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Hack to Make Macbook Batteries explode.

A hacker has discovered a vulnerability in MacBooks that can potentially allow others to gain control of battery, making it so they can keep it from charging or even explode.

The hacking method was discovered by a man named Charlie Miller, who told Forbes the MacBook's "smart" battery have the same default password.

If you know that password, you can control the battery.

A little background on MacBook batteries:

Since they're built in to every ...
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Domain name shake-up gets nod

The governing body behind online domains will allow cities, organisations and companies to register their own top-level domains, such as .Coke or .London in one of the biggest shake-ups in web address history.

The Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers voted in favour of the proposal to allow unlimited new top-level domains at a special meeting in Singapore.

There are 22 top-level domains currently in use, including .com and .org and about 250 country-level ...
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Bitcoin

I keep hearing about this but don't know what it is.

Can anyone explain it to me? Is it some sort of virtual currency or something? Do you trade it like forex or stocks or what?
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Lulzsec release over 62000 hacked emails and passwords

Did anyone see this this morning?

A hacker group, called Lulzsec, have released over 62000 email address with passwords, in return for their fans flooding /b/.

I downloaded the list to check if i was on it. I'm not! And neither is anyone I know. I also checked their website and they have other lists similar to this. Some of the stuff they've done is crazy, like hacking FBI affiliated websites, and exploiting other websites ...
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Best iPhone auto corrects

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Google Homepage

They seem to be getting way more creative with it...love the one today with the guitar...it even beats the Pac man one!!
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