Computing with Secrets, but Keeping them Safe

A cryptographic method could see cloud services work with sensitive data without ever decrypting it.
By Tom Simonite

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/25537

A novel technique could see future Web services work with sensitive data without ever being able to read it. Several implementations of a mathematical proof unveiled just last year will allow cryptographers to start [...]

iPad Set on Fire By Four Blowtorches

Project Green Apple has set an iPad on fire to draw attention to the N-Hexane poisonings at Wintek.

A Flying Robot that Perches, Flips and Dives

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/tags/surveillance/

Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could help the military carry out surveillance in unknown territory or first responders look for survivors after a disaster. The trick is making them agile enough to pull off daredevil aerobatic maneuvers.

Daniel Mellinger, Nathan Michael and Vijay Kumar at the University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Laboratory have [...]

Perching UAV Sticks To Walls

Writing by Evan Ackerman

Stanford’s Biomimetics Laboratory is full of all kinds of neat stuff, and when we were checking out Stickybot during National Robotics Week, we got a tip about this awesome perching UAV, developed by Alexis Lussier Desbiens.

Ubuntu Video Driver Repair

So, your video driver on ubuntu got screwed up and your screen looks like frell or is useless… time to perform an Ubuntu video driver repair. This is simple in most cases and you can try thye following:

Hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 when you get stuck at the “Boot Scripts” part, or even at the login screen. Give [...]

CA’s Web Site Hacked By Malware Authors

Part of security software vendor CA’s Web site was hacked earlier this week and was redirecting visitors to a malicious Web site hosted in China.

A Curious Letter About Starbucks Not Supporting Our Troups

The letter below has been circulating the Internet and has not been verified by us. However, who the heck would not support our troops! Sounds like a bunch of hypocritical communists at Starbucks. Regardless of the political affiliations and tendencies one might have, it is a core requirement as a US Citizen to maintain and [...]