Body scanners go to the mall

Cosmic Log: The deployment of millimeter wave full body scanners at airports around the U.S. caused a kerfuffle largely because they generate grainy photos of travelers' naked bodies. Will a makeover of the technology that promises to put clothes on your body get a different reception?

Source: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/30/6983849-body-scanners-go-to-the-mall

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Anonymous Leaks New Batch of Data

Orome1 writes "Anonymous has made available for download another batch of data, including those belonging to the Zimbabwean government, Mosman Municipal Council, Universal Music Group Partners (umusic.com's usernames/passwords and other data), Viacom (internal mapping of Viacom and its servers) and Brazilian Government (dumps and passwords)."

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Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/%7Er/Slashdot/slashdot/%7E3/pftNil4fWCc/Anonymous-Leaks-New-Batch-of-Data

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Specific Media buys MySpace, already has one friend named Tom

To be honest, we weren't entirely surprised to hear rumors back in February that News Corp. was looking to hand off MySpace -- after all, most of the luster seems to have left the once-mighty social network, and Rupert Murdoch's time these days is pretty full running a media empire and saying things in an Australian accent. Word got out this week that the site has landed firmly in the hands of the broadly-named Specific Media, a digital ad network that apparently couldn't get together a cool $19.1 billion for the first-place Facebook. According to rumors, the company scored MySpace for the rock-bottom price of $35 million, a fraction of the $580 million its predecessor paid a half-dozen years ago. No word on whether Murdoch's electroclash band will continue to use the service to promote its gigs.

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A reminder to Patrick: illegal means illegal

By Ryan Normandin

OPINION EDITOR

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has a long history of pandering to illegal immigrants. During his first term, Patrick reversed a decision by the previous Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney, which gave state troopers the power to arrest illegal immigrants. Let me point out that Romney?s policy makes sense because, as the title may imply, illegal immigrants are here illegally. They are breaking the law. As such, they should be arrested. Shocking, I know. Deval Patrick?s rationale for promptly reversing Gov. Romney?s decision was that state troopers ?have a very big job as it is, without having to add enforcing federal immigration laws on top of it.? Ah, well there we are. Those poor state troopers are just too busy enforcing other laws. So if they pull over someone for speeding and it turns out that the individual is also an illegal immigrant, too bad! After all, according to Patrick, they have more important things to do?like enforcing laws that don?t alienate one of Patrick?s key special interests (the immigrant community).

Source: http://tech.mit.edu/V131/N28/normandin.html

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Hanako 2: Japan?s Best Dental Patient Robot Gets An Update (Video)

Robot Hanako, the Japanese dental patient simulator we have shown you last year, just got an upgrade: Hanako 2 still behaves, in many ways, like a human patient, and she still lets dentists practice ?real-life? procedures on her before they do the same on human patients. But the new version has been improved.

Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/06/30/hanako-2-japans-best-dental-patient-robot-gets-an-update-video/

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Roku 2 receives FCC nod of approval

It has been less than a year since Roku introduced an update to its line of streaming media players, and now we have the Roku 2 which has just received approval from the FCC. Comprising of three models, you will find model numbers 3000X, 3050X, and 3100X coming your way in due time. It is said that all three boxes will go under the monikers Roku 2 HD, XD, and XS, respectively in due time. No idea on whether there will be anything new software-wise, but a bunch of hardware changes have been introduced already – never mind that the upgrade is minor in nature.

Physically, the new models are rounder and smaller compared to their predecessors, measuring 44.65mm x 44.65mm, making them roughly the size of an Apple TV. Underneath the hood lies a Broadcom 2835 SOC, an 802.11n radio, a microSD memory card slot, Bluetooth connectivity and a reset button – no longer do you need to unplug the box whenever an app freezes.�

Roku 2 receives FCC nod of approval, By Ubergizmo. Top Stories : HTC Sensation Review, Samsung Infuse 4G Review,

Source: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/06/roku-2-receives-fcc-nod-of-approval/

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Bug-Squashing Tools Offered to Improve Network Security

After a spate of hacking attacks, the Department of Homeland Security is promoting ways to make software more trustworthy.

The Department of Homeland Security has announced an initiative to shore up security by squashing software bugs. This follows a slew of high-profile attacks on government and corporate computer systems that have led to sensitive information being stolen.

