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Make Your Own Invisibility Cloak With a 3D Printer
slashdot.org - by Lord Lode ( 1290856 )
Make Your Own Invisibility Cloak With a 3D Printer - Slashdot cylonlover writes "Invisibility cloaks have been around in various forms since 2006, when …
Supreme Court Rules For Monsanto In Patent Case
slashdot.org - by Fallen Kell ( 165468 )
Pigskin-Referee writes in with news of the Supreme Court's decision in a dispute between Monsanto and an Indiana farmer over patented seeds. "The …
Bill Gates Opens Up About Steve Jobs
slashdot.org - by alphatel ( 1450715 ) *
Bill Gates Opens Up About Steve Jobs - Slashdot Nerval's Lobster writes "Former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates displayed a bit of emotion when talking to …
Authentication
Why Two-Factor Authentication Won't Stop The Hacking Crisis
BuzzFeed
As high profile hacks continue to make news, "two-factor authentication" is becoming a household term. This year alone, Apple, Microsoft, and Evernote have rolled it out to users, and two weeks ago Wired
China Sees Cyberwar as Reducing U.S. Advantage in Future Conflict
allthingsd.com - Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher in Media
It’s one thing to read news concerning the latest report to Congress by the U.S. Department of Defense on China’s latest military activities. But …
Apple deluged by police demands to decrypt iPhones
CNET - by Declan McCullagh
ATF says no law enforcement agency could unlock a defendant's iPhone, but Apple can "bypass the security software" if it chooses. Apple has created a police waiting list because of high demand.
Thieves Stole $45 Million From ATMs Because The U.S. Uses Absurd 40-Year-Old Technology
Popular Science - By Dan Nosowitz
If we weren't all using 1960s technology to conduct financial transactions, maybe we wouldn't get heisted. Yesterday, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn revealed that an international team of thieves had
PayPal wants to get rid of passwords in favor of biometric security
slashgear.com - Craig Lloyd
While passwords are the way of the land on the internet, PayPal’s chief information security officer Michael Barrett says that passwords and PINs are …
US government is now the biggest buyer of malware, Reuters reports
The Verge - Janus Kopfstein
Former officials warn US hacking threatens cybersecurity The US government is waging electronic warfare on a vast scale — so large that it's causing a seismic shift in the unregulated grey markets where
Google’s Sundar Pichai talks Android-Chrome merge and I/O focus
slashgear.com - Chris Davies
Google’s big Android shakeup, replacing OS founder Andy Rubin with Sundar Pichai back in March and thus bringing Android and Chrome under the same …
The Exciting New Frontier of Brainwave Control
inventorspot.com
A few decades from now, the traditional video game controller might be all but obsolete. People might look back at technology like dualshock, Kinect, …
Tablets
Archos' ChefPad is an Android tablet for your kitchen
androidcentral.com - Alex Dobie
Budget tablet with a focus on cookery If you've ever wanted a tablet designed especially for your kitchen, Archos has a product that might be worth a …
Sony unveils waterproof Xperia ZR phone
CNET - by Lance Whitney
Introduced on Monday, the new waterproof Android phone offers a 4.6-inch screen, a 13-megapixel camera, and a quad-core 1.5 GHz processor.
Facebook Home flagship phone, HTC First, may be discontinued
Ars Technica - Casey Johnston
Facebook Home has suffered since launch. Facebook’s HTC First, the smartphone herald of Facebook Home, will be discontinued by carrier partner AT&T, …