Several members of the Icelandic Parliament introduced a bill Thursday that seeks to grant Icelandic citizenship to U.S. National Security Agency document leaker Edward Snowden, but the bill won't be discussed until September. On Thursday, Snowden formally filed a request for citizenship to the Icelandic Parliament, according to Birgitta Jónsdóttir, member of the Icelandic Parliament for the Icelandic Pirate Party. Snowden, who almost two weeks ago. With assistance from a legal advisor to WikiLeaks, Snowden has from more than 20 countries, including Iceland, but none of the requests have been granted so far. Some countries have already rejected the requests on different grounds, including the fact that their laws require asylum requests to be made on their soil.
A European Union team will arrive in Washington, D.C. on Monday to assess how the U.S. is using data it receives from the E.U. As part of a scheduled review, experts from the European Commission's home affairs department will conduct an examination of the Passenger Name Record (PNR) deal and the Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP). The European Parliament gave its consent Thursday to the possibility of suspending the two data-sharing deals following allegations that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) bugged E.U. offices in New York and Washington. The NSA's activities have come under the spotlight following of telecommunications metadata and its Prism program to collect data from a broad range of Internet services. Parliament's resolution, which was approved by 483 votes to 98 with 65 abstentions, said that the European Commission, the Council of Ministers, and E.U. member states should consider "all levers at their disposal" in negotiations with the U.S., including suspending the current PNR and TFTP arrangements.
The U.K. Information Commissioners Office has ordered Google to change the privacy policy it to make it more informative for users. If Google does not change its policy to comply with the U.K. Data Protection Act by September 20, it could face formal enforcement action, the ICO said in on Thursday. ICO can issue monetary penalties of up to $752,000 for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act. ICO has written to Google warning that its privacy policy raises serious questions about its compliance with U.K. data regulation. "In particular, we believe that the updated policy does not provide sufficient information to enable U.K. users of Google's services to understand how their data will be used across all of the company's products," the ICO said.
A privacy debate has erupted in Japan over a new service from a major rail operator that sells private e-ticket records as marketing data. This week East Japan Railway (JR East), the country's largest rail company, has begun offering for sale the anonymized histories of millions of its passengers. The data is gleaned from its Suica train pass system, which is Japan's most popular with 43 million users, roughly equivalent to a third of the national population. JR East and Hitachi, which will handle the technical aspects of the service, announced it last week via a terse news release that initially drew little attention. But this is the first time Suica information has been sold to third parties, and the news was soon highlighted by prominent bloggers, triggering a discussion that has now spread to Twitter and other online forums. "Even if there is a proper way to use this (data), it must be done with the approval of society," wrote Hiromitsu Takagi, a professor and prominent commentator on data privacy, on his Twitter account.
HTC's second quarter net profit plummeted 83 percent year on year as sales of the company's latest flagship handset failed to meet expectations. Revenue totaled $2.3 billion, down 22 percent. which went on to reach sales of 10 million units within a month of its launch in late April. to help create more brand visibility.
It’s scorching out. Any housework that needs doing is already done. And with the long weekend ahead, it’s time for a simple computing project. Here’s one: Install the Windows 8.1 preview. Last week, , the next iteration of its Windows 8 operating system. From a marketing standpoint, Windows 8.1 is a do-over, a bid to simplify and personalize an operating system that, quite frankly, turned off a lot of people. If you own Windows 8 and dislike it, we encourage you to follow along and consider giving Windows 8.1 a try. Not only does it have features designed to make Windows 8.1 a friendlier experience, but it has tons—yes, tons—of new features. Note that, eventually, Windows 8.1 will be available to you, for free, when the software is released to “general availability,” most likely this fall. What Microsoft released last week is a preview, and so it may contain a bug or two. If you have any critical apps or data, make sure that you have backup copies, or that your data is also stored within Microsoft’s SkyDrive. Though I haven’t encountered a single bug in Windows 8.1, there’s no guarantee that you’ll have the same experience. If you do run into problems, try visiting the (Have you already seen this message? According to Microsoft, your PC might be running a 32-bit Intel Atom chip that’s currently unsupported.)
