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"as been a recurring subject for some time, and it's now been brought to the fore once again in the form of a multi-million dollar lawsuit. The country's Competition Bureau announced today that, after a five-month investigation, it has decided to sue all three carriers and the industry group that represents them over ads that promote so-called premium texting services. In addition to demanding that such ads stop, the government agency is seeking full customer refunds for any charges incurred and a $10 million penalty from each carrier, plus an additional $1 million from the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association. For its part, the CWTA has unsurprisingly taken issue with the lawsuit, saying in a statement that it reached out to the Bureau last year to discuss the issue, and that its actions today "could disrupt the text message services, such as severe weather alerts, charitable donations, flight status updates or sports scores, on which millions of Canadian consumers depend." You can find that full statement, and the Competition Bureau's announcement of the lawsuit, at the links below."

"esigned properly and could result in safety issues." With that in mind, the House that Jobs Built is instituting the USB Power Adapter Takeback Program, which will let folks pick up first-party iPad, iPhone and iPod plugs for $10 (instead of the usual $19) if they return any of their current adapters. Don't plan to stock up on the power-giving cubes though, as the deal is limited to one adapter for each device you own."

Huh. The family insists that the accident happened with a genuine Apple charger. Funny how people are going all crazy about third-party devices. As far as I'm concerned, the whole thing is stupid anyway. Her phone was *plugged into the wall*, and this in a part of the world where the electrical supply is at 220 VAC, and she grabbed it while *getting out of the bath*. Does nobody see how this could go south? :-P

"l be put most spectacularly on display by HoloLens, a wearable computer that uses tricks of light to project three-dimensional virtual objects on top of the environment around the user, allowing them to interact with the "holograms" using voice and gesture commands.They're not really holograms, in the purely technical sense-there are no lasers involved, and the display is not using diffraction or interference to create a holographic projection. Instead, they use a high definition stereographic display and fool the eye into seeing things laid atop the real world, placed in the same context as real-world obje"

Amazon unveiled the Kindle Voyage in a bid to keep e-readers relevant in the e-book consumer market. The Kindle Voyage boasts several new features that could make it the best e-reader that has ever been released into the market so far. The thickness of the Kindle Voyage is only 0.3 inches, making it the thinnest Kindle yet.

"that the data is coming from an app with permission to track phone GPS data. That could either be a legitimate app that has been compromised, or a purpose-built malicious app that was uploaded online. As anyone who has used a GPS navigator knows, location data can be used to roughly calculate your travel speed. The emails ask for payment of the speeding ticket, but no apparatus is set up to receive such fines. Instead, a link that claims to lead to a photo of the user's license plate instead loads malware onto the user's device."

the game hit the stores). The 10 years old idTech 4 engine has been updated with some of the technology found in idTech 5 (the game engine running Rage) and it was an interesting reading session. I call it "idTech4 prime" sinc

The Killing the King series is my attempt to shed light on some of the technical flaws and exploitable habits of the consensus best fighters in the world-the champions in each division of the UFC.

inding 1: Hard-Coded Bluetooth PIN *****Credit: Daniel Crowley of Trustwave SpiderLabs CVE: CVE-2013-4866 CWE: CWE-259 The "My Satis" Android application has a hard-coded Bluetooth PIN of "0000" as can be seen in the following line of decompiled code from the application: BluetoothDevice localBluetoothDevice = BluetoothManager.getInstance().execPairing(paramString, "0000") As such, any person using the "My Satis" application can control any Satis toilet. An attacker could simply download the "My Satis" application and use it to cause the toilet to repeatedly flush, raising the water usage and therefore utility cost to its owner. Attackers could cause the unit to unexpectedly open/close the lid, activate bidet or air-dry functions, causing discomfort or distress to user.

So if you think that article about the Microsoft CEO saying women's shouldn't ask for raises was bad.... This article includes some of the "highlights" of the most terrible things said. Notable companies include; Facebook, Google and GitHub to name just a few. GitHub surprised me since I'd not heard anything bad about them to date really - so here's more from a female designer and developer who quit her job at GitHub: http://readwrite.com/2014/05/21/empower-women-in-technology-julie-ann-horvath-jill-abramson

Also - it might be painful but if you read most of the way through you get to the real funny part. They handed out BINGO cards at the beginning of the talk!! You can probably guess what were in the squares of the bingo cards - that's right.....typical statements from men at talks like these about "supporting women".

ant as a meta-joke, referencing a series of videos where he serves as the band's naïve, out-of-touch manager. But, in typical Vampire Weekend fashion, the joking words came with a deeper meaning. After "A-Punk," the band transitioned into "Ya Hey"

opened up its various analytics tools to the public, giving everyone access to in-depth data about the people and brands wh

Someone is using it to get their Model S to tweet https://twitter.com/pureamps

Where are the commands for setting steering offset and accelerator pedal position? :-P

Assuming the Model S does use a drive-by-wire system, it's likely separate from the computer that manages the accessory systems. It may provide some diagnostic messages ie. "I am rotated to this radian". As far as throttle control goes, if the same system that handles the accessory systems handles the cruise control system, well, good grief.

The Samsung Galaxy Alpha, which is the company's answer to the iPhone in terms of both looks and specs, is officially launching in the United States later this month, exclusively at AT&T. First announced in August, the metal-framed phone (a departure from Samsung's plastic offerings) will be available online and from AT&T retailers beginning on Sept.

nior engineers looked up from their desks and noticed the company was no longer the one they loved. It had changed. And not in a way they were happy with.

maybe these fat clowns could have just drank less cola.

"ll do our part to remove it from our servers." As it turns out, most of the gun's downloads were served via Mega, making full removal near impossible. Still, Wilson seems optimistic about the situation, explaining to Forbes that conversation will help mold the discussion on 3D printed "

Learn how three fighting game developers are using the data you create to help design, balance, and perfect the art of fighting.

First, there are no longer Free, Professional and Enterprise versions of the Engine, they are all now just Pixate Engine. All of the features have been merged into the single product (going forward). For users of the free version of the currently shipping Pixate Engine, you'll just want to visit our new download page to get your free license key which will remove the startup splash screen.

A video that explains the problem with UBB and net neutrality very well. Gets a bit alarmist in the last minute