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The new patent, issued just last year on Feb. 7, 2012, is quite broad and describes a “System for Disseminating Media Content Representing Episodes in a Serialized Sequence.” Personal Audio is also suing the popular Howstuffworks.com series, which like Ace Broadcasting, is a large podcasting presence on iTunes and across the web… On Personal Audio’s website, the company said its patents “pioneered techniques now commonly used today in portable players, smartphones, tablets and other products” and lists several patents for music playlists, podcasting, personalized recommendations, and audio messaging....

Social network platform Path, which was once reported to be in acquisition talks with Apple, has announced that it will be closing down next month. Path pioneered a number of features later borrowed by Facebook, including one of the biggest shake-ups seen on the service … It was Path which came up with the idea of reactions, rather than just likes, a feature later introduced by Facebook with much fanfare. Social media users could for the first time express other emotions, such as love, shock and sadness....

After Rob Zombie finished up on his most recent movie, 3 From Hell, the director has yet to attach himself to another project; horror remakes seem to be the current trend for the genre, and there are some that could use Zombie’s unique aesthetic vision to reach their true potential. Though Zombie tends to leave a little bit of a time gap between one project and another, there’s never a wrong time to start thinking of what opportunities could be ahead....

A simple dark comedy about a family of con artists, imported from South Korea, has been making waves this awards season. Parasite is the latest of director Bong Joon-Ho’s satirical tales about the two sides of society. Not only was it lauded for its striking originality, but it was hailed for its engaging performances, intricate production values and hidden subtexts. Thanks to that, this Bong Joon-Ho masterpiece is not only hailed as one of the best of the year, but one of the best of the decade....

Patriots Day is more effective as a suspense thriller than a stirring docudrama that explores the complexities of real-life heroism. The year is 2013 and Boston police officer Tommy Saunders (Mark Wahlberg) is on the last day of his semi-official suspension for a previous incident, just in time for him to help handle crowd control at April’s annual Boston Marathon. Meanwhile, people from around the city of Boston as well as the state of Massachusetts itself - ranging from Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis (John Goodman) to Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick (Michael Beach) - prepare for the event too, as do locals such as Tommy’s wife Carol (Michelle Monaghan); knowing all too well that their city will be, in essence, shutting down while the marathon commences....

We showed you the real world meets iPad app gaming system for kids called Osmo last month as it launched a crowdfunding campaign ahead of their product debut. Today the team is announcing the results of that campaign: Osmo reached its $50,000 goal in less than seven hours. In addition to reaching their goal, Osmo is opening a second batch of discounted pre-order sales for early backs at $49 (half off the launch price) and promising extra incentives for two years to early backers as well....

In this article we’ll present the open source host-based intrusion detection system, which is needed if we would like to detect host-based attacks on our computer. First of all, we should emphasize that OSSEC is supported on most platforms including Linux, MAC, Windows, Solaris, HP-UX, ESX, etc and is completely open source. OSSEC supports both kinds of monitoring: agent-based and agentless, which is needed in case we’re not allowed to install the agent on some systems, like the network switch or router....

tcpdump ​Default Behavior Running tcpdump with no parameters will look for the first active interface it finds and displays information about packets coming in or going out of a network device until the process is either interrupted (by pressing Ctrl-C) or killed. Superuser privileges are required when using tcpdump. $ sudo tcpdump Once the command is terminated, the output will show how many packets were captured, how many were actually received, and how many the kernel dropped....

Panasonic is one of the fewer brands that provide quality products. But, still, sometimes their products fail to provide satisfaction to users. For example, peoples frequently report that they are facing different kinds of issues with their Panasonic TVs. Recently, many users reported that their Panasonic smart TV stopped working after blinking red light, and now it is not turning on at all. However, there are a few incidences where users claim that their Panasonic TV won’t turn on from standby mode....

When a script is recorded, it covers single and straight flow of the subject application. Whereas, a real user may perform multiple iterations of any process before he logs out. The delay between clicking buttons (think time) will vary from person to person. Chances are that some real users access your application over DSL and some access it over a dial-up. So, in order to get the real feel of end user, we need to enhance our scripts to be exact match, or at least very close in behaviour to real users....

