New Intel CEO reiterates: $300 laptops on the way

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57594245-92/new-intel-ceo-reiterates-$300-laptops-on-the-way/ / Intel CEO Brian Krzanich Atom processors processor mobile products low-cost laptop company CEO Intel's second-quarter second quarter earnings conference low power battery mobile Atom chips equal partner mainstream PC processors push Atom sub $300 sub-$300 laptops convertibles $150 tablets CEO Brian Krzanich effort Atom major new Atom product launch Krzanich Bay Trail redesigned Atom mainstream Intel Core i series chips chip performance market markets touch enabled touch-enabled clam shell laptops coming $300 range convertible tablet tablet-laptop hybrid sub sub-$400 range $150 Stacy Smith Intel's chief financial officer Intel tablet volume fourth quarter /

Computers are now as smart as four-year-olds

http://www.dvice.com/2013-7-16/computers-are-now-smart-four-year-olds / world smartest computers intelligence test measure IQ computer ConceptNet 4 A. I. system pretty darn non-breathing form of intelligence scored four-year-old four year old interesting benchmark lead author Robert Sloan some irregularities in the data child scores varied symptom something wrong particular area learning A.I. A. I artificial intelligence faltered reasoning factually describe situation know why that situation had occurred instance irrelevant finding particular interest another group of scientists across the pond currently testing if robots are evil robots evil constructing horde super-strong potentially mentally-unbalanced mentally unbalanced four-year-olds four year olds bad idea /

Language matters: Framing the copyright monopoly so we can keep our liberties

http://torrentfreak.com/language-matters-framing-the-copyright-monopoly-so-we-can-keep-our-liberties-130714/ / liberty George Orwell most overlooked points most important language defines our reality what problems we perceive communicate solve theft of intellectual property sharing culture knowledge war of words 1984 George Orwell book increasingly define our society mixed dash of Aldous Huxley’s Huxley Brave New World central theme 1984 concept of Newspeak language Newspeak book pervasive throughout storyline concept Newspeak simple taking away expressions free thinking challenging authority language people in power would remove people other people’s ability conceptualize thoughts thus ensure obedience passage in the book translators Oldspeak into Newspeak trouble translating Declaration of Independence into Newspeak no way express says Newspeak Orwell comments appendix language has words rebellion freedom of thought dissent society will eventually throw off any tyrant matters because words define the society definition decides what problems need solved how nerds geeks tend not bother subtleties nuances communication except technically precise express all words have values some negative positive double meaning meanings evoke feelings happiness sadness discomfort aware discuss net liberty culture t paramount discussion side wins definitions wins long term long-term war coincidence deceptive term Intellectual Property relentlessly used copyright industry trying make it define the copyright monopoly make people think of their monopoly in terms of property positive word follow-up-defines follow up defines define violation monopolies stealing violation of property rights is stealing fall for using this term spread framing world correct others use of language use our own language consistently persistently tenaciously relentlessly our language defines world net generation give influence to the copyright industry repeat term adversary world view help them take away your rights terms that define our worldview help the net generation retain civil liberties people will copy your terms subconsciously happy when rude sample words conscious copyright industry use this consistently instead of record industry and/or and/or film industry highlights middlemen incumbents monopolistic parasites aren’t necessary cultural ecosystem having industrialized lobbying monopoly monopolies cashing in sharing knowledge culture this instead file-sharing file sharing term too technical doesn’t appropriately convey the usefulness of the act sharing knowledge and culture fundamentally positive technically correct people who share knowledge and culture never punished rewarded copyright monopoly copyright alone reinforce right right to freedom of speech reality monopoly use language patent monopoly Industrial Protectionism IP term some property self-defeating Industrial Protectionism value word protectionism sharply negative Manufacturing copies try avoiding downloading copies something implies taking leads down wrong line of thought manufacturing copies using their own raw materials copyright monopoly trying restrain legitimate activity when people are manufacturing their own copies of knowledge and culture highlight the process sharing knowledge and culture Digital Restriction Mechanisms DRM comment necessary Digital Restriction Mechanisms Management language defines and shapes problem problems discussion discussed discuss /

PayPal credits $92 quadrillion to man by accident

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/07/paypal-credits-92-quadrillion-to-man-by-accident/ / Carlos Slim, Bill Gates Warren Buffet scratched their heads Delaware County resident Chris Reynolds, temporarily richest man on the earth $92 quadrillion PayPal account balance $92,233,720,368,547,800 56-year old 56 year old million bucks debit credit owned owed quadrillions big surprise PayPal customer purchase sell items eBay vintage car parts spend donated $30 Democratic slate Delaware County Council email from PayPal depicted that amount account volunteered pay national debt down purchasing Phillies PayPal account 17 digits $92 quadrillion richer 15 minutes of fame /

This watch is made of wood

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Maple, actually, though the timekeeping movement is constructed from stainless steel & other conventional watch making materials. Only the case & band are maple.

