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I hope you've always wanted a smartphone-controlled door lock because the tech world is here to shove them in your face. Or hand, rather.

Our warm-weather adventures continue as we saddle up on mountain bikes to go test some of the latest off-road cycling gear, including bikes, helmets, shoes and outerwear.

In preparation for the roll out of Ubuntu mobile operating system smartphones which are expected to launch shortly. Canonical has this week announced the launch of a new Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group and the first 8 Telecom partners that will be helping launch the new Ubuntu Touch Mobile OS. The Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group (CAG) first members include Deutsche Telekom, Everything Everywhere, Korea Telecom, Telecom Italia, LG UPlus, Portugal Telecom, and SK Telecom together with an unnamed Spanish Telecom company. (...)Original Story Canonical Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group And First 8 Telecom Partners Announced © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post Canonical Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group And First 8 Telecom Partners Announced appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.

Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft is planning to give its Surface RT tablet an overhaul using chips from Qualcomm.Read more...

Microsoft launched BLINK back in February, the app is a free photo app for Windows Phone 8. Microsoft has now released a new version of BLINK for Windows Phone 8 which you can see in action in the video below. (...)Original Story BLINK For Windows Phone 8 Updated (Video) © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post BLINK For Windows Phone 8 Updated (Video) appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.

Google has this week rolled out a new feature called the Google Carousel which appears when you search for restaurants, bars or other local places on your desktop. The Google Carousel has been designed to provide users with an interactive carousel of local results in easy reach right at the top of the page. (...)Original Story Google Carousel Search Feature Arrives On Desktops In The US © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post Google Carousel Search Feature Arrives On Desktops In The US appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.

Anyone who's tried to tether to their iPhone or iPad will recall how iOS manages to craft its own passwords when used as a personal hotspot. The aim is to ensure that anyone sharing their data connection will get some degree of security, regardless of whether they tinker with the password themselves. However, three researchers from FAU in Germany have now worked the structure behind these auto-generated keys -- a combination of a short english word and a series or random numbers -- and managed to crack that hotspot protection in under a minute. To start, the word list is listed to around 52,500 entries, and once the testers are able to capture a WiFi connection, they used an AMD Radeon HD 6990 GPU to cycle through all those words with number codes, taking just under 50 minutes to crack with rote entry. Following that, they realized that only a small subset (just 1,842) of the word list was being used. Factor in an even faster GPU -- a cluster of four AMD Radeon HD 7970s -- and they got the hotspot password cracking time to 50 seconds. The Friedrich-Alexander University researchers added that unscrupulous types could use comparable processing power through cloud computing. ""System-generated passwords should be reasonably long, and should use a reasonably large character set. Consequently, hotspot passwords should be composed of completely random sequences of letters, numbers, and special characters," it says in the report, which outlines the trade-off between security and usability. However, as ZDNet notes, Apple's cycled password approach still offers more protection than static options found elsewhere. Check out the full paper at the source. Filed under: Cellphones, Internet, Mobile, Apple Comments Via: ZDNet Source: Department of Computer Science, Friedrich-Alexander University (PDF)

Pure has released the Evoke D2, a walnut-finished DAB and FM radio with a smaller form factor than the iconic Evoke. The radio features a 3-inch full range drive unit and digital Class-D amplifier, 3.5mm line input for connection to an external audio...

AT&T launched a new program in New York this week called Street Charge. The program has placed solar charging stations in and around the five different boroughs within New York City. AT&T’s plan is in part a response to the issues New Yorkers and other people on the East Coast had when power was out due to hurricane Sandy. (...)Original Story AT&T Rolls out Street Charge Solar Power Stations in New York © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post AT&T Rolls out Street Charge Solar Power Stations in New York appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.