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Hipster (like Path) uploads your address book emails to its servers

Inspired by this post (which you should all read), I looked at the apps on my own iPhone for information leakage by other apps. I figured this would be common practice, and lo and behold, when booting up Hipster, it seems like parts of my iPhone address book were being uploaded to Hipster. Here’s the breakdown, done in the style of Arun Thampi (the author of the first post)

Node.native - Node.js in C++0x

C++11 port for Node. js — Read more Sorry, but there was a problem saving your changes. Cancel Read+Write access Dismiss Octotip: You've activated the file finder by pressing t Start typing to filter the file list

HDD Price Update: How the Thai Floods Have Affected Prices, 3 Months Later

"The hard disk drive supply chain was hit hard late last year when a series of floods struck Thailand. The Asian country accounts for about a quarter of the world's hard drive production, but thousands of factories had to close shop for weeks as facilities were under water, in what is considered the world's fourth costliest natural disaster according to World Bank estimates. That's on top of the human cost of over 800 lives. TechSpot has monitore

TypedJS: Sanity Check your JavaScript

The function add_all sums a list of numbers. It takes one argument (a list of type Number) and returns a single Number. The function my_prop takes an object with two fields, name (a String) and valid (a Boolean), and it returns a Boolean which depends on the state of valid

Anonymous releases stolen Symantec source code

intrepid9 at 2012-02-07 05:47 CET: spawn236964 at 2012-02-07 07:25 CET: spawn236964 at 2012-02-07 07:42 CET: kendypro at 2012-02-07 07:54 CET: promienie at 2012-02-07 10:32 CET: droidman8 at 2012-02-07 13:21 CET: someone13 at 2012-02-07 15:26 CET: mrtunecat at 2012-02-07 16:36 CET: tastybyte at 2012-02-07 19:26 CET: w00t13 at 2012-02-07 21:06 CET: theruffneck at 2012-02-07 22:02 CET: spysappin at 2012-02-07 22:33 CET: bishopsfinger1 at 2012-02-07

Startup idea: Do we value our laundry more than our privacy?

Update: Olefoo on HN points out that this has been tried: http://khulaproject. com/ Path and Pinterest are both receiving some extra attention on HackerNews today, but not for design or impressive user adoption. Instead, they are being criticized for undisclosed (or perhaps under-disclosed) behavior

Transactional Synchronization Extension coming to Intel processors

4,386 Posts served 10,701 Conversations started We have released details of Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX) for the future multicore processor code-named “Haswell”. The updated specification (Intel® Architecture Instruction Set Extensions Programming Reference) can be downloaded . In this blog, I’ll introduce Intel TSX and provide a little background

Magnetic recording breakthrough reported

ScienceDaily (Feb. 7, 2012) — An international team of scientists has demonstrated a revolutionary new way of magnetic recording which will allow information to be processed hundreds of times faster than by current hard drive technology. The researchers found they could record information using only heat -- a previously unimaginable scenario

The Curious Story of the Smart Developer Who Couldn't Find a Job (he liked)

Pasadena Police Encrypt, Deny Access To Police Radio

"There is media (but not public?) outcry over the Pasadena, CA police switch from analog radio that can be picked up by scanners to encrypted digital radio that cannot . 'On Friday, Pasadena police Lt. Phlunte Riddle said the department was unsure whether it could accommodate the media with digital scanners. Riddle said the greatest concern remains officer safety. "People who do bank robberies use scanners, and Radio Shack sells these things chea

A $5000 Chair

This the story of a black faux-leather chair, the kind you can buy at Walmart for $99, that ended up costing me five grand. Very early in the days of Distil, my partner Steve and I hooked up with this lawyer / advisor. We’ll call him Bill (not just a pseudonym

4G Phones Are Really Fast — At Draining Batteries

"With Verizon's 4G network covering a good chunk of the country and AT&T gaining ground, more smartphone users have access to the fastest wireless service available. But because 4G coverage isn't truly continuous in many locations, users' batteries are taking a big hit with 4G , as phones spend an lot of battery power trying to hunt down a signal. 'You've got a situation where the phones are sending out their signals searching and searching for a

Machine Learning for Hackers

Your Account: Sign In Now that storage and collection technologies are cheaper and more precise, methods for extracting relevant information from large datasets is within the reach any experienced programmer willing to crunch data. With this book, you'll learn machine learning and statistics tools in a practical fashion, using black-box solutions and case studies instead of a traditional math-heavy presentation. By exploring each problem in thi

Stanley Fish: Politics in the Academy

In academia, questions are left unanswered and nothing gets done. That is how it should be.

Is Assad’s Time Running Out?

Room for Debate asks why Syria’s president has outlasted other leaders in the region.

On the Vodun Trail in Benin

On the West African coast, exploring the rituals of vodun, Benin’s ancient religion.

Texas Road Trip, Part I: Barbecue, Dr Pepper and Tortilla-Tossing

From Austin to San Angelo, a chunk of Texas that is as distinctive as the state itself.

A Boot Fit for a King

Among King Leopold II's legacies in central Africa is the Congo Pedicle, an odd stick of land that nearly divides Zambia in half.

Mindful Eating as Food for Thought

A concept based on Buddhist teachings encourages people to eat slowly, paying close attention to the sensation and purpose of each morsel.

At War: A ‘Temporary’ Boyfriend Deploys

More Shake-Ups on Yahoo Board

Four long-serving directors will leave, and two new members have been named, following the resignation of the co-founder Jerry Yang.

For the Giants, a Parade and Cheers

Throngs of Giants fans celebrated in Manhattan at the ceremony honoring the team’s Super Bowl win.

Hotel Workers Would Get Panic Alarm Buttons Under Proposed Contract

The provision calls for the hotels to equip certain employees with "devices to be carried on their persons at work that they can quickly and easily activate to effectively summon prompt assistance.''

Florence Green, Last World War I Veteran, Dies at 110

Mrs. Green, a teenage officers’ mess waitress, signed up in the last months of the war and recalled the officers’ courtly behavior.

Met Aims to Build Itself a Museum-Quality Plaza

An ambitious plan is in the works to transform the plaza in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art into a more efficient and pleasing space.