Browsers like Google’s Chrome or Mozilla’s Firefox can store usernames, passwords, addresses and credit card information. The tool known as AutoComplete data makes it easy to fill in details on websites. But it’s not as secure as you might think or hope. Read on for frightening details on how an updated malware variant can steal your critical information for as little as $50. Here’s the backstory Malware often undergoes several iterations as the developers fine-tune its capabilities and delivery methods....

Undoubtedly, Outlander owes much of its popularity to the beautiful love story of Jamie and Claire Fraser. Who isn’t a complete sucker for romances that include crossing challenges, oceans, and, in this particular case, even time? The narrative and adventures surrounding these two characters has been the driving force of the show ever since it first premiered. However, as much as we adore these two lovebirds, we do have to give some serious props to the supporting cast....

Overwatch will soon receive a massive update, according to a leak from someone who has proved reliable in the past, and hero bans could be coming to the game in the near future. Hero bans are a popular element in games like League of Legends and Dota 2, but both of those titles have much deeper rosters of characters, which in turn provides more lop-sided matchups for teams without the ability to ban out their nightmare scenarios....

Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro reveals why he didn’t return to helm Pacific Rim: Uprising. The original film was a modest success domestically in the United States but a much larger hit internationally. A sequel was always in the cards creatively but Legendary Pictures, along with Universal Pictures, took their time to decide whether to proceed with the second movie or not. Eventually, Pacific Rim 2 (then titled Pacific Rim: Maelstrom) was announced in 2015 with del Toro directing — only to be halted just before it was supposed to go in front of cameras in Toronto....

The Emperor’s return in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has some very strange parallels to the old Legends. There’s nothing new about the idea of the Emperor coming back from the dead; in 1991 and 1992, Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy produced the Star Wars: Dark Empire miniseries. George Lucas loved the comic, and bought copies as Christmas presents for his employees. Dark Empire envisioned a scenario in which Emperor Palpatine had been mysteriously resurrected, and emerged leading a resurgent Empire armed with a fleet of superweapons, the World Devastators, which were described as “more powerful and unstoppable than the Death Star....

[youtube=http://youtu.be/Copuyw_qQdA] Right after releasing its new remote access application Access, Parallels has just announced Parallels Desktop 9 for the Mac. The updated application will support Mavericks and the upcoming Windows Blue/8.1 update and boasts many speed boosts. Performance improvements with Parallels Desktop 9 are notable – “40 percent improvement in disk performance; virtual machine startup and shutdown are now up to 25 percent faster; and customers can suspend their virtual machines in up to 20 percent less time than before....

The purpose of this article is to show how to bypass various security checks by modifying binary code directly, rather than source code, through the use of CFF Explorer. We have already looked at the diverse ways of circumventing IL code earlier. There we have accomplished such crucial tasks by playing with IL byte code instruction. This article basically teaches you how to identify the corresponding binary code instructions using the IL disassembler; then you will learn how to modify such binary code (hex code) using an editor such as CFF Explorer....

Samsung today announced that it is bringing PayPal support to Samsung Pay thereby allowing users to pay for their in-store transactions using their PayPal account. In addition, Samsung Pay users will also be able to use PayPal as a payment method for their in-app and online purchases. For now, PayPal integration is only being offered to Samsung Pay users in the United States, though this will expand to other countries soon....

This is the ad-supported option, but it comes with all of your favorite sporting events, including Live Sports, Premier League, and WWE wrestling – all live from the comfort of your living room. In addition to the sports features, you’ll get access to exclusive Peacock Original series like Bel Air, Killing It, and more, with next-day access to all NBC and bravo shows. If you have bilingual family members or have a telenovela obsession, Peacock also comes with access to Telemundo for your favorite hits like Promesas de campanioa, Amor Valiente, and more....

After receiving an Oscar at the 92nd Academy Awards, director Taika Waititi made a remark about the weight of an Oscar, causing some to wonder about the actual weight of the prestigious award. Officially named the Academy Award of Merit, the award is better known by the name “Oscar”. Modeled after a knight, the Oscar was designed by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons and created by sculptor George Stanley for the first Academy Award ceremony all the way back in 1929....