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If you've been thinking about buying a one piece Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI cable to bring videos from your Macbook to an HDTV, you may want to get it now. According to a report from TechRadar, the group behind HDMI has decided they don't meet the requirements and cannot be tested or licensed for compatibility. Their sin? Not having a male HDMI plug on each end as required by the spec, which only allows for dongles featuring an all-female pairing of Mini DisplayPort and HDMI to get the job done. We've contacted the group to find out exactly what's going on, but until we hear back it may be prudent to keep an eye on suddenly black-market cable pricing like gasoline before a big holiday. Click here to view the article

The heatsink market has been relatively unchanged for years: you have a static, thermally conductive block with an array of heatpipes and fins alongside a fan. Naturally, that configuration varies depending on the noise level or cooling capacity desired, but most heatsink manufacturers are essentially reinventing the wheel. Hoping to shake things up a bit, Sandia National Laboratories has unveiled a new technology that promises to "dramatically alter the air-cooling landscape." Referred to as the "Sandia Cooler" or the "Air Bearing Heat Exchanger," the contraption relies on rotating fins instead of a fan to dispel heat. The organization says conventional heatsink and fan combinations have a ton of "dead air" against the fins where there isn't a lot of airflow, and Sandia's design solves this limitation. "In a conventional CPU cooler, the heat transfer bottleneck is the boundary layer of 'dead air' that clings to the cooling fins. With the Sandia Cooler, heat is efficiently transferred across a narrow air gap from a stationary base to a rotating structure. The normally stagnant boundary layer of air enveloping the cooling fins is subjected to a powerful centrifugal pumping effect, causing the boundary layer thickness to be reduced to ten times thinner than normal," the company explains. The Sandia Cooler is said to dramatically increase cooling performance while occupying up to ten times less space than current state-of-the-art CPU coolers. It's also quieter, immune to dust clogging, and more power efficient. In fact, Sandia claims its technology could cut US power consumption by up to 7% if widely adopted. The group believes its technology is suitable for most computers and electronics, as well as household appliances like air conditioners. For more information visit official Sandia National Laboratories website. Click here to view the article

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has shown what might be the next version of high speed WiFi. Currently named 802.11ac, the new proposed standard is able to deliver 120Mbps throughput to three receivers at the same time. 802.11ac uses the same 5GHz bandwidth as is currently used now in home WiFi systems; to get it to carry more data, the signal is multiplexed (sent out as round-robin bits of data from several different sources) on one end, and then de-multiplexed on the other, all using multiple-user Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology that in this case has been developed by NTT. The object is to get 1 Gbps per system, a rate that will be needed as bandwidth hogging applications such as ever higher video resolution or 3D content creates demand for ever faster LAN systems able to deliver such huge amounts of data to always hungry-for-more, customers. Also helpful is the fact that 802.11ac, whatever its final form, will offer full backwards compatibility with the current version, meaning early adopters won't do any worse than what they have now, and likely will do much better as new hardware comes available. Click here to view the article

Take-Two, the company behind Rockstar Entertainment, has registered the trademark for Rockstar Films. What does this mean? Throw in a little bit of Grand Theft Auto, some good acting, and voilà – masterpiece theater! There is little information on quite what the trademark is for: Quote Animated motion picture films featuring entertainment, namely, action, adventure, dramatic, comedic, children's and documentary themes; pre-recorded video discs and other pre-recorded digital and electronic media in the field of live action programs, motion pictures, or animation featuring entertainment, namely, action, adventure, dramatic, comedic, children's and documentary themes.The trademark was registered back in December of 2010, and only now discovered by SystemLink Alt. They spotted both RockstarFilms.com and RockstarFilms.net being owned by Take-Two. In 2008 Rockstar denied reports it almost gave the go-ahead to a Grand Theft Auto film in 2009, saying the company was "not interested" in bringing the series to the big screen. According to Variety, a deal to develop a GTA movie was "virtually in place with one of the six major studios". "Eminem was quite possibly going to star," apparently. The deal supposedly fell through at the last minute after Take-Two failed to agree terms with the studio. Click here to view the article

Google knows too much about us already

Cause I don't. I just heard somewhere their music and I loved it . I understand a bit because there are some translations in the Internet already

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Hey, what's up with Community Server?

