Wednesday, October 17, 2012

NW After Dark: Hacking Pacemakers; Dead Tech: Woz Speaks

  2012 Tech Industry Graveyard | Steve Wozniak calls Apple arrogant: 'I wish the iPhone 5 was wider'
 
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Pacemaker hack can deliver deadly 830-volt jolt
Pacemakers from several manufacturers can be commanded to deliver a deadly, 830-volt shock from someone on a laptop up to 50 feet away, the result of poor software programming by medical device companies. Read More



2012 Tech Industry Graveyard
Apple, Cisco, Microsoft and Google among those bidding farewell to products Read More

Steve Wozniak calls Apple arrogant: 'I wish the iPhone 5 was wider'
Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak has said that he wishes that the iPhone 5 had a wider display, and has described the company as 'arrogant'. Read More

NASA exploring $1.5 million unmanned aircraft competition
NASA today said it wants to gage industry interest in the agency holding one of its patented Centennial Challenges to build the next cool unmanned aircraft. Read More

Top Linux-o-lanterns from around the Web
Tux the Penguin and friends geek up Halloween pumpkins Read More

Deanonymizing You: I know who you are after 1 click online or a mobile call
If you like your privacy when you are using your cellphone or surfing cyberspace, then you might find it disturbing how easily you can be personally identified while doing either. Here's a look at two different deanonymizing processes by which your privacy can be obliterated. Read More

Best Buy's in-house budget tablet to undercut the iPad, Android alternatives on price
Best Buy is getting ready to release a 9.7-inch Android tablet under its Insignia store brand in less than a month - and a report from Reuters indicates that the device could sell for considerably less than most other products in its size class. Read More

We unfeeling, overly serious men use far fewer emoticons than women, study finds
While I'm not violently opposed to using emoticons in text messages, neither am I drawn to using them. I didn't even feel compelled to work one into the headline. Apparently, among guys, I'm not alone in my views on emoticons. Read More

Amazon and Texas Instruments' friendly divorce
News about Amazon's supposedly pending multi-billion-dollar acquisition of the Texas Instruments mobile processor business is just rumor. It would be a bad decision for Amazon. Jeff Bezos can succeed at almost anything he tries. Whether it is selling books, changing online consumer behavior, creating one of the leading IaaS companies or building space vehicles, one would be foolish to bet against... Read More

Who is tweeting from the NSA's parking lot?
From Google Maps, the U.S. National Security Agency's parking lot has a larger footprint than the building itself. And for the high secrecy surrounding what goes on inside, there is plenty of information flowing just outside. Read More

Huawei fires back at Cisco
Huawei fired back at Cisco after Cisco's chief counsel stated that its Chinese rival misstated the findings of intellectual property infringement litigation between the two companies 10 years ago. Read More

 
 
 

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