Apple has begun the week a bit weirdly by banning Atom out of Mac OS. Whether this will last, we don’t know yet but if it is made permanent then the hackintosh netbooks will have some major difficulties running. In another interesting turn of events, Orange has this T&C in place that actually blocks apps [...]
Super Creepy Cyborg Insects Will Soon Spy On You
Pentagon has been working on a special type of technology that would turn bugs in to something that would really live up to the multiple meanings of bug. Okay, I will give it to you straight – they are working on something that’ll turn normal bugs in to remote controlled ones that can be controlled, [...]
Remote SSH: Run processes anywhere on different platforms
SSH is a way to remotely and securely access command prompt/terminal on another computer, giving you access to that computer’s files, services, network connections and programs.
Some services offer free SSH accounts, so you can edit and access files anywhere, host websites, use them as proxies (or IPv6 gateways) and some even let you run processes [...]
Hacking Horror Story…
Joe’s post today was about the importance of backing up your blog, and it’s something which I now realize can never be taken too seriously – only this week another website I write for, Make Use Of, was hacked and the editors blackmailed.
You may read Make Use Of, if you don’t then it’s one of [...]
Hacker Breaks into FEMA Phone System, Makes $12,000 Worth of Calls
I just came across an amusing news excerpt about the Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA, which is a part of Homeland Security. For those of you who don’t know, Homeland Security is a Cabinet department of the U.S. federal government with the responsibility of protecting the territory of the U.S. from terrorist attacks and [...]
Put Music in Images Uploaded to Flickr and Picasa Web Albums
Online services like Flickr and Google’s Picasa are primarily photo-hosting and sharing sites. This means that apart from image files, you can’t really upload any other type of file you choose.
Well, all that is about to change. Digital Inspiration has come up with a way to embed or hide an mp3 file within a jpeg [...]
Use Netflix Watch Now on more than 3 PCs
Each Netflix subscription gives the user access to a smaller movie library that can be accessed instantly from up to three PCs. All subscription plans except for the cheapest one include unlimited hours of watching movies on the computer. This service is limited to three computers though which might not be enough depending on the [...]
