Is technology advancing faster than we can handle it?
Rumor: Apple to Put the Mac Pro Out of Its Misery [Rumors]
Rumors are circulating that Apple is pondering killing off the Mac Pro. Sales of the powerhouse are flagging, and a hardware delay has put its future in jeopardy. Has the Mac Pro’s time finally come? More
Google Reader Rolls Out a New, Clean, Google Plus-Integrated Interface [Updates]
Google Reader is following in the footsteps of Gmail, Docs, and Voice with a clean new interface, that’s easier to use and contains integration with the Google+ social network. More
New Mac Trojan Earns Other People Bitcoins on Your Dime [Apple]
Odd, I could have sworn Bitcoin was on the fast track towards technological irrelevance. So why is this new Mac malware harnessing infected GPUs to mine the digital dollars? More
A recipe for growing bigger hearts, found in the blood of pythons [Snakes]
In comic books, many superheroes have gained extraordinary powers after being transfused with the (often modified or irradiated) blood of animals. But, as so often happens, life proves stranger than fiction. At the University of Colorado, Boulder, a group of mice have grown bigger hearts after scientists injected them a chemical cocktail, inspired by the blood of pythons. More
Fresh German police-malware uncovered; everything the police said in defense to date revealed as lies
More revelations on the official police-spread malware that Germany’s Chaos Computer Club discovered in the wild and reverse engineered: pretty much everything the German police said in their defense turns out to be a lie. Another trojan has been uncovered, and it confirms the German police’s depraved indifference and incompetence in their cyberwar efforts.
The excuses vary from “trial” to “prototype”, DigiTask still insisted on October 11th 2011 to its governmental customers, that almost all problems are being solved in newer versions. The manufacturer DigiTask and the authorities view the functionality of code-reloading as a “natural need”, for which the implication of fundamental rights violation is relative in any way. It serves a purpose, and therefore the aim justifies the means.
Therefore, the CCC now presents a more detailed technical documentation of a newer version of the “Staatstrojaner” from the year 2010.[3] The testimony of DigiTask [10] is the basis of a detailed report that serves as a euphemistic attempt to conceal its illegal nature. At the same time, both disassembled versions of the Trojan, commented by the CCC, were made publicly available in order to ensure the traceability of the findings and to facilitate further research by interested parties. [4]
„Even during the last three years, the authorities and their providers were clearly not capable of developing a “Staatstrojaner” which would meet the minimum of requirements for juridical evidence, basic law compliance and security against manipulation”, a CCC spokesperson summed up about the new findings. “By these concrete and principal reasons, it is logical not to expected that this would succeed in the future.”
Chaos Computer Club analyzes new German government spyware
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Fresh German police-malware uncovered; everything the police said in defense to date revealed as lies
Build a Cell Phone Charger in Five Minutes While Inside Radio Shack [Video]
YouTube user Spiritplumber demonstrates how he built a cell phone charger using four parts from Radio Shack on the store counter immediately after his purchase. The parts cost around ten bucks, and while that’s three times cheaper than buying the actual cable at Radio Shack, but how did he know he wouldn’t blow out his phone? More
The Australian alien invasion flick Encounter At Raven’s Gate is like Signs (but with football hooligans) [Retro Movie Review]
Apple Buys Company to Add Killer 3D to Its Maps [Video]
For the past few years, Apple has been hammering away at building its own mapping platform to shake the yoke of Google Maps. It just took another step toward assembling its cartographic Frankenstein monster by buying up C3 Technologies, which assembles hyper-realistic 3D maps and integrates them with more traditional 2D maps and photos. More
Zombie Apocalypse: tonight on SyFy
Zombie Apocalypse is a new movie written by BB pal and SyFy digital honcho Craig Engler — it premieres tonight on SyFy:
The film takes place months after a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population and follows a small group of survivors who are fighting their way across the country to a rumored refuge on the island of Catalina.
Video Clip: Watch Ving Rhames kill zombies with a sledgehammer!
(Thanks, Craig!)