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Sabtu, 20 April 2019

Guide: Celebrate Game Boy's 30th Anniversary With This Lovely Merchandise - Nintendo Life

The Nintendo Game Boy turns 30 this Sunday, and to celebrate this amazing occasion we'll be running a series of related features this week, right up to the big day.

As the humble Game Boy's 30th anniversary approaches, Nintendo's classic handheld has never been cooler. If you want to make a statement about your love for all things Game Boy, then we have rounded up some of our favourite Game Boy related merchandise for your consideration.

Whether you are after a Game Boy themed t-shirt, keyring or alarm clock, fear not – we've got you covered.

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Used Game Boy Consoles

Of course, any self-respecting Game Boy fan needs an actual Game Boy console. Bonus points if you pick up an original DMG-01 model, but we won't judge you too harshly if you opt for a Game Boy Pocket to cut down on the cost of AA batteries.

Game Boy Clothing

Once you have a Game Boy console in hand, you just need some related clothing to go with it. A t-shirt, a hoodie, a baby romper suit. Anything will do.

Lots More Game Boy ideas

If you want something more subtle to show off your Game Boy love, we've got lots more ideas for you here.

Which Game Boy themed item from our list took your fancy?

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2019-04-20 13:00:00Z
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Opinion: Criticism of the Galaxy Fold unfairly undermines Samsung\'s achievement - Notebookcheck.net

The Galaxy Fold may be far from perfect, but at least Samsung is trying to push the boundaries of what is possible. (Source: Samsung)

Samsung has been copping a lot of flak for the highly publicized issues that some of the Galaxy Fold review units it has in circulation. However, some of these critics fail to adequately credit Samsung for pushing the boundaries of what is possible. Note: The views expressed here represent the views of the author alone and don't necessarily reflect the views of Notebookcheck.

The internet has exploded over the apparent issues Samsung has been experiencing with the displays on a handful of Galaxy Fold review units. Undoubtedly, it is an embarrassing situation for the company to be in. After all, it is a marquee product and one that is meant to be a beacon of the technical expertise and innovation of which only Samsung is capable. Remember, however, it was only in 2017 that Apple launched one of the first “full screen” phones on the market with the iPhone X, but here we are in the first half of 2019 with the first foldable phone from Samsung. This is a major accomplishment that some have been quick to deride as being “not ready” or a “public beta test.”

From the moment it was unveiled some critics were quick to pounce, proclaiming that Samsung was making a foldable smartphone just because it could, not because it was solving any particular problem. Some of these sceptics quickly changed their tune when they got the review units in their hands and admitted that it seemed special and felt like it was the future. It turns out that the ability to be able to have a device that is small enough to be pocketable and can still be used one-handed that then folds out into a display similar in size to a iPad mini was indeed pretty darn cool to experience.

Then came the stunning news that just a day or two after reviewers got the Galaxy Fold in their hands several devices had their displays fail. At least a couple of these were authentic issues that Samsung has vowed to investigate, while at least a few more of these issues were caused by the reviewers themselves inadvertently peeling off a plastic protective layer that is supposed to remain in place to protect the display. It appears that some units had a warning label placed on the screen and some didn’t. Those that peeled it off ended up suffering from major display malfunctions as a result. In response, Samsung issued a public statement on the issues.

In response the Wall Street Journal has published an opinion [sub.req.] that is the journalistic equivalent of shock-jock radio titled “Samsung Galaxy Fold Non-Review: We Are Not Your Beta Testers”. Rather than accept the replacement Galaxy Fold offered by Samsung (after inadvertantly fiddling with the plastic protective layer), the columnist retorts “There is no point in me writing a straightforward review of a product that’s so clearly not ready...Are we beta-testing a prototype here?” The piece concludes with the remarks:

“And if companies are going to ship products with known weaknesses, they shouldn’t just hope we read a user manual – and don’t accidentally peel off some damn plastic.”

The plastic layer that layer referred to is undoubtedly a design compromise. It is isn’t especially well integrated into the display, but it is there because the folding Super AMOLED panel is made from a plastic (not glass) substrate. This means the screen is prone to picking up small dings and indentations as well as scratching under normal use. It is for this reason that Samsung opted for a design that folds inwards, not outwards. However, technology companies have been making design compromises of one sort or another for ages. The question is, as a customer, whether you are prepared to go along with the trade-off. In this case, if you don’t, you simply won’t have a foldable smartphone of the future here right now.

