Used IT Equipment Can Be Worth a Fortune (Video)

An anonymous reader writes On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a case involving the conviction of a man based solely on the analysis of his "inadvertently shed" DNA.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft spent billions purchasing Mojang, the studio behind the game Minecraft, and while it's unlikely to start work on a sequel anytime soon, rather than continue development of the game, it's worth considering what a Minecraft 2 will look like. After all,

An anonymous reader writes 14 years after the Anna Kournikova virus took advantage of users' ignorance about file-name extensions in order to wreak worldwide havoc,

Phopojijo writes The Khronos Group has announced the Vulkan API for compute and graphics. Its goal is to compete against DirectX 12. It has some interesting features,

Sparrowvsrevolution writes A new Wired magazine story goes inside the North Korean rebel movement seeking to overthrow Kim Jong-un by smuggling USB drives into the country packed with foreign television and movies. As the story describes, one group has stashed USB drives in Chinese cargo trucks.

jones_supa writes NVIDIA has fixed a long-standing issue in the Ubuntu Unity desktop by patching Compiz. When opening the window of a new application, it would go black or become transparent on NVIDIA hardware. There have been bug reports dating back to Ubuntu 12.10 times.

HughPickens.com writes: The NY Times reports that Hillary Rodham Clinton exclusively used a personal email account to conduct government business as secretary of state, according to State Department officials.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft took some much-deserved flack last week for admitting they examined the emails of a Hotmail user who received some leaked Windows 8 code. The company defended their actions at the time. Now, after hearing the backlash,

An anonymous reader writes "Security engineers from Google have found that 21 out of the top 25 news organizations have been targeted by cyberattacks that are likely state-sponsored. We've heard about some high profile attacks on news sites,

trawg writes: "Programming legend Michael Abrash has announced that he has joined the Oculus team to work on the Rift VR headset as Chief Scientist, and will be once again working with John Carmack to bring VR to life. His post covers a lot of ground, including the history of his quest for VR,

随着亚马逊等网上商城的日渐兴旺，传统实体电子卖场的日子却越来越不好过了。比如本周，RadioShack宣布，该公司将关闭1100家商店。

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The Intercept根据Edward Snowden提供的机密文件报道，NSA有特工执行线下的渗透和间谍任务，中国、德国和韩国都是渗透目标。文件暗示，秘密特工的行动帮助NSA在全球通信行业获得敏感数据和系统的访问权。

In 2006, YouTube's then-CEO Chad Hurley wowed the crowd at Allen & Co.'s annual media conference by pointing out that YouTube had 60% of the online video market.Eight years later, in 2014, the figure was comparable at 56% —on desktop — according to comScore. Back in 2006,

4月7日消息，据国外媒体报道，微软去年4月份发布了Windows In The Car——旨在与苹果CarPlay和谷歌Android Auto竞争的车载信息系统。

DDR4内存芯片的物理弱点使得计算机和服务器易受被称为Rowhammer的黑客攻击。Rowhammer攻击是指利用临近内存单元之间电子的互相影响，在足够多的访问次数后让某个单元的值从1变成0，反之亦然。这种现象被称为比特翻转（bitflipping），可被利用获取更高的权限。

微软明确表示将会在今年夏季推出Windows 10周年更新，但是公司从未提供任何关于发布日期的具体信息。根据此前曝光的多项证据，尤其是“Version 1607”标识的出现表明新版本将会今年7月份发布。随后“1607”多次出现在微软官方文档和系统信息中，而在今天面向教育市场的升级应用“Set up School PCs”中再次发现了“1607”的踪迹。

按理说，快递公司应该小心处理所有的包裹才对，但是实际上能做到这一点的公司几乎没有，相信不少人网购时都曾遭到过暴力快递的毒手，遇到过包裹破损的情况。对此，荷兰一家自行车公司想出了一个巧妙的解决办法。　　这家叫做 VanMoof 的自行车公司，经过研究发现，快递公司更倾向于温和地处理某些特定的包裹，比如一些贵重的电子产品，尤其是大屏幕电视。于是该公司决定更换自家产品的外包装，把自行车装进一个印有电视机图像的纸盒子里，伪装成大屏电视进行运输。　　在被问及这么做的原因时，该公司也是满肚子的苦水。