Back in March, the Pwn2Own 2013 contest took place to coincide with CanSecWest. This past week, the second annual Mobile Pwn2Own was held in Tokyo at the PacSec conference. Previous reporting: The results of Pwn2Own 2013 Mobile Pwn2Own 2012 The results of Pwn2Own 2011 HP and other sponsors like Google's Android and Chrome teams along with Blackberry are willing to shell … [Read more...]
Archives for 2013
Can social networks make you more lonely?
This video discusses Dunbar's number and the effect of social networks on our society's ability to connect, have conversations, and not feel lonely. Is our desire for self-actualizing contradictory to our desire to not be lonely? Do social networks expand us beyond our comfortable capabilities for somebody else's profit? http://vimeo.com/70534716 Inspired and Based on the … [Read more...]
Free ebook – Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2 Technical Overview
Microsoft Press has another free ebook available. Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2 Technical Overview gives a great explanation of new features and changes made in Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1. The book covers such topics as previous enhancements and new changes to: Hyper-V Storage Failover clustering Networking Active Directory Group Policy IIS Remote Desktop … [Read more...]
Internet Explorer as an anime girl [official video]
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Because you asked for it... Wait, you didn't ask for a female anime personification of IE? Well, anyways, Microsoft Singapore has created this little promo video dedicated to anime fans. It shows Inori Aizawa, a heroine representing Internet Explorer, as you can tell by the Windows tramp stamp. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHTUlF7NA2o The video description links to … [Read more...]
8 smart watches [infographic]
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Smart watches are here after quite a build-up of hype. Do you have one or do you have one on your Christmas wish list? I stopped wearing a watch as a result of getting a cell phone, I'm not looking forward to wearing a watch because I have a smart phone. I can understand how it would be nice to be able to quickly see what your latest notifications are but I'm not a fan of … [Read more...]