Haktech: Exploded Revolver

This revolver explode, 'probable cause ammo powder overload' and it did backfire!

Haktech: Microsoft won't add Start button for Windows 8

It's one of the biggest and most controversial changes in Windows 8; the removal of the familiar Start button. The change has upset lots of traditional Windows PC users. It has also caused many to search for alternatives, such as Stardock's recently launched free Start8 app.

However, it looks like Windows 8 PC users will have to continue to find alternate means to create a Start button for the OS. The Seattle Times states that according to a report from the investment banking firm Nomura, Microsoft has no plans to add their own Start button menu in future versions of Windows 8.

Nomura claims it held meetings this week with Tami Reller, who doubles as Microsoft's head of marketing and the CFO of Windows and Windows Live. According to what Reller said at the meetings, Microsoft won't budge from its position of eliminating the traditional Start button in Windows 8.

However, the company will apparently be offering users a tutorial "to show keyboard/mouse users the new commands that they need to orient themselves with in the new OS so they are not lost when they first encounter the product."

It remains to be seen if a simple tutorial will placate the many Windows 8 users who will likely still want the Start button. We will bet that third party companies such as Stardock will offer up their own solutions if Microsoft does not act.

Haktech: Permanent E-Ink Tattoos that Change with your Mood

E Ink Tattoos that Change with your Mood

Uses Safe Sub-dermal Implants!

How many people do you know who regret their tattoo? You grow up, you dump (or get dumped), or maybe you picked a tattoo "artist" that learned their craft in prison using ballpoint pens and a sharpened paper clip. At that point, your choices are: deal with it, get it covered up, or get shot with lasers to take it off. And nobody wants to go for a job interview only to be given the evil eye because you're a little more inked than the current employees! Body modification discrimination is a sad fact of life.

What do you do when you want a tattoo but don't want the commitment of permanent ink? The moodInq system is a breakthrough in tattoo technology, using a skin-safe proprietary E ink encapsulated pigment system that lasts a lifetime but can be configured to display any design (or none!) to suit your mood. So how does it work? We have partnered with leading physicians and technicians in the cosmetic surgery industry to implant the E ink grid, called a canvas.



 The canvas can go anywhere on your body and be configured to the size and shape of the body party you'd like to ink. After a short healing period (usually 2-3 days), you can begin using the moodInq software included with your kit to change your canvas to display the tattoo you desire!








(Important Note: What you are buying here is the moodInq Wand, software, and a 2-year membership to moodInq's tattoo art database. Your kit will come with a list of participating cosmetic surgery clinics. Tattoo canvas implantation prices vary by provider and canvas surface area desired.)












Product Specifications

•     Proprietary E Ink programmable tattoo can be changed at will
•     Great for those who don't want to commit to permanent ink
•     Three steps:

1.         Have E ink canvas implanted (through our partners in the cosmetic surgery industry)
2.         Choose or design your preferred artwork
3.         Run the moodInq Wand over the canvas - your tattoo appears!

•     Your tattoo can be changed to any design in the moodInq database or with custom art
•     Upload your own black & white or greyscale files: jpeg, gif, tiff, bmp, ai, eps, and pdf
•     moodInq tattoos can even simulate greyscale using halftones
•     IMPORTANT NOTE: Tattoo canvas implantation is a separate purchase.
•     Kit includes:
•         moodInq Wand
•         Software (Mac and PC)
•         2-year membership to moodInq's tattoo art database
•     Patent Pending

More Details Here:

Haktech: We can expect Windows 8 in October?

According to Bloomberg, the commercial release would cover both conventional computers (x86/x64) and the ARM architecture. The goal of course would be to have ranges including PCs and tablets. On this point, it is a confirmation of a commitment already shown by the president of the Windows division, Steven Sinofsky. The business daily, however, indicates that less than five ARM devices are planned for launch (line up), over 40 side against Intel / AMD.

