Last year, security researcher Chris Paget highlighted concerns over the security of RFID transmissions which although important, perhaps didn’t concern many outside the industry. His latest demonstration could perhaps have more of an impact though. On stage at the Defcon 2010 security conference in Las Vegas this weekend, Mr
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GSM Hack Fakes Base Station, Records Mobile Calls
Following the earlier news that Windows Phone 7 could be launching in Europe in October and the USA in November, we’ve been treated to a leak of a new Samsung phone running the Microsoft operating system. Named the Cetus, it appeared on the Bluetooth Special Interest Group website, albeit briefly. However, the moments that it did hang around was enough for the specification to be noted, so here is the proposed feature list for one of the first Samsing phones to use Windows Phone 7: A 4″, 800
It has been a long wait to hear exactly when Microsoft will bring Windows Phone 7 to market and although we still don’t have an exact date, this is closer than we’ve been yet to that elusive day and date. Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner, who took to the stage at the Worldwide Partner Conference a short while ago, addressed Microsoft’s future in the smartphone arena, saying: October likely across Europe and November likely across US, we’re back in this game! Who would have expected Europe to be the first to see Windows Phone 7 in the shops? Very few people we would imagine, as most would have laid money on a day/date launch across several countries at the same time
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International calling cards are surely the best way to make cheap international calls without emptying your pocket. The PIN number provided with these calling cards are to be dialled before the desired destination number. The idea of communicating to a long distance was never so easy due to high calling charges and the tiring process which consumed lot of time for making international calls
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Calling Cards making conversation cheaper
Micromax, Lava, Spice, Zen, Karbonn and many other Indian handset brands are making more than a mark in the market today. They have together occupied more than 14% market share . The best part for them is that this has been at the cost of certain brands specifically Nokia losing its market share by more than 12% over the past year
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Are Indian Mobile handset brands giving their foreign counterparts a run for their money? [Telecom Tuesday]
Deadline extended, if you do OSH – submit a talk! **Call for Speakers***Please Redistribute*** NOTE: CALL HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO AUG 3rd! OPEN HARDWARE SUMMIT: www.openhardwaresummit.org Bug Labs, Creative Commons and MAKE invite open hardware advocates to submit a talk to the Open Hardware Summit. The Open Hardware Summit will be a venue to present, discuss and draw attention to the open source hardware movement currently happening. The summit will focus on hardware as a system, thus encompassing conversations of software, management, legal, and other factors surrounding open source hardware
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Sony Ericsson Cedar, a music focused phone comes in two colours of either Black/Silver or in Black/Red. This Sony handset comes with standard Li-Po battery which gives it a standby time of 415- 485 hours and talk time of 3- 4 hours. The Sony Ericsson Cedar deals have already in news even before this handset has released.
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Sony Ericsson Cedar With Gleaming Musical Features
The 24/7 hardware hacking juggernaut known as Jeri Ellsworth whipped up this controller hack for a Star Trek pinball game. You fire a Nintendo Zapper light gun at some IR sensors that trigger the flipper switches. Jeri shows you the simple circuit she used and the operation of the machine.
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Nintendo Zapper-controlled pinball
Faire photo taken by Matt Mets Karen Dybis has been doing some nice installments of her “Unfiltered” column on Time.com’s Detroit Blog . She concludes her series with ” Jules Pieri on Looking Back — at the Faire and Detroit :” I spoke to11-year-old Jillian who said, “I’ve always been good at art, and when I started reading MAKE magazine, I realized I could make science into art.” Jillian’s 16-year-old sister Alyssa told me about the family’s latest hacker project
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Looking back at Maker Faire, two perspectives
By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics A twisted torus is a donut which twists as it closes on itself. It is a visually engaging mathematical design used by many artists through the ages. The origins of the idea are unknown, but below is a woodcut, published by the German graphic artist Johannes Lencker in 1567, which shows that the idea has been around for a long time.
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Math Monday: The twisted torus
The UK land grab continues. Real estate startup Zoopla has acquired property technology company Byteplay Ltd , whose assets include OnOneMap.com, DotHomes.com and Extate.com, all three of which are now pointing to Zoopla.co.uk.
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(Credit: Microsoft) As planned , Microsoft released a fix on Monday for a critical Windows vulnerability that was being exploited by a fast-spreading virus and other malware. The software patch fixes the way Windows Shell handles shortcut files, which are links to a file represented by an icon and implemented with the .lnk extension.
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“Yertle the Turtle” is arguably the best book ever written on the subject of turtle-stacking. (Credit: Oceanhouse Media) A few months back I told you about five amazing iPad e-books for kids , noting that Apple’s tablet is arguably the single best platform for reading (and, thanks to various interactive features, experiencing) children’s books. App developers and book publishers seem to agree, as the App Store is now home to dozens, if not hundreds, of kid-friendly e-books.
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iPad e-books for children: Five more amazing titles
What do you do when your Hulu and Netflix streaming iPhone app remains in Apple’s App Store purgatory a little too long? You do just what Steve Jobs encouraged developers to do before there was even an App Store–you make your app in Safari instead. That’s just what PlayOn has done.
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PlayOn skips App Store, uses Safari for streaming
An absconding member of right-wing Hindu organisation Sanatan Sanstha has been arrested by Maharashtra ATS for his alleged role in the 2009 Goa blast – the sixth person to be held in the case. An ATS team laid a trap and arrested Prashant Juvekar, absconding since October 16 last year, from near Bhusawal railway station in Jalgaon district on July 31, state ATS chief Rakesh Maria said. Juvekar, 24, hailing from Ratnagiri, was produced before a Nashik court which remanded him in police custody till August 3.
