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NX Series-NX Camera | SAMSUNG

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The exterior of the NX1000 is just as impressive.
The modern and sleek body adds another layer of elegance and sophistication to something that’s usually more functional than beautiful.
Reality never looked so real
20.3MP APS-C Sensor.

Customized for the NX System, the brand-new, professional-grade, 20.3MP APS-C CMOS Sensor produces images that rival those of any premium DSLR.
 Each individual pixel has a large sensor area and receives more light, guaranteeing low noise levels, high dynamic range and accurate color differentiation. 
The higher sensitivity allows you to shoot during low-light situations without graininess or other noise. The new sensor also provides Full HD video output capabilities.














Light as a feather,
yet powerful to the touch
Simple & Emotional Design

The camera is extremely portable and the perfect travel companion. The lightweight body also makes it easier to shoot stills or video for longer periods of time. The exterior of the NX1000 is just as impressive. The modern and sleek body adds another layer of elegance and sophistication to something that’s usually more functional than beautiful. The body and the kit lenses of the NX1000 are available in three different colors - white, black and pink. What’s more, the easy-to-use interface make using the NX1000 pure joy.















One-touch wireless
sharing
Wi-Fi (Smart Link)

Forget about bringing the right cable along. Built-in Wi-Fi lets you instantly share special moments with friends and family, even when you’re on the move. Upload photos to Facebook or email them directly from the NX1000 to your loved ones. A dedicated Smart Link hot key makes it easy to save photos you just took to any compatible smartphone, opening up even more sharing possibilities.



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Bend to Zoom by 3M

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Some time ago we talked about the introduction of a new technology by 3M that allowed flexible touchscreens and we stated that it was just a matter of time before the technology would be put to use.
 Looks like we’re there! Last week a few manufacturers presented prototypes of devices with this technology put to use. 

Nokia has been showing off a prototype handset that can be controlled by twisting and bending it. It’s called the Nokia Kinetic Device.







Nokia introduced the Nokia Kinetic Device (video below) that uses bending of the device as a form of input to, for example, ‘pinch to zoom’ (or in this case ‘bend to zoom’). 




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Micro 4/3 Camera

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Lately it seems like there are new digital cameras announced every week with better performance, better design and more advanced features. 

One of the systems that keeps growing in popularity is the Micro 4/3 (MFT or m4/3) system. So what does this Micro 4/3 mean exactly and how does it compare to other, more traditional systems like the DSLRs?



                           Olympus E-PL1 with a 1980 Olympus 50mm f1.8 lens





It sounds somewhat backwards to get excited about buying old stuff when you’re talking about new technology, but don’t be fooled. Well crafted glass is something that is timeless. In fact, many older lenses have a sturdier build quality because of metal casings as opposed to the now so popular plastic.


 Panasonic DMC-GH2 and 14-42mm kit lens



There are many more pros and cons to list when comparing MFT cameras to DSLRs or compact cameras but one thing is very clear: 




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Intel Ultrabook.

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Ultra ResponsiveUltrabook.


    

 wakes up in a flash, so you get quick access to your favorite content by going from zero to go in seconds.1



Ultra SleekAt less than an inch thick, the lightweight and highly portable Ultrabook™ is easy to grab and go anywhere.












Long LastingRun for hours, standby for days. 














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New Concept Nokia Phone

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Transparent Nokia  Phone



Nokia is the best brand of cell phones in reliability. 
The famous designer Mr. Juan Carlos Garson has designed a special transparent gadget for Nokia.
It is totally according to requirements of the people and current needs. 
This is a unique model of Nokia which has a touch interface buttons and also with unique features which can you imagine in your dreams.








Carrying on the trend of awesome transparent gadgets, Colombian designer Juan Carlos Garzon has concocted a phone design for Nokia that adds some transparency to all of your conversations.
 The touch interface gives a simple and clear view of which buttons you’re mashing, while all of the electronics bits are stored below in the white enclosure.









