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Next-Gen Gorilla Glass: Smartphones Could Have Antibacterial, Anti-Glare Displays

MojoKid writes “It’s not too often that upcoming glass technology is worth getting excited over, but leave it to Corning to pique our interest. During a recent talk at MIT’s Mobile Technology Summit, Dr. Jeffrey Evenson took to the stage to reiterate what it is about Gorilla Glass that makes it such an attractive product (something well evidenced given the majority of smartphones out there today implement it), as well as to give us a preview of what’s coming. Having pretty much mastered Gorilla Glass where strength, scratch-resistance and general durability are concerned, the company is now looking to improve-upon it (possibly for Gorilla Glass 4) by making it non-reflective and germ-resistant. Imagine your smartphone sporting this — you’d finally be able to see the screen regardless of how bright the sun behind you is. Unfortunately, it appears that it won’t be hitting our phones or tablets that soon. The estimate is ‘in the next two years.'” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Inside YouTube’s Master Plan to Kill Lag Dead

There is a moment between when you click on a video and when it starts playing. That moment is the worst part of your day. The agony of waiting! The torture of anticipation! YouTube understands that, and on a visit to YouTube HQ in San Bruno, CA, we got a look at what’s coming to make that awful moment pass before you know it happened. Read more…        

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CCTV footage shows crooks using some kind of universal keyless entry fob

CCTV footage from Long Beach, CA shows crooks robbing cars after opening them with some kind of keyless entry fob that appears to defeat the cars’ built-in cryptographic security. The fobs evidently don’t work on all models, and may require operation from the passenger side. It’s not clear what method the fobs use to attack the locks. Any guesses? Adding to the mystery, police say the device works on some cars but not others. Other surveillance videos show thieves trying to open a Ford SUV and a Cadillac, with no luck. But an Acura SUV and sedan pop right open. And they always seem to strike on the passenger side. Investigators don’t know why. “We’ve reached out to the car manufacturers, the manufacturers of the vehicle alarm systems: Nobody seems to know what this technology is,” Hendricks told us. “When you look at the video and you see how easy it is, it’s pretty unnerving.” Police admit they’re ‘stumped’ by mystery car thefts ( via /. )        

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Small batch artisanal high-fructose corn syrup

Matt sez, “Maya Weinstein is an artist who just finished her MFA at Parsons, with the awesomest thesis ever: a DIY kit for making your own High-Fructose Corn Syrup , the industrial sweetener that is, well, let’s say problematic these days. “Amazingly, HFCS is not available for consumers to buy, and as Weinstein discovered, making it yourself requires some pretty unusual (and expensive) components, like Glucose Isomerase. But it’s a totally fascinating process, and only the first in what Weinstein hopes will be a series of ‘citizen food science’ kits.” DIY High-Fructose Corn Syrup by Artist Maya Weinstein        

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Quantenna’s new chip turns 802.11ac Wi-Fi up a notch

Quantenna announces the first 4×4 (quad-stream) 802.11ac chipset. The new chipset, which offers a cap speed of 1.7Gbps, is slated be used in products later this year. [Read more]        

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What’s The Best Browser to Protect You against Malware?

The answer may be surprising to some, but according to leading security firm NSS Labs, there’s a new champ in town. NSS Labs tested the top 5 browsers on the market today; Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 10, Mozilla Firefox 19 and Opera 12 to see how they would respond to “live” testing. Each browser was pointed to series 900+ URL’s that had known infections embeded in thier sites. At the end of testing, guess what? IE 10 FTW! Yeah, you read that right. IE 10 crushed everyone. IE 10 blocked a whopping 99.96% of the infested sites followed by Chrome at 83.16% (respectable), Safari at 10.15%, Firefox at 9.92% and Opera pulling up the rear at a measly 1.87% effective rate.

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Astronaut Chris Hadfield performs David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” on the ISS

Astronaut Chris Hadfield — the tweeting , tumbling Canadian astronaut who’s a one-dude astro-ambassador from the space programme to the Internet — has produced and released a video of his own performance of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” (AKA the “Major Tom song”) on the ISS. He adapts the lyrics a bit to his own situation — and changes out the whole dying-in-space chorous — but is otherwise pretty faithful. From the credits, it appears that David Bowie gave permission for this, though that’s not entirely clear. I would think that not even a major record label would be hamfisted and cack-handed enough to send a takedown notice over this one (it’s been suggested for Boing Boing more than any other link in my memory), but I’m prepared to be surprised. Space Oddity        

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