An anonymous reader writes “The remote desktop service LogMeIn sent an email to its users today notifying them that ‘LogMeIn Free’ will be discontinued — as of today. This is a major shock with minimal warning to the millions of users who have come to rely on their service, made all the more surprising by the fact that ‘consensus revenue estimates for LogMeIn in 2014 are $190.3 million, ‘ suggesting that their system of providing both free and paid accounts for what is ultimately a straightforward service that could be duplicated for well under $1 million was already doing quite well.” Asks reader k280: “What alternative tools are available for free, and how do they compare to LogMeIn?” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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8K (Yes, 8K) Broadcasts Just Took a Major Step Forward
Back in May of 2012 the NHK’s science & Technology Research Lab in Japan successfully broadcasted an 8K, 7680×4320 signal over a distance of 2.7 miles using UHF frequencies. As a proof of concept it showed that 8K TV could be successfully delivered to televisions over the air, but it lacked the distance of traditional TV broadcasts. Read more…
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8K (Yes, 8K) Broadcasts Just Took a Major Step Forward
Stunning massive sundog captured over Moscow
Imagine looking up on your daily commute and catching this crazy visual trickery in the sky! Yesterday, Youtube user melkiy582 captured a massive halo of light was seen around the sun on the horizon in Moscow—a cool atmospheric phenomenon known by an even cooler name: Sundog. Read more…
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Microsoft Researchers Slash Skype Fraud By 68%
mask.of.sanity writes “Life could become more difficult for fraudsters on Skype thanks to new research by Microsoft boffins that promises to cut down on fake accounts across the platform. The research (PDF) combined information from diverse sources including a user’s profile, activities, and social connections into a supervised machine learning environment that could automate the presently manual tasks of fraud detection. The results show the framework boosted fraud detection rates for particular account types by 68 per cent with a 5 per cent false positive rate.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Microsoft Researchers Slash Skype Fraud By 68%
Match Heads Igniting at 4,000 FPS Look Like Dying Alien Worlds
It’s usually over in an instant, but when you capture macro footage of a match head igniting at 4, 000 frames per second, suddenly that almost instantaneous event becomes a fascinating look into the science of fire and ignition. And believe it or not, YouTuber UltraSlo had to throw an additional 2, 000 watts of light on this match head to capture this mesmerizing footage—that’s a lot of birthday candles. Read more…
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Fascinating Chart: Top 20 Metropolitan Areas in the U.S.A., 1790-2010
This amazing chart follows the rise and fall — and in some cases, rise and fall and rise — of American cities. Peak Bagger has charted the rank of 20 metropolitan areas every decade from 1790 to 2010. Poor Detroit. Read more…
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Fascinating Chart: Top 20 Metropolitan Areas in the U.S.A., 1790-2010
Google starts banning Chrome extensions bought by shady ad firms
A brouhaha over adware-laced Chrome extensions has forced Google to remove two from its store and possibly exposed a wider issue. According to the original developer of “Add to Feedly, ” the problems happened after he sold his plug-in — created in a few hours — to a party for a too-good-to-be-true “four-figure” sum. As detailed in a blog, he discovered that new code was injecting ads into every page browsed without approval, angering users and lowering its rating. The same thing happened with “Tweet This Page, ” another app that served up unwanted ads after being sold. Since other developers were also approached, there’s speculation that it could be a new type of scam: buying perfectly good extensions, altering them and then letting Google slip them to users via automatic updates. After it was contacted by the WSJ , Google pulled the renegade extensions, saying that recently altered terms of service prohibit them. However, that’s only because they didn’t ask user permission; there’s nothing to prevent apps from inserting such ads — something to keep in mind the next time you tweak Chrome. Filed under: Software , Google Comments Via: The Verge Source: WSJ , Amit Angarwal
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The Navy’s Newest "Pickup Truck of the Sea" Just Launched
The USNS Fall River , the fourth vessel in the US Navy’s new Spearhead -class of high-speed, shallow-draft transport catamarans launched for the first time over the weekend. This multi-function catamaran will transport up cargo and up to a battalion of troops between ports. Read more…
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The Onewheel: A Self-Balancing Electric Monowheel Skateboard
Inspired by the hoverboard Michael J. Fox cruises around on in Back to the Future Part II , ex-IDEO’er Kyle Doerksen created the Onewheel. A self-balancing electric monowheel skateboard, the Onewheel seemingly replicates the feeling of riding around on a hoverboard (if not the form factor), and even a novice can purportedly pick up how to ride one in less than a minute; in addition to the self-balancing feature, riders can accelerate by leaning forward and slow down by leaning back, as with a Segway. The 25-pound device will do 12 m.p.h., with a range of four to six miles. Charging the lithium battery takes from 20 minutes to two hours, depending on what type of charger you use. And the monowheel design means that maintenance is a lot simpler than it would be for a bicycle: “There’s literally only one moving part—the wheel, ” writes Doerksen. “No gears, belts or chains to maintain.” And yes, the Onewheel is real, not just a concept; Doerksen and his team have it up on Kickstarter , where it’s already tripled its $100, 000 goal. Check out the video: (more…)
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Sony radio popular in clink
Can you guess why the Sony SRF-39FP is the most popular radio in America’s prisons ?
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