Project CARS is a fascinating…project. It’s a racing game that, while helmed by professionals (the team behind Shift 2), is also being worked on by large teams of fans. More »
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Google isn’t one to rest on its laurels, and over the coming months it plans to massively overhaul its search system. Expect to see far more than just a page of links; Google is planning to push the boundaries of semantic search to give you answers directly. More »
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Those of you that have ditched cable often have to resort to less-than-legit means to get your sports fix online. When it comes to this year’s NCAA championship, though, you can stop looking. Unlike many TV outlets that do everything they can to gouge you for money, CBS and Turner have made watching March Madness free for most, and undeniably cheap for everyone else. More »
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For Once, Pirating Is Pointless: Official March Madness Streaming Is Exactly What It Should Be [Sports]
Microsoft is continuing to show off new features coming in its Internet Explorer 10 Web browser, with a couple of posts describing its touch-friendly Metro interface and its enhanced security.
The current trend in browser design, led by Google Chrome, is to scale back the browser’s interface so that it takes less and less of the screen, devoting more room to the Web content itself. Windows 8’s Metro design similarly removes window chrome to put the focus on content.
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Trailrunner7 writes “Those multi-gesture passcode locks on Android phones that give users (and their spouses) fits apparently present quite a challenge for the FBI as well. Frustrated by a swipe passcode on the seized phone of an alleged gang leader, FBI officials have requested a search warrant that would force Google to ‘provide law enforcement with any and all means of gaining access, including login and password information, password reset, and/or manufacturer default code (“PUK”), in order to obtain the complete contents of the memory of cellular telephone.’ The request is part of a case involving an alleged gang leader and human trafficker named Dante Dears in California. Dears served several years in prison for his role in founding a gang in California called PhD, and upon his release he went back to his activities with the gang, according to the FBI’s affidavit.”
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Cheat codes aren’t just for cruising past bosses in video games; there are cheat codes for a lot of cars, too, that can get you past the annoying ping of a seat belt chime, access diagnostic info only your mechanic can usually see, or give you control over features like traction control and GPS lockout. On recent and higher-end cars with in-dash computer consoles, turning off or re-configuring some of these features is just a matter of getting to the right menu. Others require some odd combinations of key turns, pedal pumping and seat-belt latching that can feel like an interpretive dance version of the Konami code. Here’s how it works. More »
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Joe Engressia Jr. was the father of phone phreaking. In the 1950s, the blind 7-year-old realized that his high-pitched whistle could control the phone system. Over the years, he learned the electronic language of clicks and tones and tapped into a network of phone freaks around the country, most of whom had previously phreaked in solitude. Radiolab just aired a fantastic profile of Engressia, who died in 2007. The radio documentary starts with his abusive childhood, moves through the birth of the phreaking underground, and ends with Engressia’s reinvention of himself as perpetual child named Joybubbles, host of a telephone story line for kids. A compelling, moving, and inspirational story. “Long Distance” (Radiolab)
Image from a forthcoming documentary film, “Joybubbles.”
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iOS: Voice Brief is a handy little app that pulls news, weather, and other information from the web and stores it on your iPhone (or other iDevice). When you want an update, just ask the app and it’ll provide one in audio format. It’s a nice way to get started in the morning. More »
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Qedward writes “Iran is privately being blamed for a major cyberattack on the BBC that blocked access to its popular Persian TV service and disrupted the Corporation’s IT using a denial-of-service attack. The multi-pronged March 2 attack took down much of the BBC’s email, overloaded its telephone switchboard with automatic phone calls, and blocked a satellite feed for the BBC Persian station. BBC servers were also on the receiving end of a DDoS. In an unprecedented tactic, the BBC has trailed a speech to be given this week to the Royal Television Society in which Director General Mark Thompson will mention the attacks in some detail while stopping short of formally naming Iran as the perpetrator.”
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