It’s been just a few months since the Heartbleed OpenSSL security flaw was discovered, and we’re again learning about gaping hole in the widely used security protocol. The good news is that there’s a fix. The bad news is that the vulnerability has existed for a decade, and we’ll never know how much it was exploited. Read more…
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Internet Vulnerability Left Encrypted Data Exposed For 10 Years
If you live in a big city, there’s a decent chance your apartment feels cramped. Enter CityHome, a closet-sized device recently revealed by MIT that promises to make a 200-square-foot apartment feel three times as big. And did I mention that it’s gesture-controlled? Read more…
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MIT Breakthrough Makes Tiny Apartments Feel Three Times Bigger
If you ever want to change the style of all the headings or captions in a document, bold all the italicized text, or otherwise fine-tune the formatting of your document in one swoop, Microsoft Word has a setting for that. Read more…
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Select All Text with the Same Formatting in Word (and Other Word Tips)
Dear Lifehacker, I heard rumors that the new jailbreak for iOS 7 has malware, but others are saying that’s false. I can’t make heads or tails of anything, can you tell what’s actually going on? Read more…
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What’s Happening with the iOS 7 Jailbreak? Should I Use It?
Apple must have heaved a great sigh of relief when it heard its Christmas wish had been answered—Installous, the jailbroken iOS app pirating app from the Hackulous community, was finally dead . But not so fast, Apple. Now anyone can install pirated apps, and without having to jailbreak too. More »
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You Can Now Pirate Apps On Your iPhone Without Jailbreaking
Mac: You know what’s boring? The little “Verizon” or “AT&T” logo in the left-hand corner of your iPhone. You know what would be way more awesome? The Batman logo, or an image of Pac-Man chomping down on pellets. CarrierEditor lets you change your carrier logo to whatever you want, with no jailbreaking required. More »
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CarrierEditor Customizes Your iPhone’s Carrier Logo, No Jailbreak Required