The lower side of the handset includes the battery, most of the hardware, incorporates the on/off button (front side) and a 5 megapixel camera (at the back). 
This Nokia concept’s display also emits light, allowing for better usage during night time.


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Announcing new HP PCs for Windows 8!

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Announcing new HP PCs for Windows 8!

                            

The HP ENVY x2 



A powerful and ultrathin hybrid PC with the advantages of two devices in one. As a notebook that doubles as a tablet, the HP ENVY x2 has a detachable screen that becomes a full tablet when separated from the keyboard via a seamless magnetic latch. 


HP SpectreXT TouchSmart Ultrabook



The HP SpectreXT TouchSmart Ultrabook features a 15.6-inch diagonal multitouch Radiance Full HD display with IPS technology, a sophisticated all-metal design, edge-to-edge glass, a glass touchpad and tilted speakers with Beats Audio for optimal sound.
It is HP’s first notebook with Intel® Thunderbolt™ technology for blazing-fast transfer to external devices. Additionally, HP USB Boost technology charges devices via USB ports while the Ultrabook is on or off.



HP ENVY TouchSmart Ultrabook 4—the power of touch



Featuring an eye-catching metal design, the HP ENVY TouchSmart Ultrabook 4 offers a 14-inch multitouch HD display, measures 23mm thin and weighs 4.77 pounds. A backlit keyboard, up to 8 hours of battery life, a booming subwoofer with Beats Audio and an optional AMD graphics card with 2 GB of graphics memory.



The HP ENVY TouchSmart Ultrabook 4 delivers powerful performance with the latest Intel processors, solid-state drive options, and the same Intel technologies available on the HP SpectreXT TouchSmart Ultrabook. HP innovations such as HP CoolSense, HP Imagepad, HP ProtectSmart, HP TrueVision HD Webcam, HP Connected Photo, HP Connected Music and HP Connected Backup also are included.
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ASUS Vivo Tab

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ASUS Vivo Tab 

Asus just announced Meet the incredible ASUS Vivo Tab and Vivo Tab RT. Taken from the Latin verb “to live”, Vivo opens up a new world of mobile possibilities and transforms expectations of what a tablet can do.

                               

It looks like IFA will be where many Windows 8 devices shown back at Computex get (more) official. Exhibit A is ASUS, which today pulled the curtains on the Vivo Tab and the Vivo Tab RT, previously known as the ASUS Tablet 810 and the ASUS Tablet 600, respectively. There's still no pricing info available, but the company has filled in some of the remaining spec gaps.

As we previously knew, the Vivo Tab sports an 11.6-inch IPS display with a 1,366 x 768 resolution and supports a Wacom digitizer input in addition to 10-point multitouch. The tablet runs an Intel Atom CPU with 2GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The Vivo Tab measures 0.33 inches thick and weighs in at 1.5 pounds. There's also an 8-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, plus a 2-megapixel shooter up front. As we learned back in Taipei as well, an NFC sensor will be on board.

Then there's the Vivo Tab RT, which is slightly smaller, at 0.33 inches thick and 1.1 pounds, and with a 10.1-inch screen. Like its non-RT brother, it boasts an IPS display with a 1,366 x 768 resolution, but it runs a Tegra 3 processor and a 12-core GPU, with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. The RT tablet includes the same cameras and NFC sensor as the Vivo Tab.

Of course, these two slates also come with a Transformer-like dock, which adds a full QWERTY keyboard, trackpad, two USB ports and a second battery. The missing element to this equation is still pricing and availability: check back for those details, and in the meantime hit up the press release below the break.


