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Security holes in smartphone apps (WITH VIDEO)

Popular texting, messaging and microblog apps developed for the Android smartphone have security flaws that could expose private information or allow forged fraudulent messages to be posted, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis.

Zhendong Su, professor of computer science, said that his team has notified the app developers of the problems, although it has not yet had a response.

The security flaws were identified by graduate student Dennis (Liang) Xu, who collected about 120,000 free apps from the Android marketplace. The researchers focused initially on the Android platform, which has about a half-billion users worldwide. Android is quite different from Apple's iOS platform, but there may well be similar problems with iPhone apps, Xu said... Read More

Robot Warfare

Robot Warfare

People are different than Robots!

Are video games like "Modern Warfare" just a training ground for our youth for the next generation of warfare known as "Robot Warfare"?

Road Trips and Holidays

Road Trips and Holidays

Road Trips and Holidays

The Design Confidential

With the holiday season in full swing and the New Year sneaking up on us, literally as we speak, I am sure many of you will be road tripping in the next few days! This year with the arrival of baby bird, we are staying home for the holidays, but when we do travel it tends to be by car. As a gal who comes from a long line of car travelers, I consider myself quite good at the activity, but everything can get a bit tricky when traveling with a 4 year old, even for the most seasoned of road trip gurus. ... Read More

Weekly Challenge: Pick Your Day!

Weekly Challenge: Pick Your Day!

Tis the season for parties, celebrations, get togethers...food is everywhere all the time this time of year, and it isn't always the healthy stuff.

The bad news: the average person expects to gain weight during the holidays, and does so.

Roundup: All Hallows Eve

Roundup: All Hallows Eve

All Hallows Eve

The Design Confidential

I have thoughts of a fabulous Halloween party in my relatively near future (ok, maybe sometime in the next 5 years...), complete with spooky invitations and haunted libations... won't you join me in this fun little daydream of mine?

Apparently the apple doesn't fall far from the tree because this has most definitely rubbed off on my Monster Mash boy! He has asked for a Halloween themed birthday party! Though this might be a tad tough for the middle of December, especially with that time of year's tendency toward a very different kind of holiday, I plan to put a few of these fabulous ideas to good use anyhow!

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Bits & Pieces: MidLife-Beauty, AARP, Weekly Reader

Bits & Pieces: MidLife-Beauty, AARP, Weekly Reader

The final installment of my disquisition on makeup foundation bases for MidLife-Beauty was posted on Monday.  This time I reviewed two new products: Bobbi Brown’s BB Cream spf35 and CK One 3-in-1 Foundation.  Go see which one I love and which I’m never going to use. Did you miss the MidLife-Beauty post on Bare Minerals from last week? It includes [...]

 

Weekly Challenge: Do Unto Yourself!

Weekly Challenge: Do Unto Yourself!

This week is all about YOU. Be kind to YOU. Do nice things for YOU.