Apple fails to fix a backdoor known as Rootpipe affecting all Macs, researchers claim. It had already been criticised for leaving anyone below Mac OS X Yosemite open to Rootpipe exploits, but will now have to re-engineer its patch if it wants to defend users from attacks.
Source: Failed Apple Rootpipe Fix Leaves Backdoor On All Macs, Researchers Claim – Forbes
BALTIMORE — An immersive theater experience based on the brooding writing of Edgar Allan Poe is reopening a historic Baltimore house that has been closed for a decade.
Source: A Historic House Opens Its Doors to the Words of Edgar Allan Poe
Save for his unusual name, Ralph Eugene Meatyard had all the trappings of an ordinary man.
Alex P. asks: What’s the difference between green and black tea? Isn’t it all just tea from the same plant? Both black and green tea is harvested from an evergreen, tree-like shrub known as camellia sinensis. Most likely originating in China, the camellia sinensis is thought to have first been used to brew a medicinal elixir during the Shang Dynasty […]
Sometimes using Photoshop can be both really effective and really easy. This trick is great for beginners and avid users alike.
Source: Photoshop Trick Using the BW Adjustment Layer To Brilliantly Alter Color
British amp maker’s legendary Plexi gets rebuilt, piece by piece, in the digital realm.
Source: Marshall goes digital with its first official software amplifier | Ars Technica
Get around your Apple computer more quickly and efficiently than ever with these must-use Finder tricks.
Source: 10 essential Finder tricks every Mac user should know | Cult of Mac
Julia G. asks: Why do gas stations get to set their prices ending at 9/10ths of a cent, but nothing else is priced that way? The practice of pricing fuel with a fraction of a penny is thought to have started around the 1930s. While we can’t be sure who was the first to price fuel this way, it seems […]
Source: How the Practice of Pricing Fuel with 9/10th of a Penny Got Started
Former security director may have tampered with number generator to win $14.3M.
Source: Prosecutors suspect man hacked lottery computers to score winning ticket | Ars Technica
At least one Internet backbone company is planning to complain to the FCC over network congestion.
Source: The First Net Neutrality Complaints Are Coming – NationalJournal.com
