Staph infections are one of the most pervasive and annoying bacterial infections faced by hospitals every year. It infects half a million people in the US every year, with symptoms ranging from skin infections to heart problems — and worse, some strains (commonly known as MRSA) have evolved to resist common antibiotics. Read more…
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A Medieval Recipe Could Kill Hospital Superbugs. No, Really.
Today Mozilla began rolling out Firefox version 37.0 to release channel users. This update mostly focuses on behind-the-scenes changes. Security improvements include opportunistic encryption where servers support it and improved protection against site impersonation. They also disabled insecure TLS version fallback and added a security panel within the developer tools. One of the things end users will see is the Heartbeat feedback collection system. It will pop up a small rating widget to a random selection of users every day. After a user rates Firefox, an “engagement” page may open in the background, with links to social media pages and a donation page. Here are the release notes and full changelist. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Charter lost out on its chance to snatch Time Warner Cable before Comcast made its move , so it’s settling for the next best thing. The company just unveiled plans to acquire Bright House Networks , a cable provider that’s mostly big in Florida, for about $10.4 billion. Reportedly, the move is about getting “strategic flexibility” and solidifying Charter’s position as the second-largest cable company in the US. In other words, it wants to both improve its clout in relation to Comcast (even if the two don’t have competing networks) and streamline its costs. That last part is important in an era where services like Netflix are diminishing the importance of conventional TV. If Charter can’t have TWC, it can at least prepare for a future where it can’t depend on expensive programming bundles to turn a profit. [Image credit: AP Photo/Matt Rourke] Filed under: Home Entertainment , Internet , HD Comments Via: Wall Street Journal Source: Charter
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Amazon has started sending out Dash Buttons to Prime members. It’s a Wi-Fi button that you place next to your dishwasher, coffeemaker, washing machine, or medicine cabinet so you can instantly re-order a consumable product.
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Maker Ben Saks of KinetiGear is crowdfunding BoXZY , a desktop fabricator bringing micromanufacturing to the masses. Users can shape wood, plastics, and many metals using most commercial CAM programs. Read the rest
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BoXZY all-in-one 3D printer, CNC mill, & laser engraver
msm1267 writes Dark corners of the Internet harbor trouble. They’re supposed to. But what about when Yahoo, CNN.com, TMZ and other busy destination sites heave disaster upon visitors? That’s the challenge posed by malvertising, the latest hacker Golden Goose used in cybercrime operations and even in some targeted attacks. Hackers are thriving in this arena because they have found an unwittingly complicit partner in the sundry ad networks to move malicious ads through legitimate processes. Adding gasoline to the raging fire is the abuse of real-time ad bidding, a revolution in the way online ads are sold. RTB enables better ad targeting for advertisers and less unsold inventory for publishers. Hackers can also hitch a ride with RTB and target malicious ads on any site they wish, much the way a legitimate advertiser would use the same system. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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How Malvertising Abuses Real-Time Bidding On Ad Networks
iOS: 1Password for iOS got an update today that drastically improves the extension and makes it easier to use 1Password with other apps. It’s now about as feature-packed as the desktop extension. Read more…
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1Password for iOS Gets Extension Improvements for Faster Logins
The number of things getting plugged into the “Internet of Things” has already reached the point of satire . But there’s a new, extremely low power technology that’s being prepared for market that could put computing power and network access into a whole new class of sensors, wearables, and practically disposable devices. That’s because it can run off a battery charge for over over 10 years. Atmel, the San Jose-based microcontroller maker, today released samples of a new type of ultra-low power, ARM based microcontroller that could radically extend the battery life of small low-power intelligent devices. The new SAM L21 32-bit ARM family of microcontroller (MCUs) consume less than 35 milliamps of power per megahertz of processing speed while active, and less than 200 nanoamps of power overall when in deep sleep mode—with varying states in between. The chip is so low power that it can be powered off energy capture from the body, as Andreas Eieland, Atmel’s Director of Product Marketing for low-power products, demonstrated at CES earlier this year. Read 7 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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New ARM-powered chip aims for battery life measured in decades
Tesla will show off a brand new thing on Thursday, April 30, at its Hawthorne Design Studio, CEO Elon Musk tweeted today. Musk promises that this is not a car, but it is a “major” new product line. We’ll have all the news as soon as it’s announced, so check back here on April 30 for the big reveal. Major new Tesla product line — not a car — will be unveiled at our Hawthorne Design Studio on Thurs 8pm, April 30 – Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 30, 2015 Comments Source: @elonmusk
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If you want to take your bicycle off-road, you need larger and larger tires depending on how rough the terrain gets—and that makes it harder and harder to pedal. But maybe Ron Schroer has found the perfect off-road cycling alternative with his Boneshaker Big Wheel that rolls and walks all at the same time. Read more…
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This Giant Rolling, Walking Bike Can Probably Tackle Any Terrain