Control Your Hotel Room From Your Smartphone

Premier Inn has launched a new concept in hotel rooms, known as Hub. Although it’s being termed a concept, Whitbread has committed to opening its first Hub by Premier Inn in London UK by summertime 2014.

The futuristic hotel room is detailed as filling 11.4sqm of space, with storage under the bed, a desk that slides out and an en suite bathroom that gives you a shower. Everything you need for a night’s sleep in a strange city.  The idea is to offer a compact hotel room that wastes no space, but also offers convenient controls via a companion app that will let you check-in, control the temperature, order breakfast and explore local highlights as well .  

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Android Security Bug Found: Hackers Gain System Access

Researchers in the security field at Bluebox Security, have found a bug in the Android operating system, which allows them to create malicious apps (appearing to be genuine with correct digital signatures).  Digital signatures allow any piece of data, including an app, to be checked to see that it is genuine.  But, because of this bug in Android, it is possible to create a fake app and digitally sign it so it looks like a real app from an author,  including massive companies such as Google, Samsung, HTC and Sony etc.

Since the digital signatures of companies like Google and hardware manufacturers like Samsung, can be faked, it is possible to create a system app which has system access to the device in question. These system apps, which have what is known as ’System UID access’ can perform any function on the phone including modifying system-level parameters and system-level software.  If such an app is installed on an Android mobile phone, the user would be totally vulnerable to a plethora of attacks including password sniffing and key logging.

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Drone-It-Yourself Kit Makes Objects Fly

What if you could turn virtually anything you own into a flying object? Luckily for you, somebody has already thought of this and came up with a solution.

The Drone-It-Yourself (get it?) kit, from Dutch designer Jasper van Loenen, allows you to turn almost any object into a drone.  The only condition is that the object you want to make fly is more or less flat, light and balanced enough to take off.

The kit is easy to use and does not require any special technical knowledge to work. It consists of motors, clamps and a controller and all of the parts were 3D printed in ABS.

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PairASight: See Through Other People’s Eyes

At a loss for words when trying to depict what you’re seeing? Imagine if you could show any of your friends what you’re seeing in real time, and almost literally through your own eyes? The PairASightproject is the answer to both these questions.

With this system, that can be mounted on headgear such as a pair of glasses, you will no longer have to explain what you see or try to use your laptop or tablet as a camcorder. You will just have to look at it and the person at the other end of the line will see it like you do.

PairASight consists of a two-way audio communication system and multiple cameras that can capture 1080p HD video content. The tiny cameras and the audio communication system can be easily mounted on eye-wear to offer a real first-person view.

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Download K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 9.95 Free Full Version

The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your audio and movie files.

With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular audio and video formats and even several less common formats.

The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:

• It is updated frequently. So it is always up-to-date with the newest and/or best components.
• All components have been carefully selected for specific purposes. It is not just a random bunch of stuff thrown together.
• It is very user-friendly and easy to use.
• The installation is fully customizable, meaning that you are able to install just those components that you really want.
• The customization abilities even go beyond the component level. Some components are able to handle multiple formats. You can specify exactly which components should handle which formats. The pack can thus be fully tweaked to your own specific needs and preferences.
• Uninstallation removes everything that was installed by the pack. Including all registry keys.
• It is extremely easy to make a fully customized unattended installation with the integrated wizard.
• It does not contain any bad, buggy or unstable codecs.

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Download K-Lite Codec Pack 9.95 (Full) Free Full Version

The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your audio and movie files.

With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular audio and video formats and even several less common formats.

The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:

• It is updated frequently. So it is always up-to-date with the newest and/or best components.
• All components have been carefully selected for specific purposes. It is not just a random bunch of stuff thrown together.
• It is very user-friendly and easy to use.
• The installation is fully customizable, meaning that you are able to install just those components that you really want.
• The customization abilities even go beyond the component level. Some components are able to handle multiple formats. You can specify exactly which components should handle which formats. The pack can thus be fully tweaked to your own specific needs and preferences.
• Uninstallation removes everything that was installed by the pack. Including all registry keys.
• It is extremely easy to make a fully customized unattended installation with the integrated wizard.
• It does not contain any bad, buggy or unstable codecs.

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Download Freemake Video Converter 4.0.2.10 Free Full Version

Freemake offers free program for video converting - developed as alternative to popular paid software. “Free, easy and of high quality” are the fundamental principles of Freemake.

Convert video free to AVI, MP4, WMV, MKV, SWF, 3GP, DVD, MPEG, MP3, iPod, iPhone, PSP, Android, rip & burn DVD, convert online videos directly from 40+ sites, burn Blu-ray, and upload to YouTube with our free video converter!

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