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Top Torrent Site 2012

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1. The Pirate Bay

 The Pirate Bay (commonly abbreviated TPB) is a Swedish website that hosts magnet links, which allow users to share electronic files, including music, computer games and software, via BitTorrent. The Pirate Bay bills itself as "The world's most resilient BitTorrent site" (as of 2012, "The galaxy's most resilient...") The Pirate Bay is currently ranked as the 78th most visited website in the world and 20th in Sweden by Alexa Internet, has over 5.5 million registered users and, as of February 2012, hosts more than 4 million torrent files. According to the Los Angeles Times, The Pirate Bay is "one of the world's largest facilitators of illegal downloading" and "the most visible member of a burgeoning international anti-copyright or pro-piracy movement".

 2. Torrentz

 Torrentz is a Finland-based[2] meta-search engine for BitTorrent that is run by an individual known as Flippy. It indexes torrents from various major torrent sites such as yourBittorrent and offers compilations of various trackers per torrent that are not necessarily present in the default .torrent file, so that when a tracker is down, other trackers can do the work. It was the second most popular torrent website after The Pirate Bay in 2010[3], and it currently has a traffic rank of 145 on Alexa.

 3. KickassTorrents

 Founded in 2009, KickassTorrents is one of the youngest sites in the list, and this year it moved up to the top 3. Responding to the increasing worries about domain seizures, the site moved from its kickasstorrents.com domain to kat.ph a few months ago. The site continues to innovate and release new features every other week, and it currently ranks 257 on Alexa.

 4. IsoHunt

 IsoHunt is a BitTorrent index with over 1.7 million torrents in its database and 20 million peers from indexed torrents. With 7.4 million unique visitors as of May 2006, isoHunt is one of the most popular BitTorrent search engines. Thousands of torrents are added to and deleted from it every day. Users of isoHunt perform over 40 million unique searches per month. On October 19, 2008, isoHunt passed the 1 petabyte mark for torrents indexed globally. The site is the third most popular BitTorrent site as of 2008. According to isoHunt, the total amount of shared content was more than 13.44 petabytes as of September 29, 2011.

 5. BTjunkie

 BTJunkie was a BitTorrent search engine operating between 2005 and 2012. It used a web crawler (similar to Google) to search for torrent files from other torrent sites and store them on its database. It had nearly 4,000,000 active torrents and about 4,200 torrents added daily (compared to runner-up Torrent Portal with 1,500), making it the largest torrent site indexer on the web. During 2011, BTJunkie was the 5th most popular BitTorrent site.

 6. ExtraTorrent 

 ExtraTorrent is one of those robust torrent indexes that doesn’t make the news very often. Compared to last year the site has moved up a spot and is now the 6th most popular torrent venue.

 7. Demonoid

 Demonoid is a website and BitTorrent tracker created by an anonymous programmer (supposedly of Serbian origin) known only by the pseudonyms "Deimos" and "Zajson". The website indexes torrents uploaded by its members. Demonoid.com was ranked the 538th most popular website overall in December 2010, according to Alexa. Demonoid's torrent tracker had an estimated three million peers in September 2007. The site had over 252,427 torrents indexed as of May 3, 2009 (torrents uploaded prior to August 4, 2005 were removed to free server resources).

 8. EZTV

 Unlike the other sites in the top 10, TV-torrent distribution group EZTV is a niche site specializing in TV content only. Despite its fair share of downtime this year, EZTV has managed to get a spot in the top 10 for the first time in its six year existence.

 9. Bitsnoop

 BitSnoop is another newcomer that gained a large audience this year. This didn’t go unnoticed by the RIAA, who filed a complaint at the U.S. District Court of Columbia and obtained a subpoena to reveal the identity of BitSnoop’s owner a few months ago.

 10. 1337x

 1337x is also new to the top 10, and focuses more on the community aspect than some competitors. The site’s owners say they started 1337x to “fill an apparent void where it seemed there was a lack of quality conscience ad free torrent sites with public trackers.” Its 10th place this year proves that they’re getting the success formula right.
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Top 10 Most Famous Hackers of All Time

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The portrayal of hackers in the media has ranged from the high-tech super-spy, as in Mission Impossible where Ethan Hunt repels from the ceiling to hack the CIA computer system and steal the "NOC list," to the lonely anti-social teen who is simply looking for entertainment.

