Thursday, June 16, 2011

The Cruel Tutelage of LulzSec

The Cruel Tutelage of LulzSec

The Cruel Tutelage of LulzSec

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 02:21 PM PDT

LulzSec, the shadowy group of hackers that has hammered Sony, blown raspberries at the FBI and tweaked the nose of the United States Senate, set up a hotline Tuesday over which people can request hacks. Response was overwhelming, according to a tweet from the group. It claimed to have 2,500 voice mails and missed another 5,000 calls within hours. "The Lulz Boat must sail off and organize itself," the Tweet continued. "Hope you enjoyed Titanic Takeover Tuesday!" That last part of the message referred to the group's attacks on several gaming companies Tuesday.

Chromebook: Big Brother to Netbook, Distant 3rd Cousin to Tablet

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:45 AM PDT

Samsung's Series 5 Chromebook hit the shelves Wednesday, selling for $500 for a 3G version and $430 for a WiFi-only model. A teardown performed by IHS iSuppli senior analyst Wayne Lam found that the Series 5 Chromebook has hardware attributes commonly found in a full-featured notebook. The Chromebook Series 5 is "an interesting device because it's priced like a netbook, but if you look at the construct, it somewhat resembles what Apple's trying to do with the MacBook Air," Lam told TechNewsWorld.

Google Focuses on Voice, Vision and Velocity in Latest Round of Search Upgrades

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 10:50 AM PDT

The new search technologies Google unveiled recently put a mobile-flavored twist in the company's desktop search engine, including a new voice search capability. Google also announced the ability to search by an image and a feature called "Instant Pages" that leads to even speedier search results. Many of the new reveals come in response to the shifting way in which consumers are using search engines. The number of online searches originating from desktop computers decreases during evenings, weekends and summer months, according to analysts tracking traffic.

Reeling Video Surveillance Into the Digital Age

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Fans of "Law and Order," "CSI" and other popular crime shows have seen their fair share of video surveillance tricks -- but have you ever stopped to compare Hollywood surveillance footage to what you see on the 11 o'clock news? In the real world, still images or video from bank or convenient store robberies are often grainy with greenish hues -- terrible image quality for anyone looking for forensic evidence or identification. In a world where HDTVs, Blu-ray and 3D IMAX features dominate the entertainment landscape, how can video from surveillance cameras be so poor?

Email-Reminder Sends Notifications the Good Old-Fashioned Way

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Technology growth has a subtle way of turning useful apps into obsolete solutions. For instance, Web-based services like Google Calendar, Remember the Milkand the FireFox Web browser add-on ReminderFox go a long way to rendering unnecessary standalone apps to send reminders to your computer desktop. Adding to the obsolescence of desktop-bound apps is the roll of email push services that bring reminders and even complete To-Do Lists right to my smartphone. Still, I find that I am still tethered to Email-Reminder.
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