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• Miyamoto Proves His Point, Eats a Hamburger While Playing Super Mario Run – GameSpot
• Samsung Galaxy Note 7 explodes in New York, burns six-year-old boy | Ars Technica
• The iPhone 7 is the walled-off computer Apple has always wanted
• Microsoft Lumia to end sales this year – SlashGear
• Long-Secret Stingray Manuals Detail How Police Can Spy on Phones
• Hands-on: Blue Hydra can expose the all-too-unhidden world of Bluetooth | Ars Technica
• movrcx on Twitter: “The 0day impacting all deployments of the Tor Browser has been confirmed. In 96 hours we will be taking the next action.”
• Netflix asks FCC to declare data caps “unreasonable” | Ars Technica
• Microsoft just approved an NES emulator on Xbox One | TechRadar
• Fidget Cube: A Vinyl Desk Toy by Matthew and Mark McLachlan — Kickstarter

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Google pays out over $75k in bug bounties for flaws just in Chrome, and 159 of them are critical, we’ll share the details. HTC reveals the ultimate selfie phone, and maybe a new a category of cell phone accessory, we’ll debate.

Plus our speculation on an upcoming tech event & a handy trick!

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HTC’s Desire Eye wants to be the king of selfies | The Verge

Now HTC is announcing the Desire Eye, a mid-range phone that the company says will be the selfie phone to rule them all. It will be available from AT&T later this year at a price that’s yet to be determined. Where all other smartphones have their best cameras on the back of the phone, the Desire Eye has the same camera on the front as it does on the back. It’s a 13-megapixel camera — the highest resolution front-facing camera to date — and features autofocus, a dual LED flash on both the front and back of the phone, and 1080p video recording.

It has a 5.2-inch, 1080p display that looks great and has wide viewing angles. It has the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor paired with 2GB of RAM as HTC’s flagship One M8. Its soft-touch plastic finish isn’t as premium as the all-metal chassis’ of the M8 or iPhone 6.

It’s IPX7 water resistant, so it can be dunked under a meter of water for up to 30 minutes without issue.

There’s a mode to take a picture with both the front and rear cameras at the same time, a la FrontBack, and an ultra-gimmicky mode that lets you insert yourself into a scene using both cameras. You can also merge your face with another person’s face to create a mutant selfie.

HTC Re camera Preview – CNET

The little periscope-shaped camera (right-angle flashlight and asthma inhaler are also suitable) is designed so that you stop watching and recording life through your smartphone’s screen and get in on the experience instead.

At the business end you have an f2.8 lens with an ultrawide 146-degree angle of view with a 1/2.3-inch 16-megapixel CMOS sensor behind it. That sensor is bigger than what you’d find in most smartphones, but average for point-and-shoot cameras and most POV/action cams.

The Re connects to your smartphone via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Launch the Re app (which will be available for Android and iOS later this year) and it initiates the connection process via Wi-Fi. Once connected you can control the camera, view and transfer content and change settings. With the app you can also activate a time-lapse mode so you can take a series of photos over a period of time (you set the frequency and length of time) and turn them into a movie.

Along with the tripod mount on the bottom you’ll find a Micro-USB port and a microSD card slot for storage. An 8GB card is included, but the camera supports cards up to 128GB.

Though HTC pitches the Re more as a lifestyle cam like Polaroid’s Cube than a rugged action cam for extreme sports, the body is waterproof to 1 meter (3.3 feet) for up to 30 minutes without an additional housing.

The HTC Re camera will be coming to the US first in late October/early November and the UK in November. It’ll cost $199 and somewhere around £160-£170 in the UK.

Google Patches Chrome for 159 Security Vulnerabilities

In total, Google is patching 159 security vulnerabilities in Chrome 38, which is one of the highest numbers of security-related fixes for any single browser ever released. Going a step further, Google noted that it also made “113 relatively minor fixes” that it found with its open-source Memory Sanitizer application. Other browser vendors likely might have also counted the 113 memory fixes in their security totals, so for argument’s sake, let’s say that Chrome 38 fixes 272 security related issues.

As part of the security updates, Google is paying out $75,633.70 in bug bounties to a number of security researchers for properly reporting issues to Google. The top award is a $27,633.70 award paid to Jüri Aedla for a vulnerability identified as CVE-2014-3188. That vulnerability could lead to remote code execution and is triggered by a number of bugs in the Google V8 JavaScript engine and the Inter-Process Communication (IPC) function.

‘It’s been way too long’: Apple sends out invites for Thursday, October 16th iPad & Mac event | 9to5Mac

Apple has just announced a keynote address for Thursday, October 16th to take place at the Town Hall auditorium on its Infinite Loop Campus in Cupertino, California. Invitations to select members of the media and special guests indicate that the event will, as always, begin at 10 AM Pacific time/1 PM Eastern Time.