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/07/16/wear-a-wooden-watch-on-your-wrist-say-that-3-times-fast/ / wooden watches WeWOOD Tokyoflash wood wooden watch SpringBreak Watches affordability SpringBreak donation donate donates portion each sale help fight childhood hunger America donation provides up to 10 meals child in need watches are made Maple wood feature 46mm case size adjustable hypo-allergenic band Miyota movement white dial silver accents day of the week month dedicated dials watch doesn’t offer stopwatch capability other advanced features SpringBreak White Party Wood Watch /

Have a problem? Write about it for better health, both mental & physical

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01blrcp / ground breaking ground-breaking experiment American social psychologist James Pennebaker, published showed simply writing about emotions significantly improve health work expressive writing revolutionised revolutionized revolutionise revolutionize how emotions viewed within psychology Claudia Hammond travelled American Society for Personality and Social Psychology annual gathering New Orleans speak James Pennebaker receive Distinguished Scholar Award work expressive writing forward various directions Annette Stanton professor psychology psychiatry UCLA Laura King professor psychology University of Missouri Columbia Kent Harber associate professor psychology Rutgers University Sam Gosling professor psychology University Texas, Austin Adriel Boals University North Texas John Weinman professor psychology applied medicine at King's College James Pennebaker Department of Psychology University of Texas secret trauma /

How elite security ninjas choose & safeguard their passwords

Security on the Internet: boring, often ignored, but too important to leave like that. This article includes links to other important Internet security related articles.

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/07/how-elite-security-ninjas-choose-and-safeguard-their-passwords/ / feature hack hacker hacking hacked password crackers ransack long passwords numbers symbols punctuation upper-case lower-case upper lower case letters crack brea users password manager random randomly generate store long complex passcodes unique each site primer required reading Internet password security competing strategies contradictory imperatives encrypted password file cloud browser frequently used log-in credentials manage passwords variety computer operating systems different smartphone platforms checked five security experts learn approach choosing storing crack-resistant crack resistant passwords renowned cryptographer Bruce Schneier security futurologist BT Electronic Frontier Foundation board directors Adriel T. Desautels CEO Netragard firm gets paid hack large companies Jeremiah Grossman founder CTO WhiteHat Security;Jeffrey Goldberg defender against the dark arts AgileBits company develops developer develop developed 1Password password manager Jeremi Gosney password security expert Stricture Consulting experts password manager long complex unique password accounts variation store stores passwords plain text file stored encrypted virtual disk image physically encrypted USB key flash drive memory stick capable secure secured securing physical digita use plug copy and space paste copy-paste device LastPass KeePass dedicated managers home-made solution automatically generate random passwords meet specific site criteria maximum length passcodes do not don't contain special characters generate passwords banging on the keyboard random length letters number symbol cap very strong password storage strategy recall remember generate store most important passwords different products synchronizes passwords across major platforms he uses only exception FreeBSD systems Web browsing copy/pasting copy pasting paste SSH window PasswordSafe application develop LastPass memory recall remembering remember proximity tokens token one time one-time passwords log-in log in computer services offer password management built technology vulnerable at some level trust technology sensitive credentials choice use different passwords for each account passwords long as possible keeping easy for me to remember longest password 63 characters long benefits of a password manager in favor of passcodes that are easier to remember pick picking long memorable sentence blog post password cracking feature crackers word lists write passwords wallet other safe location diceware spaces specific password policy prevents prevent prevention strong strength something random process roll dice electronic equivalent word list external random process random number generator rolling dice misspell words long random randomness randomly generated passwords twenty three 23 characters character small smaller maximum truly randomly length guesses 128 bit 128-bit encryption key stronger several different common basewords various transformations applied sufficiently unique challenge synchronizing passcodes pass code codes across multiple devices run different platforms stated earlier tackles response challenge Windows Macintosh Mac OS X iOS Android operating systems system OS LastPass Linux iOS Android Windows Phone Blackberry advanced sync synchronisation synchronise synchronization synchronize settings in the Google Chrome browser encrypt encrypts saved passwords local database sync passwords Google account configured Chrome encrypt synced data separate sync password instead /