It’s May the 4th, which means that it’s the perfect day to say to someone, “May the fourth be with you!” and watch as they stare at you in confusion. But hey, it’s a good enough reason for a holiday, right? Especially since Jediism hasn’t really taken off and Star Wars isn’t likely to get an official holiday any time soon.
So if you feel like celebrating Star Wars Day, here’s some ideas for things you could do:
As if the featurettes, trailers and photos were not enough, Twentieth Century Fox is now getting you riled up about Prometheus (opening June 8th) with some audio. This morning, an audio puzzle was apparently released by the studio. The clip was played in reverse, but it didn’t take long for the audio to hit You Tube in its proper presentation. Inside, listen to a clip from the film in all of its creepy glory.
Whoever that is, he is having a seriously bad day.
Youtuber Rickonami made this pretty cool HD remake of the opening sequence from Star Fox, one of the biggest and most popular titles on the SNES back in 1993.
You know your operating system has truly arrived when it becomes the target of hackers.
We’ve already seen attempts to spread malware to Android devices via bogus apps (which is considerably easier given the open nature of distributing such apps.) We’ve also seen attempts to infect Android devices by tricking users into visiting specially crafted sites.
Now it appears the scammers are attempting to hack legitimate websites to infect visitors using an Android device, the so-called drive-by download tactic. Security firm Lookout reports sightings of a trojan dubbed NotCompatible, posing as a system update, that can be distributed via compromised sites.
The good news is that this is very much a case of principle outweighing practice and in the big picture, damage should be minimal. Firstly, the legitimate sites that have been hacked don’t appear to have a great deal of traffic.
Secondly, the trojan won’t get on all Android devices. It’s only possible where the user has enabled sideloading (that is, installing apps other than through “official” sources.) And the user will have to specifically approve the installation of the bogus app.
Finally, the trojan doesn’t seem to do all that much damage. It appears to simply turn the device into a proxy. That’s only likely to be a major problem if the device is then connected to a private network.
With all that in mind, the proportion of users who visit the infected sites and then wind up having a practical problem from the trojan is likely to be very low. That means that if the tactic is to take off, it will have to be by targeting high-traffic sites and playing the numbers game.
Still, the fact that somebody has even bother attempting the tactic suggests the darker side of the online community is giving an unwanted vote of confidence in Android’s continued success.
An automaton is a self-moving machine made out of wood, metal, or paper. It is the perfect invitation to a crafter or maker to get down and dirty and create one of their very own! While on a paper art kick I thought I’d try my hand at the art of automata, and in today’s video break it down and show you how to make an old school Nintendo Mario Brother’s paper automaton.
I look at a lot of pictures of costumed people every day, and after seeing this I can safely say that this is the single most impressive fan-made costume I’ve ever seen. Period.
I’m sure us geeks have never felt the desire (nor the need) to cheat in exams, but just in case you were contemplating taking the less-than-moral road to getting a piece of paper that says you can do something, College Humor’s collected eight ways you probably shouldn’t do it.
