Monthly Archives: August 2017

Change Your Password: Massive Spambot Dump Leaks Over 700 Million Private Email Addresses

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Change Your Password: Massive Spambot Dump Leaks Over 700 Million Private Email Addresses
We all know we should be changing our passwords on a frequent basis, at probably every quarter in general (and more or less often depending on the type of account and what information is accessible). It is easy to overlook, however, at least until something serves as a reminder. Well, let a recent leak hundreds of millions of email accounts

Source: Hot Hardware – Change Your Password: Massive Spambot Dump Leaks Over 700 Million Private Email Addresses

Best Buy Apologizes For Selling $42 Packs of Water While CNBC Asks If Disaster Capitalism Is So Bad

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Did you see those packs of water being sold at a Best Buy store in Houston for as much as $42 per pack? The photos went viral as an example of predatory price-gouging in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. But the company is now apologizing and saying it was all a big misunderstanding. Meanwhile, CNBC doesn’t think that…

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Source: Gizmodo – Best Buy Apologizes For Selling Packs of Water While CNBC Asks If Disaster Capitalism Is So Bad

Acer Swift 5, Switch 7 Black Edition And Spin 5 Portables Adopt Intel Kaby Lake-R

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Acer Swift 5, Switch 7 Black Edition And Spin 5 Portables Adopt Intel Kaby Lake-R
Acer wasted no time pouncing on Intel’s 8th generation Kaby Lake Refresh (Kaby Lake-R)  processor lineup for ultrabooks and other thin and light systems. These new processor options are the foundation for Acer’s next-generation Swift, Spin, and Switch models, and specifically the Swift 5 (ultralight), Spin 5 (convertible), and Switch 7 Black

Source: Hot Hardware – Acer Swift 5, Switch 7 Black Edition And Spin 5 Portables Adopt Intel Kaby Lake-R

ASUS ROG Chimera Gaming Laptop Rocks 17.3-inch 144Hz G-SYNC Display, GTX 1080 Graphics

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ASUS ROG Chimera Gaming Laptop Rocks 17.3-inch 144Hz G-SYNC Display, GTX 1080 Graphics
We’ve come to expect over-the-top gaming goodness when it comes to ASUS’ Republic of Gamers (ROG) family, and the company doesn’t disappoint with the announcement of the new ROG Chimera gaming notebook. The fact that this massive machine features a 17.3-inch display is nothing new, but it is the world’s first notebook panel to sport a refresh

Source: Hot Hardware – ASUS ROG Chimera Gaming Laptop Rocks 17.3-inch 144Hz G-SYNC Display, GTX 1080 Graphics

Logitech Frags At LIGHTSPEED With Wireless G603 Gaming Mouse And G613 Mechanical Keyboard

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Logitech Frags At LIGHTSPEED With Wireless G603 Gaming Mouse And G613 Mechanical Keyboard
Logitech today added a couple of new and cordless products to its gaming peripheral lineup, the G603 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse and G613 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. To supplement the launch, it also introduced an oversized mouse surface, the G840 XL Gaming Mouse Pad.

G603 Wireless Gaming Mouse
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Source: Hot Hardware – Logitech Frags At LIGHTSPEED With Wireless G603 Gaming Mouse And G613 Mechanical Keyboard

ABC News Journalist Reports 'Looters' to Police During Flood, Gets Dragged on Social Media

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The devastation in Texas is horrific. People are just literally trying to keep their heads above water and many have been stranded for days without food. But one ABC News reporter took it upon himself to tell police about “looters” yesterday who were entering a supermarket. And he was appropriately dragged on social…

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Source: Gizmodo – ABC News Journalist Reports ‘Looters’ to Police During Flood, Gets Dragged on Social Media

