Category: Computers

This NES Classic jailbreak is a perfect parable of our feudal future…

Nintendo’s nostalgic instant sellout NES Classic only comes with 30 games and no way to add more: but it only took two months from the announcement date for intrepid hackers to jailbreak the device and come up with a way to load your favorite ROMs, using a USB cable and a PC. The hacks are pretty gnarly: you have to dump the game’s ROM to your computer, modify it, and then reflash the console.

This NES Classic jailbreak is a perfect parable of our feudal future…

Nintendo’s nostalgic instant sellout NES Classic only comes with 30 games and no way to add more: but it only took two months from the announcement date for intrepid hackers to jailbreak the device and come up with a way to load your favorite ROMs, using a USB cable and a PC. The hacks are pretty gnarly: you have to dump the game’s ROM to your computer, modify it, and then reflash the console.

Cyber experts report a chasing ghostsa after U.S. warning

After the U.S. government disclosed its first technical report publicly connected Russia’s intelligence services to U.S. hacking, the phones started ringing inside cybersecurity firm Rendition Infosec LLC. Worried customers were following the government’s advice, issued Dec. 29, and comparing digital logs recording incoming network traffic to their computers and finding matches to a list of hundreds of internet addresses the Homeland Security Department had identified as indicators of malicious Russian intelligence services cyber activity. “They thought they were compromised,” said Rendition founder, Jake Williams, who described a “frenzy” of computer security specialists scrubbing their systems for signs of the Russians.

Cyber experts report ‘chasing ghosts’ after US warning

The first page of the Joint Analysis Report narrative by the Department of Homeland Security and federal Bureau of Investigation and released on Dec. 29, 2016, is photographed in Washington, Jan. 6, 2017. Computer security specialists say the technical details in the narrative that the U.S. said would show whether computers had been infiltrated by Russian intelligence services were poorly done and potentially dangerous.

Trump says focus on Russian hacking is ‘political witch hunt’

President-elect Donald J. Trump said in an interview this morning that the storm surrounding Russian hacking during the presidential campaign was a political witch hunt being carried out by his adversaries, who he said were embarrassed by their loss to him in the election last year. Mr. Trump spoke to The New York Times by telephone three hours before he was set to be briefed by the nation’s top intelligence and law enforcement officials about the Russian hacking of American political institutions.

Asus Rog announces gaming lineup at Ces 2017

Las Vegas, Jan 6 – ASUS Republic of Gamers on Friday unveiled its latest lineup of gaming gear at the ongoing Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. The Taiwan-based computer hardware company also introduced a router designed specifically for gamers, Rapture GT-AC5300, at the event.

Digital Transformation Market by Solution (Cloud Computing, Big Data, …

Digital Transformation Market by Solution , Service , Business Type, End User, Deployment type, Vertical, and Region – Global Forecast to 2021 “Increasing demand for internet of things and increased penetration of mobile devices and apps drives the digital transformation market” The digital transformation market size is estimated to grow from by 2021, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 18.7%. Companies are seeking ways to increase revenue and reduce expenses, as the global market competition continues to shrink profit margins.

Adobe Acrobat, Reader Critical Flaws Unpatched

Adobe Security Bulletin APSB17-01 documents “critical vulnerabilities” in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, although the company doesn’t plan to issue patched versions until next week. TS3 and TS3 Lite are upcoming Thunderbolt 3 docks from CalDigit Inc., featuring dual Thunderbolt 3 ports, DisplayPort, Gigabit Ethernet, audio in, audio out, USB 3 ports and a bundled Thunderbolt 3 cable.

Endless Unveils Mission Mini and Mission One Computers as the Endless Experience Comes to America

Endless Aims to Put Acclaimed OS into the Hearts, Hands and Minds of Americans; Announces New Line of Computers for U.S. Families Ahead of Coming Release of Endless Code Initiative /PRNewswire/ — Consumer Electronics Show — After years of building a platform focused on delivering a premier computing experience to emerging markets, Endless , creator of the revolutionary Endless computer and operating system, announced that it is coming to America with five different initiatives over 2017. Two of those initiatives are being announced today: the launch of a new line of computers from Endless designed for American families, and a new coding initiative for young people and budding coders.

Second DDoS attack on Drudge Report heralds chaos to come

For the second time in a week, the Drudge Report website — which has been seen as favorable to Donald Trump’s unheralded election to the presidency — apparently suffered a Distributed Denial of Service attack and was temporarily off the internet. Millions of readers were thus unable to log on to the website amid fears that it was targeted by cyber criminals over even the United States government.

Rising Star Nvidia at CES 2017

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Why is vinyl making a comeback? ‘Nostalgia’ doesn’t quite cut it

Over the past few years, analog goods including physical books, board games and, of course, vinyl records have experienced a surprising resurgence – despite the fact that these technologies are functionally obsolete. How could this be happening? Why would someone pay $20 or more for a second-hand copy of Bill Withers’ “+Justments” on a scratchy melted plastic disc that plays only on a costly, troublesome turntable, when she could stream the same album in digital clarity on Spotify for free? The conventional wisdom is that nostalgia is to blame for this twee trend: Millenials, hipsters or that most-coveted demographic, the millennial hipster, are indulging in some perverse Wes Anderson fantasy.

Vermont utility apparently not a target of Russian hacking

As federal officials investigate suspicious Internet activity found last week on a Vermont utility computer, they are finding evidence that the incident is not linked to any Russian government effort to target or hack the utility, according to experts and officials close to the investigation. An employee at Burlington Electric Department was checking his Yahoo email account Friday and triggered an alert indicating that his computer had connected to a suspicious IP address associated by authorities with the Russian hacking operation that infiltrated the Democratic Party.

What the Mac needs in 2017

As sure as the Earth sweeps through its orbit around the sun, the changing of a calendar year is a time to reflect about what’s happened and ponder what’s to come. Last year I made a list of things I wanted to see from the Mac in 2016; the results were fair to middling .

As it Happened: Leap Second 37

At the end of 2016 timekeepers added an extra second to the time we use to track our everyday activities. This is needed to match the astronomical time, measured through the Earth’s slightly irregular rotation frequency, to the exact duration of a second defined through our atomic clocks.

ISPs face volume and velocity challenges

By 2020, IoT will include 26 billion units installed generating large quantity of Big Data that needs real time processing and analysis. Gordon Moore, who created the Moore’s Law, has predicted that technological advances would lead to doubling of the number of transistors on a chip approximately every two years.

Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated (SYKE) Stock Rating Upgraded by Zacks Investment Research

According to Zacks, “Sykes Enterprises, Inc. is a leader in providing vertically integrated technology-based solutions through an integrated strategy combining its information technology services with an emerging e-commerce platform. Sykes’ continues to leverage its position as a leading provider of information technology services by assisting its clients in capitalizing on the growth of e-commerce over the Internet.

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LinkedIn has a ‘fakes’ problem. Hackers are using fake profiles to make connections with people at work.

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LinkedIn has a ‘fakes’ problem. Hackers are using fake profiles to make connections with people at work.