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German group breaks through iPhone 5s Touch ID fingerprint authentication, releases video of hack

It only took three days to hack the iPhone 5s’ Touch ID authentication system. Per The Mac Observer, the gChaos Computer Club has claimed to have hacked Apple’s newest security feature. The group started by scanning the fingerprint associated with an iPhone at high resolution, and then printing it out for transfer to another material […]

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VirtualBox updated to 4.2.0

VirtualBox, an open source x86 virtualization project available for free has just hit version 4.2.0. The new version, a 96.6 megabyte download, features the following fixes and changes: New Features: – Improved Windows 8 support, in particular many 3D-related fixes. – GUI: VM groups (bug #288). – GUI: expert mode for wizards. – GUI: allow […]

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Rumor: Apple’s use of double-resolution icons in Mac OS X 10.8 previews hint at Retina Display-equipped Macs

When in doubt, go with the Retina Display. Additional evidence has surfaced that high-resolution Retina display Macs are in Apple’s near future has been discovered in an early developer build of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Per Ars Technica, double-resolution icons were found in “unexpected places” of Mountain Lion according to sources who wished to […]