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iPhone executes SMS binary code as root

A security flaw has been discovered in the iPhone OS that could allow attackers to gain root access to the iPhone OS and allow them to install and execute malicious programs at will. Charlie Miller announced the discovery of the vulnerability during a presentation at the SyScan...

Tags: Apple iPhone, SMS, Attack, Charlie Miller, DailyTech, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Smart Phones, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-02

$60 Via motherboard and C7-D 1.5 GHz CPU bundles OS and Google apps

DailyTech is reporting that Via is selling the PC2500E development motherboard and Via C7 CPU bundled with "gOS" for $60. The cost for the VIA PC2500E mainboard and the CPU is $59.99. That isn’t really a full fledged computer since you will need to add a hard drive, case, PSU...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Operating System, Board, Motherboard, CPU, DailyTech, PC2500E, Mainboard, Corporate Governance, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-11-10

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Apple keyboard vulnerable to hack attack

Apple keyboard vulnerable to hack attackUse Microsoft Keyboard with MacUse Microsoft Keyboard with Mac !! Very safe combination !!!!RE: Apple keyboard vulnerable to hack attackNo choice? Sir, if it becomes a serious problem, any USB keyboard will do as a replacement for the Apple one.As I understood the issue (I...

Tags: Keyboards, Macs security, keyboard, Apple Inc., Apple Keyboard, attack, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

NVIDIA cancels plans for GeForce GTS 240 graphics card

NVIDIA will not be going ahead with its controversial GTS 240 rebranding of the GeForce 9800 GT graphics card, reports DailyTech. Instead, NVIDIA is telling customers to focus on the three cards using the 9800 GT name: the standard version, a reduced power version and the 9800...

Tags: Card, Video Card, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Graphics, Video Cards, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Cut the crap. Stop the off-gassing of the cows. Sure, but how?

Cut the crap. Stop the off-gassing of the cows. Sure, but how?SimpleStop eating meat and then all that money, time resources and effort that's spent in producing meat for the meat addicts can be put to better use.Less bowel cancer, heart and circulatory disease and hopefully a better attitude towards...

Tags: cow, meat

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

What's up, what's down on our warming planet?

What's up, what's down on our warming planet?Just think of tourism!Global warming is an evilutionist plot to destroy the Alaskan beachfront tourist industry. Just ask President Palin! http://tinyurl.com/5hekzkI'LL BE JUST FINE, SAYS PLANET.I'LL BE JUST FINE, SAYS PLANET.http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/environment/i'll-be-just-fine%2c-says-planet-20080306774/Global warming is so yesterday ... Cooling is inhttp://www.dailytech.com/Sun+Makes+History+First+Spotless+Month+in+a+Century/article12823.htmThis is why the movement...

Tags: global warming, Martian

Discussion threads 2008-09-06

Google Knol - Yup, it's a Wikipedia killer

Google Knol - Yup, it's a Wikipedia killer"American Physical Society had recently stated that this is NOT the case"You claim that the American Physical Society APS recently stated that "there is still a lot of SCIENTIFIC debate going on" regarding the causes of global warming. That is an inaccurate...

Tags: Wiki, Christopher Monckton, American Physical Society, Google Knol, Google Inc., Wikipedia-killer

Discussion threads 2008-07-28

Early look at AMD's Socket G34

DailyTech gives us a glimpse at AMD's upcoming Socket G34. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-07-17

MIT students making solar power realistic

While most solar power installations involving standard photovoltaic cells are simply too expensive to be practical for most installations, a group of MIT graduate students just completed the first "parabolic" solar energy collector. Our algebra and pre-calculus students will remember that beams of light reflected from a parabola will...

Tags: Solar Energy, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-06-22

News to know: Open source adventures; Jerry Yang; IBM; Digital TV

Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adventures with open source apps on Linux - Part 2 Gallery right. Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Look Now: Digital TV Transition Already Here Jason Perlow: The reality TV series we all really want to watch Dana Blankenhorn: Closed...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Digital Television, IBM Corp., Open Source, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-16

Asus EeePC successor with 8.9 inch display to be announced at CeBIT

I just recently bought a Fujitsu U810 UMPC to serve as my mobile computing device, but have been seriously looking at the Asus EeePC as another alternative for my daily 2+ hour commuting needs. Engadget has pics of the Asus EeePC 900 that is supposed to be officially announced tomorrow...

