According to a report by security blogger Brian Krebs, Oracle’s popular MICROS point-of-sale terminals support website was commandeered by a Russian cybergang. This is bad since MICROS is in the top three most popular payment systems in the world. Read more…
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Looks Like a Russian Cybergang Hacked Into One of the World’s Largest Payment Systems
The big news about the Raspberry Pi 3 was built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi , but it turns out there was another set of new tricks: new boot options. This feature’s still in beta, but over at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, they outline how to boot from a mass storage device or over ethernet. Read more…
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You Can Boot a Raspberry Pi 3 From a Hard Drive or Over Ethernet
Delta Airlines flights around the world have been indefinitely delayed this morning following a major “computer outage” affecting all of the carriers flights. Read more…
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Delta Flights Grounded Worldwide After Unexplained Computer Shutdown (Updating)
On Nov. 27, 1944, 4, 000 tons of bombs went off at RAF Fauld, a munitions facility in the English countryside near Hanbury, Burton. The explosion was so great that it caused a mushroom cloud and could be felt as far as Morocco. Read more…
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This is What The Site of Britain’s Largest Non-Nuclear Explosion Looks Like 70 Years Later
Windows 10 on the Raspberry Pi is a great way to create your own internet connected devices , and today Microsoft pushed out an update that makes the set up process a bit easier. Read more…
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Windows 10 IoT Core for the Raspberry Pi Is Now Easier to Set Up, Adds Remote Client Access and More
“Mike” (portrayed above) is a real person and his email party is now over. Authorities announced today that a 40-year-old Nigerian man, identified only as Mike, was nabbed in a joint operation by Interpol and the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission. Mike was reportedly the mastermind behind a large number of online scams, and officials suspect him of swindling more than $60 million from people around the world, including $15.4 million from one victim alone. Read more…
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Interpol Just Busted a Nigerian Email Scam Kingpin
Earlier this month, satellite imaging technology company DigitalGlobe announced it was partnering with Uber to “leverage DigitalGlobe’s industry leading constellation of sensors to access imagery and location intelligence to help identify and improve pick-up and drop-off locations.” Last week, Uber posted a press release to announce that Brian McClendon, the former head of Google Maps who left the company for Uber last year, would be leading Uber’s global mapping initiative. McClendon wrote that the company is “doubling down” on its mapping investment but didn’t say how much it would spend. Read more…
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Uber Reportedly Will Invest $500 Million Into Mapping the World
Microsoft’s free Windows 10 upgrade offer officially ended yesterday . However, the company has left a loophole. If you need to use assistive technologies, you can still upgrade for free. Microsoft also isn’t verifying if you do. Read more…
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You Can Still Get Windows 10 For Free If You Use Assistive Technologies
iOS: As the saying goes, not all who wander are lost, and if you’re journey is more complicated than point A to point B, you can finally add more than one destination in Google Maps for iOS when you’re trying to get directions. Read more…
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Google Maps for iOS Can Now Navigate to Multiple Destinations
Chop a tree. Wait three years. And then you can make yourself a longbow. Read more…
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Watch a Guy Chop Down a Tree and Make a Longbow Out of It