We always enjoy a useful infographic, and there are few things quite as important as choosing a strong password—at least in the area of online security. If you’re looking to beef up your passwords, here are plenty of great tips consolidated into one great image. More »
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Use This Infographic to Pick a Good, Strong Password [Password Security]
If you’re a clumsy, phone-dropping fool, you either have a very scratched phone or a very scratched phone case. But this scratch-proof case from Nissan (yes, that Nissan) saves the klutzes of this world from their fumbling. More »
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Self-Healing iPhone Cases Could Save Your Clumsy Ass [Phones]
An anonymous reader writes “In a surprise move, Representative Eric Cantor(R-VA) announced that he will stop all action on SOPA, effectively killing the bill. This move was most likely due to the huge online protest and the White House threatening to veto the bill if it had passed. But don’t celebrate yet. PIPA (the Senate’s version of SOPA) is still up for consideration.”
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House Kills SOPA
kkleiner writes “Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel and Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston have collaborated to create a robot that can swim through the intestines. The size of a large pill, the ‘microswimmer’ is powered by the strong magnetic fields generated by an MRI machine. A tail measuring 20mm x 5mm made of copper and flexible polymer vibrates due to the magnets and propels the little microrobot through the gut.”
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MRI Powered Pill-Sized Robot Swims Through Intestines
Six months after the launch of Final Cut Pro X (FCPX), Apple’s major overhaul to its professional video editing software Final Cut Pro, video pros find themselves increasingly looking at other software options. The new version of Final Cut Pro was controversial—there were significant changes to the Final Cut interface, a plethora of editing features were taken away, and worst of all, Final Cut Pro X was rendered unable to import projects from previous versions of the software. For video editors and producers with years of work using Final Cut Pro, the launch of Final Cut Pro X made it seem like Apple no longer cared for its market of creative professionals.
Is that still the case now, half a year later? TV production company Bunim/Murray recently brought the issue back into the public consciousness by announcing that it was switching from Final Cut Pro to Avid, noting that the company needed “a partner who would understand our long-term needs.”
As it turns out, the reaction to Bunim/Murray’s announcement from creative pros was, “took them long enough.” We spoke to a handful of professionals who work in the video production industry to see how they’re feeling now that the dust has settled, and the general consensus appears to be “not good.”
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Why the video pros are moving away from Apple