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Mythbusters Gagged: Credit Card Companies Kill Episode Exposing RFID Security Flaws (41)
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Credit card companies successfully nixed a Mythbusters segment exposing RFID's security flaws, according to Arbiter of Truth and Mythbusters co-host, Adam Savage. Texas Instruments comes on along with chief legal counsel for American Express, Visa, Discover, and everybody else... They were way, way outgunned and they absolutely made it really clear to Discovery that they were not going to air this episode talking about how hackable this stuff was, and Discovery backed way down being ...Shared by aliencam (5) alphaxion (13) Anita (21) BilliamJ (9) Bob Lee (16) Christopher (22) CntrySigns (7) Corris (6) Crossbar (36) danbri (23) David Worrell (15) DJ (17) Doug Stewart (28) Erik (46) f.shamsi (5) Fernio (3) iammikeb (18) J (7) Jason Adam Young (6) Jeanne (8) JEP (12) Jerry Heiselman (19) Jim (22) Justin (8) Kuushal (7) Mark (9) Matt Warren (2) Matthew (47) Mazz (54) Nishant (6) Randy (8) Rialtus (6) Sam (23) Simon Phipps (6) SK (6) Superbunker (12) TheFlamingoKing (4) tsangal (21) UJ (34) vraicovi (17) Wolfsbane (5)- Jason Adam Young said: wow, just, wow, and I mean... just wow
- Randy said: and this is why I don't have an RFID credit card and hate the new passports.
- DJ said: That's why a year or two ago when my replacement bank card had RFID in it, I immediately had them send me a replacement without it.
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Nintendough: Fiscal 2009 forecast raised again (4)
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Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Business Good news, everybody*! Nintendo expects to make even more money during its 2009 fiscal year than it had previously anticipated. And it had previously anticipated quite a bit.According to VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi and Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter, Nintendo has raised its financial forecast for the six months ending Sept. 30, 2008, as well as its expectations for the full fiscal year ending March 31, 2009. Thanks to phenomenal ...Contribute comment -
SanDisk introduces write-once WORM SD cards - Engadget (1)
permalinkAccording to SanDisk, there is "no physical way to alter or delete individual recorded files," but we'd wager that hackers at large would have a thing or two to say about that. Nevertheless, said units tout a 100-year archive life when kept under appropriate storage conditionsShared by Fernio (3)Contribute comment
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Readers pick best webcomic: A life of service (2)
onFiled under: Culture, Online, PollsMaybe it's the upcoming expo, or that we made the focus of this week's wrapup on the comic series, or maybe (just maybe) it was the favored gaming comic. Whatever the reasons, Penny Arcade's "A Life of Service" took top honors in the webcomic wrapup. Second place was taken by 2P Start's Level Up!, while Hijinks Ensue's Scared Straight claimed a distant third. A special mention goes to Robot Martini's two ...Shared by Chris (34) Fernio (3)Contribute comment
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Become an Efficient Researcher: Top Twenty Firefox Add-ons that Make Firefox the Researchers Browser of Choice | Res Ipsa Blog (2)
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Amsterdam Canals - July 2006.jpg [POTD for August 24 from commons.wikimedia.org] (1)
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A review of the Nokia E71 - Joel on Software (61)
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When Apple’s iPhone 3G came out, I was pretty sure I’d get one. It had all the features I was waiting for. But the lines just weren’t going away. I searched Twitter. For a week, then two, every day brought fresh reports of five-hour waits. And then the reports of bugs started coming in. The Exchange synchronization features weren’t up to snuff, I heard. The phone crashed regularly, I heard. Basic operations were painfully slow. ...Shared by Abdullah Cetin CAVDAR (52) adantas (25) AdiR1 (18) Alex (102) alice (8) Bernardo (11) Bijou (13) Bruno Torres (3) Chandoo (9) Christoph Thelen (1) Danny (8) David (12) df (1) dknowles (19) DrBaher (6) Fabian Neumann (10) Fernio (3) FX Poster (7) g b (39) ggatin (10) Goldie Katsu (12) grant (19) Greg (4) Guttorm (2) Helvick (4) hyderabadblues (5) Igor Sereda (16) J. (2) J. Angelo Racoma (0) Jigar Mehta (58) jillesvangurp (10) John (21) Jonjon (16) Just Mohit (19) justin spratt (3) Justin Yost (81) LonelyBob (18) michael (7) Muthu Ramadoss (9) Neagrigore (14) Nokia Conversations (6) Ole Begemann (12) olifante (12) Ondrej Brablc (16) Paolo Amoroso (7) Parveen (6) rchk (27) rexy (23) Richie de Almeida (30) Rob (17) rwonline (4) Steve (11) tarun upadhyay (4) Terence Lo (4) Thomas Vander Wal (5) Tim (43) Tim (9) Tony Duckles (7) turker (9) Uri (10) Werner (0)Explore read six notes- alice said: Interesting review, but OpenOffice has had autocomplete for years.
