Centennial Man

Thursday, October 16, 2014

For my Computer Security students. (Report available from HP)

http://www.securityweek.com/cost-cyber-attacks-jumps-us-firms-study

Cost of Cyber Attacks Jumps for US Firms: Study

A survey of 59 US firms by the Ponemon Institute with Hewlett-Packard found the average annual cost of responding to cyber attacks was $12.7 million, up 96 percent over the previous five years.

The organizations saw a 176 percent increase in the number of cyber attacks, with an average of 138 successful attacks per week, compared to 50 attacks per week when the study was initially conducted in 2010.

The average time to detect an attack was 170 days, and it took on average 45 days to resolve a cyber incident, costing an average of $1.6 million, according to the researchers.

Teens: “We have the technology, let's use it!” Old Geezer (Bob): “I have the technology. I can't think of a reason to use it.”

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/17867/20141014/google-voice-search-study.htm

Google study shows that we use Voice Search for a lot of embarrassing things

… A study commissioned by Google on how people use voice search was released today, and from it we've learned more than we ever wanted to know about how people use voice search.

… Apparently, 22 percent of teens have for some reason admitted to using voice search while in the bathroom. When you're in the age group that uses voice search most often, you're not going to let a quick pit stop to the restroom stop you from talking to your smartphone. The study found that 55 percent of teens ages 13 to 18 use hands-free search every day, compared to 41 percent of adults.

… In response to the question, "pick one thing you wish you could ask your phone to do for you," 45 percent of teens chose "send me a pizza." Boring adults chose the boring answer "tell me where my keys are" to the tune of 44 percent, but 36 percent of adults showed that they still have some fun in them by also saying they would like voice search to send them pizzas.

Could be useful. I'll add this to my Disaster Recovery class. Facebook will probably map “disasters” worldwide and become the “website of doom.”

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2834772/facebooks-safety-check-lets-friends-know-youre-safe.html

Facebook's 'Safety Check' lets friends know you're safe

During a major disaster, Facebook users can let their friends and family know they are safe by using the new Safety Check tool.

When the tool is activated and Facebook determines that a user may be in an area where a natural disaster occurred, the social network will send a notification asking if the user is safe. If the response “I’m Safe” is selected, Facebook will create a post and share it on the user’s news feed, telling friends they are out of peril. Friends too have the possibility to mark someone as safe.

Facebook determines a user’s location by looking at the city listed in their profile, their last location if they’ve opted in to the Nearby Friends service, and the city where they are using the Internet, presumably derived from their IP address. If the location is wrong the user can tell Safety Check they are not in the affected area.

(Related) Sometimes it's good that your “Things” know where you are and can tell anyone(?) who asks! (Is something seriously wrong with OnStar?)

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2470424,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fpcmag%2Fbreakingnews+%28PCMag.com+Breaking+News%29

'Find My iPhone' App Helps Locate Missing Motorist

A California woman who drove her car into a 500-foot ravine was rescued this week after her family and one clever police officer were able to determine her location via her iPhone, the San Jose Mercury News reported.

The unnamed, 28-year-old resident of Campbell, Calif. veered off Mount Hamilton Road in a 2012 Chevy Cruze on Monday and wound up spending 18 hours at the bottom of the ravine before being airlifted out by a Coast Guard helicopter on Tuesday morning, the newspaper reported.

Though her vehicle was outfitted with General Motors's OnStar system, which determines a vehicle's location by means of a roof-mounted GPS antenna, the company was not able to pinpoint where the car was, according to the Mercury News.

… An OnStar spokesperson also told the Mercury News that GM's system "only keeps track of users locations at discreet moments in time, such as when an accident happens or when they call in to get driving directions from a particular place."

By contrast, when location tracking and location-based apps are enabled on an iPhone, the device and Apple's tracking system attempt to maintain an ongoing connection to pinpoint the location of the smartphone.

Revolt of the Content Providers?

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/google-android-lollipop-hbo-netflix-tech-news-digest/

HBO Launching Standalone Service In 2015

HBO has announced plans to offer a standalone subscription service starting sometime in 2015. HBO is currently only available to U.S. residents who also pay for a raft of other channels. But HBO CEO Richard Plepler has promised to go “beyond the wall” and launch a “stand-alone, over the top” version next year.

