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Hackathon team's GoogolPlex gives Siri extra powers
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2014-04-18 09:15
L33tdawg: Speaking of hackathons, registration for #HackWEEKDAY at HITB Haxpo is still open with some awesome prizes up for grabs including of course EUR1337 for the 'most l33t coder' sponsored by Mozilla!
75-year-old human cloned for the production of stem cells
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2014-04-18 05:02
Several years ago, as the therapeutic potential of stem cells was first being recognized, the only way to create them was to harvest cells from an early embryo. That embryo could come from the large collection of those that weren't used during in vitro fertilization work. But to get one that was genetically matched to the person who needed the therapy, researchers had to create an embryo that's a genetic duplicate of that individual—meaning they had to clone them.
Facebook adds new Nearby Friends feature to engage mobile users
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2014-04-17 19:41
Facebook has spent a lot of time recently talking about anything but Facebook. Instead, the company has spent billions buying technology and developing new apps separate from the Facebook service. But on Thursday, the social network announced the first significant feature for its core product in over a year.
Called Nearby Friends, it lets users see which of their Facebook friends are in physical proximity to them.
Critical Java Update Plugs 37 Security Holes
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2014-04-17 19:39
Oracle has pushed a critical patch update for its Java SE platform that fixes at least 37 security vulnerabilities in the widely-installed program. Several of these flaws are so severe that they are likely to be exploited by malware or attackers in the days or weeks ahead. So — if you have Java installed — it is time to update (or to ditch the program once and for all).
Top Chinese hacking team reveals members' identities
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2014-04-17 07:14
The Keen, a top hacking team which took down Windows 8.1. Adobe Flash in just 15 seconds and Apple’s Safari Mac OS X Mavericks system in only 20 seconds during a Pwn2Own Vancouver event in March, has divulged the identity of its members, a Chinese newspaper reported on 13 April 2014.
“50 percent of us are the top scoring students in the national college entrance examination. 50 percent are majored in mathematics, and 50 percent are from Microsoft,” said Lv Yiping, key member of the Keen and co-founder and chief operating officer of the team’s Shanghai-based parent company.