Samsung Electronics predicted a big jump in profit for the second quarter compared to a year earlier, but the company's explosive growth is slowing amid signs its top end Galaxy smartphones are less popular than expected. Samsung said Friday that its operating profit for the April-June quarter will probably be between $8.1 billion and $8.3 billion. This is at least a 44 percent gain from what it generated during the same stretch in 2012, and Samsung said sales are also likely up around 20 percent. Those are strong gains, but analysts and investors had expected better. Bloomberg said a survey of 34 financial analysts predicted an average of $8.7 billion in earnings. A number of investment banks have cut their ratings on the Korean company in recent weeks, and its stock has fallen. The results correspond to the launch of and the company held a major launch event at New York City's Radio City Music Hall, with a live broadcast to people watching in nearby Times Square.
A persistent, widespread malware campaign that utilizes compromised Apache servers is locking users' computers and demanding a fee of $300 to free their data. Researchers from Eset wrote that the is an extension of a long-running attack that compromises the infrastructure of web hosting companies with a variant of a malicious Apache module called "Darkleech." "Malicious modification of server binaries seems to be a very popular trend for malware distribution," wrote Sebastien Duquette, an Eset malware researcher, on a . Eset also suspects that hackers also may have figured out how to compromise , which are both software programs used by hosting companies to manage their networks and websites.
Cyber criminals could face tougher penalties across the European Union under new rules adopted by the European Parliament, which include the creation of a specific offense of using botnets. The draft directive adopted by the parliament on Thursday defines specific criminal offenses for and sets specific sanctions for each. It also requires E.U. countries to assist fellow member states and respond to urgent requests for help within eight hours in the event of a cyber attack. The text has already been informally agreed with member states, and that agreement is expected to be formalized shortly. The member states will the have two years to implement it in national law. Under the draft law, using botnets to establishing remote control over a significant number of computers by infecting them with malicious software carries a penalty of at least three years' imprisonment.
China saw an increase in Trojan and botnet attacks coming from other countries in 2012, as the amount of mobile malware in the country also surged, according to a local security group. During the year, a total of 73,000 Trojan and botnet command-and-control servers had hijacked 14.2 million host machines in the country. The number of Trojan and botnet servers marks an almost 60 percent increase from 2011. Close to 13,000 of those servers were based in the U.S., the for the largest number of Trojan and botnet attacks targeting China. South Korea was second, followed by Germany. China's National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team (CNCERT) reported the figures on Thursday. They were later published by the nation's state press, Xinhua News Agency.
A German data protection authority has begun a formal action against Google over last year. The French privacy regulator announced a similar action last month. The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information announced Thursday that it will join other European privacy regulators in taking action against the company. The French National Commission on Computing and Liberty (CNIL) announced last month that to its complaints or face court action, after the company repeatedly rejected requests to reverse changes it made to its privacy policy in March 2012. Spain's privacy regulator too has notified Google of if Google does not comply with Spanish law.
The European Parliament gave European Commissioners and national ministers some extra ammunition Thursday in discussions with the U.S. following allegations about American spying and possible suspension of data-sharing agreements. The Parliament called on the U.S. to provide full disclosure of any and set up an inquiry to look into the allegations, but stopped short of suspending bilateral trade talks due to start on Monday. The resolution was approved by 483 votes to 98 with 65 abstentions. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) said that the European Commission, the Council of Ministers and E.U. member states should consider "all levers at their disposal" in negotiations with the U.S., including suspending deals for sharing air passenger (Passenger Name Record) data and bank data (the Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme). The resolution also expresses grave concern that similar surveillance programs may be run by E.U. member states, including the U.K., Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, and Poland. It calls on those countries to examine whether their programs are compatible with E.U. law.
The Internet held up in Egypt as the military deposed the country's president Wednesday, with both the former president's aides and the opposition using Twitter and Facebook extensively to communicate with followers in Egypt and the rest of the world. "Egypt remains online. So far no repeat of 2011," said Internet monitoring company Renesys in a late Wednesday. It said it was continuing to monitor. In January 2011, the government of former president Hosni Mubarak ordered service providers to in the wake of widespread unrest in the country. This time, Egyptians on both sides used social media services using hashtags like #WeAreWithMorsi and #EgyptRevolutionNotMilitaryCoup, as the military cut off many TV channels and news sources, according to reports.
