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Leonard Nimoy AKA Mr. Spock passes away at 83
LG Introduces their first non-Android 4G smartwatch
Lenovo Admits It Should Have Known About Superfish’s Flaws

Leonard Nimoy AKA Mr. Spock passes away at 83

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 10:34 AM PST

Today is a sad day for trekkies and geek culture around the world as Leonard Nimoy has passed away at 83, a victim of pulmonary disease.

Leonard Nimoy, probably the most well known actor of the original Star Trek series has passed away at age 83, according to The New York Times. According to reports, he was suffering of end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, caused by years of smoking (which he had quit decades ago). Nimoy was, besides an incredible and beloved actor, a prolific artist undertaking in writing, a photography, and music. Yet it is his role as Spock which changed the world and geek culture forever.

The original Star Trek series had icons such as Nimoy himself along with William Shatner and George Takei, and many other men and women who have found their way into the collective subconsciousness forever, all thanks to a three season series from the 1960s. When movies started coming out, Leonard reprised his role many, many times and even voiced animated versions of his character and appearing in J.J. Abrams’ reboot. He was deeply involved with the universe and his character, having written two biographies about it titled I Am Not Spock and I Am Spock. And to us, he will forever be. We’ll miss you Leonard.

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LG Introduces their first non-Android 4G smartwatch

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 07:00 AM PST

WebOS has gotten a second wind thanks to LG and their latest smartwatch, the LG Watch Urbane.

The LG Watch Urbane LTE has finally been show, and it is one of the greatest hardware pieces we’ve seen in a while: capable of connecting to 4G networks and running on the proprietary LG Wearable Platform operating system based on WebOS also used on LG TVs is a breath of fresh air on an industry where everything seems to be either Android or iOS.

LG had introduced a previous version of Urbane which did run Android Wear, Google’s OS for wearable gadgets, so it seems that for the time being LG plans to support both, which in the end is a clever decision, as no one knows as of now what exactly they want on their smartphones.

The Urbane LTE is the fourth smartwatch released by LG, and just like previous models it sports a 1.3 plastic-organic-light-emitting diode circular display with an always-on “ambient mode”, a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and 4 GB of memory. The new details, though, include the fact that it works on its own without pairing it with a smartphone and can receive calls and send text messages, while also using a better battery that makes it last (at least on stand-by mode) for days.

But the Urbane LTE has a few key differences from its non-LTE sibling. With an independent LTE connection, it can make and receive calls and text messages. It also has a heftier 700 mAh battery, offering several days in standby mode. The physical buttons on the side serve to access settings, switching between apps, and even an option to send a distress beacon to a preset contact. Users will be able to get a better look at the Urbane Watch LTE at the next WMC 2015 in Barcelona.

Via CNET

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Lenovo Admits It Should Have Known About Superfish’s Flaws

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 05:00 AM PST

Chinese company Lenovo has loaded adware on many of its machines, and it has now been revealed that it could leave users vulnerable to hacks.

Ads, we realise, can be annoying. As far as a form of revenue goes, it’s important for Internet users that they aren’t intrusive, they aren’t annoying and they don’t scream audio in the next browser tab whilst you’re trying to browse the web. We can’t avoid them entirely so most of us just get on with it. Unfortunately, that’s not the case for those who use Lenovo computers as those users are now at risk thanks to the Chinese company’s ad policies.

To explain, Lenovo preloads adware into its devices. Adware is software that automatically displays or downloads ads onto your computer; while it’s generally annoying, it’s not usually harmful. The reason why Lenovo’s adware (called Superfish) is such a problem is because it does the following:

“[Superfish] installs a self-generated root certificate into the Windows certificate store and then resigns all SSL certificates presented by HTTPS sites with its own certificate.”

According to PC World, that leaves "a weakness that hackers could potentially use to steal sensitive data like banking credentials or just observe your web surfing activities." Keep in mind that Lenovo is the biggest manufacturer of computers in the world and so millions of people across the globe are now vulnerable.

How could Lenovo have possible missed this? That’s a very good question and Lenovo CEO Peter Hortensius said this week that "We should have known that going in that that was the case. We just flat-out missed it on this one, and did not appreciate the problem it was going to create… we are taking our beating like we deserve on this issue."

His explanation doesn’t really answer the question since it seems mind-boggling that a company with as many smart minds as Lenovo didn’t realise that a piece of software designed to disrupt SSL certificates (SSL certificates are what make sure that the data passed between your browser and the server stays private) couldn’t be intercepted to steal user data.

What is hopeful is that Lenovo has promised not to install Superfish onto any more of its devices and PC World also has a guide you can use to find out if your PC is affected and how you can uninstall the software.

Source: Re/code

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