Researcher Warns of Vulnerabilities in Samsung Devices - eSecurity Planet


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Researcher Warns of Vulnerabilities in Samsung Devices
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Luigi Auriemma says he came across the issue by accident while trying to play a practical joke on his brother. By Jeff Goldman | April 26, 2012 Security researcher Luigi Auriemma recently discovered two vulnerabilites in network-connected Samsung ...

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Windows 8 tablet PC makers: We can't compete with the iPad's price - ExtremeTech


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Windows 8 tablet PC makers: We can't compete with the iPad's price
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By Sebastian Anthony on May 18, 2012 at 7:33 am If reports from Taiwan are to be believed, hardware manufacturers are struggling to create Windows 8 on ARM (Windows RT) devices that are competitively priced against Apple's iPad and Amazon's Kindle Fire ...

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Why Asia is a Hub for Bikes - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Why Asia is a Hub for Bikes
Wall Street Journal (blog)
They're practical and elegant in a way that no other personal transportation can match; a brilliantly spare assortment of neoclassical simple machines (wheels, pulleys, levers) that produce the most energy-efficient means of travel humans have ever ...

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Honda's UNI-CUB mobility device is the butt of ASIMO's jokes - Engadget

Honda's UNI-CUB mobility device is the butt of ASIMO's jokes
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Honda's latest personal mobility device appears to be a robotic stool with an omnidirectional wheel (dubbed the Honda Omni Traction Drive System, no less). You control speed and direction of the UBI-CUB by shifting your weight in the saddle, ...

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Utah booby traps: Military training helped officer see trip wires - Los Angeles Times

Utah booby traps: Military training helped officer see trip wires
Los Angeles Times
During his tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, it was Schoeffler's job to find such trip wires and dismantle the explosive devices to which they were attached. He never expected to find himself doing the same job in a forest in Utah.

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Best Buy Facebook “Joke” Points Out The Risks Of Handling Smartphone Repairs - StorefrontBacktalk

Best Buy Facebook “Joke” Points Out The Risks Of Handling Smartphone Repairs
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What about your own employees? IT handles internal repairs of lots of devices, including smartphones. What if that Facebook joke was done with the login of your CEO? How would you like to try and explain that to your boss? In the Best Buy incident, ...

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Maps made for vehicles big and tall - Canada.com

Maps made for vehicles big and tall
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Toronto gets Blaupunkt With a name that sounds like a German practical joke, it's not altogether surprising that stereo manufacturer Blaupunkt has released a car stereo that's sure to seem like a prank to Canadians. As though Toronto the Good needs any ...

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The Wind-Mobile: Recharge an EV Battery With a Wind Turbine - CleanTechnica

The Wind-Mobile: Recharge an EV Battery With a Wind Turbine
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Although, there has been no report of actual practical battery range. It was apparently built in just three months, and cost less than $1600 to put together. If nothing else, the car is certainly visually striking and definitely a conversation starter ...

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'Hysteria' and the invention of the vibrator - The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A.


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'Hysteria' and the invention of the vibrator
The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A.
“But if you make a film about the invention of the vibrator, and that's the joke, it's maybe a 15-minute sketch, so for me the joke was about the cultural denial that was going on,” she added. “People back then didn't think women's sexuality existed.

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Top Ten reasons your Ice Cream Sandwich update is taking so long - ITWorld Canada (blog)

Top Ten reasons your Ice Cream Sandwich update is taking so long
ITWorld Canada (blog)
4. Ice Cream Sandwich is actually a huge practical joke by Google…it doesn't really exist. All those people that say they have it for their device? They're in on it. Trust no one. 3. The CEO at your handset company decided to be more hands-on, ...

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