We were using drive letters before DOS, and I'm surprised we're still using them. Everyone knows that C: is the main drive--or at least the one Windows boots from. (Why C:? Because A: and B: were originally reserved for floppies.) But not everyone knows that if you have an administrator-level account, you can reassign drive letters. Here's how to change a PC's drive letters:
An online protest against the surveillance programs of the U.S. National Security Agency was off to a slow start Thursday morning, despite expectations it would see participation from thousands of websites. The action is part of a larger movement called —a reference to the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution—that is also expected to include live protests in dozens of cities across the U.S. Organizations who are part of the Internet Defense League, a loose coalition committed to were expected to participate in the July 4 online protest by displaying a message against "NSA spying" on their websites using a banner or a modal window. However, as of 8 a.m. Eastern Time, only a few of the high-profile Internet Defense League supporting websites were showing the protest message. Many of the participating websites belonged to civil rights organizations. They included 4chan, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, O'Reilly Media, Piwik, Free Press, Accessnow.org, and ColorOfChange.org.
Heading off to the great outdoors is all about leaving the trappings of the modern world behind—but maybe not your tech. Emergency alerts on your phone, or a quick search to see if those tasty-looking berries you found are safe to eat, are just a couple of good reasons to have a smartphone handy. And then there’s the fun stuff, like listening to music while you fish, or sharing photos with friends who couldn’t make the trip. Keeping your gadgets humming while you commune with nature does take planning, though. Here’s some gear that’ll turn your next outdoor adventure into one you can track, share, and enjoy without necessarily breaking the bank.
Done up in black and clear plastic, the Aspire U has a clean, modern look. The computer looks like an oversize picture frame, supported in the front by a clear plastic panel running its width and in the back by an articulating kickstand. This design lets you angle the Aspire U from nearly flat on the desk to nearly straight up. It’s an effective design if you have plenty of desk space or table area to work with. If you want to buy an all-in-one to maximize storage area in a small workspace, forget it: The area behind the Aspire U is completely blocked off. The styled-to-match wireless keyboard and mouse bundled with the Aspire U are both pleasant surprises. The keyboard has a slightly sloppy feel, but the keys offer plenty of travel and feel quite nice overall. The up and down arrow keys are half-size, which makes them difficult to use, but the keyboard includes a numeric keypad that you can use for navigation (when Num Lock is turned off). The mouse has a nice heft, and it tracks well on just about any surface. The touchscreen display responds well to finger movements, and the Aspire U has one of the nicest webcams out there. It’s HD, and it provides very smooth video—significantly smoother than usual. The Aspire U can also respond to hand gestures via said webcam, though in truth it's a rather strenuous and inaccurate way to navigate Windows. The A5600U-UB13 model of the Aspire U that we tested was sprightly enough, subjectively—once the Windows 8 operating system worked its caching magic. Until things were cached, however, the sluggish 1TB, 5400-rpm hard drive caused windows and applications to open rather slowly. This is a machine that you’d rather have hibernate or sleep than shut down, lest all that caching go for naught. Acer doesn’t offer an SSD option, which would have worked miracles in both perceived and actual speed.
You think your workload is tough? Imagine how it must have been for the Founding Fathers around this time in 1776, when they had to sit down, write, and ratify the Declaration of Independence. Let's give our forefathers a high-tech leg up. Here are 13 technologies—one for each colony—that would have expedited the Revolution and the drafting of that key document.
Microsoft’s former head of Windows 8 development has agreed not to badmouth Microsoft or work for some of its competitors and in return will receive a payout for unvested stock in the company, according to a regulatory filing Wednesday. The “retirement agreement” with Steven Sinofsky, who with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Sinofsky has agreed to not compete with Microsoft by accepting a job at certain competitors, which were not named, or encouraging customers to move away from its products. He’s also agreed not to solicit Microsoft employees to work at other companies, not to “disparage” Microsoft and not to take part in any litigation against the company, the filing says. In return, Microsoft will pay Sinofsky the value of his outstanding unvested stock options up to the start of Microsoft’s 2013 fiscal year, which began last July, and award him other stock compensation.
Douglas Engelbart, a Silicon Valley engineer who invented the computer mouse and is credited with many of the concepts that underpin modern computing and the Internet, died on Tuesday at his home in Atherton, California. He was 88. Born in 1925, Engelbart was coming of age as World War II raged in Europe. He joined the U.S. Navy as an electronic and radar technician, and after the war studied electrical engineering at Oregon State University. He went on to complete a master’s degree and Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley, where he was also an assistant professor. About a year later, in 1957, he joined the Stanford Research Institute (today called SRI International), which was just over a decade old. From 1959 until 1977 he led the organization’s Augmentation Research Center, and .
