How to Protect Your Social Network Accounts from Hackers

First order of business for today: Setting up two-factor authentication for Google. To do that, you’ll need to go into your Gmail Settings (it’s the icon that looks like a little gear in the upper right corner of your inbox). From there:

1. Select Settings, then Accounts and Import.
2. Under Change account settings select “Other Google Account settings”.
3. That will take you to a Web page for your Accounts. Select Security from the left-hand menu. You may be prompted for your password again.
4. Under “2-step verification” you’ll see “Status: OFF.” Click the Edit button next to that. That will take you to a Web page wizard that will walk you through the process of having a six-digit verification code sent to you via text or a robo-call.

ATM Skimmers Get Wafer Thin

It’s getting harder to detect some of the newer ATM skimmers, fraud devices attached to or inserted into cash machines and designed to steal card and PIN data. Among the latest and most difficult-to-spot skimmer innovations is a wafer-thin card reading device that can be inserted directly into the ATM’s card acceptance slot.

That’s according to two recent reports from the European ATM Security Team (EAST), an organization that collects ATM fraud reports from countries in the region. In both reports, EAST said one country (it isn’t naming which) alerted them about a new form of skimming device that is thin enough to be inserted directly into the card reader slot. These devices record the data stored on the magnetic stripe on the back of the card as it is slid into a compromised ATM.

Wafer-thin skimmers like these are showing in ATMs in one European nation. Images courtesy EAST.

Top 20 Android Security Apps

Protect your Android device against malicious apps, mobile malware, and theft with these essential security solutions.

By Jeff Goldman  | 

Android security issues make the news just about every day, from malicious apps appearing in the Google Play app store to mobile malware spreading via SMS. While Android is a flexible and easy-to-use mobile operating system available on a wide variety of great devices, the mobile threat landscape has now made it essential for users to install additional security options.
Keep in mind that the most basic security precautions, like password-protecting your device and setting it to auto-lock after a specified period of time, don't require an app – both of those features can be accessed within Settings > Location & Security. And most Android devices offer a variety of unlock options, including a numeric PIN, a password or a graphical pattern.
But don't stop there. From anti-virus apps (crucial at this point) to enhanced password protection, it's worth taking a look at several more advanced options. The vast number of security apps available for the platform makes it impossible to cover them all here, but what follows should give you a good sense of the options available when seeking further protection for your Android device and the data that resides on it.

Lookout Security & Antivirus (free) blocks malware, spyware and Trojans, with user-schedulable daily or weekly anti-virus scans as well as automatic scanning of new apps and files when they're downloaded. Additional features include the ability to locate a lost or stolen phone on a Google map and activate a loud alarm to help find the device, and the ability to back up and restore the user's contact list. Lookout Premium ($29.99/year or $2.99/month) adds phishing protection, privacy protection, remote lock and data wipe functionality, and the ability to back up and restore the user's photos and call history in addition to contacts.

avast! Mobile Security (free) provides a wide range of functionality, including a Virus Scanner that enables on-demand scans of all apps installed on the device and SD card, along with scans of any newly installed apps upon initial execution. The Privacy Advisor displays the access rights and intents of installed apps, identifying any potential privacy risks. The Application Manager shows a list of running apps along with their size, CPU load, used memory, and number of threads and services, and enables the user to stop or uninstall any app as needed. The Web Shield scans every URL loaded on the device, and warns the user if a malware-infected site is being accessed. The SMS and Call Filter can be used to filter calls and/or messages from the user's contact lists. The Firewall, usable only on rooted phones, can disable an app's Internet access when on Wi-Fi, 3G, and roaming networks. Finally, Anti-Theft features include the ability to disguise the app with a custom name, to hide the app icon in the app tray, and more. If a device is lost or stolen, it can be remotely prompted to sound a siren, lock, display a custom message, be located on a map, be wiped remotely, and more.

