Most Android devices (~930 million) are vulnerable and Google won’t patch them. Google is now only supporting the current named version of Android (Lollipop, or 5.0) and the prior named version (KitKat, or 4.4). Jelly Bean (versions 4.0 through 4.3) and earlier will no longer see security patches. https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2015/01/11/google-no-longer-provides-patches-for-webview-jelly-bean-and-prior Metasploit: Google No Longer Provides Patches f… | SecurityStreet community.rapid7.com Over the past year, independent researcher Rafay Baloch (of “Rafay’s Hacking Articles”) and Rapid7’s Joe Vennix have been knocking out Android WebView exploits somewhat routinely, based both on published research and original findings. Today, Metasploit ships with 11 such exploits, thanks to Rafay,… ...

Intel CEO Brian playing drone ping-pong at #CES2015 https://vine.co/v/OpaZAmHxKrD Intel CEO Brian Krzanich plays drone ping-pong at #CES2015 vine.co Vine by The Next Web at #CES2015

This is the Intel Compute Stick, a HDMI dongle that houses a full desktop computer experience with Windows 8.1 for $150 Specs: Quad-core 1.33GHz Intel Atom processor, 2 GB of RAM, and 32 GB of SSD, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and both a full-size USB port and a microSD card slot for expandability. http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/01/08/intel-unveils-pocket-size-computer-that-plugs-into-tvs/?mod=ST1 Intel Unveils Pocket-Size Computer That Plugs into TVs blogs.wsj.com Intel is known for its chips, but it also combines them into systems to be distributed to customers for demonstration purposes. Now the Silicon Valley giant is taking a more unusual step: developing a tiny computer it plans to sell directly. ...

Watch Steve Ballmer dance like a crazy man at the Clippers game https://vine.co/v/OpenD9hgJ0H Steve Ballmer rocking Pine Valley polo and going crazy during Fergie concert at Clippers vs… vine.co Vine by Ari Marcus

“Based on interviews with more than three dozen current and former employees, most of whom were deeply involved with the project, the CEO drove every aspect of the phone’s creation from the outset,” Fast Company writes. “Bezos’s guiding principle for Amazon has always been to start with the needs and desires of the customer and work backward. But when it came to the Fire Phone, that customer apparently became Jeff Bezos.” ...

“Based on interviews with more than three dozen current and former employees, most of whom were deeply involved with the project, the CEO drove every aspect of the phone’s creation from the outset,” Fast Company writes. “Bezos’s guiding principle for Amazon has always been to start with the needs and desires of the customer and work backward. But when it came to the Fire Phone, that customer apparently became Jeff Bezos.” ...

Less than a month after T-Mobile announced that it would start letting some of its customers roll over unused mobile data into subsequent pay periods, AT&T has come out with a similar rollover data plan of its own. http://about.att.com/story/att_gives_50_million_customers_shareable_rollover_data_at_no_charge.html

Mark Zuckerberg owns them all!

Ending 2014 with a bang! Xbox One SDK reportedly leaked by hackers. http://www.thetechgame.com/News/sid=7761/xbox-one-software-development-kit-leaked-on-twitter-with-documentation.html Xbox One Software Development Kit Leaked on Twitter With Documentation - The Tech Game www.thetechgame.com This has not been a good few weeks for Microsoft given Lizard Squad and their obsession for taking Xbox Live offline and to their dismay it appears we may have what will become the first major leak for the Xbox One that should ignite a modding scene ...

Missing AirAsia Flight 8501 has 162 passengers onboard. http://www.inquisitr.com/1711051/airasia-flight-missing-factors-behind-what-might-have-led-to-flight-8501-disappearance/ AirAsia Flight Missing: Factors Behind What Might Have Led To Flight 8501 Disappearance www.inquisitr.com What could have happened to the AirAsia flight that went missing? It’s still early in the game to process what might have led to the disappearance of Flight