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The Ghost in Your Machine: IPv6 Gateway to Hackers 19. July 2008

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It may be years before the new internet protocol IPv6 takes over from the current IPv4, but a security researcher is warning that many systems — corporate and personal — are already open to attack through channels that have been enabled on their machines to support IPv6 traffic.

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Fler tjejer lockas till spelbranschen 18. July 2008

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För fyra år sedan drog Annika O Bergström igång projektet Supermarit med hoppet att få in fler tjejer i spelbranschen och på så sätt göra spelen roligare och mindre enformiga. Trots att hon under sitt första år bland annat blev utbuad på Dreamhack, har Annika O Bergström ännu inte givit upp.

Samsung unveils new point-and-shoot digital cameras 16. July 2008

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Samsung unveiled its second-half 2008 point and shoot digital camera line, including four new pocket-sized models.
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SAP beskylls för jeanskatastrof

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Levi Strauss nettovinst har sjunkit med 98 procent till bara en miljon dollar, visar senaste kvartalsrapporten. Företaget skyller på ett struligt SAP-projekt.

Varselsbrev til fildelere

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Virgin Media har sendt 800 brev til sine kunder med advarsel om at de ikke bør laste ned ulovlige musikkfiler via fildelingsnettsteder.
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CNBC: Korean carrier in talks to buy Sprint (AP) 15. July 2008

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AP - South Korea's SK Telecom Corp. is in talks to buy struggling U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp., according to business news channel CNBC.
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Superhacket drabbar alla operativsystem 14. July 2008

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Säkerhetsforskaren Kris Kaspersky kommer under en konferens demonstrera färdig kod som tar över datorn via buggar i processorn. Koden fungerar oavsett vilket operativsystem som datorn kör, även om det är uppdaterat.

First take: E-Ten glofiish V900

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Fancy live sports action on your mobile phone? This Windows Mobile PDA-phone may just be your ticket to that.
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Microsoft cuts Xbox price by $50, plans 60GB model (AP) 13. July 2008

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AP - Microsoft Corp. is trimming the price of its Xbox 360 video game console to make way for a new model with a bigger hard drive.
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Bowed cymbal recording 11. July 2008

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Important to remember - interesting sounds need not originate from complex devices.

I have a bunch of bowed cymbal sounds in my library and they have always intrigued me as I understood how they were created but had never bothered to actually try myself, despite having a drum kit (the ultimate stress reliever!) with some quite nice cymbals…..

Tim Prebble explores some simple bow & cymbal interaction in this vid, including some reversed notes. His occasional hand-mute gating seems worthy of further investigation - Bowed Cymbal

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NovaBackup 10 Professional

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NovaBackup 10 Professional is solid, flexible backup software for experts, but it’s too clunky for the average user.

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Hoopah Kidview Computer Explorer 6 10. July 2008

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The Hoopah browser limits kids to child-safe sites and allows secure e-mail with known contacts.

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Google Mobile App unifies searches

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The search tool for both the iPhone and iPod touch looks up Web sites, contacts, and locations all from the same tool.
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Yahoo’s New ‘Build Your Own’ Search Engine Nips at Google’s Lead

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Search giant Yahoo announces a new initiative which allows web developers to hack its search engine index to produce customized results and mashups. The company hopes this open strategy will help it compete with Google for the attention of developers and advertisers.

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Internet Bug Fix Spawns Backlash From Hackers (PC World)

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PC World - Security researchers are criticizing hacker Dan Kaminsky for keeping quiet about technical details of a critical DNS flaw.
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"Make an Electric Junk Guitar" class @ Etsy 9. July 2008

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Instrument maker Ranjit Bhatnagar will be leading a workshop at the Etsy Labs later this month, sounds like a lot of fun -

The electric guitar is a sophisticated and highly evolved instrument. But, you can make your own out of a few bucks worth of junk and parts. Learn to wind your own guitar pickups and build them into a simple one- or two-string junk guitar with a surprisingly nice sound. Depending on your ambition and experience, you can make your junk guitar as simple or as sophisticated as you want, but everybody is guaranteed to go home with at least a fun twangy noisemaker.

Date: July 30, 2008
Time: 6:30-9pm
Location: Etsy Labs, 325 Gold Street 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201

- CLASS Make an Electric Junk Guitar 7/30/2008 at the Etsy Labs

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O2: iPhone 3G orders reached 13,000 per second

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O2 disclosed the high demand for the iPhone 3G in an e-mail apologizing to customers who tried to take advantage of the company’s advance upgrade deal earlier this week.
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Ny funksjon i Gmail

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Se hvor du er logget inn.
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Storstrul med Windowsuppdatering

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Det har visat sig att gårdagens uppdateringspaket från Microsoft gör att användare av brandväggen Zone Alarm inte kommer ut på nätet. Varken Microsoft eller Zone Alarm har ännu gett några besked om problemet.

Mayor Boris to cover Porsche costs in CO<sub><small>2</small></sub> tax brouhaha 8. July 2008

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£25 Greengestion charge deep-sixed

London’s new mayor, the former knockabout media rascal and MP Boris Johnson, has ended the city government’s legal dispute with German luxmobile firm Porsche. Johnson has scrapped plans set by his predecessor Red Green Ken Livingstone for hefty £25 daily charges on all higher-CO2 cars entering the capital, and agreed to repay the motor manufacturer’s £400k legal fees relating to a planned judicial challenge against the city levy.

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