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15 November, 2012

Microsoft is scrambling Wednesday to fix a security vulnerability that allowed anyone to hijack another user’s Skype account with a dead-simple trick. But if it had listened to one helpful user who reported a bug in its registration system months ago, it might have avoided the whole fiasco.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/11/14/bug-that-helped-enable-skype-account-takeovers-reported-by-a-user-months-earlier/

Apple is sending notices to several developers asking them to remove or rename Apps that have 'Memory' in their titles. The notices are coming at the request of German company Ravensburger, which claims to hold trademark for the word in several European countries, where it sells a very popular board game simply titled "Memory."

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/181499/Memory_board_game_trademark_threatens_several_iOS_games.php#.UKRNAIfql8G

High-speed LTE networks could be felled by a $650 piece of gear, says a new study. Any radio frequency can be blocked, or “jammed,” if a transmitter sends a signal at the same frequency, with enough power. But LTE turns out to be especially vulnerable, Reed’s group says. That is because the whole LTE signal depends on control instructions that make up less than 1 percent of the overall signal.

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/507381/one-simple-trick-could-disable-a-citys-4g-phone-network/

Another cool Chrome Experiment. Google has rolled out a new web experiment for Chrome. This one is a visualization of the locations of over 100,000 nearby stars.

http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/stars/

Super Dad hacks video game (Legend of Zelda), transforms hero for his daughter

http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/ingame/super-dad-hacks-video-game-transforms-hero-his-daughter-1C7040451

State of Victoria State to overhaul school curriculum system, some schools could also offer specialist areas of study such as sport, science or technology for students who excel in particular areas.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/state-to-overhaul-school-curriculum-system-20121114-29cqf.html

How to create the next best app in a sea of apps?

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/smartphone-apps/doing-well-in-app-store-like-winning-tattslotto-20121114-29b21.html

13 November, 2012

They were born in the digital age but young Australians continue to give a collective thumbs down to a career in the industry that brought them iPhones and Facebook. Figures from the Australian Computer Society to be released on Tuesday show the number of domestic students graduating from information and communications technology courses has halved over the past decade; down from 9093 in 2003 to an expected 4547 this year.

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/a-brilliant-career--but-not-in-ict-20121112-29866.html

A prototype app made for the iPhone 4 allows users to type on a keyboard made of paper using vibrations. Created by Florian Kräutli, a university student in London, the "Vibrative" app makes use of the iPhone's inbuilt accelerometer, reading vibrations as a finger taps a surface to work out which key is being pressed.

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/smartphone-apps/iphone-keyboard-app-gives-off-good-vibrations-20121113-299da.html

World's first 3D printing photo booth set for scan. Small (Max. 10cm, 20g), US$264 Medium (Max. 15cm, 50g), US$403 Large (Max. 20cm, 200g), US$528

http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-first-3d-printing-photo-booth/24965/

Woolworths rolls out 'virtual walls' for Christmas

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/it-business/woolworths-rolls-out-virtual-walls-for-christmas/story-e6frganx-1226515803436

NSW students crack ticket algorithm. White hat hacking?

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/free-ride-students-crack-ticket--algorithm-20121112-2984x.html