AVG Antivirus Free scans all apps, settings, files, and media in real time; guards against phishing attacks; blocks access to malicious Web sites; kills tasks that slow down or freeze the device; and allows users to locate a lost or stolen phone via Google Maps, lock the device remotely, display a custom lock

Flame virus linked to Stuxnet: researchers

The Flame computer virus which has been raging in the Middle East has strong links to Stuxnet, a malware program widely believed to have been developed by the United States or Israel, a security firm said Monday. Kaspersky, the Russian computer security firm credited with discovering Flame last month, said its research shows the two programs share certain portions of code, suggesting some ties between two separate groups of programmers. Kaspersky researcher Alexander Gostev said in a blog post that a first examination made it appear the two programs were unrelated. "But it turns out we were wrong," he wrote. "Our research unearthed some previously unknown facts that completely transform the current view of how Stuxnet was created and its link with Flame." Gostev said Flame, even though it was discovered just recently, appears to predate Stuxnet, which was created in 2009. "By the time Stuxnet was created (in January-June 2009), the Flame platform was already in existence (we currently date its creation to no later than summer 2008) and already had modular structure," he said. "The Stuxnet code of 2009 used a module built on the Flame platform, probably created specifically to operate as part of Stuxnet." This, he said, points to the existence of "two independent developer teams... (each) developing its own platform since 2007-2008 at the latest." Kaspersky, one of the world's biggest producers of anti-virus software, said the Flame virus was "about 20 times larger than Stuxnet," the worm which was discovered in June 2010 and used against the Iranian nuclear program. High concentrations of computers compromised by Flame were also found in Lebanon, the West Bank and Hungary. Additional infections have been reported in Austria, Russia, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates. Compromised computers included many being used from home connections, according to security researchers who were looking into whether reports of infections in some places resulted from workers using laptops while traveling. Stuxnet was designed to attack computer control systems made by German industrial giant Siemens and commonly used to manage water supplies, oil rigs, power plants and other critical infrastructure. Most Stuxnet infections have been discovered in Iran, giving rise to speculation it was intended to sabotage nuclear facilities there. The worm was crafted to recognize the system it was to attack. Some reports say US and Israeli intelligence services collaborated to develop the computer worm to sabotage Iran's efforts to make a nuclear bomb. Johannes Ullrich, a researcher at the Washington-based SANS Technology Institute, said the relationship between the two viruses remains unclear. "Flame did initially appear very different, and I still think it wasn't written by the same group or individual that wrote Stuxnet," Ullrich told AFP. "However, this doesn't mean that the two groups didn't coordinate or share code with each other. I do think this may have been the case with Stuxnet and Flame... the code could have been written by two different contractors who worked for the same government and as a result had access to each other's resources."

Hackers hitting Macs with virus: industry experts

The computer security industry buzzed Thursday with warnings that more than a half-million Macintosh computers may have been infected with a virus targeting Apple machines.

Flashback Trojan malware tailored to slip past "Mac" defenses is a variation on viruses typically aimed at personal computers (PCs) powered by Microsoft's Windows operating systems.

The infections, spotted "in the wild" by Finland-based computer security firm F-Secure and then quantified by Russian anti-virus program vendor Dr. Web, come as hackers increasingly take aim at Apple computers.

"All the stuff the bad guys have learned for doing attacks in the PC world is now starting to transition to the Mac world," McAfee Labs director of threat intelligence Dave Marcus told AFP.

BMW i8 Concept Spyder plug-in hybrid brings the future closer

What's most stunning about the BMW i8 Concept Spyder the German automaker revealed today isn't the 350-hp plug-in hybrid technology, the laser-powered headlights or the auto-show touches such as folding electric kickboards. It's that BMW plans to build something with most of these features, in a car looking much like this, within a few years. This is not a dream.

The latest evolution of BMW i-Series concepts expected at this week's New York auto show wears an exterior that while still futuristic, represents a viable look at what BMW will build in two years. When BMW chief designer Adrian von Hooydonk told us in Detroit the production i8s would strongly resemble the concepts, this -- the layered bodywork, the laser headlights and the tri-tone accents -- was what he meant. Even the i8 Concept Spyder's scissor doors look less showy than purposeful here.

