We don’t know very much about our universe. We’re fairly certain it exists, but we don’t know how it got here, how long it’s been here, or how big it is. Heck, we don’t even know if our universe is unique. Ever since Albert Einstein came up with the theory of relativity and other scientists realized that classical physics and quantum mechanics don’t really line up, we’ve been trying to reconcile those worlds....
A new law gives Australian police unprecedented powers for online surveillance, data interception, and altering data. These powers, outlined in theSurveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill, raise concerns over potential misuse, privacy, and security. The bill updates theSurveillance Devices Act 2004andTelecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979. In essence, it allows law-enforcement agencies or authorities (such as the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission) to modify, add, copy or delete data when investigating serious online crimes....
A few weeks ago wereported on rumoursthat a new Time Capsule was coming that had the ability to examine the devices commonly used on your network and cache relevant software updates. The updates could then be pushed out to Macs and iOS devices over the air, and at WWDC shortly after the previously mentioned post was published, it was confirmed that iOS 5 would be able to update in such a manner....
(AI) and computer science that enables automated systems to see, i.e. to process images and video ina human-like manner to detect and identify objects or regions of importance, predict an outcome or even alter the image to a desired format [1]. Most popular use cases in the CV domain include automated perception for autonomous drive, augmented and virtual realities (AR, VR) for simulations, games, glasses, reality, and fashion or beauty-oriented e-commerce....
Homebrew hackers rejoice, a new tool has just been released into public alpha that has the potential to shake up the WP7 development community. Heathcliff74, a member of the XDA forums, has made available for download a tool that allows for root access to parts of a developer unlocked WP7 handset. Currently, the tool functions only for Samsung devices only. However,according to WPCentral, root access to Samsung handsets has been a trouble spot for the homebrew community, so this is more of a breakthrough than a restriction....