Details are thin on the ground, so it isn’t yet known how HBO will deliver such a service to customers, or what it’ll charge for the privilege. Regardless, this puts HBO on a collision course with streaming services, and Netflix in particular. But with an increasing number of people refusing to pay a small fortune for channels they don’t want to watch, HBO had to act, and fast.

Expanding the earlier survey.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/10/facebooks-favorite-books-around-the-world/381481/

A World of Beloved Books (According to Facebook)

What books have stayed with you?

… Back in September, Facebook tallied up the results of that status game worldwide. Its findings? The Harry Potter series, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Lord of the Rings, and Pride and Prejudice led the way. They were followed by none other than the Bible.

Since then, the game has gotten bigger, spreading to other countries and languages. In a new blog post, Facebook has unveiled which books are beloved in nations that have had 20,000 or more responses—that is, France, India, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, and the Philippines.

What did they find? In those six nations—as in the U.S. and U.K.-dominated first tally—the Boy Who Lives dominates.

… Facebook has the full list for each country on its site.

For my spreadsheet students.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-excel-pivot-table-data-analysis/

How To Use An Excel Pivot Table For Data Analysis

For my Computer Security students, past & present.

http://www.securitybistro.com/?p=8962

Looking for a job? Cyber Aces is hosting another National Cybersecurity Career Fair in November

Last spring I wrote about Cyber Aces hosting its first National Cybersecurity Career Fair (NCCF). (See National Cybersecurity Career Fair in June Will Connect Employers to Entry Level Cybersecurity Workers.)

… The group held its first ever career fair this past June and the event was so successful that it has decided to make the career fair a semi-annual event. The next NCCF is scheduled for November 20 and 21, 2014. Now is the time to register and create your personal profile if you want to meet with prospective employers.

For my Android toting students. Probably a similar one for the iPhone.

Sensor Sense

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kristofjannes.sensorsense

– is an Android app that welcomes you into the world of data by showing you the output of all sensors of your Android device. Check the temperature, humidity, air pressure, gravity, light, acceleration and a lot more. Most sensors also display a chart with the output of the sensor so you can better watch the changes during the time.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

For my Ethical Hackers. I repeat, technically sophisticated hacks are fun, but the real money is in the huge volume of simple, low skill hacks that are available. (Note that management should be a bit concerned with their Security manager if they hear things like this.)

Hacker: 2 Ivy League Schools Vulnerable to a Serious Data Breach

Byron Acohido reports;

Ethical hacker Bryan Seely of Seattle-based Seely Security showed how MBIA has long been exposing details of municipal bond and investment management accounts in a way that made it easy for criminals to transfer funds from existing accounts into newly created ones they control. There’s no evidence any theft took place, only because the bad guys appear to have overlooked this freebie.

[...]

Seely says he has identified more than 8,000 other servers that are similarly misconfigured and likewise exposing sensitive accounts on the open Internet. These are accounts that should be kept under lock and key.

Seely has been on a one-man campaign to notify organizations, and a few have listened to him.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

My Computer Security students need to understand this common follow-on to security breaches.

Home Depot now facing 21 class-action lawsuits over data breach

David Allison provides a litigation update here.

The next question is how many of them will be dismissed because of lack of standing.

(Related) Another reality of security breaches – they just keep on giving you headaches. In this case it seems to have triggered other investigations...

Aaron’s agrees to refund over $25M to consumers for violating California laws, including privacy laws

Wow. I suspected Aaron’s problems over spyware in rent-to-own computers weren’t over, but they just agreed to pay $28.4 million to settle California’s charges against them that included privacy violations:

… The complaint alleges that Aaron’s violated California’s Karnette Rental-Purchase Act, which is the strongest rent-to-own law in the country, by charging improper late fees, overcharging customers who paid off contracts early, and omitting important contract disclosures.

In addition, the complaint alleges that Aaron’s violated California state privacy laws by permitting its franchised stores to install spyware on laptop computers rented to its customers. A feature in the spyware program called ‘Detective Mode’, which was installed without consumers’ consent or knowledge, allowed the Aaron’s franchisees to remotely monitor keystrokes, capture screenshots, track the physical location of consumers and even activate the rented computer’s webcam.

… Copies of the complaint and stipulated judgment are attached to the online version of this release at www.oag.ca.gov/news.

Surely Buffy, Muffin, and Chaz would not stoop to such things?

