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Mason Hayes & Curran examines the legal claim of a US music publisher to the copyright for one of the most-performed songs in the world.
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With Windows 8, Microsoft added its own app store. Now, in Windows 10, it doesn’t totally suck. The one downside is that installing apps will try to force your Windows account into a Microsoft account. If you’d prefer to use a local account, but still download apps from the Store, follow these steps.
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If the Romans had built an underground transport system when they founded the first version of London way back in 43AD, it would have looked something a bit like the map below.
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Microsoft has released the public version of their pared down version of Windows 10 meant for the Raspberry Pi 2 and Minnowboard Max, called Windows IoT Core.
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If you have an old, Intel-based computer hanging around, you might want to get rid of it post-haste. Security researcher Chris Domas has discovered a vulnerability in the x86 architecture of Intel processors made between 1997 and 2010 (pre-Sandy Bridge) that lets an attacker install software in a chip’s protected System Management Mode space, which governs firmware-level security. Yes, that’s as bad as it sounds: an intruder could not only take more control than you typically see in attacks (including wiping firmware), but infect your PC even if you wipe your hard drive and reinstall your operating system. Domas has only tested against Intel-made CPUs so far, but AMD processors could be vulnerable as well.
A would-be hacker needs low-level OS access to get in, so you at least won’t face a direct assault — you need to fall prey to another attack before this becomes an option. However, this vulnerability might be difficult or impossible to fix in a timely fashion. While it’s theoretically possible to patch a computer’s BIOS (or on relatively recent systems, UEFI) to prevent these attacks, the chances of that happening are slim. What’s the likelihood that your motherboard maker will support a product that’s at least 5 years old, or that most people are both willing and able to apply firmware upgrades? Not very high, we’d reckon. Although the inexorable march of time will eventually take care of this flaw, the only surefire solution is to upgrade your computer.
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Via: PCWorld
Tags: core, cpu, intel, memorysinkhole, nehalem, pentium, processor, security
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From April to June 2015, there’s been an uptick in active core reviewers.
The weekly newsletter is a way for the community to learn about all the various activities in the OpenStack world.
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Fishing companies might soon launch drones to keep an eye out for poachers and hunt for specific types of fish. Aerovel has begun manufacturing its Flexrotor drones with the fishing industry in mind. These $200,000 UAVs can take off and touch down vertically using their two-bladed propellers, so they need very little space and can launch from a boat. They can also fly vertically like a helicopter and stay aloft for up to two days, monitoring fisheries from the sky and sending back videos captured from its vantage point. While Aerovel is focusing on building drones for commercial purposes at this point, the company actually signed a contract with the Navy back in 2012 to develop the Flexrotor for maritime surveillance. The aircraft has flown numerous test flights since then, one of which you can watch below the fold.
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Source: Puget Sound Business Journal
Tags: aerovel, drone, flexrotor
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In the run up to this year’s DEF CON, major car hacks seem to be a recurring theme. A few weeks ago we saw how hackers were able to remotely take control and shut down Chrysler vehicles — now Tesla’s Model S is the latest target. Researchers have figured out a way to digitally "hot wire" a Model S, Wired reports. They can also plant a Trojan that allows them to remotely control the car, including shutting it down. It’s a sign that even the most technologically advanced car in the world will never be fully safe from security vulnerabilities. But while Chrysler had to issue a "voluntary safety recall" (in the form of a software update on a USB stick) for 1.4 million affected vehicles, Tesla has already sent out a fix to all Model S owners with an over-the-air update. Look at it this way: In one day every Model S owner is protected against these hacks, whereas it’ll take much longer for the majority of Chrysler owners to get their patch (and there’s a good chance it’ll never reach them all).
It’s also not as if these hacks were easy to pull off. They require getting physical access to a Model S, which means potential attackers would have to deal with the car’s security system first. The researchers, Lookout Security CTO Kevin Mahaffey and Cloudflare head security researcher Marc Rogers, used a network cable behind the Model S’ dashboard to plug in a laptop and get access to the car’s infotainment system. They then spent two years digging into the car’s architecture, ultimately digging up six vulnerabilities that they helped Tesla resolve. They’ll be discussing their findings at DEF CON this week.
The researchers also point to a few other elements of Tesla’s architecture that makes it more secure than other car firms: It keeps the infotainment and drive systems completely separate (which wasn’t the case for Chrysler’s vehicles), and it also developed a graceful way for its cars to stop when they lose power. While there are still potential issues with Tesla’s technology — the researchers aren’t clear how safe the car’s drive system is from remote hacks — this hack shows it’s still got a leg up on the competition when it comes to security.
