As David Emery documented last week on Cryptome, Apple’s original version of FileVault has a serious security flaw, when used in OS X Lion 10.7.3. The authorization process has a debug option left on that logs the password used to access an encrypted volume’s directory tree. In turn, this log file is viewable by anyone […]
In a recent blog post, Microsoft has revealed that they intend to not only leave out Windows Media Center from standard issues of Windows 8, but even leave out the ability to play DVDs at all. Their explanation is that, quite frankly, they don’t see people using it enough to include the function in the […]
Last week, Yoni Gross wrote an article comparing four different storage cloud vendors, including the long-awaited Google Drive. All of them have their strengths and weaknesses, with their own devoted followers. Personally, I’ve been using Dropbox for several years. I started with the free 2 GB, and through referrals and the doubling of the referral bonus, […]
Monoprice may be the best worst-kept secret in tech. If you have put together a home theater system or a computer network and someone didn’t point you towards Monoprice, let’s just say you need to find yourself some geekier friends. Although not as well known as some other retailers, the company has become known as […]
The popular open source DVR, MythTV, announces a new release today with version 0.25. Features added with this release include HTTP live streaming capabilities, IPv6 support for both the back end and front end clients, Apple AirTunes and AirPlay support for streaming both audio and video content from iOS devices, VAAPI support (a video acceleration […]
Today marks the day Android users can officially download the Instagram app from Google Play, so they don’t have to be taunted by their iPhone-wielding and picture-snapping friends any longer. Nor will they have to go on periodic searches for good knockoffs of the popular app. How popular is the app? Well, it’s known that […]
Gather round, children, and let grandpa tell you about the olden days that we called the 90s. Times were dark, then. We didn’t have smartphones. Instead we had PDAs — personal digital assistants. The leader of the field was a company called Palm, and their operating system was a little thing called PalmOS. One of […]
It’s happened to all of us. There’s someone special in your life, maybe a parent, maybe a significant other. It’s their birthday/bar mitzvah/parole hearing and a gift is called for. You love them to pieces, but you don’t have the faintest idea what they might want. Instead of getting them something they actually want, you […]
Harry Potter — the series Americans, Brits, and the world alike have been enamored with for the past 14 years — is finally available in ebook form on J.K Rowling’s own Pottermore website. At times, it seemed as if the Harry Potter books were as much in the past as the wizards and witches in […]
Our Reuven Shechter may like his new iPad, but Australian consumer watchdog Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) cried foul yesterday over Apple’s claim of 4G compatibility. It turns out that the iPad isn’t compatible with Australia’s 4G network at all. From the Australian Broadcasting Company: Lawyers for the ACCC accused Apple of breaching consumer law […]
