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Adobe Reader Users Targeted Again via Unpatched Vulnerability
Softpedia News
Attackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the latest versions of Adobe's Reader and Acrobat products to compromise computers. The company recommends disabling JavaScript as a temporary solution until a patch is shipped on October 13.
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Inside the Nobel Prize: How a CCD Works
Gadget Lab
This year’s Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded, with the inventors of the CCD getting recognition for the invention which enabled modern digital photography. It has taken a while: Whilst the invention took just one hour, the prize took 40...
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Alessi Laser Shot watch
SlipperyBrick
Who needs old fashioned hands that go around a dial, when you can have lasers? That’s the thinking behind the latest concept watch from Alessi. Supposedly, the Laser Shot watch won’t burn your...
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Is That a Server in Your Pocket, or…
The Next Web
Earlier this year I wrote The Internet Connected Home and touched on how our tools are evolving to make this sort of thing a reality. Thanks to a piece in ComputerWorld, now I see the OpenBlocks...
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Friendster Partners With Intelius. Let The Scams Begin.
TechCrunch
I knew the glory days of Friendster were behind them, but I didn’t know things were this bad. The company is proudly announcing a partnership with Washington based people search company Intelius this evening. The goal, they say, is “to pr...
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AppBank Wants to Help You Cash In on Facebook Apps
GigaOM.com
AppBank, a Seattle-based startup, today is launching a free application in beta that lets people without coding skills build their own Facebook apps, such as a quiz or game, in four steps — and earn a cut of the revenue from ads placed within t...
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Leaked: OS 5.0.0.230 For BlackBerry 8230 Pearl Flip
CrackBerry
And out of nowhere we have a leak for the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230. While many Pearl Flip users out there love their device (a few probably hate it too, listen to the podcast), let's be...
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Live from Apple’s ‘It’s only rock and roll’ event
engadget
8:53AM Well... we're here. It's still pretty early (just before 9AM here on the west coast), but we wanted to make sure no one snaked our sweet spot at Yerba Buena. We're holding tight in line right now, but we'll keep you updated on ...
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Palm Goes Live With the Pixi– Shipping for the Holidays
jkOnTheRun
Palm has been expected to release a second handset running the same WebOS found in the Pre, and they have issued a press release confirming the impending holiday appearance of the Pixi. The Pixi is a candybar style phone that has much of the same fea...
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Apple Can Remain Great Without Jobs
Silicon Alley Insider
Our friend Leander at Cult of Mac just released the "expanded edition" of his great book, Inside Steve's Brain. Here's an excerpt from the new chapters, dealing with Apple's work ethic in the...
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Nuclear transport trucks in US look surprisingly like regular old trucks
Boing Boing
Over at Wired's Danger Room blog, news that an environmental nonprofit has obtained photos of the Department of Energy's "specially designed trucks" used to transport nuclear material around the...
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New England prep school abandons books, adds $12,000 cappuccino machine
Gear Diary
A story yesterday in the Boston Globe spotlighted Cushing Academy – a New England prep school. Their library is undergoing a radical change. All 20,000 of their books are being discarded in favor...
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LG BL40, Ultra-Wide Touchscreen Phone, Launching In Europe Soon
Gizmodo Australia
Since seeing the promo videos for the LG BL40 candybar, I’ve had a hankering to play around with it. The software is impressive, the 21:9 touchscreen display lickable, and it’ll be...
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CNET loves them the Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray player
Crunch Gear
OK, the bad: the Oppo BDP-83 is $500, it doesn’t have WiFi or any digital download dilvery system like Netflix, Pandora, Amazon, or YouTube. But on the plus, CNET ranked the player above all others - including the PS3 - and that’s good en...
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Office supply trebuchet
MAKE
So you've been having some trouble sourcing supplies for your MAKEcation trebuchet entry? Time to raid your kids' back to school supply cache!
The Office Supply Trebuchet - This is a great little...
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Microsoft sued over XP’s “spyware” copy protection
Electronista
Microsoft this week was sued in a Washington district court for allegedly violating privacy laws through Windows XP's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) copy protection scheme. Similar to cases filed in 2006, the new class action case accuses Micro...
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First Video Footage Of The New Android Market
TechCrunch
Good news for Android developers: Google has just posted a video of the upcoming refresh for its Android Market, the online store that allows users to download new software to their Android phones. And the changes are very promising.
According to t...
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This Pneumatic Gun Can Put a Ping Pong Ball Through a Sheet of Plywood
Gizmodo
Ping pong balls are relatively harmless, most of the time. Even if someone slams one at you with a paddle, it never hurts all that much. This pneumatic cannon changes that.
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Ubuntu 9.10 alpha 5 available for download, gears up for October release
Download Squad
With the final version of Karmic Koala due in less than two months, things are looking good for Ubuntu 9.10. Alpha 5 has been officially released and is now available for download from the usual channels.
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Toshiba introduces JournE Touch tablet
Liliputing
Toshiba seems intent on beating the Apple Tablet and CrunchPad to the market. The company today introduced the JournE Touch Tablet. The company had previously reserved the JournE name for its digital photo frames...
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