Yahoo said Friday that it has bought contact management specialist Xobni for an undisclosed amount, presumably to enhance Yahoo Mail and its related applications. But as to the future of Xobni’s own products—well, that’s not exactly clear. Xobni released a indicating that the company plans to continue supporting its contact management tools for Outlook, but that other platforms may expire on July 2, 2014. In a sense, that means that Xobni’s statements about continuing support could be seen as a bit disingenuous. “Not to worry — we aren’t pulling the rug out from under you. If you’re using a Xobni product today, you can keep using it,” the Xobni team said in a . However, Xobni won’t be accepting any more premium subscriptions, including Xobni Pro, Xobni Enterprise, Xobni for Teams, the Xobni Salesforce Gadget, and the Xobni JIRA Gadget, the company said. Smartr Contacts for Android and Xobni for BlackBerry are no longer officially available for download, although the Android app will be pulled by the end of the day, the company said.
Box, the red-hot provider of the eponymous cloud storage and file-sharing service, will boost the collaboration capabilities of its product in the next 18 months, and could become a publicly traded company next year or in 2015. Box, which has raised more than $300 million in funding since its founding in 2005 from investors like Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Andreessen Horowitz, now has a roster of more than 150,000 customers with more than 15 million end users. Customers include more than 90 percent of the Fortune 500, and revenue grew almost 150 percent last year, as demand soared for its service, which lets employees do document-centric collaboration with each other and with outside parties like customers and partners. “I wouldn’t expect us to go public this year, but it’s something we’re certainly thinking about and talking about over the next couple of years,” said Aaron Levie, the company’s wunderkind co-founder and CEO, who is 28 years old.
Oracle has quietly cut the list price of its flagship BI (business intelligence) Foundation Suite significantly, possibly in response to increased market competition. BI Foundation Suite was previously priced at $450,000 per processor license, but on an dated June 25, the cost is listed at $300,000. However, a named user plus license remained listed at $3,675. BI Foundation Suite encompasses Oracle BI Enterprise Edition 11g, BI Publisher, Essbase, Scorecard and Strategy Management, and Essbase Analytics Link, according to an official whitepaper. The new price list also lowers the price of BI Suite Enterprise Edition Plus from $295,000 to $221,250, as well as Scorecard and Strategy Management from $149,250 to $89,550.
(the little icon that appears on the favorites toolbar right below the address bar) had changed. In place of that familiar little blue "f," I was looking at some grayish approximation of a sailboat sail. I'm not sure how it happened or why, but fortunately all my other favicons looked fine. the only likely choice. Nope, nothing helpful there. Then I took to the Web, searching for articles on fixing broken favicons in Google Chrome, but found surprisingly little info on the subject. Apparently I could wipe the entire favicons database and then restart Chrome, but that seemed a little extreme—and I'd have to revisit every bookmarked site to get its favicon to reload.
Die Briefwahl ist nicht sicherer als so manch eine Wahlmaschine. Seit 1989 wurde die Wahl über den Postweg vereinfacht, zulasten der Sicherheit. Zu dem Schluss kommt die OSZE. Armin Rupp zeigt, warum.
Der Gründer und Hauptentwickler von Cryptocat wollte eigentlich die Vorzüge seines Projekts auf der Sigint 2013 vorstellen. Stattdessen musste sich Nadim Kobeissi aber rechtfertigen - für eine gefährliche Sicherheitslücke in seinem Chatsystem.
Amazon hat den Preis für das Kindle Fire HD um 30 Euro gesenkt. Das Tablet mit dem HD-Bildschirm gibt es nun ab 170 Euro.
Dieser Roboter ist nicht für Arachnophobiker geeignet: Der achtbeinige Robugtix T8 ist nach dem Vorbild einer Spinne gestaltet.
Der Autobauer Ferrari will seine Angestellten zu mehr Kommunikation bewegen - und begrenzt die Anzahl der Kollegen, die pro E-Mail angeschrieben werden können.
Das Herbst-Update für Xbox Live wirft einen Schatten voraus: Ab sofort können sich Spieler aus aller Welt für die Beta anmelden und Neuerungen wie das Bezahlen mit Euro statt MS-Punkten ausprobieren.