• Free OpenSource Dyslexia Font – OpenDyslexic

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We cover the latest from the IFA consumer electronics shows where the next major mobile devices are being showcased, the big new virtual reality backer & the Sony bump.

Plus we’ll discuss the inaccurate Linux security story floating around the net & more!

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• Driving the news: IFA 2014

IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) is an annual consumer electronics show held in Berlin, Germany, which often serves as a launching platform for smartphone and tablet manufacturers. Think of it as a mini-Mobile World Congress. Last year’s IFA hosted the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear, among others. This year’s event officially runs from Sept. 5-10, but we’re expecting many of larger announcements to be made in the couple of days before IFA officially begins.

The Galaxy Note Edge is a flagship phone with an entirely new kind of curved display | The Verge

Samsung has introduced the Note 4, a 5.7-inch phone with a 1440p SuperAMOLED display coming in October.

The Note Edge is, on paper at least, only the slightest variation on the new Note 4. It has the same metallic design. It has the same 16-megapixel camera, the same heart-rate monitor, the same processor, the same memory, the same software. It even has a Quad HD, 2560 x 1440 display like the Note 4, though this one is slightly smaller at 5.6 inches rather than 5.7.

It’s on the right side of the phone’s front face that a sharp difference appears between the two models. The screen starts to slope downward, falling off toward the edge and wrapping around the side. It’s as if two screens have been connected to each other at an acute angle, but there’s only one display here. The asymmetry of the phone feels a little odd, like I chipped part of the right side off by accident, but it doesn’t really hurt the aesthetic appeal of the phone. It’s still very comfortable, the metal body both solid and dense, and I like the way the screen curls under my right thumb. (If you’re a lefty, using the Note Edge in one hand is going to be terrible — but then again using a Note in one hand is already terrible.)

Sony announces its latest flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z3

You’ll find a 5.2-inch, 1080p display, a 20.7-megapixel camera and waterproofing. (Same as the Z2)

Sony has also added a new, wide-angle 25mm lens (to fit more into a shot) and extra-high ISO 12,800 light sensitivity.

A 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 processor instead of the 2.3GHz chip you saw in the Z2.

Price and carries will be annouced in the fall.

• A closer look at Sony’s Xperia Z3 flagship

Samsung and Oculus partner to create Gear VR, a virtual reality headset that uses the Note 4 (hands-on)

Samsung’s getting in on the virtual reality action, announcing Gear VR at IFA 2014 today in Berlin, Germany. Gear VR is a virtual reality headset with a removable front cover where Samsung’s newly announced Note 4 slips in, acting as the screen. Paired with adjustable lenses built into the headset

• Built in Camera
• No wires (that means no PC to drive it too)
• Touch Pad
• Good build

The only information on availability is “this year,” and there is no price just yet; it’ll be available for purchase online and through “select carriers.” Considering how low-tech Gear VR is, and the fact that Samsung’s pushing a product into a market that doesn’t really exist just yet, I expect the company will aim as low as possible in terms of pricing.

When you do get one, it comes with a 16GB microSD preloaded with a variety of “360-degree videos and 3D movie trailers from major studios” (that’ll go into the Note 4, naturally). Oh, and you’ll need a Note 4 (not a Note 4 Edge — just the Note 4), as Gear VR is built to work with only that device.

Linux systems infiltrated and controlled in a DDoS botnet

Akamai Technologies is alerting enterprises to a high-risk threat of IptabLes and IptabLex infections on Linux systems. Malicious actors may use infected Linux systems to launch DDoS attacks against the entertainment industry and other verticals.

The mass infestation of IptabLes and IptabLex seems to have been driven by a large number of Linux-based web servers being compromised, mainly by exploits of Apache Struts, Tomcat and Elasticsearch vulnerabilities.

Attackers have used the Linux vulnerabilities on unmaintained servers to gain access, escalate privileges to allow remote control of the machine, and then drop malicious code into the system and run it. As a result, a system could then be controlled remotely as part of a DDoS botnet.

A post-infection indication is a payload named .IptabLes or. IptabLex located in the /boot directory. These script files run the .IptabLes binary on reboot.

The malware also contains a self-updating feature that causes the infected system to contact a remote host to download a file. In the lab environment, an infected system attempted to contact two IP addresses located in Asia.

“We have traced one of the most significant DDoS attack campaigns of 2014 to infection by IptabLes and IptabLex malware on Linux systems,” said Stuart Scholly, senior VP and GM, Security Business Unit, Akamai.