The reality, however, is that hackers are a very diverse bunch, a group simultaneously blamed with causing billions of dollars in damages as well as credited with the development of the World Wide Web and the founding of major tech companies. In this article, we test the theory that truth is better than fiction by introducing you to ten of the most famous hackers, both nefarious and heroic, to let you decide for yourself.

Black Hat Crackers

The Internet abounds with hackers, known as crackers or "black hats," who work to exploit 
computer systems. They are the ones you've seen on the news being hauled away for cybercrimes. Some of them do it for fun and curiosity, while others are looking for personal gain. In this section we profile five of the most famous and interesting "black hat" hackers.

Jonathan James: James gained notoriety when he became the first juvenile to be sent to prison for hacking. He was sentenced at 16 years old. In an anonymous PBS interview, he professes, "I was just looking around, playing around. What was fun for me was a challenge to see what I could pull off."

James's major intrusions targeted high-profile organizations. He installed a backdoor into a Defense Threat Reduction Agency server. The DTRA is an agency of the Department of Defense charged with reducing the threat to the U.S. and its allies from nuclear, biological, chemical, conventional and special weapons. The backdoor he created enabled him to view sensitive emails and capture employee usernames and passwords.

James also cracked into NASA computers, stealing software worth approximately $1.7 million. According to the Department of Justice, "The software supported the International Space Station's physical environment, including control of the temperature and humidity within the living space." NASA was forced to shut down its computer systems, ultimately racking up a $41,000 cost. James explained that he downloaded the code to supplement his studies on C programming, but contended, "The code itself was crappy . . . certainly not worth $1.7 million like they claimed."

Given the extent of his intrusions, if James, also known as "c0mrade," had been an adult he likely would have served at least 10 years. Instead, he was banned from recreational computer use and was slated to serve a six-month sentence under house arrest with probation. However, he served six months in prison for violation of parole. Today, James asserts that he's learned his lesson and might start a computer security company.

Adrian Lamo: Lamo's claim to fame is his break-ins at major organizations like The New York Times and Microsoft. Dubbed the "homeless hacker," he used Internet connections at Kinko's, coffee shops and libraries to do his intrusions. In a profile article, "He Hacks by Day, Squats by Night," Lamo reflects, "I have a laptop in Pittsburgh, a change of clothes in D.C. It kind of redefines the term multi-jurisdictional."

Lamo's intrusions consisted mainly of penetration testing, in which he found flaws in security, exploited them and then informed companies of their shortcomings. His hits include Yahoo!, Bank of America, Citigroup and Cingular. When white hat hackers are hired by companies to do penetration testing, it's legal. What Lamo did is not.

When he broke into The New York Times' intranet, things got serious. He added himself to a list of experts and viewed personal information on contributors, including Social Security numbers. Lamo also hacked into The Times' LexisNexis account to research high-profile subject matter.

For his intrusion at The New York Times, Lamo was ordered to pay approximately $65,000 in restitution. He was also sentenced to six months of home confinement and two years of probation, which expired January 16, 2007. Lamo is currently working as an award-winning journalist and public speaker.

Kevin Mitnick: A self-proclaimed "hacker poster boy," Mitnick went through a highly publicized pursuit by authorities. His mischief was hyped by the media but his actual offenses may be less notable than his notoriety suggests. The Department of Justice describes him as "the most wanted computer criminal in United States history." His exploits were detailed in two movies: Freedom Downtime and Takedown.

Mitnick had a bit of hacking experience before committing the offenses that made him famous. He started out exploiting the Los Angeles bus punch card system to get free rides. Then, like Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, dabbled in phone phreaking. Although there were numerous offenses, Mitnick was ultimately convicted for breaking into the Digital Equipment Corporation's computer network and stealing software.