Für rund 700 US-Dollar verkauft Sony jetzt seinen Ultra-HD-Player FMP-X1. Zehn Filme liegen auf der Festplatte des Geräts, weitere kann man ausleihen. Dafür ist aber eine Registrierung nötig, und nach unbestätigten Angaben wird jede Datei personalisiert.
Der Hamburger Datenschutzbeauftragte Johannes Caspar hat ein Verfahren gegen Google eingeleitet. Der Suchmaschinenbetreiber muss nun seine Verarbeitung von Nutzerdaten rechtfertigen.
Mehrere europäische Staaten sind offenbar davon ausgegangen, dass Whistleblower Snowden mit Boliviens Präsident Morales aus Moskau flüchtet. Das hat jetzt der spanische Außenminister eingeräumt.
Aus finanziellen Gründen werde niemand mehr einen Jailbreak für iOS 7 veröffentlichen, behauptet Sicherheitsspezialist Charlie Miller. Doch manches deutet darauf hin, dass bereits daran gearbeitet wird.
Nach dem Dateimanager Pacmanfm hat das LXDE-Team nun weitere Teile des Desktops auf Qt portiert. Ob das Team langfristig von GTK auf Qt wechseln wird, steht aber noch nicht fest.
Die neue Version des Init-Systems Systemd bringt einige größere Veränderungen an der Unterstützung für die CGroups des Linux Kernels. Langfristig sollen CGroups nur noch über ein Systemd-API verfügbar sein.
Der französische Geheimdienst DGSE sammelt offenbar ebenfalls Metadaten seiner Bürger und aus aller Welt. Die Daten sollen jahrelang gespeichert und ausgewertet worden sein. Die Tageszeitung Le Monde sieht Parallelen zum NSA-Projekt Prism in den USA.
Eine neue EU-Richtlinie sieht höhere Strafen für das Hacken und Abhören von Computern vor. Auch der Aufbau und Betrieb von Botnetzen werden unter Strafe gestellt.
In einem aufwendigen Test der Sprach- und Datenverbindungen großer wie lokaler Provider der Zeitschrift Connect gewinnen die Großunternehmen. Vor allem Kabelnetze sind abends oft überlastet, und die NGN-Strukturen wirken sich auch auf Telefonie aus.
Sehr wahrscheinlich war es bislang schon, jetzt hat ein Mitarbeiter von Microsoft bestätigt: Über die Kinect 2.0 soll Xbox One unter anderem per Stimmerkennung personalisierte Werbung im Dashboard einblenden können.
Die Union will im Wahlkampf angeblich nicht mehr für die Vorratsdatenspeicherung eintreten. Die Medienberichte bezeichnet sie inzwischen selbst als "Ente".
Die Berkeley DB steht nun unter der AGPLv3. Der scheinbar positive Schritt zu einem starken Copyleft stellt die Open-Source-Community aber vor viele Probleme. Die einfachste Lösung ist wohl ein Verzicht auf die Datenbank.
Der ehemalige Chef der Entertainment-Sparte bei Microsoft verdient gut als neuer Chef von Zynga: Mit rund 50 Millionen US-Dollar kann er in den nächsten drei Jahren rechnen. Angeblich war Don Mattrick auch als Chef von Electronic Arts im Gespräch.
Sony bringt den kostenlosen Fernwartungsdienst My Xperia weltweit auf die aktuellen Xperia-Smartphones. Das Android-Smartphone kann so bei einem Geräteverlust per Kommando klingeln, es kann gesperrt werden, und notfalls lassen sich alle Daten auf dem Gerät löschen.
Apple hatte es auf dem WWDC 2013 angekündigt: Die hauseigene Bürosoftware iWork, die bislang nur unter Mac OS X und iOS läuft, wird auch als Webanwendung veröffentlicht. Viele Entwickler haben nun eine Einladung erhalten und können die Vorabversion online testen.
Samsung hat mit der WB110 eine Bridgekamera vorgestellt, die ein fest eingebautes 26fach-Zoom hat. Das Besondere: Der Weitwinkelbereich beginnt - bezogen auf das Kleinbildformat - bei 22,3 mm. Der Sensor nimmt 20,2 Megapixel auf.
Israelische Journalisten haben eine Feuerwaffe in das Parlamentsgebäude in Jerusalem gebracht. Die Waffe, die per 3D-Druck hergestellt worden war, wurde bei der Sicherheitsprüfung nicht gefunden.
