Sunday, August 11, 2013

Smart's Fortwo ED leasing for $139/ month, battery rental included

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/10/smart-fourtwo-price-drop/

DNP Smart's Fortwo electric leasing for $139 month,

Assuming you're small enough to fit comfortably, owning the cheap EV of your dreams could soon become a reality. Chevy recently cut the Volt's price and, as of this week, the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive is available for less, too. Specifically, it's $139 per month on a three-year, 30,000 mile lease that includes its "battery assurance plus" program, an $80 per month option for purchasers. However, to get that special rate, you'll have to put $1,999 down and sign paperwork either in California, Oregon or along the East coast. If you'd rather buy outright instead of leasing, Daimler's compact division has incentives for you, too. In addition to any tax breaks you get from the state and or federal government, the company is knocking $5,010 off the ED's already low $25,000 sticker price. It's finally looking like your payments could match the electric two-seater's diminutive stature.

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Saturday, August 10, 2013

Guys That Invented Encrypted Email Say Email Can Never Be Safe From NSA Snooping

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/silent-circle-shutters-private-email-service-2013-8

Phil Zimmerman

Silent Circle, a company founded by Internet Hall of famer Phil Zimmermann, famous privacy expert Jon Callas, and a couple of Navy Seals, has shut down its secure email service.

They shuttered it because email can't be secured in a way that would prevent a government agency like the NSA from snooping, the founders said.

All email messages "leak metadata" they say. That information includes data about who you are talking to and where you are. That info is visible even if the message itself is encrypted.

"E-mail as we know it today is fundamentally broken from a privacy perspective," Callas says. That's a pretty strong statement coming from this particular guy.

Zimmermann and Callas were the creators and cofounders of Pretty Good Privacy in the 1990s. PGP was one of first technologies to encrypt email to prevent spying.

Last year, they launched a new service, Silent Circle, that encrypts mobile phone calls, video calls and texts. Since smartphones also handle email, Silent Circle was encrypting email.

But now it's pulling the plug on the email portion of their service. The company says that it has not been asked to add a back door or to turn over emails. It is closing the service preemptively.

If you want to see what someone can learn about you by looking at your email metadata, here's a tool called Immersion that will show you.  It was created by a team at the MIT Media Lab.

SEE ALSO: 10 Awesome Apps To Protect Your Smartphone

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Friday, August 09, 2013

This Multi-Camera Rig Lets Sports Fans Watch Any Angle They Want

Source: http://gizmodo.com/this-multi-camera-rig-lets-sports-fans-watch-any-angle-1077067721

This Multi-Camera Rig Lets Sports Fans Watch Any Angle They Want

There's usually a talented director calling the shots at televised live events like sports or a concert, but researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute want to put some of the control in the hands of the viewer at home. They've developed the OmniCam360, an ultra-compact 360 degree camera weighing in at just over 30 pounds that can be easily set up by a single operator.

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Article: HP's 20-inch mega-tablet, the Envy Rove 20

The good: The HP Envy Rove 20 costs a bit less than some other tabletop PCs, includes great audio, and runs long enough to watch a couple of movies without being plugged in.

The bad: It's heavier than some comparable big-screen systems, uses a lower-end CPU, and the 20-inch...

http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/hp-envy-rove-20/4505-3118_7-35770018.html?subj=cnet&tag=title

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HWiNFO Provides More Info About Your Computer Than You'll Ever Need

Source: http://lifehacker.com/hwinfo-provides-more-info-about-your-computer-than-you-1044830886

HWiNFO Provides More Info About Your Computer Than You'll Ever Need

Windows: When it comes to diagnosing hardware problems, there's not such thing as too much information. HWiNFO gets credit for trying to push that limit, though.

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