Monday, September 15, 2014

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Turin places a shroud on Microsoft

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 02:05 AM PDT

turinThe Italian city of Turin, famous for its medieval Jesus shroud hoaxing, is dumping Microsoft and heading toward something more Open Saucy.

Turin is currently running Windows XP which goes to show that not only is its famous shroud mediaeval.

Apparently Turin thinks that it can save €6 million over five years by switching from Windows XP to Ubuntu Linux in all of its offices. more»

Pishing Eskimo twitches to steal Steam Wallet

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 02:01 AM PDT

Greenland in the 19th century - picture Wikimedia CommonsA new piece of pishing malware has taken over Twitch's user pool tempting users to go into a fake sweepstake or lottery, so that it can nick cash from their Steam Wallets.

For those who came in late, Twitch is a video game-centric website on which people show live streams of game play to others. more»

Apple’s iPhone 6 chip is a lemon

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 01:56 AM PDT

CD153It looks like Apple's new iPhone 6 will have the same performance of its older gizmos according to Hot Hardware benchmarking 

Normally one of the few things that is different about the new model iPhone is a that it comes with a better chip.  more»

World moves to smartphones

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 01:56 AM PDT

shoe phoneFortune tellers at the Groupe Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA) have been consulting their tarot cards and are predicting that either there will be a tall dark stranger who will ask them out to lunch, or by the end of the decade, there will be nine billion mobile connections across the globe. more»

Comcast declares war on Tor

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 01:54 AM PDT

Newspaper Seller, 1939The most popular telco in the US, famous for its happy customers and commitment to a positive future for an open internet, Comcast has declared war on the encrypted system Tor.

Comcast agents have contacted customers using Tor and instructed them to stop using the browser or risk being cut off. more»
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