Adobe just patched up a gaping security flaw that could affect anyone who logs on to eBay, Tumblr, Instagram, or other popular sites. If you’re a person who visits any of those domains (or really, any website out there that might use Flash), you really should update your stuff right now. Read more…
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Flash Just Patched a Huge Security Flaw, Go Update it Right Now
Sometime in the past few days, YouTube started showing a new error bar on slow-loading videos. “Experiencing interruptions? Find out why, ” it implores. Clicking through takes you to Google’s Video Quality Report page , comparing streaming quality of your local ISPs. If your provider’s slow, Google wants you to know. Read more…
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Now YouTube Is Shaming ISPs For Slow Streaming Video
Amazon will be America’s #2 retailer in no time at all, but Wal-Mart is in a league of its own.
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Amazon enters retail top 10
Ever wished you could tap the “Change Camera View” button in real life to switch to a third-person view? These guys made it happen. Sure, it requires the user to wear an Oculus Rift and a big ol’ dual camera rig built into a backpack — and sure, it’s probably only fun (and not nauseating) for about a minute. But it works! Read More
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Clever Oculus Project Lets You Live Your Life In Third Person
Tomorrow is launch day in Canada and the U.S. for the Surface Pro 3, and to make sure the device has as smooth a launch as possible, Microsoft has released a set of updates for the tablet-hybrid. The updates include a slurry of performance boosts, as well as a fix for a power button issue that was annoying some. If you have a review device, the code should be live for you now. Otherwise, you… Read More
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Microsoft Updates The Surface Pro 3 Ahead Of Its Release Tomorrow
Microsoft is gearing up to begin shipping its Surface Pro 3 tablet, and many have already had a chance to test out the latest in tablet/laptop hybrids. One early tester is Penny Arcade’s Mike Krahulik (aka Gabe) who was a huge fan of the Surface Pro 2, because with the stylus, it was an awesome digital artist tool for hand-drawn creations. Gabe wasn’t so impressed with the Surface… Read More
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Microsoft Brings Penny Arcade Artist To An Engineering Team To Work Out Surface Pro 3 Issues
Imagine if I told you, almost 20 years ago, that you could put every single Game Boy game (plus a bunch of others) inside of your Game Boy Pocket without having to buy or swap out cartridges. “Forsooth, what wizardry is this, ” you’d say. “Tell me more, time-traveler.” Prepare yourself, twenty-years-ago-you, because your brain is about to explode. This DIY project… Read More
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This DIY Game Boy Pocket Uses A Raspberry Pi To Bring You Absolute, Unending Joy
It’s a tale as old as time: Traveler meets luggage. Traveler falls in love. Traveler buys luggage. Traveler causes a scene as flight attendant forces traveler to pay $75 for improperly-sized baggage. And if you’ve secretly been holding out hope that we might one day be able to put this bit of passenger pageantry behind us—too bad. It’s about to get a whole lot worse. Read more…
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The Three Biggest Airlines Just Made Carry-On Sizes Even Smaller
Trailrunner7 writes: As the uncertainty surrounding the end of TrueCrypt continues, members of the security community are working to preserve a known-good archive of the last version of the open source encryption software released before the developers inserted a warning about potential unfixed bugs in the software and ended development. The message that the TrueCrypt posted about the security of the software also was included in the release of version 7.2a. The OCAP team decided to focus on version 7.1a and created the verified repository by comparing the SHA2 hashes with files found in other TrueCrypt repositories. So the files are the same as the ones that were distributed as 7.1a. “These files were obtained last November in preparation for our audit, and match the hash reported by iSec in their official report from phase I of the audit, ” said Kenn White, part of the team involved in the TrueCrypt audit. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Auditors Release Verified Repositories of TrueCrypt
It looks like Apple’s doing everything it can to get its in-house Maps software back in our good graces. Thanks a hidden asset buried deep in iOS 8, new icons seem to reveal a Maps feature that would remember exactly where users last parked their cars. Read more…
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Apple Maps Will Soon Remember Where You Parked Your Car