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Noteworthy on the Web- Ars Technica: FBI document on Steve Jobs: apparently more than fit for officeDid you know that Apple cofounder Steve Jobs was considered for an appointment with the US government under George Herbert Walker Bush? Now you do—along with the rest of the world—thanks to newly released documentsby the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI posted on Thursday a 161-page document of... […]jacqui@arstechnica.com (Jacqui Cheng)
- Leica News & Rumors: Fuji X-Pro1 M-mount adapter on display at the CP+ show in JapanAs previously reported, Fujifilm will introduce an X-Pro1 adapter for Leica M-mount lenses later this year. A prototype is currently on display at the CP+ show in Japan:Source Posted by LeicaRumors.com This RSS feed is copyrighted and cannot be republished in any way without permission. Follow (LR) on ... […]LR admin
- LE FIGARO - Une: Autisme : la neurobiologie discrédite la psychanalyseGrâce aux neurosciences, des stratégies de soins se dessinent, loin des concepts freudiens totalement dépassés.Articles en rapportLes poissons d'eau douce ont colonisé la mer […]Martine Perez, Damien Mascret
- Ars Technica: Critics slam SSL authority for minting certificate for impersonating sitesCritics are calling for the ouster of Trustwave as a trusted issuer of secure sockets layer certificates after it admitted minting a credential it knew would be used by a customer to impersonate websites it didn't own. The so-called subordinate root certificate allowed the customer to issue SSL credentials that... […]dan.goodin@arstechnica.com (Dan Goodin)
- The Register: Solarflare turns network adapters into serversWhen a CPU just isn't fast enough Solarflare, a maker of 10 Gigabit Ethernet server adapter cards for performance-obsessed companies like stock exchanges, hedge funds, and supercomputer centers, is turning its network interface cards into servers, more or less.… […]The Register
- Ars Technica: Google paying users to track 100% of their Web usage via little black boxGoogle is working to collect information about Internet users that it can't get from just monitoring its own browser, services, and Android devices. The company has set up a new program called Screenwise, which offers money to users who install a black box on their home network to "measure Internet... […]casey.johnston@arstechnica.com (Casey Johnston)
- slight paranoia: How long does it take for the FTC to investigate a company?The Federal Trade Commission is the nation's premier privacy enforcer. In the last few years, it has gone after Facebook, Google, Twitter and several other firms for violating consumers' privacy or deceiving them about the degree to which they protect that privacy. To outsiders, the FTC can seem highly secretive... […]noreply@blogger.com (Christopher Soghoian)
- AnandTech: Hitachi Releases Ultrastar SSD400S.B: 25nm SLC NAND Is Here25nm MLC NAND has been in the market for roughly a year now and it is very common in today's consumer SSDs—there are only a few models using 3Xnm MLC NAND (OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS for example). In the enterprise space, however, 25nm SLC NAND is just starting to... […]Kristian Vättö
- Lifehacker: Color Code Audio Outputs with Paper Reinforcement Labels to Find Them Quickly [Clever Uses]Having trouble finding the proper output jack on the back of your computer for your headphones? Instructables user philip42 suggests using a school supply favorite, reinforcement labels, to help you find the right audio jack easier. More » […]Thorin Klosowski
- Dean Bubley's Disruptive Wireless: There will be a pushback against user profiling, big data & analyticsWhen it comes to Internet or telecom companies and personal data and privacy, I think there are two classes of abusive behaviour that tend to annoy end-users:Revealing specific data-points without permissionOver-analysis of user behaviour during longer periods of timeThe first class is more "obvious" - we've seen... […]Dean Bubley (noreply@blogger.com)
- DPReview News: Sigma DP series reinvented as DP1M and DP2M with 15MPx3 sensor from SD1Sigma has totally reinvented its DP series of large sensor compacts with the DP1 Merrill and DP2 Merrill. The DP Merrill models are named after Dick Merrill, inventor of the Foveon sensor and include the most recent version of his technology - the 15x3MP APS-C sensor first seen in Sigma's... […]DPReview News
- Pop Wuping: Papernomad CasesMade from a special paper formulation that is flame, water and tear resistant (wow!) Papernomad makes a range of cases for the iPad, iPhone and other less interesting devices. I prefer them as is but if you have some illustration talent, or even better your kids do, you can draw... […]Popwuping
- The Brooks Review: ‘Path Uploads Your Entire iPhone Address Book to Its Servers’Arun Thampi:Upon inspecting closer, I noticed that my entire address book (including full names, emails and phone numbers) was being sent as a plist to Path. Now I don’t remember having given permission to Path to access my address book and send its contents to its servers, so... […]BenBrooks
- Ars Technica: Google (finally) brings Chrome to AndroidGoogle is finally bringing Chrome to the Android platform. A beta releaseof the increasingly popular Web browser was published this morning in the Android Market and is available to users who are running Android 4. The port includes Chrome's advanced HTML rendering engine and many of the browser's popular... […]segphault@arstechnica.com (Ryan Paul)
- The Register: USER-TRACKING Firefox sparks Mozilla civil warDevs spar over user ID numbers in phone-home Telemetry code Mozilla coders are arguing among themselves about the open-source outfit's Telemetry project, which was designed to monitor Firefox usage metrics. Several coders in the Mozilla camp have expressed concern about how some developers are proposing Telemetry should collect data from... […]The Register
- The Consumerist: What's On The Menu? The Chef's Specially Smushed Together Meat Glue SteakLook at that nice, pink cut of beef, cooked rare for your steak-gobbling pleasure. Now look a little closer and hey! It could be just smushed together pieces of diced beef, bound with something called "meat glue." Not so appetizing now, eh? Komo Newsreports on a new, slightly troubling... […]Mary Beth Quirk
- Better Living Through Design: Unique Nail FileNail files aren’t a favorite subject in design, for obvious reasons. They’re throw away items that we wouldn’t give a second thought, or at least they were before this little item. It’s made from natural stone from the Pyrenees Mountains and will never wear out. That’s right, never. There’s... […]Katie
- Acquire: Zenith Montre d’Aeronef Type 20Zenith tips its hat to the classic pilot watches of yesteryear with the Montre d'Aeronef Type 20, a massive 57.5mm watch encased in Grade 5 titanium which is to be released in a limited run of 250 pieces. The classically styled timepiece houses Zenith's Caliber 5011, a manual wound movement... […]Acquire
- DPReview News: Canon renews full-frame lenses with 24-70mm F2.8 II and stabilized wide-angle primesCanon has released three EF lenses, including an updated 24-70mm F2.8 II USM. The latest version features what is promised to be a more durable body, despite being a little smaller. In addition to this high-end full-frame standard zoom, there are completely redesigned semi-fast 24mm and 28mm F2.8 primes, both... […]DPReview News
- DPReview News: Just Posted: Nikon D800 hands-on previewWe've had some time with a pre-production D800 and have prepared a detailed in-depth preview. Nikon's latest DSLR boasts core technology borrowed from the top-end D4, married with a 36.3MP CMOS sensor that comfortably eclipses the rest of the DSLR market in resolution terms. As well as first impressions of... […]DPReview News
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