Defamation settlement requires Malaysian man to apologize 100 times on Twitter originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Twitter | Email this | CommentsGeeks like LEGO, specifically the LEGO Technic sets that are so crazily detailed that you have to put the littlie LEGO pistons into the little LEGO engines of some models. The latest LEGO Technic set to be unveiled is a scale model of a truck that we rarely see in the States, but is apparently pretty common in Europe. The truck the kit is modeled after is the Mercedes Benz Unimog. That is a strange name, Unimog sounds like some sort of subterranean mythical creature that Hercules fought.
The Unimog kit is being produced by LEGO to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the truck and its kit has 2000 pieces and is the largest Technic set ever sold by LEGO. I would end up losing at least 500 of those parts during the build. The kit is a 1:12.5 scale, which considering the size of the real vehicle makes the Technica set gigantic as well. The features of the model are the same as the real vehicle.
The Unimog LEGO kit gets a winch on the front and a pneumatically operated crane on the rear than can move 360-degrees. A snowplow is optional as well. This is one of the kits that has pistons you have to install into the little LEGO motor. The kit will cost you about $250 when it lands in August. Go ahead and add this to your Christmas list now.
[via Jalopnik]
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This news will not make Skype happy at all. A hacker by the name of Efim Bushmanov that calls himself a freelance researcher has announced that he has reverse engineered Skype and offered the source code up for download. Bushmanov says that he aims to make Skype open source and is looking for friends that can spend the "many hours" needed to completely reverse engineer the software.
The man claims that most of the hard things for the project are already done for versions 1.x/3.x/4.x of Skype. The hard parts that are complete include the rc4 and arithmetic compression. Bushmanov also offers a "unique chance" to look at the Skype internal protocol and encryption and notes that it uses AES and RSA encryption.
Apparently, the man offers a working "send message to Skype" code, but notes that it is based on the old Skype 1.4 protocol that is changed now. You can download the code if you want from the skype-open-source website. I wonder how Skype will respond to this.
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Continue reading FaceNiff makes Facebook hacking a portable, one-tap affair (video)
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Unless quitting the euro is in play as a serious policy option, Greece has no choice but to accept EU-mandated austerity.
Και δεν νομίζω να έχει κανείς πολιτικός the balls required για να πάρει σοβαρές αποφάσεις, αν πιστέψουμε ό,τι γράφει ο τύπος στο άρθρο αυτό.
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Chinese prisoners forced to produce virtual gold, real profits for their guards originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 May 2011 05:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Continue reading IBM's Jeopardy-winning supercomputer headed to hospitals. Dr. Watson, we presume?
IBM's Jeopardy-winning supercomputer headed to hospitals. Dr. Watson, we presume? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 May 2011 14:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
PermalinkiMedical Apps | AP | Email this | CommentsI bet that Thomas T. Goldsmith and Estle Ray Mann had no idea of the industry they were spawning when they tried to patent something they called the CRT Amusement Device way back in 1947. The device was gigantic game that took up half a living room and score was kept by hand. It was also apparently the first video game ever made. Mann and Goldsmith submitted the patent on January 25, 1947.
The patent described a game of skill that had a players sit in front of the giant CRT and control a dot on the screen using a knob to adjust speed and trajectory. Apparently, the idea was based on the radar that was commonly used in WWII to control missiles. The design was also apparently later developed into the first mainframe computers.
The premise sounds a lot like Missile Command to me. Thrown in some jagged lines for mountains and a big ball that always pinched my fingers and you are ready to defend the homeland. I've actually never heard of what was reportedly the first commercial video game, Computer Space, created by the dudes that would later form Atari. The first video game I ever played was Pac-Man.
[via Gizmag]
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The Protect IP Act: Google's Eric Schmidt squares off against RIAA and MPAA originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 May 2011 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
PermalinkTechdirt | The Guardian, MPAA, RIAA | Email this | CommentsRare-earth sounds like something from a science fiction novel in search of another planet for humans to populate. Rare-earth is actually minerals and ore that are dug from the ground and refined for use in making all sorts of things in the electronics and technology world. China supplies about 95% of the rare-earth materials in the world and the nation is tightening its grip on supply of the material and using the tightening supply to drive the price of the material up.
The WSJ reports that in addition to electronics, rare-earth is also used in the making of all sorts of things from laser-guided weapons to the batteries in your hybrid car. China has reduced the quota that can be exported by firms in the rare-earth market and the government has made it harder for companies to enter into the market and expand projects that are working on. The quota for the first half of 2011 is 14,508 metric tons, which is about 35% of the quota from the same time last year.
The taxes on the rare-earth materials have also been raised to about $9.22 per ton (60 yuan). The taxes per ton were previously 40 fen to 30 yuan per ton. China has also started imposing 25% tariffs on exports of alloys with 10% rare-earth content this year. What does this all mean for you? If the raw materials needed for the gadgets and electronics we use each day increase in price eventually the cost of the gadgets and electronics will increase as well.
[via WSJ]
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Lingodroid robots develop their own language, quietly begin plotting against mankind originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 May 2011 11:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Continue reading Industrial robots do Star Wars better than Lucas
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