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Major Security Issues Already Found In Outlook For iOS And Android – Tom’s Hardware


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Major Security Issues Already Found In Outlook For iOS And Android
Tom’s Hardware
Microsoft launched the "Outlook for iOS and Android" app yesterday, which was in fact a rebranding of an existing app called Acompli that Microsoft purchased in early December 2014. However, according to IBM developer René Winkelmeyer, the app …
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Easy hardware hack turns iPad into piano

That shortcoming prompted Adam Kumpf to hack together a miniature piano attachment for the … what the screen can usually do,” the 31-year-old MIT graduate tells Cult of Mac. “I strongly believe that there’s a world of accessories relating to …
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The Lumia 1520: enormous hardware, troublesome software

All six inches of the Nokia Lumia 1520.
Lee Hutchinson

Specs at a glance: Nokia Lumia 1520
Screen 1920×1080 6″ (368 ppi) IPS touchscreen
OS Windows Phone 8 Update 3 with Nokia “Black” update
CPU 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800
RAM 2GB
GPU 450 Mhz Adreno 330
Storage 16GB (AT&T) or 32GB (everyone else)
Networking Dual Band 802.11b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.0 including Low Energy, GPS, GLONASS
Ports Micro USB, headphones
Camera 20MP rear camera with OIS, f/2.4 aperture, 1.3MP front camera
Size 162.8mm×85.4mm×8.7mm
Weight 209g
Battery 3400 mAh
Starting price $ 99 with a two year contract

So here’s the thing about the Lumia 1520. It’s huge. Really, absurdly huge. I know it’s not the first super-sized smartphone, but it’s the first I’ve ever used in any meaningful capacity and it’s just vast. There are apartments in Manhattan that boast less square footage than the Lumia 1520.

The Lumia 1520 represents a number of Windows Phone firsts. It’s the first Windows Phone with a 1920×1080 screen. It’s the first Windows Phone with a six inch screen. It’s the first Windows Phone with a Snapdragon 800 processor, which in turn makes it the first quad core Windows Phone. It is, as far as I can tell, the first Windows Phone with 802.11ac Wi-Fi.

And it’s the first Windows Phone that doubles up as a coffee table, or, in a pinch, a spare wing for a 747.

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Govt’s $2.7 million KILL IT WITH FIRE approach to malware: Destroy all hardware

Finding malware on your own system or your company’s networked computers is never a pleasant experience. IT admins might grumble, or cuss under their breath about stupid users, but few would totally freak out about a virus. Yet the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA’s) IT security department at the Department of Commerce decided upon the “kill it with fire” approach. This comedy of errors…
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