Day: April 10, 2014

Google Mobile

Here are some of the crazy phones you can build with Google’s Project Ara

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As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes Google is starting to show developers what they need to do to create swappable parts for its upcoming modular smartphones, currently called Project Ara. On Ara’s website, it’s just posted the Module Developers Kit, which contains the information that manufacturers need to get started on creating modular parts. “Ara’s success is predicated on a rich, vibrant, and diverse ecosystem of modules from a myriad of developers,” one document in the kit…

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Engineering Environmental

A German Company Is Printing Food For The Elderly

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As reported on TechCrunch. by John Biggs A German company, Biozoon, is working on a 3D-printed food extruder that creates food that literally melts in your mouth, allowing elderly patients with dysphagia – the inability to swallow – to eat without choking. Biozoon uses molecular gastronomy to create food that can be “printed” using a standard extruder-based printer. The food solidifies and is completely edible but when it’s eaten it quickly dissolves in the mouth. Over 60% of older…

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Business Mobile

BlackBerry is willing to stop making phones if they keep losing money

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS BlackBerry CEO John Chen has long made it obvious that he wants to turn a profit by 2016, but it’s now clear that nothing will stand in the way of that goal — not even his company’s smartphones. While devices are still part of the plan, Chen tells Bloomberg and Reuters that he wants to avoid depending on them for revenue, and may “not be in the handset business” if the hardware doesn’t make cash.…

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Business OS

Death of Windows XP can’t quite reverse slowing PC sales

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS The official end to Windows XP support may have sent many companies into a panic, but it was good news for PC manufacturers this winter… well, sort of. Both Gartner and IDC report a big increase in PC shipments during the first quarter thanks to companies scrambling to replace old XP computers at the last possible moment. However, the two analyst groups note that the sudden spike only managed to soften ongoing declines in PC shipments, rather…

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Security

How to avoid heartburn, err, Heartbleed

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As reported on Engadget. BY SEAN BUCKLEY Don’t change your password. It’s strange advice to hear when the so-called Heartbleed bugis leaving databases all over the web open and exposed, but it’s applicable. Yes, security has been compromised for many of your favorite websites and services (including Google, Flickr and Steam, at least initially) but protecting yourself isn’t quite as easy as changing your password. Unlike past exploits, Heartbleed isn’t a database leak or a list of plaintext logins; it’s a flaw…

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