Urbee 3D printed carA working prototype of a hybrid-electric two-seater car called Urbee, is the world’s first 3D printed car. Urbee, (Urban Electric with Ethanol as backup) was created to be practical, efficient, inexpensive, easy to repair, safe to drive, and built from technology that exists today. Instead of being prototyped by hand, the company…
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4.5 million DSL modems hacked in Brazil then users pointed to malicious websites
Kaspersky Lab reported this week, that 4.5 million DSL modems in Brazil were hacked last year via a vulnerability in their ADSL modems that allowed hackers to steal passwords using scripting and then remote control the devices in order to change the modem’s configuration parameters. At some Brazilian ISPs, more than half of their customers…
New comScore figures show Samsung retaining top position with Apple gaining some ground
The latest comScore figures show Samsung still at the top of the smartphone market share ratings with a 25.7% share of the market although the change from the prior 3-month period was flat. LG remains second with a 19.1% market share and Apple comes in 3rd with 19.1%, an increase of 2.1% from May 2012.…
Beware: Good Twitter handles are being stolen and sold for gold
How important is a strong password on Twitter? Depends on how much you value your Twitter handle. If a hacker can spoof their IP address, they can hack away at your Twitter password all day without repercussions. They do this because good Twitter handles can be sold for a pretty penny, up to $1,000 in…
Entertainment Weekly print magazine features a live Twitter feed within its pages
For 1,000 lucky recipients in New York and Los Angeles, the October 5, 2012 issue of Entertainment Weekly will feature a little surprise – a page with a small LCD screen print insert used to display live tweets, as well as videos, from CW Network’s Twitter account. CW Network is using the ploy as a…
Which cellular carrier is best for smartphone users (and is Verizon ready to crash in replay of Sprint’s fall from grace)
Motorola announces more phones that will not be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich
Motorola has announced more phones that will not be upgraded from Gingerbread (Android 2.3) to Ice Cream Sandwich, making clear the reason for their previously announced policy of only introducing a few new handset each year. Some, including the Droid Bionic, Droid 4, and Atrix 2 are still up in the air.
Google introduces Tag Manager to speed up pages and free Webmasters from burden of maintaining tags
Modern marketing tools, such as web analytics, conversion tracking, remarketing, and advertising services, often depend on adding “tags” to your website. To make the process of maintaining pages that contain tags a little easier, Google has rolled out its new Tag Manager service giving webmasters the ability to consolidate tags in websites with just a…
CyanogenMod replaces ROM Manager with own custom OTA updater
If you are a CyanogenMod fan, you’re familiar with the ROM Manager, the application that is used to download and apply CyanogenMod custom Android ROM updates to smartphones. CyanogenMod has announced that they are replacing ROM Manger, which is not open source software, with their own customer OTA (over the air) ROM updater.
Droid Razr HD and Droid Razr Maxx HD delayed due to same “death grip” issue that plagued the iPhone
Vengeance must feel sweet for iPhone 4 owners who suffered through the infamous “death grip” issue. The iPhone 4 suffered a “death grip” problem that resulted in excessive signal drops. It was fixed by applying a “bumper” to the phone’s case (the next iPhone had dual antennas). Now we hear that the upcoming Droid Razr…








