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Next-Gen Touchscreens Will Resist Your Greasy Little Fingermarks

For those with obsessive-compulsive tendencies, fingerprints over the screen of their tablet must be a living hell. But a team of German scientists think they can help with, of all things, a candle. Making a surface that can repel water is easy. So why is it difficult to make one that repels oil? It’s to…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

What was the first math problem that we needed a computer to solve?

In the 1970s, a remarkable thing was done; a computer was used to solve a math problem. This, in and of itself, was not remarkable. The difference engine could do it. But this problem was the first one that would probably remain unsolved if it weren’t for computers. Find out about the Four-Color Theorem, and…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Security Researchers Find Privacy Leaks in Fundamental Pre-Installed Android Apps

Though phone manufacturers have been distancing themselves from the Carrier IQ furore, there are plenty of other pieces of software that could be tracking you, too. A team of researchers from North Carolina State University have been looking into the standard configurations on a bunch of Android smartphones from Google, Motorola, HTC, and Samsung. They…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Watch a beautiful puppet trailer from the FX artist behind Galaxy Quest and Jurassic Park

Watch the first trailer for the gorgeous hand-made puppet movie from Kevin McTurk (the FX artist who worked on just about every film we’ve ever loved, from Tank Girl on down) and produced by Jim Henson’s daughter, Heather. Titled The Narrative of Victor Karloch, the handmade short takes its puppet to the ocean floor, where…

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Ender’s Game adds another young star. And is Doctor Who headed down under?

The head of 20th Century Fox really doesn’t want you calling Ridley Scott’s Prometheus an Alien prequel. Tom Cruise joins another sci-fi epic. José Padilha discusses the themes of his Robocop reboot, while Emile Hirsch talks The Darkest Hour. Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Prometheus. The Dark Knight Rises I know we’ve…

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How To Check If You Have Carrier IQ, Without Rooting Your Handset

Yesterday we explained how to check for Carrier IQ if you have a rooted Android handset. But people have been busy: now you can download an app from the Android Market to check if you’re clean. While the Carrier IQ crap continues to hit the fan, François Simond (@supercurio) has swiftly developed a free app,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Julian Assange: You’re All Screwed

Yesterday we reported how Wikileaks has uncovered a global network of surveillance companies for hire. Now Assange is telling it like it is. Talking at a press conference, which you can watch here, he explained that “the reality is intelligence contractors are selling, right now, to countries across the world, mass surveilance systems for [iPhone,…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile All ‘Fess Up To Using Carrier IQ

While phone manufacturers have been passing the buck and Carrier IQ itself tried to deny any wrong-doing over its snooping software, in a fit of honesty three providers are openly admitting to using the spying application. Of course, how far they’re willing to go in explaining how they’re using it is — unsurprisingly — limited.…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

Does an x86 Ice Cream Sandwich Port Spell Future Intel Tablets?

Google made good on its IDF keynote promise and announced that is has ported Android 4.0 to Intel’s x86 architecture. What does that mean? Could be that Intel tablets are on the horizon, but they still face issues with their chips’ power consumption. More speculation is available at Ubergizmo.

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Holla At’cha Boy! Google+ Now Makes Phone Calls

Hangouts is already, far and away, the best feature on Google+ and it just got a bit better. Now, users can call with their contacts through through the Hangout window. Here’s how it works. The process is actually quite simple, according to Google’s official blog, 1. Click Invite at the top of the hangouts with…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Carrier IQ Speaks! And of Course It Denies All Wrongdoing

It hasn’t been a good week for Carrier IQ. First a damning video apparently illustrating the extent of what information the program collects surfaces, then everything goes to shit. Now, the company is facing a Senate investigation for potentially millions of violations of privacy laws. And this is the response? The company released its official…

Privacy & Security Andrew Tarantola

Now Every UAV in the US Arsenal Can Be a Hunter-Killer

Each Predator drone in the US arsenal costs between $4.5 and 10 million which puts them out of the reach of most forward-operating battalions who normally get stuck with smaller, unarmed UAVs. This new guided munitions from Raytheon is about to make those little fliers way more deadly. Smart Tactical Munitions are Raytheon-developed, guided munitions…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Please Show Me an Ad at the ATM So I Don’t Have to Pay an Extra 2 Bucks

