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Tuesday, 21-July-2015 14:23:02 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Microsoft have issued an out-of-band update to address a security issue. This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted document or visits an untrusted webpage that contains embedded OpenType fonts. This security update is rated Critical for all supported releases of Microsoft Windows. So, you probably want to fire up Windows Update.
Commodore (the computer company, not the car) are back, with a smartphone. More info here. This isn’t the first time Commodore has risen from the dead. Five years ago, an American company called Commodore USA released the C64x, an all-in-one PC sporting an Intel Atom processor, Nvidia Ios2 graphics, 4GB of RAM, up to 1TB of storage, and a Blu-Ray reader. Nostalgia and retro gaming weren’t enough, however, and Commodore USA shut down in 2013. Are YOU keeping up with the Commodore?
Spectrum have an article about making a safer Internet of Things, thanks mpot. And most IoT products, even if secured, have no way to automatically update their security software when vulnerabilities are discovered. As things now stand, bad actors can exploit any vulnerability they find for as long as the 10 or even 20 years the devices remain in use. The situation has got to change. Product makers—and the people who use these gadgets—have to protect against hacking. And it is possible to do it.
China meanwhile have responded to U.S. restrictions by making their own supercomputer chips. When the U.S. blocked exports of Intel chips for key Chinese supercomputers the expectation was that it would do little more than hasten the development of native architectures, effectively pushing up the timeline for Chinese chipmakers to find their own solutions to large-scale computing without Intel. It appears that this is exactly what has happened. And far sooner than most might have thought.
HWSecrets explain what the 80 Plus Cerfication really means. The 80 Plus certification was created to allow consumers to know which power supplies are the most efficient ones and, as the name implies, guarantees that the power supply is able to present efficiency of 80%. With more and more manufacturers trying to design power supplies with efficiency well above 80%, they decided to create three new certification categories: Gold, Silver and Bronze. Learn what they really mean.
There's a new $100M initiative to find intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. It has the backing of Dr Stephen Hawking and will involve (among other facilities) the Parkes Telescope. The first of two initiatives announced today, Breakthrough Listen, will be the most powerful, comprehensive and intensive scientific search ever undertaken for signs of intelligent life beyond Earth. The second, Breakthrough Message, will fund an international competition to generate messages representing humanity and planet Earth, which might one day be sent to other civilizations.
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