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Source: Wired
Tags: hacks, ModelS, Tesla
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When tens of seconds is too slow: Fujitsu is getting ready to launch a technology it says can create virtual networks for Linux containers in a second.…
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GE announced today that it was expanding its Predix Internet of Things platform to provide Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
The IaaS market is dominated by Amazon Web Services with many others including Microsoft, Google and IBM vying for a piece of the action. GE hopes to differentiate itself from these companies by offering infrastructure services specifically tuned to the needs of… Read More
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With mobile annihilating the mainstream PC industry, Intel knows gaming is buttering its bread. The chip giant launched its sixth-generation "Skylake" desktop processors today with two enthusiast quad-core models: the Core i7-6700K and i5-6600K. The 14-nanometer chips are unlocked for maximum overclocking (all the "K" series CPUs will be), and if you’re not into that, the two new chips have fairly high base frequencies: 4.0GHz for the Core i7-6700K and 3.5GHz for the i5-6600K. Compared to similar current-gen models, prices are reasonable — suggested retail is $350 for the i7-6700K and $243 for the i5-6600K, with street prices likely lower.
Unfortunately, the i7-6700K offers just a modest performance increase (10 percent) over last-gen Haswell i7-4790K CPUs and little, if any, advantage over the current Haswell-E i7-5820K chip. However, the Skylake models are the first 14-nanometer performance CPUs that Intel has launched, because the lower-powered Broadwell 14-nanometer desktop chips aren’t aimed at gamers. The smaller transistors should help overclocking, and rumor has it that the i7-6700K can be pushed to 5GHz, which may give it an edge over current tech. At any rate, with 10-nanometer "Cannonlake" CPUs now delayed, Skylake is it until next year.
Intel also revealed a new platform for the chips, the Z170 chipset. Like Haswell-E, the Skylake models use DDR4 RAM, which is much faster than DDR3 memory, but also way more expensive. (Skylake chips won’t run on Haswell-E X99 motherboards, which also use DDR4 RAM.) However, the Z170 chipset has a dual-memory controller, so you can use cheaper DDR3L memory on motherboards that support it. Another plus to the platform is new Intel HD 530 graphics, which run 20 to 40 percent faster than last-gen Intel HD. It also has 16 PCI Express 3.0 lanes, giving you more USB 3.0, graphics and storage options. And Intel just happens to have a new PCI Express 3.0-based 800GB 750 series SSD drive with read speeds up to 2,200MB/s.
Many folks expected Intel to launch more of its Skylake lineup today, including mainstream and mobile CPUs, so what happened? That was just a rumor in the first place, but Intel has narrowed down the timeline. It’ll reveal more information at the Intel Developers Forum on August 18th, and launch the rest of the sixth-gen Skylake lineup sometime in Q3 2015. The mainstream chips will also see a modest performance bump over current-gen tech, but are expected to sip less power, giving future MacBooks, Ultrabooks, laptops and tablets improved battery life. Down the road, it may also reveal more high-performance desktop Skylake CPUs, hopefully including an "Extreme" model.
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Source: Intel
Tags: Core i7-6600K, Core i7-6700K, enthusiast, gaming, Haswell, intel, Sixth-generation, Skylake
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From setting up a Bitcoin wallet to buying and using Bitcoin safely in the UK, our guide tells you everything you need to know about the Bitcoin revolution in Britain.
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Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) are growing in importance. Genuine interest around them is growing fast, faster even than the hype would indicate. This is having some curious knock-on effects.…
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With Windows 10, settings are split between the Control Panel and the Settings app. If you’d like an all-inclusive starting point for Windows commands, enable God Mode.
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Google has launched a new gateway to help you find computer science resources, programs, scholarships, and other learning opportunities.
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Australian Lance Abernethy is a guy with “a desire to do something unusual.” He also loves creating things with his 3D printer. Things that could be used to create additional things, in fact, […]
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Britain’s first home-brewed open source-based DAB multiplex has gone live this morning. Six services will be operating on the new mux in Brighton for nine months.…
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Microsoft has begun its big push into the internet of things (IoT) by forging an alliance with Jasper Partners that will see the Microsoft Azure IoT Suite potentially embraced by thousands of businesses in dozens of industries.
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Tap this magic mute button to silence and block pre-set apps, notifications and websites for blocks of time so you can actually get some work done.
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Review Although SSDs have a huge performance advantage over the good, old-fashioned clattering mechanical drive, they have (up till now) been held back because of their reliance on AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) architecture, developed in 2004 for standard disks and, in particular, SATA interfaced disks.…