Ted asked the scammer if he could make his Windows 95 computer run as fast as his Windows Vista one, and professed his desire to be a good citizen. “I want this machine to be secured, for sure,” he said. “And I don’t want my machine being dangerous, for sure, I mean that would be bad, that would be very bad, I don’t want it to be bad, I want it to be good. I’m …
Can a suitcase Hop! ?
A trolley case without the trolley. Just follows you (and your phone) around. Shut up and take my money already!
Steve Jobs foretelling the iOS in 2005
in every user interface study we’ve ever done […], [we found] it’s pretty easy to learn how to use these things ‘til you hit the file system and then the learning curve goes vertical. So you ask yourself, why is the file system the face of the OS? Wouldn’t it be better if there was a better way to find stuff? Now, e-mail, there’s always been a better way to find stuff. You don’t keep your e-mail …
Got an Android phone? 1 in 2 chances to get malware
Less than two months ago, Duo Security released a DARPA-funded Android app called X-Ray, which looks for known privilege escalation vulnerabilities that could potentially give malicious apps access to root privileges on your device. Since launch, the company has already collected results from over 20,000 Android devices worldwide, and initial results show that over half of Android devices worldwide have unpatched vulnerabilities that could be exploited by a malicious app or hacker. Sounds lovely. The hell with the “walled garden”, open …
How to make Siri tell the weather in Celsius on the iPad
I’ve upgraded my 3rd gen iPad to iOS6 in the first 5 minutes when the new software was out. Obviously, first thing I’ve tried afterwards was Siri, I’ve long been waiting to take it for a spin and see what it can do. And among the first questions, the most obvious popped up: “Siri, how’s the weather like today?” The answer came sharply: It’s all good, except I need the weather in Celsius degrees, that’s …
Microsoft Surface presentation fail
That moment when your words just don’t match what people are seeing: I have to admit: I LOL-ed.
Apple’s updates from WWDC 2012
If you haven’t checked yesterday’s keynote yet, you can check Engadget’s nice roundup or watch the whole thing here. MacBook Pro retina display, iOS 6, minor Mac Pro update, new Aiport Express and Smart cover, all in all a few nice improvements to the Apple universe. Two things I’m disappointed in: the first one – they’re not going to make iOS 6 available for the first generation of iPad (which I still have, alongside the new iPad), the …