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First successful ‘spoofing’ of unmanned aerial vehicles

Posted by Lola Lindeman On June - 29 - 2012 NO Comment

Cockrell School of Engineering Assistant Professor Todd Humphreys and his students were invited by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to attempt the demonstration in White Sands, New Mexico in late June. Using a small but sophisticated UAV along with hardware and software developed by Humphreys and his students, the research team repeatedly overtook navigational signals going to the GPS-guided vehicle.

Known as “spoofing,” the technique creates false civil GPS signals that trick the vehicle’s GPS receiver into thinking nothing is amiss — even as it steers a new navigational course induced by the outside hacker. Because spoofing fools GPS receivers’ on both their location and time, some fear that most GPS-reliant devices, infrastructure and markets are vulnerable to attacks.

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Microsoft Unveils Its iPad Killer Tablet Surface

Posted by Lola Lindeman On June - 27 - 2012 NO Comment

At an invite-only press conference in Los Angeles last night Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the software giant’s answer to the iPad – called Surface the two new Windows-based tablets are set to be released this Autumn.

There’s no doubt that Microsoft is late to the lucrative tablet market, Apple released their first iPad in March 2010 and 2 year’s later Microsoft has finally decided it wants a slice of the lucrative market. But to ma

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By Ewan on June 26, 2012 in Devices, Opinion

Well then. That took us all by surprise didnt it?

Last weeks keynote from Microsoft announcing their Microsoft Surface tablet strategy was unexpected.

We should be clear, though: Of course Microsoft has been looking at tablets. Of course. Tablets are one of the biggest trends in technology right now. Microsoft couldnt possibly ignore the trend.

There had been rumblings of something coming from Microsoft for quite a while. Most expected the company to announce a hardware partner . Most expected the actual announcement to take place later .

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SmugMug Launches New Photo Finishing Options

Posted by Jackson Walton On June - 20 - 2012 NO Comment

SmugMug is a very slick photo sharing site that lets people buy your pictures in whatever format they desire. Whether they want a photo book, a print, or even a coffee mug; they can get it without you actually having to create the item.The folks at SmugMug kicked things up a notch today with the addition of Photo Extras. Photo Extras is a service made just for the company’s pro users and gives customers the option to buy your pictures with mats, frames, mounting and finishes. It’ll come to them complete and ready for wall-mounting.Currently, Photo Extras are only able to be sold at the default price. You’ll still make a profit, but as of right now you can’t mark-up for upgrades. Find more…

Celebs must clearly identify sponsored tweets, UK body says

Posted by Brodie Boyce On June - 17 - 2012 NO Comment

Heres a warning to brands using celebrities as Twitter advertising vehicles UK regulators say such tweets must be clearly identified as marketing.

Two English football players have fallen foul for these tweets for Nike

Jack Wilshire, whose account is now suspended, tweeted: In 2012, I will come back for my club and be ready for my country. #

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Making it easier to build secure Web applications

Posted by Lola Lindeman On June - 16 - 2012 NO Comment

At the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in Boston last week, MIT researchers presented a new programming system that could help prevent such inadvertent information leaks.

The system, dubbed Aeolus, is designed for programmers developing large, distributed Web applications, and it automatically keeps track of users data-access privileges. While academics have been investigating such systems for years, Institute Professor Barbara Liskov, who led the new work, says Aeolus should prove much easier to use than its predecessors.

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Apple’s Next-generation iPhone to Launch in Early September?

Posted by Jackson Walton On June - 13 - 2012 NO Comment

It appears that the iPhone 5 will enter the smartphone arena in the next couple of months. This iOS smartphone has been a recent subject of rumors including hardware part leaks and video previews. This time some analysts have begun to make predictions on the handset’s launch date based or rumors and speculation.

KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recently informed clients that the next-generation Apple iPhone will be launched in early September. Ming-Chi’s note to investors states:

”Based on the release schedule for iOS 6 GM, there is a very good chance iPhone 5 will start shipping also in early September,”

The highly anticipated smartphone will reportedly follow the release of the Gold Master version of Apple’s iOS 6 software. The

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