This is a 2, 400-year-old baby bottle . This recently discovered terracotta pig was used as a toy and a baby bottle by the Messapii people of what is now southern Italy. These vessels, called guttus, had narrow necks and small openings from which liquids could be poured slowly, even in drops . Read more…
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This is a 2,400-year-old baby bottle.
We can’t even pretend we’re not enamored with Google here at Lifehacker, but there is life on the other side. While the quality of search results is largely subjective (contrary to what the Bing Challenge would have you believe), there are some things that are definitely better in Microsoft’s garden. Read more…
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Five Things Bing Does Better Than Google
Tom Carden Windows XP is really old, and we would suggest that you don’t use it unless you really have no option. For the most part, however, that age doesn’t really manifest itself. Sure, the operating system is missing the security features, hardware acceleration, and built-in support for things like USB 3 that newer versions of Windows have, but old software doesn’t have the same issues as, say, old cars. Old software generally runs as well today as it did when it was brand new. But Windows XP users have noticed that this isn’t entirely true. A bunch of them have found that the old operating system is working considerably worse than when it was released in 2001. The problem is that—especially among those who are still using Internet Explorer 6 or 7—each time you boot your Windows XP machine, it slows to a crawl. There’s a built-in process, svchost.exe, chewing up the entire processor, sometimes for an hour or more at a time. Wait long enough after booting and the machine will eventually return to normalcy. But an hour can be a long time to wait. Loss of horsepower and trouble starting up are common enough problems in old cars, but we don’t really expect the same things to happen on old PCs. Read 6 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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Sites browsed by hacked PCs (left) and SQL injection flaws found by the botnet (masked, right). KrebsonSecurity Investigative journalist Brian Krebs has uncovered an unusual botnet that forces infected PCs to scour websites for security vulnerabilities that can cough up proprietary data or be exploited in drive-by malware attacks. The botnet, dubbed “Advanced Power” by its operators, has discovered at least 1,800 webpages vulnerable to SQL injection attacks since May, Krebs reported in a post published Monday . SQL injection vulnerabilities exploit weaknesses in Web applications that allow attackers to send powerful commands to a website’s backend databases. From there, attackers can download login credentials or other database contents or cause sites to post links that silently redirect visitors to malicious websites. Advanced Power masquerades as a legitimate add-on for Mozilla’s Firefox browser. Once installed, it looks for vulnerabilities on sites visited by the infected machine. Krebs wrote: Read 1 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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Botnet forces infected Firefox users to hack the sites they visit
Set top boxes everywhere just cried out in agony. Amazon announced this morning that its full lineup of 2014 series will be shot in 4K. The retailer-turned-TV-studio likely considers the move a bit of future-proofing, given the limited options for actually watching such shows in their intended resolution. The list of 8.3 million pixel programs features five new pilots , including Chris Carter’s The After , Roman Coppola’s Mozart in the Jungle and Jill Soloway’s Transparent . Filed under: Home Entertainment , HD , Amazon Comments Source: Amazon
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Amazon shooting 2014 original series lineup in 4K
There’s no doubt that 3D printing is going to play a huge part in the future of manufacturing, especially now that researchers at Cornell University have managed to print every component of a fully functional speaker —including the cone, the wiring, and even the magnet. Read more…
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You Can Now 3D Print a Fully Functional Speaker
Obama hasn’t had a great time with all things technological recently: Healthcare.gov is still struggling , and he was embarrassingly forced into posing for a selfie with Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt last week. This Saturday Night Live video takes an amusing look at it all. Read more…
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Saturday Night Live Hilariously Riffs on Obama’s Recent Tech Troubles
An anonymous reader writes “Norway is the latest country to consider the legal implications of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Norway’s director general of taxation has come out and said ‘[Bitcoin] doesn’t fall under the usual definition of money, ‘ which means that it will be considered as assets and charged under capital gains laws. This sentiment was echoed last week by the European banking authority as well, where citizens were warned of using the cyrptocurrency.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Norway Rejects Bitcoin As Currency; Taxes As Asset, Instead
Unless you’re part of a select group of beta testers (or happen to be handy with Linux ), you’re probably reading this in a home without access to a Steam Machine. Wondering what you’re missing out on? A handful of Valve’s 300 beta testers are happy to rub their good fortune in your face and clue you in. The aptly named “SteamMachineBetaTester” Tumblr and Reddit user Colbehr have kindly documented their Steam Machine unboxings, revealing the same form factor we saw last month packed into a well padded wooden crate. Well, there is one change: Valve has drilled out a hole in each of the test units ventilation grates, marking the test device with a representative blemish on one of the vent’s 300 perforations. The complete kit comes with the beta hardware itself, a prototype Steam controller, HDMI, USB and power power cables, a USB Steam OS recovery thumbstick and a removable WiFi antenna module. True to Valve’s promise, the beta rig is serviceable too, with disassembly instructions helpfully spelled out in the device’s instruction manual. It’s hard not to be a little jealous, but at least you’ve got options: check out the tester’s galleries at the source links below or, you know, build your own . Filed under: Gaming Comments Source: Reddit , Colbehr , Tumblr
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Steam Machines beta testers start receiving hardware, teasing the less fortunate
News stories that are really big unfold over months or years, and tackling them can take almost constant media coverage. But all of that distilled information can start to feel overwhelming in itself, and that’s where the infographic recap comes in really handy. Read more…
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