Tuesday, January 31, 2012

LG's triple SIM A290: the phone every Russian Casanova needs

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/31/lgs-triple-sim-a290-the-phone-every-russian-casanova-needs/

Dual-SIM phones are perfect for when the carriers are desperate for your business, keeping your work life separate, or to mask your philandering -- but what if two isn't enough? LG (stands for Lucky Goldstar, now you know) is producing a phone with a third SIM slot, only one less than the ridiculously equipped OTECH F1. The A290 candy-bar throwback sports a 176 x 220, 2.2-inch display, 1.3 megapixel camera, LED flashlight and a 1500 mAh battery. Russians (for it's exclusive to the nation) looking to swell their SIM collection can do so from next month at the cost of €75 ($100).

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This 15,000 Lumens LED Light Cannon Will Turn Night to Day [Video]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5880609/this-15000-lumens-led-light-cannon-will-turn-night-to-day

This 15,000 Lumens LED Light Cannon Will Turn Night to DayYou can forget about hanging it from your belt, because this miniature sun—masquerading as a flashlight—is heavy enough to need two hands to operate. And with 15,000 lumens, the XM18 is bright enough to illuminate a small planet.

As you can see, it's actually composed of 18 smaller LED flashlight components, all wrapped in a custom housing powered by 32 lithium batteries and cooled with its own fan. LEDs are definitely more efficient than incandescents, but 15,000 lumens worth still produces a lot of excess heat.

What's even crazier is that the $2,500 photon cannon (built only as a custom order) is shaped like a hexagon so multiple units can be easily mounted together. Because apparently the company is worried that 15,000 lumens might not be enough for their most discerning customers who need to blind entire herds of deer at once. [4Sevens via GoingGear]

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Monday, January 30, 2012

PayPal, Yahoo, Google, Others Declare War On Spam And E-mail Fraud (EBAY)

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/paypal-yahoo-google-others-declare-war-on-spam-and-e-mail-fraud-2012-1


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We've all gotten those messages claiming to be from eBay or Bank of America and asking for our account information.

They come from the land of cyber crooks.

The problem with e-mail is that it's an open system where anyone with your address can send you a message. PayPal wants to change that -- for your own protection.

It has gathered fifteen leading email service providers and others to help it created a "trusted e-mail ecosystem." It hopes to put an end to spam and e-mails that are trying to trick you into giving up your account information by pretending to be messages from a legit company. Faking messages like that is called phishing (pronounced "fishing").

The group has formed DMARC.org, an acronym for the lovely technology specification name of Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance.

DMARC.org consists of heavy hitters including AOL, Google, Microsoft Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Bank of America, Fidelity Investments, PayPal, American Greetings, Facebook, LinkedIn along with a few email security vendors (Agari, Cloudmark, eCert, Return Path, Trusted Domain Project).

This powerful group wants to adopt a technology plan that was first created by PayPal in 2007 and used with Yahoo and Gmail. That plan became a formal technical document released in October. Today the DMARC.org leaped to life with its founding members vowing support.

"Email phishing defrauds millions of people and companies every year, resulting in a loss of consumer confidence in email and the Internet as a whole," said Brett McDowell in a press release. McDowell is chair of DMARC.org and senior manager of Customer Security Initiatives at PayPal.

The DMARC plan stops phishing by validating that senders are who they say they are. This makes it harder for them to pretend to be your bank or another company. It also makes it easier to identify how fake e-mail sneaks past the providers' spam blocking filters.

The group will eventually turn the document over to the international keeper of such Internet standards, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

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The Newest Internet Law to Worry About (Updated: Don't Worry) [Internet]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5880499/the-newest-internet-law-to-worry-about-updated-relax

The Newest Internet Law to Worry About (Updated: Don't Worry)Following in the proud, wide, footsteps of SOPA and PIPA, the Senate is set to vote on another internet regulation bill this week—and the web is worrying already. Justified? Maybe. Unfortunately, the public isn't allowed to read it.

The Hill reports that the bill deals with private networks—say, Amazon's S3 or Apple's iCloud—in the event that they're compromised or under attack. Some in private IT security are fretting:

Bob Dix, vice president of government affairs and critical infrastructure protection at Juniper Networks said the bill's language suggests DHS could seize control of systems owned by private firms and cloud providers.

"The provision that establishes covered critical infrastructure presumes to give DHS new authority, that in my mind is overly broad, subject to interpretation and frankly goes beyond the boundaries of the role of government," Dix said, calling some of the new authorities "very scary."

Homeland Security "seizing" parts of the internet sure does sound scary, but then again, people like Dix have a deep financial interest in legislation like this—the government doing his job for him means lost dollars. He doesn't want to be boxed out.

But for those of us without a moneyed stake in this, should we care? Of course. Congress has already displayed a historically slippery grasp on tech issues, and the willingness to clamp down online via dubious due process. And of course, any bill kept hidden from the public is a giant, waving red flag—legislation should never be in the shade.

I hit up Sen. Joe Lieberman's office—Chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security—to answer some questions about how the bill works, but have yet to hear back. Sometime before the Senate votes on it would be ideal. [The Hill]

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Update: Leslie Phillips, Communications Director for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, hit me up with some clarification. Basically, The Hill's reporting on the bill is overblown at best:

The only private networks that could be effected by this bill are the networks of the most critical infrastructure – the energy grid, the financial sector, water treatment systems for example – which, if attacked could cause mass death and catastrophic economic damage. Those networks are protected in numerous ways, as you will see from the attached documents.

Owners and operators of the most critical infrastructure would partner with dhs throughout the entire process of improving their security : they will participate with dhs in conducting risk assessments; they can appeal their designation as covered critical infrastructure; they will participate in the review and development of security standards and best practices; they will have a say in setting performance standards; they will be able to chose the security measures they want to implement; they are NOT required to have third parties assess their security plans and the federal government will have no super authority to step in and direct a network's security regime.

So no, the bill (which isn't even being voted on this week, as previously reported) won't grant governmental power to seize control of anything. All it asks is that, say, the companies responsible for maintaining America's electrical grid keep their house in order and Chinese hackers out. How they choose to do so is up to them. Read on for yourself below.

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WiGig's Super-Fast Transfer Demo Is a Glimpse of a Magical Future World [Video]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5880599/wigigs-super+fast-transfer-demo-is-a-glimpse-of-a-magical-future-world

WiGig, the wireless tech that can dump massive amount of data extremely quickly over the 60GHz spectrum, is very awesome, but its relatively tiny 1-3m range makes it tough to come up with practical applications that are worth it to most people. This hyper-fast tablet-to-entertainment-system demo seems to be one of them.

In the demo, Panasonic shows how WiGig could let you take data from a tablet and push it to your car's screens without waiting for long transfer times, transferring a whole DVD (usually about 7-8GB) in a minute. Some of the language in the video implies that this might be a simulation, but if it even hints at the end product, it's pretty wonderful. Wireless transfers at this speed are the next step to creating the magical realism future worlds where stuff just works and moves around without waiting on progress bars. [DigiInfo via TechCrunch]

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