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mardi 22 décembre 2015

Emoji Exploit Crashes Whatsapp on Android 4.4+ and Web

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Enthusiast Indrajeet Bhuyan, the person behind the 2000 word special character set message that could crash Whatsapp, is back for round 2. The latest crashing exploit involves the excessive use of Emoji characters to bypass the char limit in messages and result in a buffer overflow and a crash in the conversation and app.



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AMD Announces its Next-Generation Graphics Architecture: GPUOpen

AMD Announces its Next-Generation Graphics Architecture - GPUOpen

GPUOpen is AMD’s way of taking their graphics architecture past Mantle and into the next level. GPUOpen will include visual effects, driver utilities, troubleshooting tools, libraries and SDKs. Developers will have direct, code-level access to the effects they use and how the code controls the GPU and since it is open source, they invite industry leaders to participate and expand up on it.



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Samsung Looking For Testers in UK for Android 6.0 Marshmallow for the Galaxy S6

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Samsung is looking for testers based in the UK who would be interested in trying out the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for the Samsung Galaxy S6. Users need to create a Samsung Account here, download the Galaxy Care app from Google Play and then complete the registration process for the Galaxy Beta Program.



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Microsoft to Hike Surface Hub Prices Ahead of 2016 Release

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Microsoft’s Surface Hub video-conferencing systems are going to be pricier (and slightly later) than originally announced. The 55″ Surface Hub will now cost $8,999 (previously $6,999), while the 84″ variant will cost $21,999 ($18,999). The January 1 timeline will also get delayed, as the Surface Hubs are now on track for shipment in Q1 of 2016. Customers who have already pre-ordered will receive the product at the original price.



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Google Announces New Games for Chromecast this Holiday Season

Google Announces New Games for Chromecast this Holiday Season

In a new blog post today, Google has announced a handful of top tier games that can now be played on the big screen with a Chromecast. You can now play games like Angry Birds Friends, Driver Speedboat Paradise, Monopoly Here & Now, Yahtzee Blitz, The Game of Life, Scrabble Blitz 2.0 and Risk all on your television.



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Google Removes NowSecure’s “Vulnerability Test Suite for Android” App

Google Removed NowSecure's Vulnerability Test Suite for Android Application

NowSecure released an application at the end of October, that would scan your Android device and tell you if it was vulnerable to various exploits. This month though, Google took down the application, citing the use of “ping_pong.c, futex_exploit_he.ck.c, and ZergRush.java tests” in the appeal process. For now, users can download and install the app from the company’s GitHub.



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Official CyanogenMod 13 Nightlies for Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini 3G/LTE [GT-I9190/I9195]

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Official CyanogenMod 13 Nightlies have started rolling out to different devices, and the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini 3G and LTE variants are amongst those that are in line to receive some official love from CyanogenMod community, courtesy of XDA Recognized Developer arco68. The builds are online for the GT-I9190 and the GT-I9195, so head on over and take a look!



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