Like most auto show concepts, the i8 Concept Spyder moves thanks to a combination of battery and engine -- namely a 96 kW electric motor tied to a 223-hp turbocharged three cylinder engine, for a total output of 354 hp. Unlike most concepts, BMW pledges hard performance targets of 0-60 mph in about five seconds, some 19 miles on electric power alone, a top speed of 155 mph and fuel economy of 94 mpg in European testing.

That kind of performance was made possible by BMW's engineering efforts around the body, mating a carbon-fiber passenger cell to aluminum subframes for the engine and battery. Doing so, BMW claims, allowed it to eliminate the extra weight a plug-in hybrid system usually carries while maintaining the 50/50 front-rear weight split for handling that BMW owners rejoice in. And BMW has programmed the system to choose front, rear or all-wheel-drive as it sees fit.

Inside, BMW's promising a welter of intelligent software advancements that would anticipate drivers' needs, such warming the batteries before departure or finding charging stations along a route. It claims the batteries can be recharged in under two hours from a standard household outlet, and while at your destination the i8 Concept Spyder has two folding electric kickboards -- essentially Razor scooters with mini motors -- which the automaker touts as "perfect for relaxed cruising along promenades and paths or around city squares."

Those won't make it off the auto show floor. But the rest of BMW i8 Concept Spyder appears tantalizingly close, although rumors from Europe suggest the i-Series will match their high goals with high prices, possibly above $100,000. Even then, if BMW can produce something with this performance and design, the future will have a new classic.

7 Popular Ways You Can Be Scammed ... And How to Stop Them

By Laura Moss, Mother Nature Network

Fraud and deception.

You're smart, you're financially savvy, and you'd never fall for one of those get-rich schemes. But that doesn't mean you won't get scammed. It's easy to assume that only the truly gullible are prey for con artists and scammers, but that's not always the case. Take a look at these seven popular scams.

1. ATM skimming
This type of crime has been around for decades, and as technology has improved, so have ways to duplicate ATM cards. Here's one way it works: Criminals attach a device on an ATM that captures information about your account when you swipe your card. At the same time, you're being videotaped or watched by a tiny camera that's hidden near the ATM's keypad. Within a matter of minutes, a thief has your bank account information and your PIN and is able to create a duplicate bankcard and empty your account.

Security experts will tip consumers to cyber fraud

(Reuters) - Internet security experts have set up a system to alert Americans when sensitive personal information such as social security numbers and online banking log-in credentials turn up in the hands of cyber fraudsters.

AllClear ID, an Austin, Texas-based company that provides identity theft protection, is offering the free service with help from the non-profit National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance.

The NCFTA collects information on identity theft cases from member organizations that include law enforcement agencies, big Internet retailers, banks and computer security companies.

NCFTA members will pass on information about fraud that they suspect, witness or prevent directly to potential victims who sign up for the service from AllClear ID.

Consumers can enroll in the service, which is available over the web as well as through an iPhone app, at www.AllClearID.com.

Microsoft India retail site hit by 'cyber attack'

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Microsoft said on Monday it was investigating an attack by hackers on its Indian retail website, reportedly carried out by a Chinese group called the "Evil Shadow Team."

The team struck at www.microsoftstore.co.in late Sunday, stealing login IDs and passwords of people who had used the website for buying Microsoft products, the Times of India newspaper said.

How to Root Your Kindle Fire

No Android device is really yours unless you have root access. Here's how to install the Android SDK and root your Kindle Fire.

By Patrick Miller, PCWorld Nov 19, 2011 5:55 am

Amazon's Android-powered Kindle Fire e-reader/tablet has arrived, which means only one thing: Eager Android enthusiasts everywhere will buy one and hack it so they can get superuser access, or "root" it. Root your Kindle Fire, and you can potentially install a custom Android ROM that lets you use your Kindle Fire as a full-featured tablet, install and use Android apps that require root privileges to add features and access your Kindle's system guts, and more. (You can even add support for the complete Android Market, but that's a separate guide.)

Credit for this specific Kindle Fire root method goes to Android Forums user "death2all110." In order to perform it, you'll need the Android SDK and a special root app called SuperOneClick. Don't worry, though--we'll show you how to do it from scratch.

Step 1: Turn on your Kindle Fire and tap the top bar, near the battery and Wi-Fi icons; press More... from the drop-down menu, then Device, and tap Allow Installation of Applications to On.