Mitnick's mischief got serious when he went on a two and a half year "coast-to-coast hacking spree." The CNN article, "Legendary computer hacker released from prison," explains that "he hacked into computers, stole corporate secrets, scrambled phone networks and broke into the national defense warning system." He then hacked into computer expert and fellow hacker Tsutomu Shimomura's home computer, which led to his undoing.

Today, Mitnick has been able to move past his role as a black hat hacker and become a productive member of society. He served five years, about 8 months of it in solitary confinement, and is now a computer security consultant, author and speaker.

Kevin Poulsen: Also known as Dark Dante, Poulsen gained recognition for his hack of LA radio's KIIS-FM phone lines, which earned him a brand new Porsche, among other items. Law enforcement dubbed him "the Hannibal Lecter of computer crime."

Authorities began to pursue Poulsen after he hacked into a federal investigation database. During this pursuit, he further drew the ire of the FBI by hacking into federal computers for wiretap information.

His hacking specialty, however, revolved around telephones. Poulsen's most famous hack, KIIS-FM, was accomplished by taking over all of the station's phone lines. In a related feat, Poulsen also "reactivated old Yellow Page escort telephone numbers for an acquaintance who then ran a virtual escort agency." Later, when his photo came up on the show Unsolved Mysteries, 1-800 phone lines for the program crashed. Ultimately, Poulsen was captured in a supermarket and served a sentence of five years.

Since serving time, Poulsen has worked as a journalist. He is now a senior editor for Wired News. His most prominent article details his work on identifying 744 sex offenders with MySpace profiles.

Robert Tappan Morris: Morris, son of former National Security Agency scientist Robert Morris, is known as the creator of the Morris Worm, the first computer worm to be unleashed on the Internet. As a result of this crime, he was the first person prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

Morris wrote the code for the worm while he was a student at Cornell. He asserts that he intended to use it to see how large the Internet was. The worm, however, replicated itself excessively, slowing computers down so that they were no longer usable. It is not possible to know exactly how many computers were affected, but experts estimate an impact of 6,000 machines. He was sentenced to three years' probation, 400 hours of community service and a fined $10,500.

Morris is currently working as a tenured professor at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He principally researches computer network architectures including distributed hash tables such as Chord and wireless mesh networks such as Roofnet.

White Hat Hackers



Hackers that use their skills for good are classified as "white hat." These white hats often work as certified "Ethical Hackers," hired by companies to test the integrity of their systems. Others, operate without company permission by bending but not breaking laws and in the process have created some really cool stuff. In this section we profile five white hat hackers and the technologies they have developed.

Stephen Wozniak: "Woz" is famous for being the "other Steve" of Apple. Wozniak, along with current Apple CEO Steve Jobs, co-founded Apple Computer. He has been awarded with the National Medal of Technology as well as honorary doctorates from Kettering University and Nova Southeastern University. Additionally, Woz was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in September 2000.

Woz got his start in hacking making blue boxes, devices that bypass telephone-switching mechanisms to make free long-distance calls. After reading an article about phone phreaking in Esquire, Wozniak called up his buddy Jobs. The pair did research on frequencies, then built and sold blue boxes to their classmates in college. Wozniak even used a blue box to call the Pope while pretending to be Henry Kissinger.

Wozniak dropped out of college and came up with the computer that eventually made him famous. Jobs had the bright idea to sell the computer as a fully assembled PC board. The Steves sold Wozniak's cherished scientific calculator and Jobs' VW van for capital and got to work assembling prototypes in Jobs' garage. Wozniak designed the hardware and most of the software. In the Letters section of Woz.org, he recalls doing "what Ed Roberts and Bill Gates and Paul Allen did and tons more, with no help." Wozniak and Jobs sold the first 100 of the Apple I to a local dealer for $666.66 each.

Woz no longer works full time for Apple, focusing primarily on philanthropy instead. Most notable is his function as fairy godfather to the Los Gatos, Calif. School District. Wozniak 'adopted' the Los Gatos School District, providing students and teachers with hands-on teaching and donations of state-of-the-art technology equipment.