Dealership Remotely Disables A Car Over A $200 Fee

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An anonymous reader quotes the CBC:
A car dealership in Sherbrooke, Quebec, may have broken the law when it used a GPS device to disable the car of a client who was refusing to pay an extra $200 fee, say consumer advocates consulted by CBC News. Bury, Quebec resident Daniel Lallier signed a four-year lease for a Kia Forte LX back in May from Kia Sherbrooke. Two months later, the 20-year-old’s grandmother offered to buy the car outright when he lost his job and couldn’t make his weekly payments. After settling the balance and paying a $300 penalty, Lallier said, the dealership told him he would have to pay an additional $200 to remove a GPS tracker that had been installed on the car…
Lallier said there was no mention of the removal fee in the contract and he disputed having to pay it.”I just find it absurd that over $13,000 was spent on this vehicle and we still have to pay $200 more to have their device removed,” he told CBC. After Lallier refused to pay the fee, a mechanic notified him by text message that his car was being remotely disabled until the dealership recovered the device and $200 fee. “I went outside and tested my car, and it wouldn’t work at all…and I got angry,” Lallier said.
Lallier had finally started a new job and was headed to work, according to the CBC. The president of the Automobile Protection Association says the dealership’s action was clearly illegal, since once the balance is paid off, “it’s not your car anymore.”

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Source: Slashdot – Dealership Remotely Disables A Car Over A 0 Fee

Dell Updates Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming Notebook: GeForce GTX 1060 and Thunderbolt 3

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This morning at IFA, Dell is taking the wraps off of their updated Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming notebook. The entry-level gaming laptop is receiving a bump in specifications as well as a mid-generation facelift.


The original model, the 7567, was first presented at CES and proved to be a capable gaming laptop for full HD gaming, said to have an above average battery life and came in with aggressive pricing. Meanwhile the model Dell is introducing today, the late-2017 model 7577, is receiving several updates, including a faster graphics card option in the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, a quick-charge 56 Whr 4-Cell battery, 2×2 802.11ac WiFi, an IPS display in the base configuration, and a Thunderbolt 3 port (USB3.1 Gen2 Type-C port with support for Thunderbolt and DisplayPort). Dell also updated the chassis a bit. The most apparent physical change is the restyled, black, front and rear vents giving the laptop a more high-end aesthetic than the red grills used before.



The GTX 1060 is going to be a welcome addition to the family considering it is supposed to be a gaming laptop. The 1050Ti is a capable card at 1080p, but the GTX 1060 (60W, 10W more than the 1050Ti) will allow for higher framerates and/or higher settings in many titles. The extra performance it provides breathes a bit more life into the mainstream gamer. Though even with the faster GPU, the fact that Dell still offers an optional 4K IPS display on what’s pitched as a gaming notebook is a little odd; the GTX 1060 just doesn’t have enough horsepower to drive that many pixels at high quality settings in many titles.


Surprisingly, Dell has moved to a 56 WHr, 4-Cell quick-charge battery in lieu of the 74WHr 6-Cell battery on the previous version. Given that internal volume and battery capacities are closely linked, it’s not obvious at this second what Dell has installed in place of the additional battery cells. In any case, the company says that the battery lasts up to 7 hours and 3 minutes when equipped with the high-end configuration (i7, GTX 1060, 16GB Memory, UHD screen, SSD + HDD – tested using Mobile Mark 14 battery life). On the other hand, this is a gaming laptop and is generally plugged in using AC Power. The quick-charge battery will go from 0% to 80% charge in 60 minutes. 



Another change to the Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming laptop is the inclusion of multiple radio antennas in the chassis in order to support 2×2 stream WiFi, increasing the laptop’s WiFi speed and range versus the 1×1 solution used in the previous model. Dell also added Thunderbolt 3 connectivity via USB3.1 Gen2 Type-C port. It can support a 5K external display, dual 4K externals displays, or other high-bandwidth Thunderbolt peripherals (external GPU perhaps?).