Hacker Installs Ice Cream Sandwich on Kindle Fire

By Jared Newman, PCWorld Dec 7, 2011 8:10 AM

An effort to hack Amazon’s Kindle Fire and install Ice Cream Sandwich on the device is well underway.

A hacker named Steven has posted a video of Ice Cream Sandwich running on the Kindle Fire, along with more information in the XDA Developers forums. The hack is incomplete, lacking support for audio, Wi-Fi, the accelerometer and the light sensor. Also, transitions look a bit choppy, but it's a start.

How to install CyanogenMod 7 on the Amazon Kindle Fire

The Amazon Kindle Fire is is a 7 inch tablet designed to access Amazon’s digital book, music, movie, and app stores. But we’ve already seen that you can root the device, install the Android Market, and run many third party apps which aren’t available from Amazon.
If that’s not enough for you though, it’s surprisingly easy to replace the Kindle Fire operating system with a different version of Android which isn’t as tied to Amazon’s services.
The first version of CyanogenMod 7 for the Kindle Fire was released recently, and while it’s still a little rough around the edges, the operating system works surprisingly well on the Kindle Fire. It also takes less than 10 minutes to install, assuming you already have all of the prerequsites in place.
There’s also now a tool that makes it possible to revert back to the official Amazon software, so the entire process is reversible. With that in mind, I went ahead and installed CM7 on the tablet today and switched back to the Amazon software… twice. The process isn’t really for beginners, but it’s fairly painless if you’ve ever installed a custom ROM on an Android phone or tablet before.
Here’s a step-by-step guide, based on information and files released by xda-developers forum member JackpotClavin. If you want to know how to revert from CyanogenMod 7 to the stock Amazon Kindle Fire software, scroll down to the section near the bottom.
CM7 is based on Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread, but JackpotClavin is already working to bring Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the Kindle Fire.
Before you get started, you should know that there’s at least one major bug affecting CM7 on the Kindle Fire: Audio doesn’t work. Graphics and video looks great and the tablet is excellent for surfing the web, playing games, or performing other activities, but if you need audio you might want to hold off on installing CyanogenMod for now.
Also, you may not be able to use the Amazon Instant Video app, and the Kindle app from the Kindle Fire which supports Amazon’s eBook lending library, personal documents, and other advanced features doesn’t work. Instead you’ll have to use the official Amazon Kindle app for other Android phones and tablets.
Prerequisites
In order to install CyanogenMod 7 on the Kindle Fire you’ll need to have the Android Software Developer Kit (or at least adb) installed on your computer. You’ll also need to have rooted your Kindle Fire.
I’ve already posted instructions for installing the SDK and rooting the Kindle Fire, so if you haven’t already done those things, you might want to follow those guides first.
I’m working on a Windows computer, so the rest of this tutorial will assume you’re using Windows 7. But the process should be very similar if you’re using a Linux or Mac machine with the Android Software Developer Kit installed.
Step 1: Download 5 files to your computer
JackpotClavin has posted links for the 5 files you need to get started. You can find download links at the xda-developers forum, and you should always check there first because the links may change if the files are updated.
But as of December 6th, 2011, here are links to the latest files you need:

• update.zip
• updaterecovery.zip
• stockrecovery.zip
• log
• last_log

Download each of those files to your computer and place them in a directory. For now I’m going to assume that directory is called c:\cmfire.
Note that you may need to rename some of the files, especially if you’re using Windows. For instance, when I downloaded the log and last_log files, they were called log.txt and last_log.txt. Just right-click on the files in Windows Explorer, choose “rename” and remove the .txt from the end so that the files are just called log and last_log.
Step 2: Copy 4 files to your Kindle Fire
Connect your Kindle Fire to your computer with a USB cable. It should automatically show up on your PC as a USB mass storage device. Just copy and past all the files except stockrecovery.img to the root directory of your Kindle Fire. (It’s probably fine if you do copy stockrecovery, but you won’t need it for a little while).
Note that “root directory” doesn’t mean a directory called “root.” What I mean is that they shouldn’t be in any folder at all. They should just be in the base directory of your tablet.
JackpotClavin also suggests confirming the md5sums of the update.zip and updaterecovery.img files to make sure they’re not corrupted or incorrect. If they don’t match the values listed at the xda-developers forum you should not proceed as you could run into trouble.
You can find instructions for verifying the md5sums at xda-developers.
Make sure to unmount your Kindle Fire when you’re done, so that it’s not treated as a USB mass storage device by your computer.
Step 3: Move log files to a /cache/recovery directory
This next step will only work if you have already installed the Android SDK and rooted your Kindle Fire. In fact, I had already rooted my tablet, but for some reason had to root it again before I could proceed. So you may also need to run SuperOneClick again if you received any errors letting you know that you don’t have permission to create folders in the steps below.