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A new cybersecurity bill is working its way through the system looks a lot like previous attempts and raises the same privacy concerns, we’ll cover the details.

Plus Samsung gets into VR and the Potato Salad Kickstarter that’s already earned $70k USD.

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Senate Panel Passes Cybersecurity Bill Despite NSA Fears

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, advanced in a 12-3 vote, would make it easier for businesses and the government to share information with each other about cyberattacks. Business groups argue that legal barriers are preventing them from getting the information they need to stop hackers.

But the privacy groups are still worried that the legislation could encourage a company such as Google to turn over vast batches of emails or other private data to the government. The information would go first to the Homeland Security Department, but could then be shared with the NSA or other intelligence agencies.

“Instead of reining in NSA surveillance, the bill would facilitate a vast flow of private communications data to the NSA,” the American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and dozens of other privacy groups wrote in a letter to senators last month.

Exclusive: Samsung’s virtual reality headset will be called Gear VR, launch at IFA 2014 | SamMobile

A month ago, Engadget exclusively reported on Samsung’s upcoming VR device, which is being developed in collaboration with Facebook’s Oculus VR. Today, we can confirm that Samsung is indeed working on a virtual reality device, and it’s called the “Gear VR”. Samsung will be announcing the device, alongside the Galaxy Note 4, at IFA 2014.

Instead of making a completely standalone virtual reality headset, Samsung has developed a modular design, which allows the user to dock in a Galaxy device into the Gear VR using USB 3.0. Virtual reality effect is achieved through head tracking, and instead of equipping the headset with sensors, Gear VR makes use of the smartphone’s accelerometer, gyroscope and processing power to track head motion.

You might say that this is exactly like Google’s Cardboard VR headset, which was handed out to I/O 14 attendees, and you would be right! The main concept behind Gear VR is the same. However, the Gear VR is much more comfortable to wear, thanks to the elastic head band and soft padded cushions on each side of the device, and Samsung’s implementation is also much better than that of Google’s Cardboard.

The hardware of the device is being developed by Samsung alone, but the software is being developed in cooperation with Oculus VR

Potato Salad by Zack Danger Brown — Kickstarter

• Potato salad on Kickstarter: The project has raised more than $40,000.

Last week, Zack Brown posted a Kickstarter page titled simply “Potato Salad.”

“I’m making potato salad,” Brown wrote. Then, in case anybody was confused or skeptical or more inclined to support the preparation of a German-style potato salad than a mayo-heavy American version, he clarified: “Basically I’m just making potato salad. I haven’t decided what kind yet.”

His goal: $10.

Manjaro Linux Developers Experience A Mass Exodus

• Follow up: Manjaro Linux Developers Experience A Mass Exodus

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• Waze claiming anonymize user data is probably arguably laughable.

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Angela and Chris go over the one week challenge of switching from iPhone to Android! Which apps helped the transition, and what turned out to be a big challenge.

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• Dropbox
• Airdroid
• Bloatware
• Battery
• Scrapbooking App
• Hangouts
• Gmail
• Widgets
• Sounds

Phone Qualities

• Camera
• Too big

Chris’s STUFF:

• Stock Android
• Root

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Angela takes the Android challenge and switched from her trusted iPhone to a Galaxy Note II and kicks it all off in tonight’s episode. We’ll round up some of important apps she’s found replacement for, and the ones she’s still in search of!

Plus her thoughts on Android’s out of the box experiences vs iOS, and much more!

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CON: New cable at my desk
PRO: Docking station

PRO: play.google.com
CON: not sure how to get my music and pics on my device

Usability:

• Don’t like the swipe animation or sound and can’t figure out how to change it.
• Email setup was straight foward
• I like how it separates my emails by day
• Every time I swipe to unlock I end up opening an App
• Can’t shake the drag down to refresh habit
• Photo browsing is interesting
• Doesn’t charge very fast

Music:

https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1229970

I’m disappointed to see that I would have to have an internet connection to listen to my music.

Matt sent this link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrtstudio.iSyncr4Mac

Dropbox Music: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.doublecore.musicdropnplaylite

Apps I got:

• Jupiter Broadcasting https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jupiter.broadcasting.live.tv&feature=search_result
• Jblive.tv https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fcon.jblivetv&feature=search_result

• Callisto: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qweex.callisto&feature=search_result

• Photo Art: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.funfactory.photoeditor&feature=search_result

• Pic Collage: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cardinalblue.piccollage.google&feature=search_result

• Lux Lite: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitocassisi.luxlite&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS52aXRvY2Fzc2lzaS5sdXhsaXRlIl0

• Family Planning: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sleekbit.ovuview

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