Galaxy Note II confirmed - August 15th

We’ve been told by a source close to Samsung (005930) that the company will indeed be introducing a follow-up to the Galaxy Note, the Galaxy Note II, during its press conference on August 15th. The display is said to be thinner and taller, allowing Samsung to stuff a 5.5-inch screen into a phone that can supposedly be held by humans and not just 7-foot tall Gorillas.

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Trashbox with Kinect

According to Gizmag, the Smart Trashbox was created by a Japanese modder known as FRP, who built a "smart" trashbox, able to pick up trash whenever you shoot.
This technology trashbox can always know where the trash will stop thanks to a sensor that analyzes Kinect space. After computing the trajectory of the object, information is transmitted to the bucket that moves in the direction calculated with the help of the motor base.

Key Masters: 4 Portable Secure Hard Drives Tested

What extra protection does hardware encryption add?
A system password is a software program like any other, so a determined thief can remove the hard drive from your computer, attach it to another machine, and crack the password. But these drives won't even mount on a PC desktop unless you first pass a hardware-based authentication test: typing a PIN on a keypad, swiping a fingerprint, tapping an RFID badge, or entering a code displayed on a separate dongle. Fail the hardware tests and the drive locks up. Even if somebody cracks open the case and removes the drive, there's still a 128- or 256-bit military-grade encryption algorithm built into the firmware, so your data is run through a digital Cuisinart before it's even written to the disk, rendering it unreadable.

So they're uncrackable?
No. No encryption is. But if you store your sensitive info on one of these drives, there's a very good chance nobody will ever see it without your say-so. Brazilian and FBI codebreakers spent two years trying to decipher data on the hardware-secured drives of a Brazilian banker suspected of money laundering—before giving up in 2010.

What if I lose my passcode?
All these drives have an admin mode; admins can create codes for up to 10 or so users and can reset a forgotten code. If you're not the admin, the "forgot my passcode" drill is somewhat forgiving. You get up to 25 attempts, after which the drive will require a factory-programmed fail-safe code to enable more PIN entries. After 50 or so failed attempts, the drive assumes it's under attack and self-destructs.

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Kyocera Urbano Progresso, a phone with tissue condition!

The Urban Progress is a Kyocera phone launched in Japan, that has no need of having any column. The ring tone is passed directly to the user's ear through vibrations, reports the PopSci.
Kyocera uses a Bluetooth headset that transmits the vibrations through the tissue to the ear. Was developed a ceramic emitter that sends the ringing of the phone from the screen, through the skin to the ear.