• Open a terminal or command prompt. On a Windows computer you can do this by opening the Start Menu and typing “cmd” (without quotes) into the run box.
• Navigate to the directory where adb is installed on your computer. On my PC, for instance, that means typing “cd /” and pressing return to get to the root directory, and then “cd program files\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools” and pressing enter.

Now enter the following commands, pressing enter after each:

• adb shell
• cd cache
• mkdir recovery
• cd /
• cp /sdcard/log /cache/recovery/
• cp /sdcard/last_log /cache/recovery/

That should connect you to the tablet, navigate you to the cache directory, create a new subdirectory called “recovery” and copy the log and last_log files to that directory.
Step 4: Flash ClockworkMod Recovery
Now it’s time to flash the ClockworkMod Recovery that you copied to the SD card and reboot into recovery mode.
Type the following commands and press enter after each. If you’re still using the adb shell you can skip the first one, but if you’ve exited the shell, make sure to open it again:

• adb shell
• dd if=/sdcard/updaterecovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/recovery
• idme bootmode 0×5001
• reboot

Note that if you’re using Windows, you can copy and paste long lines of text into the command prompt. You can’t use Ctrl+V to paste, but you can right-click on the window with a mouse and choose the paste option after copying text from this tutorial.
Step 5: Use ClockworkMod to install the update.zip file
ClockworkMod was originally designed for devices with volume buttons and power buttons. Since the Kindle Fire has only one button, JackpotClavin has modified the utility so that you only need to press the power button.

This prevents you from accessing some of the settings, but it does allow you to install CyanogenMod.

• Once you reboot your tablet in step 4, you should see a few lines of text. The top option will be “apply update.zip from sdcard.”
• Press the power button to select that option.
• On the following screen press the power button again to select “yes” (even though it won’t be the top option.”

Once you’ve done this some text will appear on the screen and a progress bar will appear. Wait until it’s complete and you get a message letting you know the update has been successfully applied.

Unfortunately now any time we reboot the device we’ll come right back to ClockworkMod. So we need to re-flash the Kindle Fire stock recovery.
Step 6: Re-flash the stock recovery
Now we want to copy that stockrecovery.img file that we downloaded earlier to the Kindle Fire. Since you can’t treat the tablet like a USB mass storage device when it’s in recovery mode, we’ll have to keep using the command prompt for now.
At this point I found I had to reboot the Kindle Fire. Your results may vary, but I was unable to mount the sdcard without first rebooting, so that’s the first step I’ve listed here.

• adb shell
• reboot (and then wait for the device to reboot)
• adb shell (yes, again)
• mount sdcard
• exit

When you type “exit” it should return you to a normal command prompt. Now you want to make sure you know what directory the stockrecovery.img is in for the next step. I found the easiest way to do this was simply to copy it to the same directory as adb on my computer, which was the /program files/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools directory.
Then I typed the following into the command prompt:

• adb push stockrecovery.img /sbin/

If your file is in a different directory, you may be able to type something like “adb push c:\cmfire\stockrecovery.img /sbin/” and have th same results, but that didn’t work for me.
After you’ve successfully pushed the stockrecovery.img type the following three commands:

• adb shell
• dd if=/sbin/stockrecovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/recovery
• reboot

The Kindle Fire will reboot a few times and then load CyanogenMod 7.

