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Japanese wrist-phone knows when you’re slacking, tells the boss
Japanese cellphone maker KDDI has announced a new phone that should be immediately unpopular to anyone with half a brain: it monitors your movements and can tell when you’re slacking off. The phone, which you wear on your wrist, actually, uses an accelerometer to check your movements against information stored on a server — which the wrist-phone communicates with wirelessly — to identify what you’re doing.
Plug-and-play camera/recorder displays burglars on your TV
If you’re a drug dealer or just a fraidy-cat who is certain someone’s out to get you, you might be too stoned or distracted to set up a complicated security system . That’s why this Swann Digital Guardian ADW-400 night-vision camera and recorder could be just what you’re looking for.
MS10-017 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980150)
Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves seven privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel.
MS10-016 - Important: Vulnerability in Windows Movie Maker Could Allow Remote Code Execution (975561)
Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update addresses a privately reported vulnerability in Windows Movie Maker and Microsoft Producer 2003. Windows Live Movie Maker, which is available for Windows Vista and Windows 7, is not affected by this vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sent a specially crafted Movie Maker or Microsoft Producer project file and persuaded the user to open the specially crafted file
Real-life Hurt Locker: how bomb-proof suits work
Say you’re a professional bomb defuser, like the soldiers in the Oscar-nominated film The Hurt Locker — and the bomb you’re working on suddenly goes off. Do you just kiss your adrenaline-addicted ass goodbye? No — odds are you’re wearing an EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) suit, which means you actually have a fighting chance of walking away alive
US to build glass cube embassy in London, Rubik not impressed
Looking kind of like the world’s biggest Rubik’s Cube , the new ultra high security US embassy in London will feature a 100 foot wide moat to keep away would be attackers, and a one billion dollar price tag. That’s more than either of the new embassies in Iraq and Pakistan cost, where security concerns are much higher.
Could the cadence of your typing be used to identify you?
Security firm Scout Analytics is looking into the idea that the cadence and rhythm with which you type is enough to set you apart from your coworkers. Not just how you type while you’re browsing the web, either, but the pace at which you lay down your logon information. According to Scout, after a minimum of five login attempts, it’s security software will be able to know whether it’s really you typing your username and password, and lock out people who do it with a marked difference.
CubeTubes suck power from your office lighting, but for what?
I’m all for green power generators that harness solar energy to create electricity, but it doesn’t make much sense if their light source is an office light fixture that is itself being powered by dirty power. You can’t take power that’s already been created, and somehow magically make it green by passing it through a photovoltaic solar cell. The CubeTubes are designed to be used in office cubicles, where they will harvest power from the ambient lighting in the room.
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