Google Chrome already sports a number of security-minded features, from Incognito mode to a software sandbox which makes exploiting the browser a Herculean task. Now, Google has announced additional protection for Chromium and Chrome users.

Built upon the Safe Browsing API, the new feature introduces protection against malicious downloads. If a download link appears in the Safe Browsing blacklist, Chrome and Chromium will warn users against downloading -- a save button is still presented, of course, in case you're convinced a file is perfectly safe to download.

We'd like to see something a bit more eye-catching than the red warning icon -- like perhaps painting the entire bar red. Many of the people a feature like this aims to protect probably won't notice the icon or change in wording as they'll be focused on clicking the save button.

Google is initially making download protection available to Chrome dev channel users, and you'll likely see it in Canary and Chromium snapshot builds as well. After thorough testing, beta and stable users will be next in line.

Google Chrome and Chromium add protection against malicious downloads originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Remember back in the day when NetZero offered free dial-up service and the only thing you had to suffer through was seeing advertisements?  Well NetZero is back to offer free mobile broadband*.  Yes, the asterisk is placed there on purpose.  So what does that asterisk mean?  The free version of NetZero Mobile Broadband is the [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/03/21/remember-netzero-theyre-offering-free-mobile-broadband/

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How fast do you read?  I read a lot, and I can read fast, which came in handy when I was in college.  Now that I mostly read for pleasure, I’ve slowed my speed down.  When I heard about a new app at Staples that measures your reading speed, I was interested to give it [...]

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The new iPad was upgraded with a display an HD junkie would give his universal remote for, but the Apple TV simply received an update to a capability many believe the original should've had the first go around: support for 1080p content. In addition to that all-important resolution bump, both this and the last-gen model received a modest software update that brings a few features and enhancements. Those tweaks aren't necessarily worth a review, if you ask us, especially since the price remains the same and existing Apple TV owners will reap the benefits of most of these improvements. Still, we'd be remiss if we didn't poke around just a bit. Follow past the break to see what's changed.

Continue reading A closer look at Apple TV's software update and 1080p movies

A closer look at Apple TV's software update and 1080p movies originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This is just a strange, strange set of circumstances. It's definitely worth reading the whole New York Times article:

As the Chinese government forges ahead on a multibillion-dollar effort to blanket the country with surveillance cameras, one American company stands to profit: Bain Capital, the private equity firm founded by Mitt Romney.

The company in question is Uniview, a manufacturer of security cameras. China is in the midst of a new push to install hundreds of thousands of security cameras in public spaces (and not so public spaces, such as in front of the homes of dissidents, monks and other people who the Chinese government wants to keep an eye on). There's not really any secret there. But there's mountains of money to be made for companies like Uniview, which is owned by Bain Capital, as long as you're willing to overlook the outrageous abuses of human rights involved.

The Mitt Romney connection to the story, as usual, revolves around money and hypocrisy. While Romney asserts he has no current role in Bain's management, he still makes millions from Bain via blind trusts. And Romney has made China-bashing a campaign theme, especially against Obama:

In public comments and in a statement posted on his campaign Web site, Mr. Romney has accused the Obama administration of placing economic concerns above human rights in managing relations with China. He has called on the White House to offer more vigorous support of those who criticize the Chinese Communist Party.

I'm not sure I can think of a more direct way to "place economic concerns above human rights" then selling human rights abusers the actual physical equipment they use to abuse human rights. That's pretty damn direct.

So then, what should Mitt Romney do? He perhaps stands to make a few million dollars more from his company selling video monitoring equipment to China. We pretty much know that equipment is going to be used not just for "fighting crime," but for oppressing thought crimes. Uniview itself is quite pleased with the association:

Uniview is proud of its close association with China?s security establishment and boasts about the scores of surveillance systems it has created for local security agencies in the six years since the Safe Cities program was started.

?Social management and society building pose new demands for surveillance and control systems,? Uniview says in its promotional materials, which include an interview with Zhang Pengguo, the company?s chief executive. ?A harmonious society is the essential nature of socialism with Chinese characteristics,? Mr. Zhang says.

I suppose Mitt Romney could use his national platform to say that gosh, placing economic concerns over human rights is pretty damn rotten, and suggest that maybe his company not freaking do that. Saying "oh, the buckets of money I'm making from, among other things, selling surveillance equipment to the Chinese government is in a blind trust, so I'm not involved with that" seems rather weak. Does Mitt mean that it's all right to make wads of cash from helping governments violate human rights, so long as it's a corporation doing it?

It's just another thing that demonstrates how ridiculous and vapid Mitt Romney is, and adds to the public perception that this guy would probably sell his own mother if he thought the price was right. If Mitt Romney actually managed to become president I wouldn't be surprised to see him propose we buy a million or so security cameras and put them on American streets too. You know, for crime, not because he's got a blind trust that would make a heck of a lot of money from the effort.

Source: http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/SOMQVMNuXc8/-Mitt-Romney-profiting-from-sales-of-security-cameras-to-Chinese-government

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The new iPad gets an iFixit teardown. Yields concerns about recycling and battery replacement.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/apple-new-ipad-teardown/

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Sony's 55-Inch Crystal LED HDTV has a picture that amazed us. Unlike standard LCD televisions that use LEDs as backlighting, the Crystal LED display uses tiny LED lights and was one of our favorite TVs at CES 2012. Unfortunately, it currently is a prototype.

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For some reason, we humans love to make solid foods liquid, and liquid foods solid. Key Lime Pie Martini? White Russian Ice Cream? I rest my case. Today, in honor of St. Paddy's Day, we're taking three Irish liquids, and making them into one awesome solid. More »

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The new iPad hasn't even been released yet, but the Apple news cycle has already moved on to the next rumored product. Today's scuttlebutt: An Apple-branded big-screen TV will go into production as early as late spring, and surface before the end of the year.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/report-apple-tv-production-may/

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