Friday, April 12, 2013

[Technology] Hacking an Airplane With Only an Android Phone

Hacking an Airplane With Only an Android Phone
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/hijacking-planes-with-an-android-phone-20130412-2hp59.html
At the Hack In The Box conference in Amsterdam, security consultant Hugo Teso demonstrated PlaneSploit, an app he developed that can take control of certain systems aboard an airplane and cause it to change direction or just crash itself into the ground.

Google lets users plan their digital afterlife
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/software-services/Google-launches-tool-to-manage-digital-afterlife/articleshow/19502770.cms
What happens to your docs and data after you have 'logged out of life?' Now you can plan it out with Inactive Account Manager.

Forget Psychics, Iranian 'Time Machine' Can Predict Future
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/science/iranian-scientist-claims-invent-time-1825473
According to The Telegraph, 27-year-old Ali Razeghi's "Aryayek Time Traveling Machine" can see up to eight years into the future by analyzing only the user's touch.

Five Reasons PC Sales Have Plunged
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/reasons-pc-sales-plunged/story?id=18935781
Share. 0. The PC is in trouble. Big trouble, if you believe research firm IDC's new data, which shows that shipments of PCs plunged 14 percent in the first quarter of this year.

Developers get some tips on mobile app privacy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2013/apr/12/best-android-apps-the-room-lions-official
Mobile app developers face a huge challenge in keeping up with the fast-changing landscape of data privacy law. They got some tips Wednesday at a conference devoted to the topic in San Francisco.

Baidu in the process of developing eyewear similar to Google Glass
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/04/baidu-research-lab/
Ever since US Internet giant Google Inc started hyping its Google Project Glass last year, the technology world has been poised to jump into what seems to be the next big thing.

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive test-driven, quietly tears up the track ...
http://www.motorward.com/2013/04/mercedes-sls-electric-drive-review-by-chris-harris/
Sure, Mercedes-Benz is building all-electric vehicles for the daily grind, but none can deny the 750-horsepower SLS AMG Electric Drive is by far its most exciting EV.

O2 Refresh allows you to get a new phone whenever you want
http://www.slashgear.com/o2-refresh-allows-you-to-get-a-new-phone-whenever-you-want-12277596/
If you compare mobile plans in the US to mobile plans available in the UK, it's clear that most of the time mobile phone users in the UK are able to get much better deals.

Apple paying $53 million to settle warranty class-action suit according to leaked ...
http://www.mindofthegeek.com/2013/04/11/apple-settles-53-million-class-action-lawsuit-for-water-damaged-iphones/
Wired reports that Apple has agreed to pay out $53 million to settle a class-action suit over its failure to repair some of its mobile devices while they were still covered under warranty.

BlackBerry, Windows Phone still lagging รข€" analyst
http://www.mymoinfo.com/BlackBerry-tumbles-as-analysts-rekindle-turnaround/9050097?newsId=205140
BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone 8 - two upstart smartphone platforms that are pushing to gain some market share against Android and iPhone - are still struggling to draw interest among consumers, according to a report by MKM Partners on Tuesday.

Black Ops 2 'Mob of the Dead' trailer highlights new cast in alternate Zombies ...
http://thecontrolleronline.com/2013/04/face-the-mob-of-the-dead-in-black-ops-2/
A new Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 DLC will be arriving next Tuesday, and the highlight of it all has got to be the new "Mob of the Dead" mode, a different take on Zombies: Call of the Dead.

Free-to-play Ridge Racer revealed
http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2013/04/11/ridge-racer-driftopia-announced-by-namco-bandai-is-free-to-play-headed-to-ps3-this-year/
Unbounded developer Bugbear working on downloadable Driftopia for PlayStation 3 and PC to launch later this year. Namco Bandai today announced Ridge Racer Driftopia, a free-to-play downloadable racing game from Unbounded developer Bugbear ...

BioShock Infinite takes you to a new high
http://www.heavemedia.com/2013/04/11/bit-slap-bioshock-infinite/
LEAD ZEPPELIN. The main mode of transport on Columbia are zeppelins and an overhead rail system. All images from the official BioShock Infinite website.



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