The digital insides of this laptop get involved with this Rube Goldberg machine. Deskloop is part stop-motion and part digital animation. The video is short but entertaining. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSfnrRNUfs4 I really like the unrolling @ symbol and the recycle bin junk. … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2015
Remove the most annoying comments from YouTube automatically
If you're looking for insight and rational discussion, the last place I would recommend is the YouTube comments section. Many "trolls" seem to have found no better way to pass their time than posting inane comments on popular YouTube videos. Your best bet is to not waste any time reading the comments, let alone replying to the offensive word vomit. If you use Firefox or … [Read more...]
KeySweeper USB wall charger could be keylogging you
KeySweeper is a device that masquerades as a functional USB to AC adapter that could actually be storing and sending every keystroke from a Microsoft wireless keyboard. The wall charger is surprisingly cheap to build and quite capable. It can store data or send it over GSM. It's Arduino-based and can even provide a web interface to watch keystrokes in real-time. It even has a … [Read more...]
Panoramic tour inside Kaspersky’s virus detection lab
Kaspersky Lab offers a panoramic virtual tour of their virus detection lab. You can rotate around and see where people are hard at work. It shows the work environment, dashboards, and a little bit of humor. Use your mouse to pan around and see the employees or the skyline. Click on the red '+' buttons for little facts about the office. You can check it out for yourself at … [Read more...]
Microsoft changes advanced notifications for Windows Updates
In a Microsoft Security Response Center blog post yesterday, Microsoft wrote about "evolving" Microsoft's Advance Notification Service. In the article, it is explained that Microsoft will no longer be providing the Advanced Notifications in general. We are making changes to how we distribute ANS to customers. Moving forward, we will provide ANS information directly to Premier … [Read more...]