MacTech Conference 2016 Adds Home Automation Showcase TidBITS(cached at May 23, 2016, 11:36 pm)

Details of this year’s MacTech Conference are starting to become available, and the conference organizers have announced that the event will feature an Apple-focused Home Automation Showcase. Register by the end of the month to save $600 off the standard pricing.

 

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Google's 'Science Journal' App Turns Your Android Device Into A Laboratory Slashdotby BeauHD on android at January 1, 1970, 1:00 am (cached at May 23, 2016, 11:35 pm)

An anonymous reader writes about Google's latest 'Science Journal' app that was released at the end of Google I/O last week: Google has launched its 'Science Journal' app that can essentially turn your Android device into a tricorder of sorts. The app uses the sensors in your smartphone to gather, graph and visualize data. For example, you can use Google's Science Journal app to measure sound in a particular area over a particular period of time, or the movement of the device's internal accelerometers. The app is fairly basic to start, but Google is working to expand its functionality. It's even partnering with San Francisco's Exploratorium to develop external kits that can be used with the app -- which includes various microcontrollers and other sensors. As part of its Google Field Trip Days initiative, which allows students from underserved communities to attend a local museum for no cost and includes transportation and lunch, Google sent out 120,000 kits to local science museums. They also sent out 350,000 different pairs of safety glasses to schools, makerspaces, and Maker Faires worldwide, to ultimately help young students work on even bigger projects. You can download the app from the Play Store and start experimenting here.

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Do You Need a New ERP Process Control System? (IT Toolbox Blogs) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at May 23, 2016, 11:30 pm)

LSMW rears its ugly head again but with a twist (IT Toolbox Blogs) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at May 23, 2016, 11:30 pm)

Increase Profit Margins with ERP (IT Toolbox Blogs) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at May 23, 2016, 11:30 pm)

Amazon Stops Giving Refunds When an Item's Price Drops After You Purchase It Slashdotby manishs on money at January 1, 1970, 1:00 am (cached at May 23, 2016, 11:05 pm)

Amazon has for years issued refunds to users when the price of an item drops after they've purchased it. But lately the e-commerce giant hasn't been doing that on a number of products, except for televisions, according to price-tracking companies. Recode reports: The move may have something to do with the rise of startups that track prices for Amazon customers and automatically request refunds when appropriate. One of them, a Santa Monica-based startup called Earny that is backed by the startup incubator Science, first pointed out the change. Earny scours a customer's email inbox for digital receipts, and then continuously checks the price on a retailer's website to see if it drops.

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Analysis: Walmart's EMV Lawsuit Against Visa (InfoRiskToday) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at May 23, 2016, 11:00 pm)

Dynamic Swift Comments on Hacker News inessential.comat January 1, 1970, 8:00 am (cached at May 23, 2016, 10:31 pm)

I don’t generally point to (or even read) comments on Hacker News — because in the past I’ve found that they’re like other comments on the web.

However, I think the Hacker News comments on Michael Tsai’s Dynamic Swift post are worth reading.

Dynamic Swift Comments on Hacker News inessential.comat January 1, 1970, 8:00 am (cached at May 23, 2016, 10:31 pm)

I don’t generally point to (or even read) comments on Hacker News — because in the past I’ve found that they’re like other comments on the web.

However, I think the Hacker News comments on Michael Tsai’s Dynamic Swift post are worth reading.

OS X El Capitan: The smart person's guide (TechRepublic) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at May 23, 2016, 10:30 pm)

Pac-Man 256 Coming To PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC With Multiplayer Slashdotby manishs on windows at January 1, 1970, 1:00 am (cached at May 23, 2016, 10:05 pm)

Pac-Man is coming to gaming consoles. Publisher Bandai Namco announced on Monday that Pac-Mac 256 will be launching on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC on June 21. The VentureBeat reports: The console version of Pac-Man 256 will include a four-player local co-op game where you and your friends will have to collaborate to eat as many pellets as possible while collectively avoiding ghosts. This means that you can have up to four people sitting together on a couch and playing the game simultaneously. Each person controls a Pac-Man, and you will work together to avoid the ghosts. Because it is "local" co-op, this isn't an online mode, and you should instead think of it as something to do at a party... if you're cool like me and play video games at parties.

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Prty-1.08 search.cpan.orgby Frank Seitz at January 1, 1970, 1:00 am (cached at May 23, 2016, 10:04 pm)

Class library in Perl
WebService-MinFraud-0.003000 search.cpan.orgby MaxMind, Inc. at January 1, 1970, 1:00 am (cached at May 23, 2016, 10:04 pm)

BETA API for MaxMind's minFraud Score, Insights, and Factors services
Future-HTTP-0.04 search.cpan.orgby Max Maischein at January 1, 1970, 1:00 am (cached at May 23, 2016, 10:04 pm)

provide the most appropriate HTTP client with a Future API
Color-Brewer-0.001 search.cpan.orgby Pablo Rodríguez at January 1, 1970, 1:00 am (cached at May 23, 2016, 10:04 pm)

Color schemes from Cynthis Brewer's ColorBrewer L