CA: Sausalito Yacht Club notifies members of breach

Well, this is tacky, at best. It appears some members of the Sausalito Yacht Club gained access to the membership roster. From the notification letter of October 4:

We are writing to you because of an incident at the Sausalito Yacht Club on or about October 1, 2014,wherein several members gained unauthorized access to our member roster, which includes information linking your name to your private Sausalito Yacht Club member number, the combination of which allows you to charge beverages, goods, services and meals at the club, such amounts being charged at the time and accumulated for inclusion on your next bill.

The data to which unauthorized access occurred also included your personal contact information, and in certain cases, sensitive financial account information, including accounts receivable that were overdue by sixty days or more. As best we can tell, no bank account information or credit card information was involved in this breach.

… We are also undertaking steps to strengthen access [Strange wording Bob] to sensitive financial and membership sites with new passwords required for access by authorized users.

So, will they throw the intrusive and thoughtless privacy invaders out of the Yacht Club or will money triumph?

That was rhetorical.

This seems a bit too generic for me. “Oh look, someone is hacking.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/business/international/russian-hackers-used-bug-in-microsoft-windows-for-spying-report-says.html?_r=0

Russian Hackers Used Bug in Microsoft Windows for Spying, Report Says

Russian hackers used a bug in Microsoft Windows to spy on several Western governments, NATO and the Ukrainian government, according to a report released Tuesday by iSight Partners, a computer security firm in Dallas.

The targets also included European energy and telecommunications companies and an undisclosed academic organization in the United States, the cybersecurity report said.

… While the vulnerability affected many versions of Windows, iSight said the Russian hackers appeared to be the only group to use the bug. The company added, however, that other companies and organizations may also have been affected by the attacks.

Sometimes you get much more than you expected.

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81189.html?google_editors_picks=true

Snapchat Hackers Could Be Prosecuted for Child Porn Offenses

Private videos and pictures shared between tens of thousands of Snapchat users -- possibly as many as 200,000 -- were posted online by hackers over the weekend in an episode dubbed the "Snappening." Much of the content is sexual, including many nude photos -- some possibly of minors.

The hackers appear to have gone for maximum embarrassment and humiliation with this particular breach: A document also published online reportedly links many of the hacked images to user names.

One of the most well known downsides of any large database. They become large targets for hackers.

South Korea at a crossroads with ID card, data theft losses

AP reports:

After an avalanche of data breaches, South Korea’s national identity card system has been raided so thoroughly by thieves that the government says it might have to issue new ID numbers to every citizen over 17 at a possible cost of billions of dollars.

The admission is an embarrassment for a society that prides itself on its high-tech skills and has some of the fastest Internet access.

Monday, October 13, 2014

Consider: The President was briefed on the JPMorgan hack and the potential for damage was explained.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy-policy/2014/10/12/obama-said-to-warn-crippling-cyber-attack-potential/?cmpid=edpick&google_editors_picks=true

Obama Said to Warn of Crippling Cyber Attack Potential

President Barack Obama believes cyber terrorism is one of the biggest threats to national security and says the White House is bracing for a possible doomsday scenario if hackers can successfully penetrate government and business computer systems, the FOX Business Network has learned.

… At the fundraisers, the president laid out what one person with first-hand knowledge of the fundraising meetings called a “doomsday” scenario if hackers can successfully gain entry into government systems or breach security walls at major banks.

“The president is worried that cyber criminals could literally wipe out the identities of millions of people through some breach of government systems and that could lead to massive chaos,” this person said.

(Related) The President is speaking hypothetically, DHS deals with actual events.

http://www.securityweek.com/critical-manufacturing-firm-hit-sophisticated-threat-actors-dhs

Critical Manufacturing Firm Hit by Sophisticated Threat Actors: DHS

Several sophisticated threat groups have breached the systems of a major critical manufacturing company, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed last week in a report.

According to the report, which summarizes the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team's (ICS-CERT) activities in the second quarter of 2014, the attackers had access to the unnamed manufacturing organization's networks for several months.

… A study published this summer revealed that 70% of critical infrastructure organizations had suffered at least one security breach that either led to the disruption of operations or the loss of confidential information.

The DHS has been actively involved in the protection of critical infrastructure, but the agency has also made some mistakes that could have had serious consequences. In July, in response to a freedom of information act (FOIA) request, the DHS mistakenly released 840 pages of documents containing details on potentially vulnerable critical infrastructure points across the U.S.

