Mouthguards, Magnets And Smart Helmets Are Putting The Brakes On Traumatic Brain Injuries
Technology such as sensors and magnets are being weaved into the designs of new personal equipment with the intent to detect, disperse, displace and absorb force and further reduce the risk of brain injury in impact sports.
December 29, 2014 at 12:34PM
via Digg http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/26/mouthguards-magnets-and-smart-helmets-are-putting-the-brakes-on-traumatic-brain-injuries/
Who’s in the Lizard Squad?
The core members of a group calling itself “Lizard Squad” — which took responsibility for attacking Sony’s Playstation and Microsoft‘s Xbox networks and knocking them offline for Christmas Day — want very much to be recognized for their actions. So, here’s a closer look at two young men who appear to be anxious to let the world know they are closely connected to the attacks.
December 29, 2014 at 11:32AM
via Digg http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/12/whos-in-the-lizard-squad/
The 10 biggest hacks of 2014
Chances are your personal information was hacked this year — even if you didn’t realize it.
December 29, 2014 at 11:32AM
via Digg http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/issue-sections/headline-story/11224/the-10-biggest-hacks-of-2014/
372 The Pirate Bay Copies Surface As A Result Of The Open Bay Project
A couple of weeks ago, Swedish police raided the offices where The Pirate Bay’s servers were being kept, essentially knocking them offline. In the process, many The Pirate Bay copies have sprung up, one of them courtesy of the folks at IsoHunt who have also released The Open Bay.
December 29, 2014 at 10:57AM
via Digg http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/12/372-the-pirate-bay-copies-surface-as-a-result-of-the-open-bay-project/?utm_source=mainrss
Politician’s fingerprint ‘cloned from photos’ by hacker
A member of the Chaos Computer Club hacker network claims to have cloned a thumbprint of a German politician by using commercial software and images taken at a news conference.
December 29, 2014 at 10:29AM
via Digg http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30623611
Inside the NSA’s War on Internet Security
U.S. and British intelligence agencies undertake every effort imaginable to crack all types of encrypted Internet communication. The cloud, it seems, is full of holes. The good news: New Snowden documents show that some forms of encryption still cause problems for the NSA.
December 29, 2014 at 09:50AM
via Digg http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/inside-the-nsa-s-war-on-internet-security-a-1010361.html
New documents reveal which encryption tools the NSA couldn’t crack
Thanks to Edward Snowden, we’re getting a new look at which programs can successfully keep out the NSA.
December 29, 2014 at 06:40AM
via Digg http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/28/7458159/encryption-standards-the-nsa-cant-crack-pgp-tor-otr-snowden
Good Riddance To Social Search
Remember how not too long ago the future of search was social search? Today, you’d be hard-pressed to find any mention of social search on Google or Bing (let alone Yahoo Search). Let’s be thankful for that because social search was an ill-begotten idea to begin with.
December 29, 2014 at 06:40AM
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The Greasy Underpan Of Restaurant Tech
This story is repeated hundreds of times across the country, and it goes a little bit like this. A group of tech-savvy people go out to eat at a restaurant and wonder why modern mobile technology has completely bypassed the industry.
December 29, 2014 at 06:40AM
via Digg http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/24/the-greasy-underpan-of-restaurant-tech/
Our brains are being “continuously reshaped” by smartphone use
Our thumbs are developing a special relationship with our brains.
December 29, 2014 at 04:15AM
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