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1. Firefox is finally fixing its broken screenshot tool
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... services try to trick you into using the cloud, storing data remotely even when there's no good reason for it, to train us to use other peoples' computers rather than our own. I don't know that Mozilla ...

2. The Top 4 Ways Your Linux Computer Can Earn You Money
(English/Linuxtoday)

 DarkDuck: Computers, whether they run Linux or not, as a rule, don't tend to be cheap. Read all  ...

3. Bug in reservation system used by 140+ international airlines exposes passenger data and allows for manipulation
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... Bleeping Computer) Read the rest Read all  ...

4. Embodied logic: Using stimuli-responsive materials and geometric principles to create smart objects
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... with their environments without having to use embedded computers, sensors or actuators. The researchers are combining two techniques here: the first is the geometric technique of creating bistable structures ...

5. Hackers Help: How to hack a Linnmon desk privacy panel?
(English/ikeahacker)

I’m using the LINNMON desk with the OLOV legs. The desk faces out to people, where they can see the person’s legs, chair, and computer. Do you have any hack that I could use to create a “front” ...

6. MediaWorld XDays, tanti sconti solo online
(Italiano/webnews)

MediaWorld lancia la promozione XDays; sino al 20 gennaio sconti su tanti prodotti come smartphone e computer ma solamente online. The post MediaWorld XDays, tanti sconti solo online appeared first on ...

7. Computer desk from GULLIVER crib. Old IKEA cot gets new life.
(English/ikeahacker)

I made a computer desk from my son’s old IKEA GULLIVER crib (with IKEA mattress for that crib). IKEA items used: GULLIVER crib LINNMON table top Crib to computer desk conversion Basically the stand ...

8. How to Use Netcat to Quickly Transfer Files Between Linux Computers
(English/Linuxtoday)

netcat can be used as an ad-hoc solution for transferring files through local networks. Read all

9. A laptop built into a mouse
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Electronic Grenade's "'Computer' Mouse" project fits a fully functional computer into a fully functional, 3D printed mouse; the computer is a Raspberry Pi Zero W, with a teeeny leeetle flip out keyboard ...

10. Mobile app for detecting opioid overdose
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... breathing problems and sending for help only if the user doesn’t respond to that notification, says study coauthor and computer scientist Shyam Gollakota. The scientists still need to ensure that this ...

11. Teen Vogue counsels taping over your webcam to resist FBI (and other) surveillance
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... Hall, chief technologist at the Center for Democracy and Technology. Such attacks require your computer to be tunneled into by hackers, creating a backdoor called a Remote Access Tool (RAT) — sort of ...

12. An embroidered computer whose circuits are ornate, golden thread
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Irene Posch and Ebru Kurbak's Embroidered Computer uses historic gold embroidery materials to create relays ("similar to early computers before the invention of semiconductors") that can do computational ...

13. Patent trolls celebrate as Trump's new rules breathes fresh life into parasitic grifter capitalism
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... for $SOMETHING_OBVIOUS (with a computer) -- thanks to the USPTO's laid-back approach to searching prior art, several people could patent the same obvious thing. That was the first shoe dropping: big ...

14. MediaWorld, arriva la Mobile Mania
(Italiano/webnews)

MediaWorld lancia il volantino Mobile Mania con tante offerte su smartphone, computer, televisori e molto altro ancora. The post MediaWorld, arriva la Mobile Mania appeared first on Webnews. Read all ...

15. Cambridge Analytica pleads guilty, faces the first in a probable series of criminal convictions
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... has seized Cambridge Analytica's computers and 700TB of data. SCL/Cambridge Analytica had refused to provide the decryption keys to the data, but their former employees have now done so. There was no ...

16. CES 2019, Mercedes e NVIDIA per la guida autonoma
(Italiano/webnews)

Mercedes e NVIDIA stringono una nuova alleanza per realizzare un computer che definisca il futuro dei veicoli autonomi. The post CES 2019, Mercedes e NVIDIA per la guida autonoma appeared first on Webnews. ...

17. IBM Q System One, computer quantistico commerciale
(Italiano/webnews)

IBM svela al CES 2019 Q System One, il primo computer quantistico per uso commerciale e per la ricerca scientifica. The post IBM Q System One, computer quantistico commerciale appeared first on Webnews. ...

18. Azulle Byte3 fanless mini desktop PC review
(English/the-gadgeteer)

... a portable computer setup and want a Windows PC that has a small footprint and one that’s … Azulle Byte3 fanless mini desktop PC review Read More Read all  ...

19. IBM's latest quantum computer is a 20-qubit work of art
(English/engadget)

Last year, IBM hauled a 50-qubit quantum computer to CES. Or, rather, it brought the eye-catching bits -- an intricate collection of tubes and wires that resembled a steampunk chandelier -- and left the ...

20. Big Tech loves disruption, when they're doing the disruption
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... which can't be similarly cannibalized my driver co-ops without risking legal retaliation through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. But imagine a disruptive app ...

21. Learn the essential tools of graphic design in one master class
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

It should be no secret by now that thanks to Adobe's ubiquitous suite of design software, graphic designers do the bulk of their work in front of a computer screen. Why shouldn't they learn those tools ...

22. Acer's Predator Triton 900 is a $4,000 gaming laptop with a crazy hinge
(English/engadget)

Back at IFA, Acer first showed us the Predator Triton 900, a computer that doesn't look like your average gaming laptop thanks to the company's impressively-engineered but unusual "Ezel ...

23. A Science Fiction Terminal Emulator Created for Linux
(English/Linuxtoday)

eDEX-UI is a geeky, fullscreen, highly configurable and cross-platform desktop application resembling a movie-like futuristic computer interface Read all  ...

24. The Furby was "coded for cuteness"
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... that powered the Apple II, Commodore 64, and BBC Micro. The source code is well documented, making it easy to follow regardless of your knowledge of assembly. After a computer programmer posted the source ...

25. The Satechi Type-C iMac hub takes the party from the back and puts it in the front
(English/the-gadgeteer)

NEWS – For several years, my primary computer was an iMac and I loved everything about it except for one thing. Apple hid all the ports on the back of the iMac making them awkward and annoying to access. ...