For my Computer Security students. These are fun questions to ask your managers. Tell them it is for a project at school.

http://www.bespacific.com/company-ready-big-data-breach/

Is Your Company Ready for a Big Data Breach?

The Second Annual Study on Data Breach Preparedness – Ponemon Institute© Research Report – Sponsored by Experian® Data Breach Resolution – Independently conducted by Ponemon Institute LLC. Publication Date: September 2014.

“Data breaches are increasing in frequency. Forty-three percent of respondents say their companies had a data breach involving the loss or theft of more than 1,000 records, an increase of 10 percent from 2013. Sixty percent of respondents say their companies have had more than one breach. Last year, 52 percent of respondents said their company had more than one breach. Current data breach preparedness programs often fail to deal with all consequences of an incident. Despite the increased existence of data response teams and plans in organizations represented in this research, Figure 1 reveals 68 percent of respondents do not agree their company would know how to deal with negative public opinion, blog posts and media reports. Further, only 67 percent do not agree their organization understands what needs to be done following a material data breach to prevent the loss of customers’ and business partners’ trust and confidence.”

Apple is not a bank. But, could we someone steal as much from them? Looks like it.

http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/12/apple-pay-setup-revealed-training-begins/

Apple Pay Setup Process Revealed as Retail Employees and Partners Begin Training

Apple has begun preparing its retail employees and retail partners for the upcoming launch of its Apple Pay mobile payments service with a host of new training materials that show the feature in action, reports 9to5Mac.

Users will be able to set up Apple Pay in Passbook or through the Settings app, as up to eight credit or debit cards be connected with an iTunes account or by scanning one in with the iPhone's camera. Every card connected to the service will allow users to access a number of features, including the ability to see a simple transaction list, the ability to turn on push notifications, and an area that allows quick access to a bank's phone number and an accompanying app. Passbook will also be able to automatically update an expired card with a new expiration date without the need to re-enter information.

PayPal Mobile API Flaw Allows Security Feature Bypass

For security reasons, PayPal accounts are temporarily blocked if someone enters incorrect passwords several times. In order to have the account unblocked, the user must answer a series of security questions.

While this security feature is enforced in the regular Web application, the mobile API doesn't check if the account is restricted before allowing the user to attempt to log in again, Benjamin Kunz Mejri, Vulnerability Lab founder and the one who identified the issue, revealed in an advisory published last week.

Biometric security.

http://www.businessinsider.com/banks-use-voiceprint-on-calls-to-detect-fraud-2014-10?google_editors_picks=true

Banks Are Harvesting Your 'Voiceprint' On The Phone To See If You're Lying

… Two major U.S. banks, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co., use voice screening, also known as voice biometric blacklists, according to three people familiar with the arrangements, all of whom spoke on condition of anonymity because the system was meant to remain secret.

… "It's in the background. It doesn't affect the call in any way," said Inscoe. "Nobody even knows it's happening."

Healthcare. Apparently the potential to make huge amounts of money is attracting everyone.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/12/the-doctor-will-see-you-now-through-google/

The doctor will see you now — through Google

… Developer Jason Houle noticed an interesting feature when he googled “knee pain” on an Android device recently: Google was offering him to “talk with a doctor now” through a video chat. He posted a screenshot to Reddit on Friday, and Engadget confirmed yesterday that Google was indeed testing the feature.

The extraordinary aspect of the feature is that it suggests Google does actually harbor major ambitions for its expert-chatting feature, Helpouts, specifically in the domain of health care.

… It’s HIPAA-compliant, ensuring doctors won’t need to worry about the security of patient information, as VentureBeat reported last year.

I hypothesize a zombie attack in my Disaster Recovery class, perhaps I could work robots into my Computer Security class? Will there be a market for drones (balloons?) I can fly to establish that I do use the air over my property and that drones could interfere with that use?