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Goa blast: absconding Sanatan member arrested
I’ll admit to having wargame minis on the brain this morning. As a commenter on my earlier post pointed out, a cheaper alternative to Shapeways printing of your entire computer-modeled miniature army is to print just one of each unit type, then use the print as a master to make your own mold and cast a bunch of duplicates.
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How-To: Cast your own miniatures from a master model
Former Goa tourism minister Fransisco Mickey Pacheco on Monday moved breach of privilege motion against Chief Minister Digamber Kamat in the state Legislative Assembly. The motion referred to the statement made by Kamat categorically denied having spoken to NCP chief Sharad Pawar when Pacheco resigned as a tourism minister.
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India Infoline in it’s recent research report elaborates that “ The stock technically is a compelling buy for two reasons – i) it is above its 200-DMA, and ii) consolidating at the neckline of an inverted head & shoulders pattern. It sets the stock up for target of Rs175 in the medium term. Daily oscillators are also showing signs of an upward movement” CMP Rs142, Target Rs175, Upside 20.4% WWW.INVESTCHIPS.COM This post is originally posted by R.John Christy for www.investchips.com.
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When people think of ham radio, they usually think of high-frequency (HF) home radio stations. These are the stations that send messages directly to another radio station somewhere else in the world. We’ve talked about a lot of other types of amateur radio stations on MAKE: handheld radio VHF stations that communicate through repeaters and satellites , portable HF stations for hiking , mobile HF stations on bicycles
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Setting up a radio shack
And we’re back with our ninth installment of Your Comments . Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online , our Facebook page, and Twitter . Alan wondered if the Current electric motor scooters were being reinvented: While visiting China a few years ago, I noticed that about every fifth vehicle passing me on the roads and sidewalks (yes, there are vehicles on the sidewalks there) was a zippy little electric scooter that looked strikingly similar to the ones above.
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In less than a year on the market, Windows 7 is now being used more than predecessor Windows Vista, according to market researcher Netmarketshare. For July, Windows 7 was used on 14.46 percent of devices accessing the Internet, compared with Windows Vista’s 14.34 percent, marking the first time the newer version surpassed its predecessor. Microsoft has said that 175 million copies of Windows 7 have been purchased since the product was released last fall
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Windows 7 passes Vista in usage
Hoping to cash in further on Ning’s shuttering of its free version, competitor Grou.ps is upping the ante with the launch of “WinWin”, a referral program directly targeting so-called Ning exiles. The service claims to have already migrated more than 50,000 Ning networks, making it the largest “do-it-yourself social networking platform”, and hopes to continue this trend by rewarding new converts and those who encourage others to follow suit. Specifically, Grou.ps will be dishing out credits which can be converted into a host of premium features such as extra bandwidth.
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It’s a WinWin, Grou.ps launches referral program for Ning exiles
For many years, India has been in a slow processes of evolving towards a dual centre-state GST. The rough picture is one with two distinct but harmonised taxes, which have an integrated IT system so as to sharply reduce compliance costs. A key dimension is that of properly integrating domestic taxation with international trade in goods and services, by zero-rating exports (thus exempting non-residents) and by charging the GST upon imports (thus taxing the full consumption of residents)
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Implementing the GST
Microsoft on Monday announced pricing and availability for its Office for Mac 2011 software suite. The version of the Office suite for users of Apple’s Mac computers is scheduled for release via retail outlets at the end of October, in two editions: Office for Mac Home and Business 2011, and Office for Mac Home and Student 2011. “For better alignment across platforms,” Microsoft said in a statement, “the Office 2011 pricing and edition options map closer with Office for the Windows operating system.” The software titan also said that anyone buying Office 2008 for Mac between August 1 and November 30 will be able to upgrade without an additional charge.
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Microsoft details Office for Mac 2011 release
Microsoft have pretty much stuck to their “holiday 2010″ statement when asked about launch dates for Windows Phone 7. For anyone not in the US, that can be translated at the Christmas / December timeframe. However, in a recent video Microsoft CEO Kevin Turner has said that the new OS will be available to buy.
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Windows Phone 7 to be available in just two months?
These days a person who is connected to the Internet can be easily targeted by the hackers, cybersquatters and fraudsters, thanks to the free anti-virus software’s which just scan few of your files only and don’t work as a complete internet safety application. We had previously reviewed the Norton 360 Security Suite which is not just a Anti-Virus application but also offers you with multiple other features and benefits
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We all know how much mobiles have progressed since its inception. Thanks to all the mobile applications, these days you can do pretty much anything through your mobile from getting answers to questions on your mobile to banking . So what part will the mobile phone play in the digital revolution
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Mobile Phones Will Lead The Digital Revolution In India
If you haven’t taken a look at what’s going on at Shapeways recently, you might find it worth your while to go browse around for a bit. They’re constantly adding new features, new printing capabilities, and new models. And, perhaps most importantly, the cost of printing those models is falling rapidly.
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Print your own wargaming minis
When you’re traveling are on business the long-distance calling card gives you the best opportunity to phone from anywhere you want. Hotel, phone booth or maybe even a cell phone and we’ll give you long-distance calling at very reasonable rates. Global calling is becoming more and more used as a lot more people travel now.
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Long-Distance Calling Cards are the Cheapest Way to Call International Long Distance
Popup’s on websites are bad but this again depends because if these are advertisements then its bad as they could have some inappropriate messages which you have no control on, but if these popups are created and run by you then the chances are that they are safe and sometimes useful to the readers too.
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Plugin for Popup Subscription Box to Increase Subscribers