Using CyanogenMod 7
If you’ve used Android on a phone or tablet before, odds are CyanogenMod will look familiar. Instead of the bookshelf user interface that you get with the Amazon Kindle Fire’s default software, there’s a home screen that you can populate with shortcuts to your favorite apps or widgets that can tell you the time, provide updates from your social networks, show weather forecasts, or other details.

You can also use multiple home screens by swiping from side to side, or view a complete list of all your installed apps by tapping the square button at the center of the bottom of the screen.
There are persistent buttons at the bottom of the screen for home, back, menu, and search functions since the Kindle Fire doesn’t have physical buttons. This is the same user interface designed for CyanogenMod 7 for the Barnes & Noble NOOK Color and HP TouchPad.
Out of the box CyanogenMod doesn’t include some Android apps including the official Google Android Market, Gmail app, or Google Maps. But you can install them manually using several methods.

The easiest is following the same steps you’d use to install the Android Market on a rooted Kindle Fire. First download and install the GoogleServicesFramework.apk and then manually copy the Market app to your /system/bin directory and set the file permissions to match those for the other apps in the directory.
If you experience force close errors when trying to run the Android Market you may just need a newer version of the Market app.
You can also try grabbing the gapps.zip file for CyanogenMod from goo-inside.me, renaming it to “update.zip” and then following the steps above to reflash ClockworkMod Recovery on your Kindle Fire and install all of the gApps at once by copying the update.zip to your SD card and installing it the same way you installed CyanogenMod.

It’s also easy to install the Amazon Appstore for Android once you’re running CyanogenMod. Just enable installation of apps from unknown sources in your Android Application settings menu, and then visit the Appstore in your web browser and download and run the installer APK.
OK, so now you can install CyanogenMod. But what about going back to the stock software if you decide you like it better, can’t live without audio, or want to return your tablet?
It turns out JackpotClavin has us covered there too. This time the process is even easier.
Restoring your Kindle Fire to stock
Step 1: Download 2 files
You need to download two files to restore your Kindle Fire. The first is the latest official Amazon Kindle Fire software. As of December 6th, this is software version 6.2 and it works just fine. The other is a small file called command.
You should probably check out the xda-developers forum for links in case these files change at any time, but as of December 6th, you can download them from the following links.

• Amazon Kindle Fire software
• command

Note that as with the log files above, you may need to rename the command file. It should just be called “command” not “command.txt.”
Step 2: Rename the Kindle Fire update
The official Kindle Fire software update will be called something like “update-kindle-6.2_D01E_3003020.bin.” We’re going to rename it “update.zip.” Don’t worry that we’re changing the file type, it doesn’t matter.
Just right-click on the file in Windows Explorer, choose “rename” and change the name to update.zip. These steps will vary a bit if you’re using OS X or Linux.
Step 3: Copy files to your Kindle Fire
Connect your Kindle Fire to your PC with a USB cable and mount the tablet as a USB mass storage device. While this happens automatically when you’re using the Amazon software, CyanogenMod will not automatically mount your tablet. Instead you can:

• Connect your USB cable.
• Tap the little circle/up arrow button in the taskbar at the bottom of the tablet.
• Choose the option that says “USB connected”
• Tap the button that says “turn on USB storage.”

Once your tablet is connected to your PC you can copy files from the computer to the tablet. Even though the tablet doesn’t have an actual SD card, the storage is treated as an SD card by Android. So /sdcard/ is the root directory.
With that in mind, copy the files to these locations:

• Command should go in /sdcard/command (the root directory).
• The update.zip file should go in /sdcard/kindleupdates/update.zip (the directory called kindleupdates).