At the recent E3 expo, City Interactive showed its new sniper game called "Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2". Someone can think, "The next poor FPS game". Nothing further from the truth! The sequel of "Sniper: Ghost Warrior" is harnessing the graphical prowess of the CryEngine 3 tech from Crytek making for a game that looks incredible. Light rays are vividly cut through the smallest openings, colors pop with vibrant clarity and surface details are intricately balanced throughout the levels. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0uFoeGPrjU When asked whether SGW2 would place the player in any assault rifle scenarios like the original title, the main developer Michał Sroczyński quickly stated, "No, not at all. No need to try to compete with the Call of Duties of the world. We're working hard to offer the best sniper experience on the market." It seems "Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2" will be released in 2012 on PC, X360 and PS3. The storyline of the game will start in Sarajevo (Bosnia). On the movie above you can see a mission in the Himalayas. This post has been promoted to an article

"A lot of the guys working on Modern Warfare 3 are the same guys who worked on Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare," the executive said to IndustryGamers. "A lot of them are Infinity Ward sort of lifers and have been there from the beginning." Some have questioned Infinity Ward's credit following the forced departure of studio leads Frank West and Vince Zampella, along with an unknown number of colleagues, now at the ReSpawn Entertainment. "A lot of the turmoil, it all happened before I got here, so I never got to work with the old Infinity Ward," Hirshberg admitted. He continued, "I only got to work with the new Infinity Ward, and all I can tell you is while they went through a huge transition, and while there was a lot of rebuilding that had to happen and they had to bring in some new talent to replace some of the people that had left, this is one of the most dazzlingly creative group of people I've ever met in my life. And so anyone who tells you, 'This is not the real Infinity Ward' is wrong. This is an unbelievable developer, an unbelievably talented studio… and they've got something to prove, too. I think they've taken a lot of pride in proving the skeptics wrong and so far, the reception of Modern Warfare 3 has been pretty great." Sledgehammer is on board Modern Warfare 3, but Hirshberg told the game is benefiting, rather than suffering, from more than one cook eyeing the broth. Hirshberg added, "They welcomed in a partner and that was probably a decision born out of necessity – nobody probably would have designed it that way proactively, but because they were going through a rebuilding right in the middle of this development, they welcomed a pretty high octane partner into their creative process." "And Sledgehammer truly has treated them as partners, and the game is a reflection of a combined vision between those two studios. And to my great delight it is a one plus one equals three situation. The game has gotten better because of these two very strong, creative forces working together," he explained. Modern Warfare 3 is expected in November. This post has been promoted to an article

A group calling itself the A-Team has posted what they contend are the names, locations, aliases and even family members of the hacking cabal known as Lulz Security. Could this be the real reason the high-profile hacking group disbanded this weekend? Listening to A-Team tell the story, there is no love lost between this new hacking crew and whoever it is ends up being the real people behind now-disbanded group LulzSec (and related group gn0sis): The timing of this data dump and abrupt the Lulz Security "retirement" Saturday are indeed curious. I suppose if a number of high-profile arrests are made in the near future concerning teens and twenty-something computer experts we'll know if this list is legit or not, huh? The full A-Team's message can be found here: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=iVujX4TR This post has been promoted to an article

Video game developer Valve has announced that "Team Fortress 2" will become entirely free to play for PC and Mac customers. Robin Walker of Valve assured that "Team Fortress2" will not have any pay-to-win options, premium subscriptions or advertising models. It will be completely free, with the exception of in-game items. In-game purchases will be the only way Valve will make any money from "Team Fortress 2." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ8duKs2Plw You can download it for free from official Steam site: http://store.steampowered.com/app/440/ PC System Requirements: Minimum: 1.7 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX® 8.1 level Graphics Card (Requires support for SSE), Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection Recommended: Pentium 4 processor (3.0GHz, or better), 1GB RAM, DirectX® 9 level Graphics Card, Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection PS. Please, don't forget about ET while enjoying TF2 This post has been promoted to an article