Tim Berners-Lee: Berners-Lee is famed as the inventor of the World Wide Web, the system that we use to access sites, documents and files on the Internet. He has received numerous recognitions, most notably the Millennium Technology Prize.

While a student at Oxford University, Berners-Lee was caught hacking access with a friend and subsequently banned from University computers. w3.org reports, "Whilst [at Oxford], he built his first computer with a soldering iron, TTL gates, an M6800 processor and an old television." Technological innovation seems to have run in his genes, as Berners-Lee's parents were mathematicians who worked on the Manchester Mark1, one of the earliest electronic computers.

While working with CERN, a European nuclear research organization, Berners-Lee created a hypertext prototype system that helped researchers share and update information easily. He later realized that hypertext could be joined with the Internet. Berners-Lee recounts how he put them together: "I just had to take the hypertext idea and connect it to the TCP and DNS ideas and - ta-da! - the World Wide Web."

Since his creation of the World Wide Web, Berners-Lee founded the World Wide Web Consortium at MIT. The W3C describes itself as "an international consortium where Member organizations, a full-time staff and the public work together to develop Web standards." Berners-Lee's World Wide Web idea, as well as standards from the W3C, is distributed freely with no patent or royalties due.

Linus Torvalds: Torvalds fathered Linux, the very popular Unix-based operating system. He calls himself "an engineer," and has said that his aspirations are simple, "I just want to have fun making the best damn operating system I can."

Torvalds got his start in computers with a Commodore VIC-20, an 8-bit home computer. He then moved on to a Sinclair QL. Wikipedia reports that he modified the Sinclair "extensively, especially its operating system." Specifically, Torvalds hacks included "an assembler and a text editor…as well as a few games."

Torvalds created the Linux kernel in 1991, using the Minix operating system as inspiration. He started with a task switcher in Intel 80386 assembly and a terminal driver. After that, he put out a call for others to contribute code, which they did. Currently, only about 2 percent of the current Linux kernel is written by Torvalds himself. The success of this public invitation to contribute code for Linux is touted as one of the most prominent examples of free/open source software.

Currently, Torvalds serves as the Linux ringleader, coordinating the code that volunteer programmers contribute to the kernel. He has had an asteroid named after him and received honorary doctorates from Stockholm University and University of Helsinki. He was also featured in Time Magazine's "60 Years of Heroes."

Richard Stallman: Stallman's fame derives from the GNU Project, which he founded to develop a free operating system. For this, he's known as the father of free software. His "Serious Bio" asserts, "Non-free software keeps users divided and helpless, forbidden to share it and unable to change it. A free operating system is essential for people to be able to use computers in freedom."

Stallman, who prefers to be called rms, got his start hacking at MIT. He worked as a "staff hacker" on the Emacs project and others. He was a critic of restricted computer access in the lab. When a password system was installed, Stallman broke it down, resetting passwords to null strings, then sent users messages informing them of the removal of the password system.

Stallman's crusade for free software started with a printer. At the MIT lab, he and other hackers were allowed to modify code on printers so that they sent convenient alert messages. However, a new printer came along - one that they were not allowed to modify. It was located away from the lab and the absence of the alerts presented an inconvenience. It was at this point that he was "convinced…of the ethical need to require free software."

With this inspiration, he began work on GNU. Stallman wrote an essay, "The GNU Project," in which he recalls choosing to work on an operating system because it's a foundation, "the crucial software to use a computer." At this time, the GNU/Linux version of the operating system uses the Linux kernel started by Torvalds. GNU is distributed under "copyleft," a method that employs copyright law to allow users to use, modify, copy and distribute the software.

Stallman's life continues to revolve around the promotion of free software. He works against movements like Digital Rights Management (or as he prefers, Digital Restrictions Management) through organizations like Free Software Foundation and League for Programming Freedom. He has received extensive recognition for his work, including awards, fellowships and four honorary doctorates.