Ultimately the command file needs to be in a different directory on your device though, but it will take a few command prompt options to move it.
Step 5: Move the command file
Disable USB mass storage mode by tapping the button on your tablet to turn it off. Then open a command prompt and navigate to your adb directory and type the following commands:

• adb shell
• cd cache
• mkdir recovery
• cp /sdcard/command /cache/recovery/

Note that you may already have a recovery directory if you’ve done this before. You can check by typing “ls” before typing “mkdir recovery.” This should show you a list of subdirectories under the “cache” directory.
Step 6: Reboot into the Amazon Kindle stock software
We’re almost home. Now all we need to do is reboot the device and have the stock recovery utility replace CyanogenMod with the Amazon Kindle Fire stock software. Type the following commands into your command prompt:

• idme bootmode 0×5001
• reboot

That’s it! You’ll have to connect to WiFi and re-enter your Amazon account information to access all of your settings, but you can re-download any books, magazines, movies, apps, or other content once you do that. Some of the media and apps previously installed on you device may already show up when you restore the Kindle Fire stock software.
I was also pleased to notice that Amazon recognizes that you’re using the same Kindle Fire when you register it a second or third time. You don’t have to worry about your Amazon account showing listings for Kindle Fire 2, or Kindle Fire 3 if you replace the stock software and then come back to it.
Ultimately it would be nice if someone can modify ClockworkMod or another custom recovery tool so that you can create a complete backup of your Kindle Fire’s software and settings before replacing the operating system. But until someone figures out how to do that, restoring the latest stock software from Amazon is the next best thing.

EvoMouse

The evolution of the mouse The evoMouse is the evolution of the computer mouse. With the evoMouse, your finger is your pointer and there is no more pushing around a physical mouse. The evoMouse works on nearly any flat surface and requires very little space. It tracks effortlessly to your comfortable and natural movements. With the evoMouse, you can perform common mouse operations using only your fingers. You can control the cursor, click and select, double-click, right-click and drag with basic hand gestures. The evoMouse also features multi-touch functionality including scroll, rotate, zoom, forward and back. The evoMouse can even be used for handwriting recognition with your finger or a pen. The evoMouse is easy and convenient to set up and use with almost any desktop or laptop computer. It connects via Bluetooth or a standard USB port. Because it allows natural movements and doesn’t require pushing around a physical object, the evoMouse may help reduce repetitive stress injuries like Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

LazerKey, Magic Clube

The Magic Cube is an ultra-portable, full-sized virtual computer keyboard. The Cube is a compact and versatile product; it’s a multi-touch capable mouse, a laser projection keyboard and a handwriting recognition device, all in one easy-to-use product. Compatible OS: Android 2.0/2.1/2.2, iPhone/iPad 4.0, any device with Bluetooth HID support

'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says

Stanford Report, June 14, 2005

This is a prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005.

Video of the Commencement address.

I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots.

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

Steve Jobs dies: Apple chief created personal computer, iPad, iPod, iPhone

Steve Jobs, the mastermind behind Apple's iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac and iTunes, has died, Apple said. Jobs was 56.

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Steve Jobs, the mastermind behind Apple's iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac and iTunes, has died, Apple said. Jobs was 56.

"We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today," read a statement by Apple's board of directors. "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve. His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts."

World's cheapest tablet launched

TNN & Agencies | Oct 5, 2011, 02.59PM IST

World's cheapest tablet launched in India

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NEW DELHI: India's finally got its much hyped ultra-low-cost tablet, Aakash. The government is buying the first units of the device for Rs 2250 each from a British company which is assembling the devices in India. They will initially be given to students for free in a pilot run of 100,000 units.

"The rich have access to the digital world, the poor and ordinary have been excluded. Aakashwill end that digital divide," Telecoms and Education Minister Kapil Sibal said.

The tablet runs on Android 2.2 (Froyo) and comes with a 7-inch resistive touch screen with 800x480 resolution and weighs 350 gram. The tablet has a 256 MB of RAM, a 32 GB expandable memory slot and two USB ports.

Reports: Amazon to unveil 'Kindle Fire'

By John D. Sutter, CNN updated 10:23 PM EST, Tue September 27, 2011 | Filed under: Gaming and Gadgets

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is expected to announce a tablet version of the Kindle e-reader this week.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• TechCrunch: Amazon's touch-screen tablet will be called 'Kindle Fire'
• Amazon is expected to announce the device on Wednesday
• GDGT: Tablet is based on BlackBerry's PlayBook tablet
• Amazon's current Kindle will still be available, according to reports

(CNN) -- Color is coming to the Kindle.

At least that's what the tech blogosphere expects to happen on Wednesday at an Amazon press conference.