Tags: ASUS, Engadget, CeBit, 1024x600, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Handhelds, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-03-03

Global Warming the Conspiracy: Conference Now, Baby!

Global Warming the Conspiracy: Conference Now, Baby!We know some, don't know some . . .Well, we can have a good rough estimate of our planet's overall temperature and can see that it's going up slightly.Whether it's going to be a huge disaster or not, however, is debatable. In addition, placing...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

Intel christens Silverthorne as "Atom"

Intel has officially announced its new branding for the "Silverthorne" processor and the "Menlow" platform.  The Silverthorne processor will be called the "Intel Atom".  The Menlow platform will be called "Intel Centrino Atom".  The Intel Atom processor will be used in the Intel Centrino Atom platform.  The new Atom logos...

Tags: Anandtech, Intel Corp., Silverthorne, Atom Logo, Intel D201GLY2, Processors, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-03-02

Dell: We're committed to AMD but...

Update below: Dell is trying to quell worries about its relationship with AMD. A blog ruckus has emerged after Engadget and DailyTech and others reported that Dell pulled AMD-powered desktops and laptops from Dell.com, which represents the bulk of the PC maker's sales. Instead, Dell pushed folks...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Business Structures, Notebooks, Semiconductors, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-08

News to know: People don't get the MacBook Air; Thinnest digital camera; Merger mania

Notable headlines: Cisco plugs CallManager vulnerability that rates a '10' Janice Chen: Think the MacBook Air is thin? Check out the thinnest 8-megapixel digital camera. Dan Farber: Salesforce adds $5 per login pricing option and new developer tools. Phil Wainewright:...

Tags: FCC, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Merger, Apple MacBook, Digital Camera, Microsoft Corp., Camera, Notebooks, Open Source, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-01-17

News to know: Apple patch; Fusion fun; Quantum computing; ODF; Vista galore

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Hacker finds 492,000 unprotected Oracle, SQL database servers. Apple monster update fixes 41 Mac OS X, Safari vulnerabilities Dan Farber: Michael Dell promises 'Greenprint' reference architecture Larry Ellison: First Fusion apps to arrive early in 2008 ...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Server, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Computing, OpenDocument Format, Quantum Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OpenDocument Format (ODF), Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-11-15

Intel Tigerton and AMD Barcelona price list

Intel has launched the Xeon 7300 platform codenamed "Caneland" and the Core micro-architecture Xeon MP Processor codenamed "Tigerton".  Since AMD is set to launch "Barcelona" quad-core Opterons next week and DailyTech leaked the Barcelona price list, we can now compare the prices for the new MP (multi-processor platform) CPUs. ...

Tags: Performance, Quad-core, Barcelona, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., George Ou

Blog posts 2007-09-08

AMD fans the flames with Barcelona pricing

The drumbeat for Barcelona is getting louder and louder. Advanced Micro Devices is widely expected to launch the new processor on Sept. 10â€"next Tuesdayâ€"at speeds of up to 2GHz in a number of cities across the world, including San Francisco and Barcelona, of course (link: here). AMD has confirmed that...

Tags: Processor, Barcelona, AMD Opteron, Pricing Strategy, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., John Spooner

Blog posts 2007-09-05

Getting to the bottom of the 3.0 GHz AMD quad-core demos

[Update 8/16/2007 - It has been confirmed that the photographs were shot the same day and sent out without an NDA.  The photo was not a "canned for the press" shot that my sources told me.]There's been some controversy brewing over the issue of the 3.0 GHz "K10 Barcelona" desktop-variant quad...

Tags: Quad-core, Photograph, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Chip, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-07-31

Intel Quad Core CPU drops below $280!

Intel Quad Core CPU drops below $280!The sweetest spot in a whileThis article on AnandTechhttp://anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2989&p=4highlights that the Q6600 will easily run at the new 1333 FSB on the P35 chipset easily outperforming the Extreme version QX6700 which is still $1000.AnandTech is of the opinion that once Intel figures this out,...

Tags: Processors, Operating systems, UNIX, Anandtech, Q6600, E6600, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU

Discussion threads 2007-07-23