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Wednesday Afternoon
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(link) Wednesday, 6-November-2013 15:18:44 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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You might want to avoid TIFF files for a while, with Microsoft warning of a new vulnerability, thanks mpot. Microsoft is investigating private reports of a vulnerability in the Microsoft Graphics component that affects Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Lync. Microsoft is aware of targeted attacks that attempt to exploit this vulnerability in Microsoft Office products. The vulnerability is a remote code execution vulnerability that exists in the way affected components handle specially crafted TIFF images.
Engadget played with the new Steam Machine prototype from Valve. As far as speed and usability goes, the Valve Steam Machine prototype we tried is literally a gaming PC with an Intel i7 and a high-end NVIDIA GPU. Though we aren't clear on the RAM, it's safe to say that the prototype we used operated without a hitch (at least while navigating the SteamOS and playing World of Goo).
Some handy news from IntelInside: The growing adoption of 3D printing is enabling people to develop affordable prosthetic hands. "At $500, a Robohand is significantly cheaper than the typical $10,000 to $15,000 cost for a conventional below-the-elbow prosthesis". What's cool is ... It's an open-source project! There are some related pictures and a video here. Here's a related story about a father who printed a 3D prosthetic Robohand for his son for $10 after seeing the plans online, and here's a CBS video on the story.
Owen spotted Lenovo hiring Steve Jobs to work as a product engineer.. well, the next best thing, kiiiinda. Engineers are at a premium, yet Lenovo landed a new product engineer and celebrity pitchman when it inked a partnership with Ashton Kutcher on Tuesday night. "It's somewhat of a dual role," Kutcher told USA TODAY in a phone interview hours before a live-streaming broadcast to announce his appointment and the introduction of the PC maker's Yoga Tablet.
A few people pointed out that the US Navy's new futuristic ship the USS Zumwalt will be skippered by Captain James Kirk. Kirk, a native of Bethesda, Md., was commissioned at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1990 and has served in a variety posts as a “surface warfare officer,” according to his online bio. “Ashore, Captain Kirk has served as Executive Assistant to the Navy’s Chief of Legislative Affairs and as an Action Officer on the Joint Staff.”
SilentPCReview are doing some CPU lapping. These images are reproduced because they show how and why the profile of the heatsink base can have a dramatic effect on CPU cooling performance. The left photo shows that the contact between the DP2 base and the CPU surface was actually tightest along the perimeter of the CPU rather than at the center, where there was an obvious gap and no metal-to-metal contact. Since the center is where the CPU die resides, this is where it is hottest, and where the bond between heatsink and IHS is critical. Ahh, it takes me back.
I can't remember if I've mentioned these before, but for today's timewasters, here's a couple that have been distracting a few of us in the IRC channel lately: Cookie Clicker and Dr Meth. Eroda sent in another similar one, Clicking Bad.
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