Month: July 2013

Hacking Politics Security

Documents Reveal How the NSA Cracked the Kryptos Sculpture Years Before the CIA

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As reported on Wired. BY KIM ZETTER The Kryptos Sculpture. Photo: Wikimedia Commons   It took more than eight years for a CIA analyst and a California computer scientist to crack three of the four coded messages on the CIA’s famed Kryptos sculpture in the late ’90s. Little did either of them know that a small group of cryptanalysts inside the NSA had beat them to it, and deciphered the same three sections of Kryptos years earlier —…

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Into the murky waters: hundreds brave New York City’s East River for annual swim

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As reported on The Verge. By Adrianne Jeffries Sewage isn’t enough to stop everyone Swimmers at the starting line in Brooklyn Bridge Park. On Sunday morning, 400 or so swimmers dove off the banks of Brooklyn for the annual Brooklyn Bridge Swim, a sprint across the East River to a tiny, rocky beach on the Manhattan side. It’s a short swim, but it takes guts: most New Yorkers think of the East River as a stinky,…

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Apple Said To Be Working On “Mogul” Slow-Motion Video Recording Feature For New iPhones

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CHRIS VELAZCO These days it seems like just about every smartphone player worth its salt is devoting time and resources to upping their camera game, and Apple is no exception. A new report from 9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman points to snippets nestled within iOS 7 beta builds that seem to indicate the company is working on a camera feature called “Mogul” that will let users record video at 120 frames per second. That’s a…

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Google Maps receives major update for Android and iOS, gains discovery feature (video)

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As reported on Engadget. By Myriam Joire Ever since Google Maps returned to iOS with a completely new UI last December, we knew it was only a matter of time until the Android app followed suit. The search giant even said this much when it launched a revamped web edition of Google Maps atI/O. Earlier today, version 7 of Google Maps popped up in the Play store boasting a new discovery feature, enhanced navigation and more. It’s now official — a major update is currently rolling…

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Hardware Dev

SanDisk’s Extreme microSD cards promise 80MBps, live up to that claim

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As reported on Engadget. By Stefan Constantinescu No one likes waiting for a file transfer to finish, and thankfully SanDisk is doing something about it. The company’s new “Extreme” line of microSD cards (16GB, 32GB, 64GB capacities) promises to deliver speeds of up to 80MBps. Benchmarks done by Android Police have the 64GB card hitting 78MBps when used in a dedicated card reader. Putting the card in a smartphone, however, yields far different results. Most smartphones, save for the Exynos 5…

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After Asiana 214, Examining the Intricacies and Perils of Landing a Modern Airliner

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As reported on Wired. BY JASON PAUR Photo: NTSB   Much of the speculation about why Asiana Airlines flight 214 crashed-landed in San Francisco, killing two people and injuring scores more, is focusing on the pilot’s experience and the equipment used. Information released by investigators thus far raises several questions, the biggest being why the Boeing 777 slowed so dramatically in the final minute of its approach. We won’t have definitive answers for some time, but…

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Mobile

Samsung Said To Launch Four Versions Of The Galaxy Note III By The End Of The Year

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CHRIS VELAZCO Talk about trying to cover bases. Korean news outlet ETNews reports that Samsung’s Galaxy Note III isn’t going to be an only child when it launches later this year — instead, it will be joined by up to three siblings that will apparently debut at the same time. The Google translation makes it bit tricky to discern what’s going on, but ETNews claims that while the four devices will feature the…

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American Intern

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As reported on TechCrunch. by BILLY GALLAGHER I live in the Milano building in Crescent Village in North San Jose. As Silicon Valley apartment complexes go, the Crescent Village is fairly normal. It’s got swimming pools, tennis courts, a fitness center, a gaming room, a 23-seat movie theater, and roughly 1,750 apartments, spread over five buildings. Since I moved in last month, I have had loud parties, late-night hot-tubbing sessions, and generally involved myself in other, nefarious,…

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Microsoft spreads Office Store to 22 new markets, intros business intelligence tool

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As reported on Engadget. By Nicole Lee It’s only been a few days since Build, and the Redmond giant already has some extra news to announce. Previously only available in the US, Microsoft’s Office and SharePoint Store is now open in 22 new markets with added language support for French, German, Spanish and Japanese. Countries with new storefronts include Australia, Canada, the UK, Japan, India, South Africa, Germany, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, Belgium and Switzerland (there…

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Pandora for iOS now features auto-pause and improved buffering

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As reported on Engadget. By Mariella Moon The newest version (4.4) of Pandora for iOS is now available for download, and it comes with a handy feature that auto-pauses songs the moment you mute your device. In an effort to achieve what the company calls “stutter-free” music, Pandora 4.4 has also been remixed with improved playback buffering. Bug fixes and enhancements common to app updates appear in the changelog as well, and URLs that could only be accessed…

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