http://www.bespacific.com/self-defense-robots/

Self-Defense Against Robots

A. Michael Froomkin and Zak Colangelo on “Self-Defense Against Robots”

“Deployment of robots in the air, the home, the office, and the street inevitably means their interactions with both property and living things will become more common and more complex. This paper examines when, under U.S. law, humans may use force against robots to protect themselves, their property, and their privacy. In the real world where Asimov’s Laws of Robotics do not exist, robots can pose—or can appear to pose—a threat to life, property, and privacy. May a landowner legally shoot down a trespassing drone? [Make my day! Bob] Can she hold a trespassing autonomous car as security against damage done or further torts? Is the fear that a drone may be operated by a paparazzo or a peeping Tom sufficient grounds to disable or interfere with it? How hard may you shove if the office robot rolls over your foot? This paper addresses all those issues and one more: what rules and standards we could put into place to make the resolution of those questions fairer to all concerned. The default common-law legal rules governing each of these perceived threats are somewhat different, although reasonableness always plays an important role in defining legal rights and options. In certain cases—drone overflights, autonomous cars—national, state, and even local regulation may trump the common law. Because it is in most cases obvious that humans can use force to protect themselves against actual physical attack, the paper concentrates on the more interesting cases of

(1) robot (and especially drone) trespass,

(2) robot (and especially drone) spying, and

(3) responses to perceived threats by robots—perceptions which may not always be justified, but which sometimes may nonetheless be considered reasonable in law.

We argue that the scope of permissible self-help in defending one’s privacy should be quite broad. We also identify seven problems in current law relating to human-robot interaction, all of which involve some kind of uncertainty — usually about what a robot can or will do — and suggest ways of solving or at least ameliorating them, either by making robots less potentially dangerous (banning the arming of robots) or by requiring robots to give clearer notice of their capabilities. We conclude by looking at what the law on human self-defense against robots might tell us about a robot’s right to not be harmed by a human.”

Could this be how we get Russia to back off the Ukraine when “sanctions” don't work? Does Saudi Arabia owe us a favor this big?

http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-saudi-arabia-and-oil-prices-2014-10?google_editors_picks=true

Saudi Arabia's Oil Price 'Manipulation' Could Sink The Russian Economy

The vice-president of Russia's state-owned oil behemoth Rosneft has accused Saudi Arabia of manipulating the oil price for political reasons. Mikhail Leontyev was quoted in Russian media as saying:

Prices can be manipulative. First of all, Saudi Arabia has begun making big discounts on oil. This is political manipulation, and Saudi Arabia is being manipulated, which could end badly.

The news comes as Reuters reports Saudi officials have been privately admitting to oil market participants that they are comfortable with lower oil prices. According to the news service, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is willing to accept prices as low as $80 a barrel for as much as the next two years.

Falling prices are of particular concern to Russia. Russia needs high oil prices to buoy its economy. The country has seen its economic performance slow under the weight of sanctions over Ukraine and weakening domestic demand.

One desktop per course. It reduces the clutter...

http://www.tekrevue.com/tip/virtual-desktops-windows/

Don’t Wait for Windows 10: How to Use Virtual Desktops in Windows XP and Up

One of the big new features Microsoft is touting in Windows 10 is virtual desktops, something that OS X and Linux users have long enjoyed. But while virtual desktops might be getting some tweaks for its public debut in Windows 10, the core technology required for the feature has been available in Windows for years — it’s just been hidden.

Starting way back in Windows XP, Microsoft built a hidden Windows architecture called “desktop objects,” which let Windows launch separate Explorer processes to create up to four virtual desktops. The company now provides a free utility called Desktops that lets users access this hidden Windows feature with a clean and simple Taskbar-based user interface.

Gaming was not a large share of GDP 100 years ago. Now, one game can pull in $1 Billion.

http://dailygadgetry.com/league-legends-hit-1-billion-revenue/4537

League of Legends to Hit $1 Billion in Revenue

… Despite the fact that the game is free, revenue is made from the in-game purchases that users make in order to enhance the game. The company has now suggested that by the end of the year, they would have reached the $1 Billion mark.

For my students who insist on chattering in class! Android App.

Spreaker Studio

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spreaker.android.studio&hl

– take over the entire production of your own podcast or radio show with Spreaker Studio. It transforms your device into a fully-equipped radio studio, allowing you to broadcast live or pre-record podcasts while adding tracks and sound effects. Start an active relationship with your listeners by interacting with them directly.

How To Run Android Apps in Chrome on Mac / Linux / Windows

It’s now possible to run Android apps in the Chrome browser — it just takes a little bit of work.

Google has officially brought four Android apps to Chromebooks, so it would seem that it’s only a matter of time before more and more Android apps become officially available on the Chrome browser. If you can’t wait, however, let’s run through a few options for running Android apps in Chrome right now.

99 cent Apple App. Formats as well as lists.

