Day: December 10, 2012

Ubuntu inserts spyware

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Ubuntu, a widely used and influential GNU/Linux distribution, has installed surveillance code. When the user searches her own local files for a string using the Ubuntu desktop, Ubuntu sends that string to one of Canonical’s servers. (Canonical is the company that develops Ubuntu.) To make matters worse, they also install adware, inserting Amazon promotions in Read more about Ubuntu inserts spyware[…]

Contact Lens LCD Display

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Ghent University’s centre of microsystems technology has developed a spherical curved LCD display which can be embedded in contact lenses and handle projected images using wireless technology. “Now that we have established the basic technology, we can start working towards real applications, possibly available in only a few years,” said Professor Herbert De Smet. Unlike Read more about Contact Lens LCD Display[…]