If you’re paranoid about your personal information getting stolen, then you might want to be wary of purchasing a smartphone as such handsets might just carry software or applications that carry your financial data with you, including your credit card numbers. Imagine the presence of a new strain of smartphone malware which will actually monitor phone calls and steal credit card numbers that are spoken or entered onto the keypad
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Woman Dies During Illegal Butt-Enhancement Surgery [BadIdeas]
A 20-year-old British woman died Tuesday after having a silicone illegally injected into her buttocks at a Hampton Inn in Philadelphia. Police are still determining the credentials of the women responsible for giving the enhancements.[ Jezebel ] More
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Adobe Flash Player 10.2 unveiled
Adobe has released the final version of Flash Player 10.2 , and as with any good update should do, it will contain a bunch of bug fixes as well as new features. Capable of supporting full screen mode now, it will also work even when you are handling multiple monitors. Imagine working on a video in full screen on a single display while working on another Word document or Excel spreadsheet on another screen
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A Closer Look at Bose’s New (and Only) TV
A new, expensive Bose TV/audio system shows its stuff.
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Microsoft does away with Autorun feature in new update
The Autorun feature is definitely a love it or hate it situation, and has proven to be more irritating than helpful. Introduced originally when Windows 95 hit the scene more than a decade ago, Autorun intends to help beginners navigate through storage media, receive context sensitive prompts for external devices as well as install applications without any hassle simply through the automatic launching of setup executable files. Developers were not the only ones who exploited this feature, but viruses and malware programs as well – now we have word that this feature has been removed as part of the bug fixes in the new Windows update.
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The New Monopoly Will Be Controlled by an All Powerful, All Seeing Tower [Games]
This fall, there’ll be a new version of Monopoly called Monopoly Live that places a 10-inch tower right in the middle of the board. Why? Because that tower controls every aspect of the game: it rolls the dice, it calculates rent, it knows whose turn it is and where your piece is on the board, and knows exactly how much money you have
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7-Year-Old Kid Buys Harrier Jet Fighter—Then Gets Dreams Shattered [Airplanes]
A 7-year-old kid came closer to realize every kid’s dream than any of us: He bought a real Harrier fighter jet for $113,000 on eBay.
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IBM’s Mira Supercomputer Will Mop the Floor With China’s Best [Supercomputers]
The sting of China’s supercomputer dominance is still fresh, with the Tianhe-1A still laying claim to world’s most greatest. That is, until IBM’s Mira is completed
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What We All Hate Most About Facebook [Comics]
It’s not the pokes.
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