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As I entered the wide expanse of Inle Lake at the end of a narrow feeder channel, two fishermen appeared on either side of my Abercrombie & Kent longboat, performing what I could best make out as a slow-motion, over-the-water ballet with conical baskets and oars for props—all while balanced on the bows of their boats. It was absolutely enthralling. Until that moment, I’d been thinking that visiting a lake in Myanmar was rather beside the point. Bagan’s legendary pagodas had beckoned
Microsoft has patched four critical vulnerabilities that could have allowed attackers to carry out a remote code execution. The fix was included in the latest “Update Tuesday” concerns vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Graphics and HTTPS.sys that needed immediate patching. The HTTP.sys patch repairs a flaw in Windows that would have allowed a remote code execution if an attacker sent a specially created HTTP request to an affected
Microsoft has patched four critical vulnerabilities that could have allowed attackers to carry out a remote code execution. The fix was included in the latest “Update Tuesday” concerns vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Graphics and HTTPS.sys that needed immediate patching. The HTTP.sys patch repairs a flaw in Windows that would have allowed a remote code execution if an attacker sent a specially created HTTP request to an affected
It was never going to take long for modders to bring VR support to Grand Theft Auto 5 on PC. The game doesn’t officially support the Oculus Rift (yet), but naturally people are finding ways around the problem. The mod isn’t perfect – the headset merely replicates the mouse movement control – but we’ll take it. YouTube : www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQnm1yv8vgU
It was never going to take long for modders to bring VR support to Grand Theft Auto 5 on PC. The game doesn’t officially support the Oculus Rift (yet), but naturally people are finding ways around the problem. The mod isn’t perfect – the headset merely replicates the mouse movement control – but we’ll take it. YouTube : www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQnm1yv8vgU
It’s a difficult task to stand out in the headphone market these days. Having a killer feature helps, be it awesome sound performance or wireless capabilities. But value remains the most important item on many listeners’ checklists. The more packed into the offering, the better. Sony enters 2015 guns a-blazing with a new set of wireless over-ear headphones for just $150. (This model isn’t currently available in UK or AU
It’s a difficult task to stand out in the headphone market these days. Having a killer feature helps, be it awesome sound performance or wireless capabilities. But value remains the most important item on many listeners’ checklists. The more packed into the offering, the better. Sony enters 2015 guns a-blazing with a new set of wireless over-ear headphones for just $150. (This model isn’t currently available in UK or AU
Geoscientists in Germany are using YouTube videos to study the water levels of a cave south-east of the Saudi Arabian capital city Riyadh. The scorching deserts of the Middle East sit atop huge reservoirs of groundwater, which formed in prehistoric times and have long permitted people to survive in its inhospitable landscapes. Until the 1980s, the region even sported a few lakes and waterholes. But today they lie empty, as
Geoscientists in Germany are using YouTube videos to study the water levels of a cave south-east of the Saudi Arabian capital city Riyadh. The scorching deserts of the Middle East sit atop huge reservoirs of groundwater, which formed in prehistoric times and have long permitted people to survive in its inhospitable landscapes. Until the 1980s, the region even sported a few lakes and waterholes. But today they lie empty, as
The pain created by low interest rates is misunderstood and not talked about enough, BlackRock CEO Laurence Fink tells CNBC.
