The strange maths of Apple's alleged massive iPhone 5 order cuts

http://bgr.com/2013/01/14/iphone-5-analysis-component-cuts-291307/?utm_source=featuredposts-widget-main&utm_medium=home / 4 inch screen retina resolution iPod touch Wall Street Journal WSJ article March quarter planned order of 65 million units display type Nikkei halved half Christmas Xmas /

Microsoft releases emergency update to patch Internet Explorer bug

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/microsoft-releases-emergency-update-to-patch-internet-explorer-bug/ / security vulnerability exploited exploit attacks government contractors targeted organizations fixes fix "use after free" versions 6 7 8 browser automatically installed affected machines automatic updating enabled Dustin Childs Group Manager company Trustworthy Computing program unscheduled release most recent monthly Patch Tuesday batch security updates, but it was pushed out to counter an experienced gang of hackers who have infected infect exploit vulnerability update Oracle release releases released unscheduled patch fix a critical vulnerability Java software framework zero-day Java exploits exploit kits criminals use turn compromised websites platforms silently installing keyloggers malware machines unsuspecting visitors attacks exploiting IE vulnerability, targeted much narrower set people researchers campaigns dubbed "watering hole" attacks /

Radius minimalist case for iPhone (video)

Credit: Radius/ blessthisstuff

http://www.blessthisstuff.com/stuff/technology/cell-mobile-phones/radius-minimalist-case-for-iphone/ / protection protective case Apple /

Drexel University's MacBook vending machine lets students keep their laptop at home

Interesting idea. One more reason to keep data in the cloud.

http://www.macworld.com/article/2025294/drexel-universitys-macbook-vending-machine-lets-you-keep-your-laptop-at-home.html / software late fee /

Eliminate touchscreen lag from the Microsoft Surface with this tiny hack

Warning: this is a registry hack, so backup first & proceed with care.

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/01/eliminate-touchscreen-lag-from-the-surface-with-this-tiny-hack/ / hackers RT lag registry edit speed Surface RT eliminate touch lag latency touch experience Surface RT sample time download changes polling screen Registry Editor /

The Internet of things has arrived • and so have massive security issues

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/01/securing-the-internet-of-things/ / magic meme theme hype hyperbole Internet of Things IoT does represent revolution technology telecommunications firms linking cars smartphones household appliances industrial-strength industrial strength sensors intercommunication autonomous machine-to-machine machine to machine M2M data transfer opportunity comes great responsibility conveniences unprecedented security challenges data privacy safety governance trust risk professionals vulnerability-malware-hacktivist R&D research and development unpredictable automated systems digital plane influence adjust physical world without human interfacing loopholes route data takes to the provider store and forward /

iPhone, Surface: Teen survey says Apple is done, Surface is cool

http://bgr.com/2013/01/10/iphone-surface-teen-survey-287400/ / popularity great leadership great products deep pockets monstrous marketing budget Gen X Millennial kids Surface tablets laptop Samsung Galaxy Android Windows 8 negative trend in sentiment /