Things I irrationally hate in this world: keeping plastic wrap on anything, checking in at hotels, that awkward time you wait between finishing a meal and paying for it and ATM fees. Thankfully, people are trying to figure out a way to kill ATM fees… with ATM advertisements. I like it. I can’t stand paying…

Tech News Casey Chan

Art Collective Melts Modelling Clay into Stunning Portraits

Jackson Pollock is one of my favorite artists—the depth and delicateness of his paint dribblings is simply sublime. Argentinian art collective Mondongo carries on his artistic legacy but without paint. Instead, they use Plasticine—melted modelling clay. Mondongo—”tripe” for those of you who don’t speak Spanish (*raises hand*)—consists of Juliana Laffitte, Manuel Mendanha and Agustina Picasso.…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Dickproofing Is The Greatest Consulting Idea Since Firing People

The Internet is full of horrible trolls! Like me. Launch some new product, and we’ll flock to it in an attempt to make mischief. That’s why Mike Monteiro’s Dickproofing idea [link kinda nsfw-ish] is pure genius. I asked Mike to explain the concept to me on IM. Here’s what he had to say. Mat: Dickproofing…

Tech News Mat Honan

If You Can See the Front of This LG TV, You’ll See Its 3D

It’s easy to spot the crowd watching a conventional 3D television—they’re all wearing silly glasses and huddled together (3D doesn’t exactly work from the side). The new LG DX2500 nixes all of that—no glasses, no lap sitting, just wide-angle glasses-free 3D. The LG DX2500 basically watches you watch it. A camera embedded in the frame…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Why The New Spotify-Powered Apps Are Free and Desktop-Only… For Now

At Spotify’s big press event in New York today, CEO Daniel Ek announced that, as suspected, Spotify has become a music platform atop which app developers can build their own apps. These apps will appear in a new Apps section on the left side of the desktop version of Spotify starting Wednesday afternoon. Paying and…

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CPU Wars Makes Magic: The Gathering Seem a Lot Less Nerdy

If you’re worried that playing games like Magic will leave you branded a nerd and hinder your chances at finding love online, you’re going to want to avoid CPU Wars—a game based on CPU specs—like the plague. The game’s creator, Harry Mylonadis, doesn’t make any illusions about CPU Wars’ target market—it was created by geeks,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Browser Fights, Cat Naps, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. Chrome Passes Firefox for the Number Two Browser Spot To make the browser market share race interesting,…

Tech News Brian Barrett

7 Tools to Avoid Humiliation at Your Abysmal Company Holiday Party

It’s December again, and that means that at some point over the next few weeks, you will be enjoying forced to attend a holiday party. This year, you’re going to use some well-chosen tools—and your brain—to survive. There’s a reason company and party are only uttered in the same sentence once a year. These so-called…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Next-Gen Touchscreens Will Resist Your Greasy Little Fingermarks

What was the first math problem that we needed a computer to solve?

Security Researchers Find Privacy Leaks in Fundamental Pre-Installed Android Apps

Watch a beautiful puppet trailer from the FX artist behind Galaxy Quest and Jurassic Park

Ender’s Game adds another young star. And is Doctor Who headed down under?

How To Check If You Have Carrier IQ, Without Rooting Your Handset

Julian Assange: You’re All Screwed

AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile All ‘Fess Up To Using Carrier IQ

Does an x86 Ice Cream Sandwich Port Spell Future Intel Tablets?

Holla At’cha Boy! Google+ Now Makes Phone Calls

Carrier IQ Speaks! And of Course It Denies All Wrongdoing

Now Every UAV in the US Arsenal Can Be a Hunter-Killer

Please Show Me an Ad at the ATM So I Don’t Have to Pay an Extra 2 Bucks

Art Collective Melts Modelling Clay into Stunning Portraits

Dickproofing Is The Greatest Consulting Idea Since Firing People

If You Can See the Front of This LG TV, You’ll See Its 3D

Why The New Spotify-Powered Apps Are Free and Desktop-Only… For Now

CPU Wars Makes Magic: The Gathering Seem a Lot Less Nerdy

Browser Fights, Cat Naps, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

7 Tools to Avoid Humiliation at Your Abysmal Company Holiday Party

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