View Source

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/view-source-html-javascript/id917660039

– is an app plus an iOS 8 Safari extension that makes it easy to do one key web developer task: view the HTML, JavaScript and CSS source of any web page, with beautiful and customisable syntax highlighting. As an app, you can enter a URL and immediately see the source code behind it. As an extension, it’s even easier.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

We will add this to our Data Mining and Data Analytics course. Perhaps we can create some Open Source tools for smaller businesses. (And of course, my Ethical Hacker are interested!)

http://fortune.com/2014/10/10/ge-data-robotics-sensors/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fortunebrainstormtech+%28Fortune+Brainstorm+Tech%29#

How GE generates $1 billion from data

The company can now offer predictive maintenance and optimization services for more than $1 trillion worth of Internet-connected industrial equipment, ranging from medical equipment to jet engines.

… For GE, this is the next phase of the “Industrial Internet,” its in-house phrase for what others call the Internet of Things—the ever-growing collection of connected devices “talking” to businesses with valuable data.

This phenomenon is worth an estimated $1 billion in incremental revenue for the company this year alone, mostly in the form of advanced asset performance management services, according to GE’s top executive.

… Using its Predix technology, GE already captures 50 million data points collected and communicated by 10 million sensors installed on $1 trillion worth of equipment ranging from medical imaging systems to locomotives to jet engines, Immelt said.

… By the end of 2014, there will be more than 40 applications and services based on GE’s platform but the company hopes to spur many others by making Predix available to businesses interested in developing industry-specific solutions.

This could be amusing.

http://www.bespacific.com/uh-law-center-debuts-first-database-fortune-500-company-codes-conduct/

UH Law Center debuts first database of Fortune 500 company codes of conduct

“The University of Houston Law Center today released a searchable database that contains the compliance codes for Fortune 500 companies. The project was led by Houston attorney Ryan McConnell, an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center. McConnell worked with a team of recent graduates and current students to develop the database, which covers 42 different topics.

“The free database allows any company to conduct benchmarking on virtually every compliance area covered in a code of conduct and to spot compliance trends within their industry,” McConnell explained. “In addition to proactively building a program, when compliance failures occur, whether a foreign bribery violation or environmental issue, stakeholders – whether they are shareholders in a lawsuit or criminal investigators – frequently scrutinize the company’s compliance program. This database provides a powerful tool for anyone to evaluate the strength of a company’s compliance program, including subject matters addressed in the code and the organization’s core values.”

The Wall Street Journal has already dubbed the online tool as “catnip for compliance officers.”

Perhaps something my next Statistics class could tackle?

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/10/no-one-knows-how-teens-listen-to-music/381348/

No One Knows How Teens Listen to Music

… After surveying a national group of 7,200 teens, analysts at the research arm of Piper Jaffray discovered that teens like listening to music the 2000-and-late way, through downloaded music onto iTunes libraries or MP3 players:

That's 42 percent of teens listening to music through MP3s, according to the bank. But what does that statistic mean? Piper Jaffray told us that the "42 percent" figure was compiled from four survey questions, but it hasn't revealed how. Nor has it indicated what that percentage indicates—whether it's 42 percent of teens preferring MP3s over other options, or if it's that, 42 percent of the time they listen to music, teens are using MP3s to do it.

… That's a 13 percent increase this year for MP3s. Given those stats, maybe Apple shouldn't have discontinued the iPod.

This game would be better if we could overwrite the face of the lawyer. (You can play these games on your PC.)

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-android-game-play-scumbag-lawyer-rpg-devils-attorney/

Free Android Game: Play A Scumbag Lawyer In RPG Devil’s Attorney

… Devil’s Attorney, a game set in the 1980s and starring a defense attorney dedicated to keeping criminals on the streets, is free until the end of next week as part of a Humble Mobile Bundle promotion. All the games offered are worth checking out, but even if you’re not interested in the bundle, there’s no reason to not pick up this gem.

For my Ethical Hackers (and six-year-olds everywhere).

TakeItApart

https://www.takeitapart.com/

– is a place for the world to share photo-driven disassembly guides. It is a place to see how to take apart everyday things, and to find things to do once inside. It will void the warranties of devices, but in the process, you may learn a lot about how a device works internally. It can be a simple Zippo lighter or a complicated MacBook Air.

Optimism. Sometimes it's really funny.

http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2014-10-12/

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