Microsoft will also organize an event for industry partners at the beginning of April. The firm will unveil a number of new information, including the agenda and everything related to marketing. Important elements for the preparation of the line up precisely.

In all cases, an October release is more than likely. Microsoft wants to keep a pace of one operating system every three years, which obviously would put Windows 9 in October 2015. Recall Office 15 will not come out at the same time as the beta is only expected for late summer. It should coincide with the final version (RTM) of Windows 8.

Haktech: Teacher aide fired for not providing Facebook password

The Facebook password saga appears to be continuing this week, after it was revealed that a school teacher's aide was fired last year for refusing to give her social networking password to her bosses.

It all seemed to unfold when the woman, named Kimberly Hester, comically posted in her spare time a picture of her with a co-workers pants and a pair of shoes, holding a caption saying “Thinking of you.” ZDNet reported that Hester was fired from Frank Squires Elementary in Cassopolis, Michigan after a parent saw the image on Facebook and made a complaint to the school.

Only in the past couple of weeks, Neowin reported a story of employers asking workers for their Facebook passwords and schools asking students to delete their profiles on the website. With Hester's legal battle ensuing though, she isn't giving up, saying "I did nothing wrong. And I would not, still to this day, let them in my Facebook. And I don’t think it’s OK for an employer to ask you."

There isn't much hope that she will succeed however, given that there isn't any law in the United States prohibiting employers to ask for access to their workers' Facebook accounts. The recent news coverage of the issue seems to have gotten law makers attention however, with proposals already in creation aimed at ending the password free for all.

Haktech: Kim Dotcom gets internet access, along with a way to record his album

Kim Dotcom, the founder of the now shut down file sharing website MegaUpload, now has the freedom to access the Internet again. Dotcom has been kept from using the Internet ever since he and other team members of MegaUpload have been arrested and charged for online piracy in mid-January.

Today, the New Zealand Herald reports that in a hearing, the judge in the case has ruled that Dotcom can once again surf the net, with his lawyers successfully arguing that Dotcom needed Internet access to help his case and defend himself in court on the charges brought on him by US law enforcement authorities.

The judge also ruled in favor of Dotcom on two more requests. One was for Dotcom to gain access again to the swimming pool at the $30 million rented mansion Dotcom was living in at the time of his arrest. While Dotcom and his family now live in a nearby home, the judge agreed that Dotcom can swim in the mansion's pool for 90 minutes a day.

Finally, the judge ruled that Dotcom can make two trips of four hours each a week to a recording studio in Auckland. Apparently, Dotcom is working on his music debut and is recording an album. There's no word on when or even if it will be released.

Haktech: Astronauts and engineers get a Robo Glove to reduce the risk of stress injuries

Developed by NASA in collaboration with auto giants General Motors, this robotic glove is a testament to the common ground between astronauts and automotive engineers. Known informally as the Robo-Glove, the Human Grasp Assist device is derived directly from a 2011 project called the Robonaut 2. The glove is developed to reduce the amount of force required to hold tools and use them in outer space or in intense factory conditions.



The glove can also reduce the risk of stress injuries caused by repetitive tasks and make manual labor less intensive for assembly workers in a factory or astronauts outside the space station working in a pressurized suit. During an operation, these workers require over 15-20 lbs of force to hold a tool though the glove can help reduce this load to just 5-10 lbs. The upper section of the glove is laced with sensors that keep track of when the wearer is grasping a tool.

Until the sensors are released, synthetic tendons keep clamping down. Fitted with a display for diagnostics and programming as well as actuators and control electronics, the current version of the glove (which is in fact the second-generation of the prototype itself) weighs around two lbs or just under a kilo. A belt-clip is used to mount the lithium-ion battery for the glove.

Reducing bulk and weight, a third-generation prototype of the Robo-Glove is already being perfected by NASA and GM who reveal that workers in the near future could benefit from this technology.