ACLU sues for information on laptop searches at U.S. borders
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) unit for information on its policies related to searches of laptops and other electronic devices at U.S. borders.
Inside Snow Leopard's under-the-hood additions
Snow Leopard features several new under-the-hood technologies that, at first glance, might seem to be of interest only to Mac software developers. But those technologies will in fact benefit regular Mac users--if not right now, then in the not-too-distant future. Here's a look at how three of these additions to Snow Leopard--64-bit computing, Grand Central Dispatch, and OpenCL--work and how they could improve your Mac experience sometime soon.
Gauging Snow Leopard's speed boosts
Apple describes Snow Leopard as a top-to-bottom refinement of existing features. One major goal of those refinements: Improved performance.
11 major new Snow Leopard features
Snow Leopard may be a "minor" update to Mac OS X, with a $29 upgrade price and a focus on improved speed and reliability, but it's still bursting at the seams with tweaks, changes, and improvements--as well as a few modifications that might well be quite controversial. Here's a look at some of the biggest changes due to arrive with Snow Leopard on Friday, August 28.
Apple adds basic anti-malware to Snow Leopard
Apple has expanded a download warning feature in Mac OS X 10.5 to create rudimentary anti-malware detection in the new Snow Leopard operating system due out Friday.
Software that turns cell phones into bugs is tough to beat
It may be impossible to defend cell phones against being used as bugs because it is difficult to tell legitimate applications that need to use the phones' cameras and microphones from those that abuse them, researchers say.
How to keep Big Brother from tracking cell phone
Network providers gather data that tracks where customers go with their cell phones, a potential privacy infringement that researchers are trying to eliminate.
Software lets cell phones write on air
Cell phones can be modified to act as pens that record messages written in the air that can then be sent as e-mails.
Cell phones can help weed out counterfeit drugs
Cell phones with a custom client and a complementary server can help third-world countries fight the flood of counterfeit or expired drugs.
Software can direct cell phones to shoot video coverage of events
Cell phones can monitor the goings-on at parties and shoot video highlights using software developed by researchers at Duke University.
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