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- Now hear this: a review of MacSpeech's Dictate
Cutting-edge voice recognition has finally come to the Mac with the release of MacSpeech's Dictate software. Ars puts the first version through its paces, to find out if Mac users can now talk to their computers the way that Windows users talk to theirs.Read More...
- EFF: Warrant should be required to obtain cell location data
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Center for Democracy and Technology, the American Civil Liberties Union have filed an amicus brief stating that cell site location data is protected by the Fourth Amendment since it can reveal that citizens are in constitutionally protected, non-public places.Read More...
- Cablecos ponder networked DVRs in wake of Cablevision ruling
In the wake of the appeals court decision making Cablevision's network DVR legal (for now), Time Warner Cable says that it too wants to roll out the technology.Read More...
- ATI hopes to ignite pro graphics market with FirePro cards
ATI launched its new FirePro brand today, with two additional 3D cards slotting in to complement the existing FireGL line. The two FirePro cards are aimed at the budget and midrange markets, and could prove enticing, particularly if you value DisplayPort. Read More...
- Outsourcing AV: researchers move antivirus scan to the cloud
Researchers develop a method that allows networked computers to ship executable files to a server for parallel scanning by multiple antivirus applications. The best antivirus scanner, it turns out, is all of them.Read More...
- Black Hat wraps up; DNS dominates discussion
Black Hat 2008 is over, DEF CON is this weekend, and the space in between makes a good time for recapping what's happened so far. Dan Kaminsky's DNS presentation was big news, the EFF launched a new initiative, and Cisco is back on stage three years after suing someone off of one.Read More...
- Report: Only half of US Netizens use a search engine daily
Only half of Internet users today use search engines on an average day, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, but that number is up from just a third in 2002. With the remaining 50 percent just waiting to be sucked into the world of search, even the little guys have room to grow. Read More...
- Mozilla's "Snowl" hunts Twitter, RSS, and (soon) e-mail
Mozilla wants to help us stay on top of our conversations online, no matter where they're occurring. Snowl is a new tool launched in Mozilla Labs that, while an extremely early prototype, shows some potential.Read More...
- Faking passport RFID chips for $120
At the behest of the British newspaper The Times, a security researcher in Amsterdam has demonstrated that it's possible to upload new biometric data to a passport's RFID chip. There are methods to detect this sort of tampering, but most issuing countries haven't taken the steps needed to implement them, leaving a gaping vulnerability.Read More...
- Warner Music to rhythm games: pay up or the music gets it!
Warner Music Group boss Edgar Bronfman said yesterday that music labels aren't "real" partners in the rhythm game market yet. Unless Warner sees more cash, it will be "hesitant" to license further tracks to Guitar Hero or Rock Band.Read More...
- Hands on: Rejaw melds microblogging with instant chat
Rejaw is a new combination microblogging and chat service with a focus on conversation features and real-time, instant updates. This could be the truly useful evolution that microblogging needed.Read More...
- Report: cyber-hacktivism, botnet effectiveness on the rise
SecureComputing has released its quarterly update on spam, malware, and the worldwide black hat industry. Interesting developments this quarter include the rise of cyber-hacktivism, increased use of languages other than English, and the ongoing threat from Zlob and its ilk.Read More...
- Bell Canada puts squeeze on ISPs with usage-based billing
Starting next year, Bell Canada will impose severe bandwidth caps on all new users who sign up with the small ISPs that lease wholesale access from Bell. Users that want to user more than 2-60GB per month will need to pay extra.Read More...
- PTC: Broadcast TV a sordid hive of fornication and adultery
As a public service, the Parents Television Council has produced a comprehensive guide to adultery, bondage, necrophilia, prostitution, masturbation, and group sex on network television. Read More...
- Corporate PC power consumption difficult to trim
More and more companies are eying their power bills and looking for ways to save money, but cutting the bottom line isn't always simple. Companies that are serious about trimming their electrical costs may incur some significant short-term expenses in exchange for long-term gain.Read More...
- Piracy could put film industry out of business, warns group
The Association Against Audiovisual Piracy (ALPA), a French antipiracy firm, says that illegal downloads in France are reaching a level that could eventually put the film industry out of business.Read More...
- EFF launches Coders' Rights site at Black Hat conference
Programmers that research security flaws in commercial software face a nebulous and shifting legal landscape. The EFF is launching a site intended to help them stay on the right side of the law.Read More...
- 2 IP addresses, 40 matches: Tufts tries to cut RIAA driftnet
The RIAA is looking for the identities of 11 Tufts University students so it can offer them generous copyright infringement settlement terms. One problem: two of the IP addresses in question were in use by as many as 40 students.Read More...
- Mozilla mocks up possible Firefox successors in idea factory
Mozilla Labs, the company's research unit, wants to involve non-coders from across the world in its attempt to shape the future of web browsing. Read More...
- Google China takes on Baidu with legal music search (Updated)
Google has launched a new music search site in China that will let users find music that is free and legal to distribute online. Google hopes that its ad-supported model will help it succeed against Baidu and its largely illegal, but more popular, music search.Read More...
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