Source: http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=3b68759c2ce48d80d64ac9e9e7933f8f

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It's the brightest object yet of early universe

Scientists have discovered the most brilliant object yet from the infancy of the cosmos, a super-bright galaxy that challenges notions of how extraordinarily massive black holes evolved.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43580955/ns/technology_and_science-space/

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New Firefox Nightly and Aurora logos unearthed, and how to enable channel switching

Later today, Firefox will undergo its biggest developmental upheaval ever. Mozilla-central, the source of nightly builds, will be renumbered to version 5 -- and at long last, after years of wallowing around version 1, Mozilla's rendering and layout engine, Gecko, will also have its version number updated to match Firefox.

Shortly thereafter, Firefox's new channel system will be implemented. Firefox 5a2 will be introduced as the first Aurora build, and we should also see a Firefox 6 Nightly build. While we we're not sure where they came from, one Sören Hentzschel seems to have unearthed the new Nightly and Aurora logos (see above), along with new About Firefox dialogs (after the break).

In other news, if you want to take a sneak peek at the new 'channel changing' technology that will be introduced in upcoming Firefox builds, head to about:config and create a new string called app.update.desiredChannel -- the value doesn't matter. Then open Help > About Firefox and you'll be able to switch channel, but it doesn't do anything just yet (image after the break). Here's hoping that Firefox channel switching is smoother than Chrome.

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MediaMall's PlayLater Promises To Be A DVR For Internet Video, Enters Limited Beta (Matt Burns/CrunchGear)

Matt Burns / CrunchGear:
MediaMall's PlayLater Promises To Be A DVR For Internet Video, Enters Limited Beta  —  MediaMall, the folks behind the popular PlayOn media software, just announced the closed beta of PlayLater, a so-called DVR for online video.  The service, which is available in a closed beta starting today …

Source: http://www.techmeme.com/110629/p27#a110629p27

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Collision scare clears International Space Station

A piece of space junk zoomed uncomfortably close by the International Space Station today (June 28), so close that the outpost's six-man crew had to take shelter in Russian space capsules in case of a collision.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43565096/ns/technology_and_science-space/

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Moom for Mac simplifies window moving and zooming

Moom is a Mac utility that aims to simplify the task of moving and sizing windows. Moom can run in three different modes, seen in the image above. The Standard mode will make Moom have a Dock icon as well as menu items in the menu bar. In Menu Bar mode, Moom will only show up in your menu bar, and in the Faceless mode you won't see any sign of its existence at all -- unless you hover over the green zoom button in any window, which is when Moom starts working its magic.

Moom has two ways in which it can be operated -- by using the mouse or the keyboard. Using the mouse, after you've hovered over the aforementioned green zoom icon, a Moom menu will pop-up (above left). From there you can select if you want the current window zoomed to full screen, or if it should only occupy the left or right half of the screen, or even the top or bottom half if you're feeling saucy. The arrow-like icon allows you to revert the window to its original position.

But wait, there's more! If you drag the width/height icons a few pixels instead of just clicking on them, they're transformed into even more options, allowing you to zoom the current window to a(ny) quarter of the screen. How exactly does this work? To make the window occupy the top left quarter, you drag the 'left half' icon up, and to assign it to the bottom left quarter, you drag the 'left half' icon down.

Keyboard mode lets you control Moom with a global hotkey and the arrow buttons. You can set any key combination to be your global Moom hotkey, and set any subsequent key press to do any action that Moom can accomplish. Using the keyboard also gives you the option of centering a window, something which can't yet be done with the mouse. Hit the jump for a screenshot of the entire keyboard shortcut configuration menu to admire the amazing number of ways in which you can customize your interactions with Moom. Last, but definitely not least, you can rest assured knowing that Moom does support multiple displays.

Moom works for 100 uses in its free demo mode, after which you can purchase it either directly from Many Tricks (the developer), or from the Mac App Store. The license costs $5.

