Millions of Routers are Vulnerable to a New Hack

Millions of routers like the one pictured here have a vulnerability that allows hackers to intercept and redirect traffic as well as access computers on a local network.

The list of vulnerable routers tested so far can be found in a Google spreadsheet where the last column indicates whether the specific router listed is prone to this sort of attack.

The research has been performed by Seismic who are a security consultancy based in Maryland.

Craig Heffner, a researcher with the company, will both present the research at Black Hat and release a proof-of-concept tool to demonstrate the problem in practice. Heffner believes this is the best way to get router manufacturers to release firmware updates to fix the issue.

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Sony to Demo 360 Degree Autostereoscopic Display at Siggraph

Back in October last year, Sony showed off a new display that was capable of 360 degree 3D image. A similar prototype is going on display at Siggraph next week that also has interaction with users. Those viewing the 3D autostereoscopic display can use gestures to move the image around.

The full 360 degree image works in 1 degree seperations. No 3D glasses are needed according to the text on the Youtube video embedded below. [Read more…]

Android Smartphone Solves 7x7x7 Rubiks Cube

By mixing a LEGO NXT kit and a Droid smartphone, the 7x7x7 Rubiks cube has been solved in 38 minutes and 53 seconds. That might seem slow, but when compared to a traditional 3x3x3 cube there’s far more combinations and moves needed.

The whole kit was built by David Gilday who managed to port the cube solving robot software on to an Android device. [Read more…]

Google Images Update Incoming

Google [GOOG] appears to be in the process of giving the Google Images service a revamp. The new Google Images has a more user friendly interface and is able to show more images on the screen at once due to the text below each image hiding away when not needed.

Rather than being restricted to a certain amount of images per page, Google has opted for a scrollable wall where you can carry on scrolling with the image thumbnails loading up as needed.

Right now it doesn’t appear to be up and running but we suspect it will load up shortly as Google push it out to servers. [Read more…]

Apple Pulls App from App Store that Sneakily Added Internet Tethering

An application was recently approved by Apple [AAPL] that acted as a flashlight. The app was called Handy Light and from a quick look at it, it appeared to be a flash light app that simply lit up the iPhone so you could see better in the dark.

Nick Lee, the developer of the Handy Light app, managed to sneakily insert some code that enabled tethering on the iPhone. The app cost $1 and by tapping a sequence of colours on the screen a hidden function enabled the tethering features of the iPhone.

The reasons we believe it was pulled was not only for sneakily adding code in and pulling the wool over Apple’s eyes, but it also allowed users to access tethering which would normally cost those on AT&T [T] an extra $20/month. [Read more…]

Apple Indicated the Free iPhone Case to fix Signal Problems will Cost $175M

Apple [AAPL] last week revealed in the press conference that they were to provide a free case to all iPhone 4 owners and all those who plan to buy an iPhone 4 up till September 30. At that point the situation will be re-evaluated.

On the earnings call yesterday a question was asked about the free case and the impact it will have…

“Any way to quantify the impact of the free bumpers on next quarter?”

To which an answer came…

“Two impacts. We will need to defer revenue for the iPhone 4s that we’ve sold where we’ve not delivered the bumpers and we haven’t heard from the customers. Our estimate is $175 million. We will expense the cost of the bumpers when we ship them to customers. Our most important objective is to take care of every customer and delight them.” [Read more…]

iPhone 4 Augmented Reality App Uses Gyroscope

Since the iPhone 4 has launched we haven’t come across too many apps that use the built-in gyroscope.

However, today we came across Acrossair. Acrossair is an augmented reality app that allows you to search for things with an augmented reality overlay on a live camera feed. The iOS 4 compatible app when running on the iPhone 4, makes use of the built-in gyroscope to add a more silky smooth layer on top of the video feed. Previous versions for the 3GS etc… were a little jerky whilst running. [Read more…]

Microsoft Kinect UK Price Revealed

The Microsoft Kinect price in the UK will be £129.99 from what we see over at Amazon.co.uk. As well as getting the Kinect for £129.99, you also get Kinect Adventures along with it too. However, it appears that the Kinect wont be shipping till later this year.

The cheapest way to get a Kinect seems to be purchasing it along side an Xbox 360 where the total price with the Xbox 360, Kinect and Kinect Adventures will be £249.97. [Read more…]

T-Mobile HSPA+ Network Becomes Available to 85 Million Americans

T-Mobile has announced that it’s HSPA+ network is now able to deliver 4G speeds in the US to 85 million people.

The company is moving forwards and continuing to expand it’s network to 100 metropolitan areas that will by the end of the year, cover 185 million people.

“The aggressive pace of our HSPA+ network rollout means our customers can enjoy a better mobile broadband experience on more devices in more places today-but we’re not done yet. Our first HSPA+ smartphone is coming soon and our footprint will double between now and the end of the year.”

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Apple Post Third Quarter Results – All-Time Record Revenue

Yesterday, Apple [AAPL] posted it’s third quarter results. The quarter included a full three months of iPad sales along with the roll out of the iPhone 4.

Profits reported were $3.25b with revenues of $15.7b which is an increase the same quarter from last year.

Apple sold 3.27 million iPads. The iPhone 4 sold well although the iPod is showing decline at the moment. An interesting detail mentioned on the call was that the iPad and iPhone 4 stocks are constantly being sold. Everything the company can make is being sold which is quite impressive. [Read more…]

Motorola DROID X Screen Issues Confirmed by Verizon

Yesterday, we saw a few reports that the Motorola DROID X had problems in some cases with it’s screen. The problems caused flickering and banding across the screen on some devices.

Verizon [VZ] and Motorola [MOT] have both confirmed that there has been problems on a few of the DROID X devices. The numbers revealed indicated that one-tenth of one percent of the devices have the problem.

If your Motorola Droid X has the flickering screen problem, or problems with banding across the screen then Verizon recommend you contact either Verizon or Motorola to work things out. [Read more…]

Motorola DROID 2 Running Android 2.2 Captured

Droid-Life has managed to get hold of a picture of the Motorola DROID 2. The image (larger below), came from a reader who managed to spend some time with the DROID 2 over the weekend.

There’s a number of things we don’t currently know about the DROID 2 as we have only seen a few leaks so far. These revolve around the hardware of the phone, the Android OS version running on the phone as well as pricing and official release date details.

The image and the testing of it does answer a few of the questions though which now reveal that the Droid 2 runs Android 2.2 Froyo. We also hear it has a 1GHz processor inside and a combination of these makes it run very fast. [Read more…]