by Joseph Forbes | Jan 27, 2013 | HACKING, NERD NEWS
from the just-a-matter-of-time dept. Microsoft upped its security ante with Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) in Windows 7 and Windows 8, but it seems this mechanism to prevent hackers from jumping to a known memory location can be bypassed. A hacker has...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 27, 2013 | NERD NEWS
from the hey-why-not dept. WindowsAndroid is a very cool tool from the Beijing-based startup SocketeQ that lets you run Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) as a native application on Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 machines. The creators tell us they have a deep...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 26, 2013 | HACKING, NERD NEWS
from the who-owns-your-stuff dept. “Referencing a decision outlined in the Federal Register, Tech News Daily has published an article noting that the window to unlock your new mobile phone in the U.S. is closing. ‘In October 2012, the Librarian of...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 26, 2013 | NERD NEWS
from the nickled-and-dimed dept. A speedbump on the road to a cash-free economy will go into effect Sunday in the USA, as retailers in 40 states will have the option of passing along a surcharge to customers who pay with credit cards. The so-called swipe fees arose...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 26, 2013 | NERD NEWS
from the struggling-to-find-a-reasonable-punishment dept. Andrew Auernheimer doesn’t appear suicidal, no thanks to U.S. prosecutors, yet he has been under attack for his act of altering an API URL that revealed a set of user data and posting details of same....