Lulz Security, a group of hackers who have tormented corporations and government agencies, said Saturday that it would stop its spree, 50 days after it first started attacks. In a statement posted on The Pirate Bay, a file-sharing Web site, the group said its six members had decided to "say bon voyage" as Lulz Security but did not cite a reason. In addition, the group shared a number of files and documents it said were obtained in the course of its attacks. These files, which were available for download, included what appeared to be internal company documents from AT&T and user names and passwords from a number of other Web sites. On its Twitter feed, the group's members encouraged other hackers to continue attacking Web sites and government agencies and said they planned to stay involved in the efforts through Anonymous, another collective of rogue hackers. It is unclear why the group decided to stop hacking under its current name. In a recent interview with Adrian Chen of Gawker, one the group's members, who goes by the name "Topiary" online, said Lulz Security planned to continue its campaign for some time and said he had no fears of being apprehended by the authorities. The full statement posted on The Pirate Bay by Lulz Security: Quote Friends around the globe, We are Lulz Security, and this is our final release, as today marks something meaningful to us. 50 days ago, we set sail with our humble ship on an uneasy and brutal ocean: the Internet. The hate machine, the love machine, the machine powered by many machines. We are all part of it, helping it grow, and helping it grow on us. For the past 50 days we've been disrupting and exposing corporations, governments, often the general population itself, and quite possibly everything in between, just because we could. All to selflessly entertain others — vanity, fame, recognition, all of these things are shadowed by our desire for that which we all love. The raw, uninterrupted, chaotic thrill of entertainment and anarchy. It's what we all crave, even the seemingly lifeless politicians and emotionless, middle-aged self-titled failures. You are not failures. You have not blown away. You can get what you want and you are worth having it, believe in yourself. While we are responsible for everything that The Lulz Boat is, we are not tied to this identity permanently. Behind this jolly visage of rainbows and top hats, we are people. People with a preference for music, a preference for food; we have varying taste in clothes and television, we are just like you. Even Hitler and Osama Bin Laden had these unique variations and style, and isn't that interesting to know? The mediocre painter turned supervillain liked cats more than we did. Again, behind the mask, behind the insanity and mayhem, we truly believe in the AntiSec movement. We believe in it so strongly that we brought it back, much to the dismay of those looking for more anarchic lulz. We hope, wish, even beg, that the movement manifests itself into a revolution that can continue on without us. The support we've gathered for it in such a short space of time is truly overwhelming, and not to mention humbling. Please don't stop. Together, united, we can stomp down our common oppressors and imbue ourselves with the power and freedom we deserve. So with those last thoughts, it's time to say bon voyage. Our planned 50 day cruise has expired, and we must now sail into the distance, leaving behind — we hope — inspiration, fear, denial, happiness, approval, disapproval, mockery, embarrassment, thoughtfulness, jealousy, hate, even love. If anything, we hope we had a microscopic impact on someone, somewhere. Anywhere. Thank you for sailing with us. The breeze is fresh and the sun is setting, so now we head for the horizon. Let it flow… Lulz Security — our crew of six wishes you a happy 2011, and a shout-out to all of our battlefleet members and supporters across the globe. Click here to view the article

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It seems the application is installed through the "fake" Android Market site. The site asks you if you want to install an application (in one case a battery optimizer and in another a porn app ). Once installed, the virus makes its "job" without user's knowledge.

Lookout Security Firm as identified a new Android Trojan named GGTracker that is downloaded to a user’s phone after visiting a malicious webpage that imitates the Android Market. The Trojan then proceeds to sign up the user to premium SMS services without their knowledge. The Trojan targets only U.S. Smartphone users when they click on a malicious in-app advertisement. The website lures users to click-through to download and install an application one of which is a fake battery optimizer called "t4t.pwower.management", and another is a porn app called "com.space.sexypic". After the application has been installed, GGTracker registers the user for premium subscription services. The Trojan carries out this task by contacting another server in the background where the malicious behavior intercepts crucial confirmation data to charge users without their consent or knowledge. Lookout advises that users can protect themselves from malicious webpage’s by taking a few precautions: After clicking on an advertisement, make sure the page and URL matches the website the advertisement claims it’s sending you to. Download apps only from trusted sources. Also look at the developer’s name, reviews, and star ratings. If you are suppose to be on the Android Market, check the URL to make sure you are on the Market and not redirected to another site. Always monitor your phone for any unusual behavior like unusual SMS messages, strange charges on your phone bill or unusual network activity. Check all apps running in the background and investigate any that you think should not be running. Don’t download any third party apps by making sure "unknown sources" is not check off in "application settings" in your android system. Download a mobile security app for your phone that scans every app you download to ensure its safe. More information: Lookout Blog This post has been promoted to an article