Black Hat 2009: Breaking SSL with null characters

Update: The video of [Moxie]’s presentation is now online.

[Moxie Marlinspike] appeared on our radar back in February when he showed ssltrip at Black Hat.It was an amazing piece of software that could hijack and rewrite all SSL connections. The differences between a legitimate site and the hijacked ones were very hard to notice. He recently stumbled across something thing that makes the attack even more effective.

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Amazing robot dexterity

posted by Caleb Kraft
filed under: robots hacks

Ishikawa Komuro Laboratories are doing some amazing stuff with robots right now. The video above starts out looking like a clumsy and somewhat failed attempt at dribbling a ping pong ball. Once it goes into slow motion however, we see the true action. This robot is dribbling that ball amazingly. Utilizing 1000 FPS cameras, it readjusts and hits the ball on every bounce. As the ball drifts out of the reach of the bot, suddenly we are struck with the lifelike motion. Personification can be a fleeting thing, appearing so strongly as the little bot tries in vain to reach for that ball, then disappearing again an instant later. If you really want to see some personification worthy of the crab fu challenge, check out their tool manipulation by a multi fingered hand video.

[via BotJunkie]

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HTC’s Touch Pro2 and Snap hit TELUS

It seems that Canadian consumers 2 more handset options to choose from as it was recently announced that HTC’s Touch Pro2 and Snap have hit TELUS.

The HTC Touch Pro2 is crurrently priced at $249.99 on a 3-year contract while the HTC Snap is free on the same contract. In terms of specs, both of these are Windows Mobile smart phones and feature things such as WiFI, GPS, Bluetooth and visual voicemail.

Tags: bluetooth, Canada, Cell Phones, GPS, HTC, HTC, SNAP, Telus, Touch Pro2, visual voicemail, WiFi, Windows Mobile

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17-year old sues Amazon after they delete his homework

It seems that the Kindle’s cracked screens aren’t the only thing Amazon is getting sued about. This time, a 17 year old high school student is sueing Amazon because they deleted his homework, literally.

If you’ll recall a while back, Amazon, without notice, deleted digital copies of George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm from every Kindle that had it. Well the 17 year old in question was reportedly using the Kindle to take notes on 1984 for a summer assignment. Once the book was deleted, so were his notes, leading the teen to bring forth such a lawsuit.

The law suit seeks not only punitive damages but also seeks to forbid Amazon from doing the same thing in the future.

via Gizmodo

Tags: 1984, Amazon, Crazy Mobile, homework, Kindle, lawsuit, Mobile News, teenager

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Firefox 4.0 mockup screenshots showcased

Mozilla is hard at work on Firefox 4.0 and have today taken the time to show us a mockup screen shot of the browser’s new interface.

Does the interface look familiar? It should as it bares an uncanny resemblance to that of Google’s Chrome. I’m not complaining as I’ve become quite the fan of Chrome’s interface but Mozilla seems a bit unsure.

Below is a list of positives and negatives of the new UI compiled by Mozilla:

Positives:
- Save Vertical Space
- Efficiency/Remove Visual Complexity – Right now the tabs have to be connected to something. So we are adding an extra visual element for them to connect to.
- Shorter Mouse Distance to Page Controls.
Negatives:
- Breaks Consistency/Familiarity – Moving things confuses existing users.
- Title is MIA – With the space removed from the titlebar you only get the truncated version in the tab.
- Longer Mouse Distance to Tabs – Takes longer to mouse to a tab.
- Lost Space – Sandwiched in between the application icon and the window widgets you lose some space.

So, readers, what are you opinions on Firefox’s new look? Good? Bad? Leave it in the comments.

via Mashable

Tags: 4.0, browser, Chrome, Firefox, Google, Google, internet, Mobile Software, mockup, Mozilla, software

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Sony Ericsson W205 and W205a Are Now Official

Two entry-level phones have been officially unveiled by Sony Ericsson. They are two new Walkman phones, the W205 and the W205a and according to Sony Ericsson they will be the most affordable Walkman phones ever:

Here’s what you can expect from the new phones:

• Enjoy your music with the high quality Walkman experience
• FM radio
• TrackID
• 1.3 megapixel camera
• Video recording
• Bluetooth™
• Multiple phonebook
• Memory Stick Micro (M2) support up to 2GB

Sony Ericsson failed to announce the prices or availability dates for any of the two models. That’s a bit strange considering the company did say these are the cheapest Walkman phones ever to have been created. Shall we expect them to be available for free on contracts?

via Sony Ericsson

Tags: Mobile News, Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, W205, W205a, Walkman

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Ever Wanted to Own an iPhone Server Rack

Check out the picture here! Would you like it to own such a device? A Japanese developer has created this iPhone-dedicated server rack which will turn up to five of your iPhones and/or iPod touches into a crazy, but very hot storage solution. This product is not meant to go on sale but it’s rather a presentation for the Serversman iPhone app. Let’s pretend for a second that the iPhone Rack would start selling soon. How much would you pay for it?

And since we already mentioned the Serversman iPhone application we should tell you what it does. The freeware app will turn your iPhone into a personal web server to help you store some of your sensible stuff. You probably figured that out, didn’t you?

via DVICE

Tags: Apple, application, concept, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Portable Devices, Rack, Serversman, storage

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