Der Nachfolger der Atom-Architektur wird nicht nur für Tablets und Smartphones, sondern auch für Notebooks, Desktops und Embedded-Geräte angeboten. Das geht aus einer inoffiziellen Liste von bisher unbekannten Modellen hervor.
Um seine Datenbrille Glass Up produzieren zu können, will das italienische Unternehmen Si14 per Crowdfunding Geld einsammeln. Ist die Kampagne erfolgreich, soll der Google-Konkurrent Anfang 2014 auf den Markt kommen.
"Classic Mode": So nennt EA in einer Umfrage die Möglichkeit, in Sim City eine Stadt offline hochzuziehen. Der Publisher will auch herausfinden, wie wichtig den Spielern größere Karten oder ein S-Bahn-Netz sind.
Wer betrügt oder beleidigt, soll auf der Xbox One mit Seinesgleichen unter sich sein. Das will Microsoft mit einem überarbeiteten Reputationssystem im neuen Xbox Live erreichen.
Das Europäische Parlament fordert von den USA Aufklärung über die Spähprogramme. Um den Druck zu erhöhen, soll die EU auch die Weitergabe von Fluggastdaten aussetzen.
An dieser Stelle stand ursprünglich ein Text über Nintendo und den Schwierigkeitsgrad bei Spielen. Die Nachricht hat sich als Falschmeldung entpuppt. Sie beruhte auf einem frei erfundenen Satirebeitrag. Wir haben den Text daher gelöscht und bitten um Entschuldigung!
Huawei will das Ascend P6 schon in wenigen Tagen in den Handel bringen. Das 4,7 Zoll große Android-Smartphone hat ein Gehäuse, das gerade mal eine Dicke von 6,18 mm aufweist und damit zu den dünnsten Smartphones auf dem Markt zählt.
Das Chatsystem Cryptocat benutzte über lange Zeit unzureichende Zufallszahlen zur Erzeugung von Schlüsseln. Sämtliche privaten Schlüssel lassen sich dadurch brechen.
Die nächste Konsolengeneration kommt bald - da braucht es schon gute Argumente, Käufer für die Xbox 360 zu finden. Mehrere Händler liefern sich derzeit eine Preisschlacht.
Millionen nutzen Adblock Plus. Hinter der beliebten Browsererweiterung steht eine kleine Firma, die damit Profit macht - und die sich wie nebenbei anschickt, andere Geschäftsmodelle im Internet im Sinne der eigenen Interessen umzukrempeln.
Die Zwischenlandung des bolivianischen Präsidenten Morales in Wien sorgt weiterhin für diplomatische Verstimmung. Ein Asyl Snowdens in Frankreich scheint inzwischen unwahrscheinlich.
Die Lytro-Lichtfeldkamera soll es ab Mitte Juli 2013 auch in Deutschland zu kaufen geben, teilte der Hersteller mit. Lytro-Fotos können nach der Aufnahme per Mausklick auf jeden beliebigen Punkt des Bildes scharf gestellt werden.
Die Protestaktion vor dem Bundeskanzleramt soll nicht nur die Unterstützung für den NSA-Whistleblower Edward Snowden zeigen. Der Veranstalter will erneut auf die mangelnden Rechte für Informanten in Deutschland hinweisen.
Das Windows-8-Tablet FZ-G1 aus Panasonics Toughpad-Serie ist mit seinem robusten Gehäuse gegen Wasser, Staub und Stöße geschützt. Wir haben getestet, ob das Gerät mit Core-i5-Prozessor und 10-Zoll-Display noch ein Tablet oder schon ein kleines Notebook ist.
Die amerikanischen Behörden überwachen nicht nur den E-Mail-Verkehr in großem Stil. Auch von allen Briefumschlägen werden Fotos abgespeichert.
Der Biohacker Rich Lee hat sich Magnete in die Ohrmuscheln implantieren lassen, die als Kopfhörer dienen. Lee plant zudem, mit zusätzlichen Sensoren seine Wahrnehmung zu erweitern: Er will beispielsweise Wärme und Kälte hören.
Das freie Office-Paket Libreoffice wird für AMDs GPUs mit HUMA-Architektur optimiert. Eine erste Version mit den neuen Funktionen wird frühestens für Februar 2014 erwartet.