The First Person to Hack the iPhone Built a Self-Driving Car. In His Garage
A few days before Thanksgiving, George Hotz, a 26-year-old hacker, invites me to his house in San Francisco to check […]
Gadgets and Deals
General
IoT Standards – LMFAO
If you are a company that is interested in connected devices or the Internet of Things (IoT), you better not
Linux
Google’s killing Chrome support for 32-bit Linux, Ubuntu 12.04, and Debian 7
If you purchased your computer in the last decade, it probably has a 64-bit-capable processor. The transition to 64-bit operating
General
Do something useful within 30 seconds
WHAT do you do when you have 30 seconds to spare? It may not sound like a lot of time,
Gadgets and Deals
One Plus 2 Open Sale, no invite required 24,999
Lots of people have asked for the invite for the OnePlus 2 which I never had! Looks like today have an open
Gadgets and Deals
Raspberry Pi 2 offer today on Amazon.in
If you need a small computer to run as a media server, file server or even build an IoT solution,
Cars
Not just emissions: manufacturers’ dirty tricks fake everything about cars
VW’s diesel firmware detected when it was undergoing emissions testing and changed the engine tuning to produce 1/40 of its
Cars
In Volkswagen emissions fraud scandal, proprietary software is the real villain
“Proprietary software is an unsafe building material. You can’t inspect it.†Columbia University law professor Eben Moglen made that observation
General
Telstra eyes innovation through startups, IoT, M2M
Open Source key to innovation at Telstra says Frank Arrigo, API evangelist at Telstra. Telstra is looking to stay ahead of
General
Five Lessons On The ‘Security Of Things’ From The Jeep Cherokee Hack
Last week, Wired published an account describing how two security researchers, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, were able to wirelessly
General
Read The Fine Print Before Buying The $50 Amazon Fire Tablet
Amazon.com released for sale a tablet that sounded too good to be true…. a 7″ quad core tablet for a mere
Articles
My article in ToI: Why Ubuntu?
Users who are running licensed versions of Windows 7 or 8.1 on their PCs get a free upgrade to Windows
General
Should You Trust Your CEO With Cloud Computing Decisions?
From Forbes: Traditionally, chief executive officers have come up through the ranks from the finance, sales or marketing side, so
General
Facebook open sources React Native so you can reuse code across Web, Android and iOS
Facebook built the React JavaScript library so its engineering team could build interfaces for iOS, Android, and web with the
Gadgets and Deals
Nexus 6 price drop in US starts at $350
Amazon.com has dropped the pricing for Nexus 6. The Nexus has had a good reputation of top notch hardware at a
General
Foxconn shift to India causes concerns in China
Taiwanese firm Foxconn’s decision to invest a whopping USD five billion in India has caused unease in China as it
Photography
Why Digital Camera technology was hidden from you
If the Digital Camera technology was open sourced, would it be available to consumers early? If it wasn’t for patents
General
A paper microscope that costs only 50 cents can detect malaria from just a drop of blood – and it could revolutionize medicine
For a whole lot of people, especially those in developing countries, science – and with it, medicine – isn’t readily
General
15-Year-Old Invents Torch Powered by Body Heat
Are you ready to play everybody’s not-so-favorite guilt game: what was I doing at that age? Ann Makosinski, a high
General
GE is building its own cloud; outsiders wonder why
General Electric says it knows more about big manufacturing gear and data than any cloud provider ever will. Critics say