Samsung deserves credit for trying to challenge the smartphone status quo with bleeding-edge technology and to suggest that it is shipping a “prototype” is a little beyond the pale. The company would not be proceeding with the launch if it had concerns about the durability of the display. After all, it has revealed that it has tested that the display can withstand 200,000 folds. It has also made it abundantly clear that the Galaxy Fold is not for everyone and is targeted at tech early adopters. As it is only selling the Galaxy Fold in limited quantities (already sold out), it has justifiably had to inflate the price close to US$2,000 to help offset what would have been a massive investment. However, that price also includes a set of Galaxy Buds that normally retail for US$129 a custom case and Samsung Care that covers users for accidental damage as well as protection from display malfunctions, should they arise.

Whatever you want to say, positive or negative, the Samsung Galaxy Fold is a game changer. The technology will improve over time and the price will eventually come down. As a tech lover, I want to see new technology like this succeed, not fail. Of course, this is not true of the Apple fanboys rushing to condemn Samsung on the blogosphere. They argue that this is a perfect example of why Apple is never quick to adopt new technology. Apple, the argument goes, always arrives late with tech, but when it does, it delivers the best product on the market. The most recent all-new Apple product to launch was the HomePod. It arrived late, but is the worst smart speaker on the market from an AI, voice recognition perspective in my view. Compared to Samsung, Apple has become boring and predictable. The Fold may well be flawed, but it is undoubtedly the future of smartphones and it is here now, thanks to Samsung.

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2019-04-20 09:41:24Z
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Samsung releases AR-based Quick Measure app that only works with the Galaxy S10 5G - Android Police

Augmented Reality can serve many purposes: It can help you find your way easily or immerse yourself in Harry Potter's world. Another use for AR is to measure objects around you by simply pointing your phone at them. Google has already developed an AR-based ruler app, which needs to detect flat surfaces to estimate their size. While the concept is appealing, the software is approximate and often fails to identify objects you want to measure. As usual, Samsung wanted to build its own application, which seems to be more accurate than Google's. This makes sense, though, as the Korean company's app uses a time of flight sensor for its calculations. The only drawback here is that out of all current Samsung phones, only the Galaxy S10 5G has a such a sensor, making the app exclusive to the device, at least for the time being.

In addition to calculating the size of an object, Samsung Measure can also estimate its area, length, depth, and distance from you, which makes it far more capable than Google's software. The app can automatically detect objects and provide their measurements when you aim at them, but also lets you manually draw lines between two points to calculate the distance between them. Lastly, you can quickly switch between centimeters and inches with a toggle, sparing you the trouble of converting units.

While I saw Google's app as a gimmick due to its lack of precision, Samsung Measure appears to be more precise. I'm not sure I would fully trust it if I were redecorating, but its measurements should be fairly accurate thanks to its ToF depth sensor. Unfortunately, since only the Galaxy S10 5G has such a sensor, we haven't been able to try it ourselves, but it's a pity Samsung is not allowing other devices to run the app, albeit with less precise calculations.

Price: Free

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2019-04-20 06:55:00Z
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Galaxy Fold teardown gives us a look at its complicated design - Engadget

This teardown is no precision iFixit job, but if you just want to see what parts and pixie dust are holding Samsung's Galaxy Fold together, some images from an apparently now-deleted Weibo post can help. Not surprisingly for a first-gen new device, the design is seems incredibly complex and highlights some of the points of failure that may have lead to quickly-broken review units.

According to GSM Arena, the original poster said the flexible 7.3-inch display was "soft like rubber" when removed, although they "shattered" the Fold's small external display while taking it apart. The hinge mechanism seems quite complicated with watch-like gears, and looking inside shows where ribbon cables flow across the joint that's supposed to hold up to hundreds of thousands of bends. Other interesting elements include its inside and outside cameras, as well as two separate battery packs.

Galaxy Fold

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2019-04-20 04:40:17Z
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Galaxy Fold teardown gives us a look at its complicated deisgn - Engadget

Galaxy Fold

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2019-04-20 04:39:01Z
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Jumat, 19 April 2019

Marcus Hutchins, slayer of WannaCry worm, pleads guilty to malware charges - Ars Technica

Enlarge / Then-23-year-old security researcher Marcus Hutchins in his bedroom in Ilfracombe, UK, in July 2017, just weeks before his arrest on malware charges.
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Marcus Hutchins, the security researcher who helped neutralize the virulent WannaCry ransomware worm, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of creating and distributing malware used to break into online bank accounts.

