Jul 26
A replacement for the insurance card? New York University Langone Medical Center plans to reduce paperwork and prevent identity theft by using the PatientSecure device.
Originally posted at News – Health Tech
Jul 26
Microsoft renews alliance with SUSE, throws $100 million in pocket change at Linux
Posted in: Linux, Microsoft, open source, opensource, os, Software, Today's Chili, video
Microsoft and Linux haven’t always had the friendliest of rapports but, a few years back, the folks at Redmond decided to cozy up to Novell and the enterprise-focused distro SUSE. The German arm of the company even wished Tux a happy 20th birthday last week, in an attempt to further thaw their notoriously chilly relationship. Now the Windows crew have decided to renew their partnership with SUSE and have committed to purchasing $100 million in technical support for Microsoft Enterprise customers who also happen to be running Linux boxes as part of their operations. It’s not about to stop claiming that the open source OS violates several of its patents, but at least they’ve learned to get along with out suing each other into oblivion… unlike some other companies we could name. Cough. Check out the full PR after the break.
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Jul 26
The New ESPN on Xbox 360 Is the Only Way I Want to Watch Sports Now
Posted in: exclusive, gaming, Microsoft, Sports, Today's Chili, top, xbox, xbox 360
You officially have a reason to watch ESPN on your Xbox 360 come this fall—ESPN 2.0 is pretty goddamn awesome. Watch multiple games in HD. Pause one while keeping the other going. Stats! So many stats. And oh lord, the mini-guide with live thumbs and scores. More »
Jul 26
An original, signed copy of the Japanese Mega Drive Tetris game goes up for auction on eBay with a $1 million price tag. The seller is, however, entertaining serious offers for less than that.
Jul 26
Microsoft announces new $60 chat device, $20 media remote with Live TV button coming this fall.
Jul 26
Apple is said to be working on a larger model of its ultralight notebook, with a slightly larger screen. It introduced refreshed models just last week.
Originally posted at Apple Talk
Jul 26
Bird’s Eye iPad app lets you use Twitter while looking down on it
Posted in: app, ios, ipad, Today's Chili, twitter, video
Spending more and more time on Google+ these days and looking for something to draw you back to Twitter? Then you might want to consider giving the new Bird’s Eye app for iPad a whirl. As you can probably surmise, it promises to let you “see Twitter from new heights” or, more specifically, view nearby tweets from high above on a map. Those not interested in the strangers around them can also specify other locations to see what folks are talking about in any given city. Not an entirely original idea, of course, but it is fairly unique as far as iPad apps go, and it’s completely free. Head on past the break for a demo video.
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Jul 26
University of British Columbia researchers invent a silicone chip they say could revolutionize genetic analysis by allowing individual cells to fall into place like balls in a pinball machine.
Originally posted at News – Health Tech
Jul 26
Free ThreatFire Adds Extra Protection to Your PC
Posted in: Freeware, Newly Released, Software, Today's ChiliThis article was written on November 18, 2007 by CyberNet.
We recently wrote about the free firewall being offered by PC Tools, and they have yet another free security application for those of you who want all the protection you can get. It’s called ThreatFire, and it runs alongside your existing antivirus software. With it your computer will be more able to detect malware before it has a chance to harm your computer.
PC Magazine put ThreatFire through its paces to see how it stacked up, and to find out how well it could detect the potentially dangerous malware, spyware, rootkits, keyloggers, and more. Here are their results:
After the required reboot at the end of installation, I got out my arsenal of malware samples, including adware, spyware, rootkits, Trojans, and rogue antispyware products … I wasn’t too surprised when [ThreatFire] let all but one of the rogue antispyware samples install and run …
When I compiled all of the malware-blocking test results, [ThreatFire] came out with 8.6 out of 10 possible points. If I omitted the rogue antispyware programs, however, that score zoomed to a perfect 10 out of 10. Tested against the same collection of threats, [Norton AntiBot] scored 7.1, and removing the rogues from the mix brought its score only up to 7.6. In fact, [ThreatFire’s] 8.6 score beats out the 8.1 points garnered by Spy Sweeper 5.2 with AntiVirus, our current Editors’ Choice for signature-based antispyware. That’s pretty impressive.
I did run a separate test using commercial keyloggers … [ThreatFire] detected every single one and successfully blocked almost all of them, scoring 9.5 out of 10. [Norton AntiBot] scored 7.1 against this same collection.
… For a sanity check, I rounded up a dozen-plus PC Magazine utilities that might look suspicious. KeyTick monitors keystrokes the way a keylogger might, BHOcop disables other BHOs, Startup Cop Pro puts itself in the start-up sequence—that sort of thing. Like [Norton AntiBot], [ThreatFire] didn’t make any erroneous accusations. It didn’t throw a single false positive alert on the PC Magazine utilities.
Looking through the stats from the PC Magazine article I have to say that the software looks rather impressive, and the free version of ThreatFire offers everything most users need. If you’re all about computer security this is one app you may want to throw on your system!
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Jul 26
A pair of images have landed online providing a clear indication as to what to expect from AT&T and HTC for the Puccini tablet.
Originally posted at Android Atlas
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