- g b said: Looks like a nice followup to the E61 I had (just for couch browsing, never used it as a phone) a couple of years ago ... and I have been to that Nokia store in NYC, not too exciting compared to you-know-who.
- Guttorm said: I'm hearing a lot of fans raving about this one lately...
- dknowles said: I would be all over this if the first Android weren't coming out in a few weeks.
- Uri said: My next phone?
- Alex said: #2 & #3 are a big deal to me, too. Why can't I have it all? Sigh.
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Kona Bikes: It's Spoking Me Out! (13)
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Is there some weird connection between cutouts and mountain bikes? The hilarious thing is that Kona spends every breathless word banging on about their high tech technology techniques.Props to Gordon! Original is here!Shared by Akai (25) Bextra (1) Craig (2) Del (12) Fernio (3) Immortalpear (20) Jennifer (22) Michaelk (17) rchk (27) Robin (10) Scott (6) Vince (24) wildgica (45)Contribute comment -
Mozilla Crowns Best Firefox 3 Extensions [Firefox Extensions] (237)
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Mozilla Labs announces the winners of their official Extend Firefox 3 Contest, and they're an impressive crop of new and updated extensions for your favorite browser. I was honored to serve on the judging panel for this year's contest (alongside some huge names in the browser biz), and we rated the entries based on how easy they were to use, and how well they took advantage of new features in Firefox 3. Let's take a ...Shared by 7noOna (20) Aaron (2) Aaron R (74) Abby (1) Adam S (8) aemkei (3) AJ (190) Alex (0) Ali (2) Amy (15) Amy (33) Andre Siregar (4) Andrew (63) Andrew (30) andrewcsfan (14) Angie Bowen (10) Army of Gnomes (39) Art (22) Arvin (7) Barry Wallace (3) Ben (16) Blaine Moore (1) Blake Matheny (10) Brandy (7) BrendoMan (115) Brendon Wadey (34) CampMaster (21) Camtron 9000 (20) Casey (3) Caught Creatures (14) cesaracardoso (77) Chad (4) chengyuan (12) Chris (8) Chris (10) Chris Nixon (20) ChrisReeder (13) Christian Santos (72) chunk (14) Claudio Ruiz (2) Clay (41) Colby (6) Compuwizard123 (34) ConcertfreakJJ (6) CtrlBreak (13) Cunya (13) D (2) Daidaros (9) daisylinbluez (0) Dan (22) Dan Russell (12) Daniel (9) Danielle (37) Danny (0) Derrik (37) Donnie Berkholz (5) Doug Stewart (28) dubó (15) easyon (6) Eduardo (2) elyse (0) ema (3) Erich (6) evanc (2) Fabio (0) fatihturan (67) FDávid (20) felipefonseca (4) Fernio (3) Florent Solt (0) Galtenbergs (19) Garrett (8) Gary (4) Gatewayy (17) Gelidity (5) genieyclo (6) Giacomo (5) Gil Creque (8) gnusic (80) Gordon (6) Gus (17) Hakim (15) happy_soil (21) Haris (27) Hasan (23) Henry Webb (20) HollowMarkeD (65) homard (0) houseinrlyeh (94) Humberto Gonzalez (43) HUNG (57) ignu (22) INCyr (29) Indy (62) isocketnet (3) izensun (5) Jacob (2) Jacob (20) Jaime (13) jamesjbigler (9) Jared B. Luther (2) Jason Wong (10) JasonV (2) jayman16 (61) JBu92 (65) JeDa (20) Jeff (162) Jeffrey (26) jGrrl (7) Joe Lencioni (13) JoeMaMa (1) John Fink (16) Jon (27) Jorg (1) Josh (24) Joshua Nobles (0) Justin (7) Justin Ribeiro (12) K-IntheHouse (20) Kajivar (46) Kelly (9) Kenny (6) Kevin (30) Krazy (146) Le prof. (12) Lee G. (36) LGR (6) lindsay (4) Lou (6) Louvaro (29) Luis Benavides (3) m0d (5) m8 (4) Magnus (4) Maksim Berjoza (24) Marc (13) Marcel (5) marcel weiß (10) Mario (3) Mario Sundar (20) Mark Hendricks (14) Mark Horvath (9) Matias Sulzberger (24) Matteo (34) Megan (10) MeghnaK (324) metaeuphoria (20) mfh (18) miasarmento (110) Michael (20) mike (18) Mikey (51) moonboy (19) motionless (2) n8dude (33) nanabite (14) narkomanC (20) NasirJumani (255) Nathan (3) ndench (10) Neal (0) Neo (5) Nice Fish Films (65) Nicholas Schiller (5) Nick Humphries (16) Nicolás (17) Nihar (21) nikhil (27) Niklas (22) nilegomez (11) norti (37) Oliver (24) Olivier (48) Omer (9) otomatsu (7) Oudi Antebi (25) Pat (3) Paul King (0) pedro (0) Peli (28) Phidias (5) PouarK (34) Priit^ (63) Randy Zlobec (34) Rhea Drysdale (11) Rich (24) richtannehill (33) Rick (1) Rob (0) Rob M (6) Robert (7) Roy (3) Ryan (23) santiromero (2) satoshi (3) Scott (3) Selwin (25) Shankar Ganesh (64) Shannon Prickett (34) Shrike (4) Sid (19) simplynutty (0) Sky-Walker (38) soupenvy (19) spriteric (17) Srinvard (68) sryo (19) Steve (1) Tamar Weinberg (33) tapir (37) tarun (5) Terren (14) Thomas Nicholls (6) Tim (13) Tim Geraghty (2) Timothy O'Neil (0) TO-Double-D (20) TomK (2) Tony (11) Tor Erling (132) uchari (1) Ville (3) vim (105) vraicovi (17) Walter DeFoor (33) Will (16) Wismark (12) Wyctim (33) xabbott (0) Xdroot (32) Yann (35) yyq123 (10) Асджадс (0) 令狐葱 (10) 宋小明 (95) 攻疼新一 (317) 狮子真好吃啊 (26)Explore read five notes- Megan said: Look! That readitlater extension solves my tab collecting problem! Woot!
- Matias Sulzberger said: No se puede explicar lo útiles que son estos posts
- Mario Sundar said: My favorites are tag sifter and handy tag. Ya! I'm a tag fan! :)
- moonboy said: Nice, although firefox is not my browser of choice...
- Clay said: Gonna have to check some of these out. I was surprised not to find the extension CyberSearch which I have been playing with. It adds search results(for instance from Google) to your address bar dropdown which you can then select and go directly to the website found in the search results rather than to the website (Google, etc..) first.