Tsutomu Shimomura: Shimomura reached fame in an unfortunate manner: he was hacked by Kevin Mitnick. Following this personal attack, he made it his cause to help the FBI capture him.

Shimomura's work to catch Mitnick is commendable, but he is not without his own dark side. Author Bruce Sterling recalls: "He pulls out this AT&T cellphone, pulls it out of the shrinkwrap, finger-hacks it, and starts monitoring phone calls going up and down Capitol Hill while an FBI agent is standing at his shoulder, listening to him."

Shimomura out-hacked Mitnick to bring him down. Shortly after finding out about the intrusion, he rallied a team and got to work finding Mitnick. Using Mitnick's cell phone, they tracked him near Raleigh-Durham International Airport. The article, "SDSC Computer Experts Help FBI Capture Computer Terrorist" recounts how Shimomura pinpointed Mitnick's location. Armed with a technician from the phone company, Shimomura "used a cellular frequency direction-finding antenna hooked up to a laptop to narrow the search to an apartment complex." Mitnick was arrested shortly thereafter. Following the pursuit, Shimomura wrote a book about the incident with journalist John Markoff, which was later turned into a movie.

We hope you have enjoyed our introduction to some of the most famous real-life hackers, both white and black alike, and have gotten a clearer impression of who hackers really are. To find out more about hacking, cracking, these or other famous hackers, or just how to keep your computer safe from all of the above,

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Gamescom 2012

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AMD speaks to EA™ about the latest versions of Medal of Honor™ and Battlefield. Medal of Honor™ Warfighter features completely new multi-player modes, while Battlefield 3™: Armored Kill launches a new expansion pack. Also hear from EA about how working with AMD has enabled better experiences for PC gamers with technology like DirectX®11, AMD CrossFire™ and AMD Eyefinity Technology.




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Microsoft Office 13

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Microsoft announced Office 13 on Monday, which is scheduled for release alongside Windows 8 later this year. The software suite, which includes Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, and OneNote, will include a number of new features including a complete touch interface, a Metro-style user interface, and better collaboration tools utilizing social networking and cloud services like SkyDrive.
                                                     
The preview build of Office 13 is currently available for users to try out now. You can download it by 
logging in with your Microsoft account by clicking here and selecting the first option, “For Home”.

Five installations are allowed per user, and the installation will not override or delete your current version of Office.




Installing Office 13 is easy enough, and offers two immediate standout features: constant cloud functionality and a very clean, very crisp interface. Cloud features utilize Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud service, which offers 7GB of free cloud storage for documents, photos, etc.

It also allows for editing documents through any web browser with a simplified version of Office for free. Office 13 saves the user’s custom dictionary, any templates created or saved, user settings, and even the last placement on an edited or read document so you can continue exactly where you left off.

While we’ll need to spend more time testing all of the Office 13 applications, our immediate impressions are that they appear to function better than before thanks to smooth scrolling and typing instead of the previously jerky and instant typing and editing from before.

Other new features include Live Layout, which allows for instantly dropping photos into documents and editing their size, and having word wrap update on the fly. In Excel, a feature called Smartfill automatically fills out cells to match data found in previous rows or columns such as names, inventory, etc.

The new touch interface uses the same UI, but adds a radial menu for editing tools like adjusting font, color, taking and editing photos, etc. Touch is supposed to work with a finger or a stylus, but we're a bit anxious about it. During the demo, Corporate VP Kirk Koenigsbauer had trouble at one point and after trying to get it to recognize his specific touch command, skipped it in frustration.

Microsoft is also ushering in live feeds, a social media hub, and a more in-depth collaborative design philosophy for Office 13. Users will be able to share documents, actively work on them together, add notes, and even IM or email directly within the documents themselves. Thanks to Microsoft’s purchase of Skype, Office will also feature Skype calls over the phone or web, as well as Skype IM services directly in shared documents. Office 13 will allow for conference calls to view and edit multiple documents at once, with various party members uploading, editing, or showing off parts of those documents simultaneously. Users can even draw on documents in real time and everyone in the party will see the changes made in real time.

