Mercenary outfit Blackwater has been accused of some pretty terrible things during its time operating as a “security contractor” in Iraq. Something captured in these shocking videos. More »
from Kotaku
From Gizmodo: As a Show of Gratitude for Discovering the Mac Botnet, Apple Tries Shuts Down Dr. Mac’s Virus Monitoring Servers
Dr. Mac is the security firm that discovered last week’s all-Mac botnet, something that is pretty unprecedented for the operating system. After sending Apple the findings of their research, Dr. Mac heard nothing. And while it technically has yet to acknowledge Dr. Mac at all, the fact that Apple attempted to nix the group’s monitoring servers shut down suggests it’s very aware of the situation. More »
from Gizmodo
From Droid Life: Precision X Android App Lets You Overclock Your GeForce Graphics Card Externally
It has been years since I exited the competitive PC gaming world (Unreal Tournament series, anyone?), but from what I can tell, the industry is as big and as advanced as ever. I still remember the painful and sometimes intimidating steps it took to overclock anything on PC, yet today, companies are releasing Android apps that let you do it on the fly. Take this EVGA Precision X app that connects your phone to your GPU via Bluetooth, giving you a view of its performance and the ability to set fan speed, power limits and frequencies. Yep, I’m impressed.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Cheers Rob!
from Droid Life
From Ars Technica: Twitter helps free kidnapped South African from trunk of his car
A South African man, whose name has not been published, was carjacked, robbed, and stuffed into the trunk of his car near Johannesburg on Sunday. The robbers, however, had overlooked his mobile phone, which he used to text his girlfriend, Lynn Peters. From there, Twitter took over.
Two armed men grabbed the driver and his Volkswagen Golf in the Honeydew area northwest of Johannesburg at about 9:00pm local time. Carjacking is a crime that is common in the country—over 10,000 such incidents occurred last year.
from Ars Technica
From Ars Technica: SpaceX considering a new ‘Commercial Cape Canaveral’ in Texas
SpaceX has filed a notice of intent with the FAA, indicating it wants to conduct an Environmental Impact Study for the construction of a new spaceport in Cameron County, Texas, on the Gulf and very near the northern border of Mexico. The site could make Texas a powerhouse in commercial space.
from Ars Technica
From Wired Top Stories: A New Lego Master Model Builder – And He’s Only 23!
There are very few Lego Master Model Builders in the world and only a handful of them are located in the United States. When one of the American builders recently retired there was an intense competition to fill his dream job slot.
from Wired Top Stories