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Slashdot | Compact Disc Turns 26, Has a Bright Future (6)
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javipas writes "The Compact Disc was created 26 years ago, but apparently it is as healthy as 15 years ago, when computing versions of this format (CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW) made the market explode. Nowadays CD has been replaced in some segments, but not on the music industry, that continues to support it massively. The shy return of vinyl and the absence of real competitors make CD's future very bright, so it seems this birthday will ...Contribute comment -
La villa olímpica de Beijing en naipes (3)
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Si os gustaron las construcciones olímpicas en Lego, que sepáis que eso no es más que una mariconada hecha por algún crío de primaria. El auténtico rey es Brian Berg, que se tiró 20 días para construir la villa olímpica de Beijing tan sólo con cartas de las típicas barajas de naipes. En concreto, 140.000, con lo que entró en el libro Guiness de los récords como castillo de naipes más grande del mundo. Y ...Contribute comment -
Garfield 17.08.08 (2)
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Comic for August 17, 2008 (93)
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- Art said: "until my underpants don't fit."Nice. Very nice.
- John Conners said: My definition of middle management!
- Corris said: boy am I glad my boss isn't like the phb here.
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Comic for August 17, 2008 (51)
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(author unknown) via Dilbert Daily Strip shared by 22 peopleShared by acedanger (3) axel668 (0) bddemir (4) ben (0) Bif (6) Brad (4) Caleb (16) César C (13) Cherry (2) Chris T (5) Christophe Maximin (15) Chuck Lawson (11) Collin Kreklow (4) D4V (4) df (1) Duk (3) Dustin (4) easyon (6) Eber (3) Fernio (3) godog (3) harala (8) HHcHu (11) JazBee (14) Jeron (5) Joel (4) John Conners (9) Ken Dyck (0) manki (7) Miguel (4) mmhan (7) nickc321 (10) pclouds (18) pd0 (10) pinar (14) Prakash (16) Regis (5) Rishabh Manocha (9) Sam (4) sanatgersappa (2) Sergio Cruz (1) Sylvain (19) Thejo (12) Tony Roca (1) Uday Kiran (7) xsolutions (5) Yann (26) Youpinadi (17) Zach (8) Zeca (13) Zsoltik@ (4)- John Conners said: My definition of middle management!
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Readers pick best webcomic: Fundamental Theorem of War (1)
onFiled under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox 360, Online, Polls A flood of Greek letters coming after us is just like those dreams we had in high school the night before our Calculus exams. So it's only natural that 2P Start's The Fundamental Theorem of War bring back intense feelings of elation (or perhaps pain and suffering, if you're not huge math geeks). Fitting for us, then, that it had the highest rate of change from 0, ...Shared by Fernio (3)Contribute comment
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Rumor: NVIDIA's defective GPU woes worsen (2)
onFiled under: PC, Business While AMD is riding high after the unveiling of its brawny ATI Radeon 4870 x2, rival NVIDIA is potentially looking at more problems with defective GPUs rolling out of its fabs. According to an article from UK tech blog The Inquirer, a recent batch of bad notebook chips was only the first sign of a malady affecting a wide swath of the firm's graphics processors.The site reports that four of NVIDIA's ...Shared by Fernio (3) Sherlock (9)Contribute comment
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Early adopters vs the Mainstream: Google Insights points out websites only used by Silicon Valley nerds (70)
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Intro to Google InsightsI have recently been playing around with the insanely useful Google Insights for Search product. You should definitely try it out if you haven't. It's basically Google Trends on steroids, and shows you a ton of data on any search you try. An SEO wizard's dream, basically. It's described as: With Google Insights for Search, you can compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, and time frames. Basically you put in ...Shared by | Balu | (0) Alan Veeck (10) Alejandro-S (29) Allen (11) ario (36) atul (75) Ben Newton (12) Brian Carter (8) Brian Kennish (12) Carl (2) Chris (34) Chris Roat (11) Christopher (11) Dan York (17) Dustin (3) Elizabeth (39) Eran Kampf (3) Eric (7) Erik Bruchez (12) eschnou (11) Fernio (3) Flexdaddy (13) Gabriel Weinberg (0) Gedoehns (4) griflet (12) hank (7) Hessu J (1) Hrag (4) Ian (0) Jaime (13) Jamie (4) Jason (1) Javed (119) Jeff Schmidt (29) Jonathan (6) Juls (7) Kristen Lindsey (6) LM (0) Luke (2) Magnus J (3) Mark R (4) Marshall Sponder (24)
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