“I regret these actions and accept full responsibility for my mistakes,” Hutchins wrote in a short post. “Having grown up, I’ve since been using the same skills that I misused several years ago for constructive purposes. I will continue to devote my time to keeping people safe from malware attacks.”

Hutchins was changed in August 2017 with creating Kronos, a banking trojan that stole online bank account passwords from infected computers. A superseding indictment filed 10 months later charged him with 10 felony counts that alleged he created a second piece of malware called UPAS Kit. Hutchins, whose online persona MalwareTech attracts more than 143,000 followers on Twitter, had a league of vocal defenders claiming the allegations were false.

In a plea agreement filed in federal court Friday, Hutchins pleaded guilty to two of the 10 counts. One count charged him with distributing Kronos, while the other charged him with conspiracy. Prosecutors agreed to drop the remainder of their case. The agreement, which is signed by Hutchins, includes the following elements:

The conspiracy as charged existed;
The defendant knowingly became a member of the conspiracy with the intent to advance the conspiracy;
And one of the conspirators committed an overt act in an effort to advance the goal of conspiracy.

Hutchins faces 10 years in prison at sentencing. It wasn't immediately clear when sentencing would take place.

Hutchins became an overnight luminary in security circles in May 2017 after he registered a domain that stopped the spread of WannaCry, a quick-spreading ransomware worm that had been shutting down computers all over the world. Windows exploits developed by, and later stolen from, the National Security Agency caused the worm to spread from computer to computer without requiring any interaction of the part of users.

As WannaCry was spreading, Hutchins noticed an unregistered domain referenced in the code. Without knowing precisely what role the domain played, Hutchins registered it. He quickly discovered that the domain triggered a developer-created kill switch that prevented the worm from spreading. Hutchins continued working to ensure that the kill switch remains activated to prevent WannaCry from spreading again.

Hutchins' subsequent arrest touched off a debate in security circles about whether the charges were founded. Throughout the case, Hutchins strenuously professed his innocence, describing the charges as "bullshit" when the superseding indictment was filed. KrebsOnSecurity reporter Brian Krebs dug into various online personas that appeared to be tied to the researcher and concluded he did have a criminal past. Defenders continued to say the charges were false.

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2019-04-19 22:38:00Z
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The inside of the Samsung Galaxy Fold is marvelously messy - The Verge

The Samsung Galaxy Fold doesn’t release until April 26th, but if you’ve been eagerly awaiting a glimpse under the hood, a pre-production version of the folding phone has already been disassembled and laid out piece by piece in photos. These were originally hosted on microblogging site Weibo, though the originals have since been removed.

Something that shouldn’t be much of a surprise: it takes a lot of parts to build a foldable phone. They’re all arranged in a manner that looks quite difficult to repair, though that likely comes down to the Fold being a first-generation product, which you might not guess when you’re holding the Fold’s sleek exterior.

These photos are our clearest look yet at what makes this ambitious, flawed, and very expensive phone tick. But we expect more detailed teardowns to come soon.

The hinge is the heart of the Fold that helps its 7.3-inch foldable screen unfold and keeps it safe. It looks pretty sturdy from the inside, and we can see it’s reinforced at three points, perhaps to keep it from collapsing in the event of a fall. Several photos above show two ribbon cables routed through the hinge, presumably to drive both the large, foldable screen and the smaller 4.6-inch display on its front, and perhaps also to send power to the phone’s second battery (yes, there are two) when it’s on a charger.

Speaking of the batteries, one of them has “TBD mAh” of capacity listed, indicating that this is likely a pre-production unit.

Both of the cables stretching through the hinge have “L” and “R” printed on them. That might help explain the display’s “jelly scrolling” effect that we spotted in our review, if it turns out that the left and right halves of the display are sent different video signals. As seen in the GIF above, text and images appear to be a bit behind on the left side of the foldable display compared to the right side.

Before our review of the Fold published, its flexible screen was giving us some issues, to say the least. We weren’t the only ones to have problems with it, but some debris found its way into our review unit after one day of using it. The photos don’t necessarily highlight any areas of particular weakness that would have allowed that to happen. One of the photos shows the flexible display removed from the phone’s chassis, and there don’t seem to be any parts keeping it in. Since the documentation of the teardown has been removed from Weibo, it’s not clear if this screen has the all-too-easy-to-remove, yet vital protective layer still applied, or if it’s removed.

These photos offer up a glimpse into the Galaxy Fold, but there are still more questions than answers. We don’t know the teardown methodology, so it’s tough to know exactly what each component is responsible for, and how difficult this phone will actually be to repair.

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2019-04-19 21:24:24Z
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