The reading mode has also been improved with several different reading styles such as an inverted colors (white text on a black background) and touch controls. Text and images will also automatically be resized and formatted depending on the device you’re on, from a desktop to a phone.

Office 13 will come to Windows 7 and Windows 8 later this year with the release of Windows 8, as well as Microsoft’s Surface tablet and Windows Phone devices. Microsoft has not announced if the latest Office Suite is coming to OS X (which it typically releases a year later as a separate product, ie. Office 08 for Mac, Office 11 for Mac).

The download for the Office 13 preview is free so download from this blog after its realese go try it out and let us know if you like and comment it.
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Apple iPhone-5 Features and Specifications.

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Apple is going to launch its new iPhone that is Apple iPhone 5 in the Spetember 2012. Everyone today wants exactly when it’s available so they can have it first. It may be released in September 12, 2012 , now let’s discuss about the features and specifications of iPhone 5 :- 
iPhone 5 will offer 4G and will be LTE  network compatible. LTE is a project of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), and is the latest standard in the mobile network technology.

 The iPhone 5 is also expected to contain TDSCDMA network capability, which is the 3G standard in China. The iPhone 4S is a world phone, which allows it to be used on both GSM and CDMA networks. It would be safe to assume that the iPhone 5 will also follow in these footsteps.


Camera

 The camera on the iPhone 5 will be amazing, if every rumour is true. Even if only a few are true, it will still be a great camera. According to a few sources, Apple has recently filed for patents for a camera with 3D technology.

 We are expecting that the iPhone 5 will have a rear-facing 8MP dual-LED flash camera. However, this isn’t really “awesome”, since most of the high-end Android smartphones come with an 8MP camera. Along with that, the iPhone 5 is expected to have a front-facing camera for video chatting.

Screen

 Various sources claim the iPhone 5 will feature a larger, 4-inch screen. Digitimes quotes the source as saying that Apple is expanding the screen size “to support the tablet PC market as the vendor only has a 9.7-inch iPad in the market.”
On 23 May 2011, we reported on rumours that the iPhone 5 could feature a curved glass screen. These rumours also came from Digitimes, which said that Apple has purchased between 200 and 300 special glass cutting machines because they’re too costly for the manufacturers to invest in.
In March 2012, new reports suggested that the new iPhone 5 would come sporting a larger 4.6-inch retina display.


 Storage

 The latest news suggests that the largest capacity iPhone will be boosted to 64GB, up from 32GB. iOS 5 is also rumoured to come with a new cloud based digital locker which would provide even more storage which could be accessed anywhere in the world. 

 iOS 5

 The new iOS 5 is expected to come with a digital music locker and find my friends feature; this is likely to be released at WWDC 2011. Apple unveiled iOS alongside the iPhone 4 at the same event in 2010, we could see a repeat performance in 2011 with an all new iPhone and OS.


Expected Features and Specifications of iPhone 5 :-

Dimension : 123.8 x 58.5 x 7.6 mm
4G/LTE support
A new, sleeker body design
iOS 6 OS
Apple A6 chipset
Quad-Core 1.2GHz processor
4 inch LED-backlit IPS TFT capacitive touchscreen
640 x 1136 pixels screen resolution
Protection : Corning Gorilla Glass, oleophobic coating
Face Recognition Security
OLED screen
Scratch proof and shatter proof screen
Wireless sync with iTunes
16/32/64 GB storage
1GB RAM
12 MP main camera with LED flash & auto-focus
Camera Features : Touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection, HDR
Video : 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging
Secondary camera available for video calls
Bluetooth V4.0
Extended battery life
Flash support
SIM-less phone
Increased RAM (from 512MB to 1GB)
New multi-tasking look
HD audio
Built-in GPS




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