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Andy Rubin: over 500,000 Android activations a day, and growing

You may have noticed that Steve Jobs isn't nitpicking anymore over how Google measures the number of Android activations. It probably has something to do with the fact that, no matter how you slice it, at this point Android's growth is outpacing that of the iOS. In fact, according to Andy Rubin, 500,000 new Android devices are activated every day, and that number is continuing to grow. Heck, as of December that number was only 300,000 -- that's a 60-percent increase in just over seven months. At this rate there will be more Android phones than people in just a few short years. There might not be enough food and potable water to sustain the Earth's ever growing population, but at least everyone will be able to tweet about it.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Andy Rubin: over 500,000 Android activations a day, and growing originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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How To Get Ready To Upgrade To OS X Lion

With OS X 10.7 Lion due out in the next month, it is important to make sure you are ready. Here is a list of 4 easy steps you can check to make sure you and your Mac are prepared for the upgrade.

Source: http://feeds.techie-buzz.com/%7Er/techiebuzz/%7E3/3UOVQRYGVeQ/prepare-upgrade-os-x-lion.html

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Freelancer Community DoNanza Raises $1 Million From Eric Schmidt?s Fund, Others

DoNanza, which operates a platform for freelancers from all over the world (see our earlier coverage), has raised $1 million in funding from Google chairman Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors fund, AfterDox and other investors. Founded in 2008 by Ami Dudu, Liran Kotzer and Gil Pal, DoNanza consolidates freelance jobs published across the Web, and matches them with freelancers in their database based on their individual skill sets and expectations.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/JzTYEg-gD38/

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The TR Podcast 90: Retro gaming and future Fusion

Join us for an episode that includes talk of video game soundtracks, 1997 mullets, lipstick on pigcops, and AMD's Llano APU.

Source: http://techreport.com/articles.x/21194

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How Can I Close or Remove my YouTube Account?

After selling the rights to his videos, one of our users wanted to know how to remove his YouTube account permanently. By closing this account, he wanted to be sure that his videos and personal information were removed. Following these steps will disable your YouTube account.
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Ruin Phones and Your Eyesight With a 3D-Converting Black Box [Video]

Given the HTC Evo 3D actually hurt our poor reviewer Sam's eyes, do you really want to put your own eyeballs through similar pain? Would you actually pay for that privilege? If so, the TOYin3D should be added to your sadist-wishlist. More »

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In violent video games, teens face (and fight) their demons

Sixteen-year-old Evan Jones played his first violent videogames when he was 3. He slew demons in Diablo II, blasted Lovecraftian horrors in Quake and shot terrorists in Counter-Strike.

If you buy conventional wisdom, by now Jones should be a tightly wound coil of aggression, ready to attack someone at the slightest provocation. Instead, he’s a pretty laid-back kid.

“[I get] an adrenaline rush during the game, and the need to win, but afterwards it’s just fine,” the San Francisco Bay Area teen says of playing his current favorites, including the gory Killing Floor. “I see violent videogames as an outlet to aggression and stress,” Jones said in an e-mail to Wired.com, adding that he is not interested in violent movies or TV and doesn’t like real-life violence.

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Source: http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/oZLSIk2XoTc/in-violent-video-games-teens-face-and-fight-their-demons.ars

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Opera 11.50 earns Web apps powers

Opera's new Speed Dial extensions feature, known elsewhere as Web apps, makes the grade and graduates into the latest stable version of the browser.

Source: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20074859-12/opera-11.50-earns-web-apps-powers/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

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NTT DoCoMo offers phone-to-phone overseas mobile remittance service

NTT DoCoMo of Japan will be the country’s pioneer mobile carrier to offer a convenient mobile service that will enable overseas remittances, and that includes phone-to-phone money transfers all the way to the Philippines. This will be made possible when it rolls out DoCoMo Money Transfer this coming July 7th. All remittances to the Philippines (as to why they picked that particular country, we will explain it in the next paragraph) is possible courtesy of an i-mode-compatible DoCoMo phones to SMART Money, where the latter is a reloadable payment card operated by Smart Communications. All beneficiaries are able to confirm receipt promptly by accessing their SMART Money card through a Smart mobile phone.

NTT DoCoMo offers phone-to-phone overseas mobile remittance service, By Ubergizmo. Top Stories : HTC Sensation Review, Samsung Infuse 4G Review,

Source: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/06/ntt-docomo-phone-to-phone-overseas-remittance-service/

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