Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Article: Lomography Konstruktor review: the $35 DSLR you build yourself

As camera-makers trim their point-and-shoot lines in the face of encroaching smartphones, one company is keeping the faith and doing what it's done for the past three decades. Lomography's wide range of film cameras dates back to the early '90s, when some students in Vienna discovered the potenti...

http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/14/5307088/lomography-konstruktor-review

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Article: Google Chrome’s little helpers are offering hackers a backdoor to hijack your web browsing

Extensions are useful little programs written by independent developers to customize your browser experience, whether its by blocking advertisements, aggregating your newsfeed, or keeping you on task. But they may also offer a way for malicious coders to get past Google Chrome's notoriously tight...

http://qz.com/166322/google-chromes-little-helpers-are-offering-hackers-a-backdoor-to-hijack-your-web-browsing/

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Left Field Labs can make you a custom, 3D-printed music box

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/15/left-field-labs-music-drop/

We've seen 3D printing enable a nostalgic twist on music before, but there are few things quite so clever (or tiny) as Left Field Labs' Music Drop. The company's latest New Year's project lets you design a unique music box through a simple web interface; you just have to create a catchy song loop and Left Field will print out a finger-powered, tear-shaped machine that plays your tune. We're not sure how long Left Field Labs will be offering the Music Drop when each one is hand-made, so you may want to swing by its website before all the fun comes to an end.

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Back off, NSA: Blackphone promises to be the first privacy-focused smartphone

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/15/blackphone-privacy-and-security-android-smartphone/

You may never have heard of Geeksphone, unless you take a particular interest in Firefox OS, but the Spanish manufacturer could be about to garner some global attention. It says it'll launch a new handset at Mobile World Congress next month that will prioritize privacy and security instead of all the intrusions that smartphone users usually have to put up with from carriers, advertisers and the occasional government agency. We're looking at an Android-based phone with a "top performing" processor and a cellular module that will be unlocked, free of geographical restrictions and compatible with any GSM network. In place of carrier bloatware, we're promised a skin called "PrivatOS" that will allow you to make and receive secure phone calls and text messages, store files securely and browse the web privately through an anonymous VPN -- services that are largely already available from Silent Circle, which happens to be a key partner on the Blackphone project. That's pretty much all we know for now, but pre-orders will begin sometime during the last week of February, and by then we hope to have hands-on impressions and a better understanding of how Blackphone will be different to! BlackBerry encryption, Samsung's Knox service and other more established rivals.

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This Vine compilation video of magic tricks and sorcery is so much fun

Source: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/this-vine-compilation-video-of-magic-tricks-and-sorcery-1501486570/@caseychan

This Vine compilation video of magic tricks and sorcery is so much fun

Here is a tummy tickling compilation video of Vines from Zach King, the magic wizard of Vine. He'll snatch cats out of computer screens, turn Rubik's Cubes into candy, fly through beds and doors, jump out of his clothes, magically change colors of any object and more. It's the most entertaining use of the 6 second medium because it's just short enough to make me feel like magic can be real.

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