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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Yahoo Site Apparently Hacked, Exposing 400,000 Passwords (YHOO)

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-voices-hack-400000-passwords-2012-7

Yahoo Hack Day

A Yahoo website has apparently been compromised, with hackers publishing an 18-megabyte file of email addresses and passwords, according to TrustedSec, a security research firm.

A tipster familiar with Yahoo security alerted Business Insider to the hack and shared a copy of the file with us.

Software developer Adam Caudill identified the site as Yahoo Voices. That's the new name Yahoo gave to Associated Content, a site it bought in 2010 for $100 million.

Yahoo Voices pays freelance writers for articles on a variety of topics; they get paid both upfront and based on the traffic articles draw.

It's not clear if any financial information was exposed in the hack.

We contacted a Yahoo spokesperson who's looking into the incident for us. We'll update if we find out more.

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Google Search As You Type gives retailer websites instant search

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/11/google-search-as-you-type/

Google's search engine and its almighty Omnibox in Chrome have given the public instant search capabilities for some time, and now Google's sharing that same search goodness with its retail partners. Called Google Search As You Type, it's a pilot program providing AdWords advertisers access to Google's predictive and instant search on their own websites. That means customers can find what they're looking for more quickly and sellers can separate said buyers from their money faster than ever. Search As You Type is free for the first 25 million searches each year, so you'll likely be seeing this widespread on retail websites soon. That said, if you simply cant wait to witness your online retailing future, check out the video after the break.

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Plextor M5S SSD coming mid-July: healthy speeds starting at $99 for 64GB

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/11/plextor-m5s-ssd/

The SSD market has finally reached the point where we can afford to be picky, but the M5S's blend of price and performance make it worth a look. It claims random reads / writes of up to 73k and 70k IOPS respectively, supported by Plextor's True Speed technology to deliver consistent rates even as the drive fills up, along with price tags of $99 for 64GB, $160 for 128GB and $299 for 256GB. The M5S has already been the once-over by The SSD Review, which found nothing much to criticize other than the lack of a five-year warranty (as seen on the MS3) and overall gave it hearty recommendation -- check the More Coverage link for the full review.

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Philips W732 Android 4.0 smartphone coming to China, has 2,400mAh battery for extended web surfing

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/11/philips-w732/

The terms "Philips" and "phone" aren't as synonymous as they used to be in the US, but the manufacturer does crank out a smartphone from time to time in China nonetheless. Following the Gingerbread-based W632, Philips is now readying the W732: the smartphone features Ice Cream Sandwich, a 4.3-inch 800 x 480 WVGA LCD IPS panel, 1GHz single-core MediaTek MT6575, 5MP camera, 7.2Mbps HSDPA / 5.76Mbps HSUPA and dual-SIM support. Its most intriguing claim, however, is that its 2,400mAh battery, combined with a few other power-saving methods, will best a Motorola RAZR Maxx at battery life when surfing the web (lasting for 10.5 hours, according to the company). It's still not going to beat the Maxx in overall talk time, but Philips claims its choice of LCD IPS over AMOLED should see significant power savings when looking at the browser, due to the prominence of white screens that drain the battery faster on AMOLED-equipped phones. We'll be eager to see how that turns out, but it's destined only for China at the moment. Head to the source link for all the details.

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Cinema rig takes the heat out of your NEX-5N, lets you slide in the accessories

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/11/cinema-rig-nex-5n-richard-gale/

The Sony NEX-5N, with it's goodly APS-C sized sensor and decent video quality, still has a couple of knocks against it as a video cam: its bitty size makes it hard to rig up and it doesn't dissipate heat well. Tinkerer Richard Gale has addressed those tics with his prototype NEX-5N cinema housing, by adding a heat sync and fan to stop the overheating problem and a possible anamorphic adapter and matte box to accommodate filters and gels. The provisional £1,500 price ($2,400) would get you the housing, NEX-5N with kit lens, 5" Sony LCD, and accessories, while the anamorphic kit with the matte box is still just a concept with no price tag. Neither idea will happen unless he gets enough orders, but wearing the boxy black outfit might finally give the petite mirrorless cam a shot of big-boy film cred.

Gallery: NEX-5N Cinema Rig