier IQ [...]
Google’s JPEG Alternative WebP Gets Smarter, Takes on PNG (Frederic Lardinois/SiliconFilter)
Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter:Google’s JPEG Alternative WebP Gets Smarter, Takes on PNG — Last year, Google introduced a new image format for the web called WebP. WebP is meant to be a modern alternative to the popular but patent-encumbered JPEG standard. It produces significantly smaller files without sacrificing image quality.
Implant Sciences explosive detector gets DHS DT&E designation
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: QS-B220 detector Implant Sciences Corporation ‘s Quantum Sniffer QS-B220 bench-top explosives and narcotics trace detector has received a Developmental Testing & Evaluation (DT&E) Designation from the Department of Homeland Security, said the company on Sept. 13. The Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (SAFETY [...]
Final defendant in NY missile/bomb plot gets 25 years
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption: Laguerre Payen A fourth man who participated in plot to bomb New York City area synagogues and bring down U.S. military aircraft with Stinger surface-to-air missiles in 2009 was sentenced to 25 years for his actions. Laguerre Payen, a 29-year-old Haitian, was convicted, along with three others [...]
RELM radio gets P25 compliance
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: communications RELM Wireless Corporation’s KNG P800 portable radio is Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program (P25 CAP)-validated on the infrastructure of four competitors, and has been included on the Responder Knowledge Base (RKB) website. Homepage position: 10 read more
After Iran strike, Israel gets cyber unit – United Press International
This stems from the ground-breaking use of the highly sophisticated Stuxnet computer virus against Iran, a strike widely attributed to Israel. The attack was detected in the Islamic Republic’s uranium enrichment facility at Natanz, 160 miles south of …
Google News gets a new human touch, launching publisher-curated Editors’ Picks as a standing section (Megan Garber/Nieman Journalism Lab)
Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab:Google News gets a new human touch, launching publisher-curated Editors’ Picks as a standing section — When Google News launched in 2002, it did so with some declarations: “This page was generated entirely by computer algorithms without human editors.” And: “No humans were harmed or even used in the creation [...]
Head of phishing ring gets 12 years in prison for scamming 38K victims – Digitaltrends.com
Have you ever received an email pretending to be a bank or credit card company? A California man received a sizable prison sentence today for sending those emails and bilking victims out of their money. That Tien Truong Nguyen, age 34, was sentenced today …