Meanwhile, Dell has done away with the previous model’s entry-level 1080p TN panel, and instead the laptop’s base configuration now starts with their 1080p IPS Anti-Glare LED-backlit panel. Customization options still include the company’s 1080p IPS Truelife LED-backlit Touch Display, along with a 4K UHD panel that is also IPS Anti-Glare LED-backlit.


7567 Revisited


Most everything else remains the same from the 7567 version. Drive configurations are anything from a single 1TB HDD to 512GB PCIe SSD. Mixed configurations of HDD and SSDs are also an option. System RAM capacity remains the same with options from 4-16GB 2400MHz DDR4; Up to 32GB. Connectivity outside of the Thunderbolt/USB Type-C port also is unchanged with an HDMI2.0 port, 3x USB3.1 Type-A (one with PowerShare), a Noble lock slot, 2-in-1 SD card reader, Gigabit Ethernet, and a 3.5mm headphone/mic port. Even the LED-backlit keyboard has been carried over. Complete Specifications are found in the table below (major changes in bold).
















Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming
  7567 (Early 2017) 7577 (Late 2017)
CPU Intel Core i5-7300HQ 4C/4T Up to 3.5 GHz, 6MB Cache, 45W TDP

Intel Core i7-7700HQ 4C/8T Up to 3.5 GHz, 6MB Cache, 45W TDP
GPU NVIDIA GTX 1050 4GB GDDR5

NVIDIA GTX 1050Ti 4GB GDDR5		 NVIDA GTX 1050 4GB GDDR5

NVIDIA GTS 1050Ti 4GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Memory 4-16GB 2400MHz DDR4; Up to 32GB
Display 1920×1080 TN LED Backlit Display  
1920×1080 IPS Anti-Glare LED Backlit Display

1920×1080 IPS Truelife LED Backlit Touch Display

3840×2160 IPS Anti-Glare LED Backlit Display
Storage 1 TB 5400 RPM HDD

1 TB 5400 RPM Hybrid HDD (8GB Cache)

Dual drive config w/ 128GB SSD + 500GB 5400 RPM HDD

Dual drive config w/ 128GB SSD + 1TB 5400 RPM HDD

Dual drive config w/ 256GB SSD + 1TB 5400 RPM HDD

256GB SSD

512GB PCIe SSD
I/O 3 x USB 3.1 Ports

1 x Kensingtonlock Slot

1 x HDMI 2.0

1 x SD Card Slot

1 x Headset/Mic Jack

1 x GbE		 3 x USB 3.1 Ports

1 x Noble lock Slot
1 x 3.1 Gen 2 USB Type-C (w/ Thunderbolt 3 support)

1 x HDMI 2.0

1 x SD Card Slot

1 x Headset/Mic Jack

1 x GbE
Dimensions 24.5-25.5mm x 384.9mm x 274.7mm

1″-1.01 x 15.15″ x 10.82″ (HxWxD)		 24.95mm x 389mm x 274.7mm 

.98″ x 15.32″ x 10.82″ (HxWxD)
Weight Starting @ 2.65 Kg / 5.84 lbs w/Core i7, UHD IPS non-touch Display, 512GB SSD  Starting @ 2.65 Kg / 5.84 lbs w/GTX 1050, 128GB SSD, FHD non-touch

 Starting @ 2.85 Kg / 6.28 lbs w/GTX 1060, 128GB SSD +1TB HDD, UHD non-touch 
Battery 74 Wh, 6-Cell Battery, 130W AC Adapter Quick-charge 56 Wh 4-Cell Battery, 130W AC Adapter
Wireless/Network 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.2, Dual Band 2.4 & 5 GHz, 1×1, Gbe 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.2, Dual Band 2.4 & 5 GHz, 2×2, Gbe
Price $799+ $999+

Dell tells us that the new model will be available in the US on September 12th, with prices starting at $999.


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Source: AnandTech – Dell Updates Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming Notebook: GeForce GTX 1060 and Thunderbolt 3