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iPhone’s Fingerprint Scanner Won’t Lead to Body Part Theft
Anyone who’s watched a Hollywood thriller in the past three decades is familiar with biometric scanners, and along with it, the various means movie villains have used to subvert these systems, including methods that would be horrifying to consider when applied in real life. Now that the new iPhone 5s has a fingerprint scanner, those
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New iPhone 5S and 5C Announced as Expected
True to form, Apple announced at a press event today the arrival of the iPhone 5s and 5c. I’ll keep this one short, so you can get down to the business of deciding whether or not you are buying one! What this means for you: The 5c is Apple’s rumored budget phone. Priced (with 2
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Never Plug In for Power Again?
Despite the advent of wifi technology which has made staying connected a much more elegant, wire-free affair, we are still tethered by the ever-present power cord. Just about everyone who has traveled with electronics has cursed the forgotten power cord, and probably thrice cursed the tangled knot of cords they did remember to bring. Induction
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Gmail’s Spam Filter Isn’t Foolproof
If you’ve taken to heart any of the security advice or practices that I or many other technology professionals have been dispensing for the past few years, you’ve probably developed a healthy skepticism for any emails that land in your box that are unexpected and contain unfamiliar links. Even more so if your email provider
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Next Hacking Target: Your Car
It must be another day ending in “Y” as hackers are making headlines again: Airplanes, cell-phone chargers and now your car might be the target of hackers. As you might have already guessed, auto manufacturers have been building computers and networks into cars for years now, and modern models can have as many as 70
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Can the Heart Succeed Where Passwords Fail?
In a move that surely caught Hollywood by surprise, Canadian company Bionym has announced the imminent arrival of a biometric authentication device dubbed “Nymi” that relies not on retinal scans or fingerprints or even handprints, but upon the beating of your heart. As with many things human and organic, the particular rhythm of your cardiac
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