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A 40-dollar Arduino can unlock millions of cars

A team of researchers from Birmingham University have discovered a way to bypass wireless car locks with a simple gadget. After doing some reverse engineering, the team managed to copy radio signals and decrypt car keys that open vehicles with a button. One of the exploits affects almost all VW models since 1990, another affects many more makers...

Wikimedia reveals it’s developing a search engine

Wikimedia, the foundation behind Wikipedia, the number one online information source, is looking towards a big new market. After denials and unclear signals, Wikimedia finally revealed that a 2.5 million dollar grant was meant for stage one of a project called “Knowledge Engine by Wikipedia”...

Do freelancers need Social Media? – A survey among independent IT-experts

In former times, freelancers and contractors were using non-digital sources and instruments to ping a clients’ attention and land gigs, such as cold calls, personal networking or even letters. But things are changing fast and nowadays freelancers find themselves in a world full of new digital instruments, sources and channels for their marketing...

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