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Provided by: crunchgear.com12012-02-07 21:43:57technology / crunchgear.com /: 26 models of Trendnet webcams have been identified as vulnerable to a bug that lets anyone tap into the video stream with just an IP address. The flaw was noted a month ago and the company has been working to alert people and patch the devices. Unfortunately, the company has no way of contacting non-registered webcam owners, and so the devices may remain accessible if the users never suspect anything. It's a bit scary, but certainly not unprecedented. Although it's not quite the same thing, two years ago a school was accused of spying on its students via the webcams in school-owned laptops (the district later settled). This time, it's hackers who found their way in, and randoms on the internet who spent long hours watching the feeds.

Provided by: crunchgear.com22012-02-07 21:52:00technology / crunchgear.com /: If you want to slay orcs and elves, there's plenty of options, but the millions of car racing gamers out there have few places to chase the checkered flag. That's going to change because today, Ignite Game Technologies closed a $5 million Series C round from private investors bringing it to $17.5 million in funding. It will use the cash to speed up development of its recently launched Simraceway freemium game, as well as its skill matching technology. Ignite plans to hook users with high-profile licensed content, accurate physics, and addictive gameplay to get users paying to race or buy cars.

Provided by: crunchgear.com31970-01-01 00:00:00technology / crunchgear.com /: An error was ecnountered attempting to get the RSS data: An unknown error occurred. Startup and Technology News An interesting thing is happening in hardware marketing these days and I think Devin noticed it yesterday when he pointed out that Samsung, in their marketing of the Samsung Galaxy Note, is changing the script when it comes to gadget advertising, a tendency that is becoming more and more apparent in newer ads from many big players. First, let's look at the history of CE advertising. For most of the 1980s, computer marketing didn't really exist. Take a look at this gem from a 1984 issue of Analog:

Provided by: crunchgear.com42012-02-07 20:02:22technology / crunchgear.com /: An interesting thing is happening in hardware marketing these days and I think Devin noticed it yesterday when he pointed out that Samsung, in their marketing of the Samsung Galaxy Note, is changing the script when it comes to gadget advertising, a tendency that is becoming more and more apparent in newer ads from many big players. First, let's look at the history of CE advertising. For most of the 1980s, computer marketing didn't really exist. Take a look at this gem from a 1984 issue of Analog:

Provided by: crunchgear.com52012-02-07 16:34:05technology / crunchgear.com /: Over the past year I have meticulously scoured the entire internet in search of the finest images available anywhere on earth. The results of my laborious and time consuming research can be found in the following list: Startup and Technology News Honeywell filed a multi-patent infringement lawsuit against Nest Labs and Best Buy yesterday. The suit alleges that Nest Labs is infringing on seven Honeywell patents. Honeywell is not seeking licensing fees. The consumer electronic conglomerate wants Nest Labs to cease using the technology and is actually looking to collect damages caused by the infringement. Damages? Bullshit. This is about killing the competition. This lawsuit hit Silicon Valley and the tech world hard when it broke Monday morning. Nest Labs is the Valley's star child right now. The company, founded by the godfather of the iPod, started in a Palo Alto garage just over two years ago and successfully disrupted a stale industry so hard that it seems to have resulted in a major lawsuit. The company won a Best of Innovations Award at CES 2012 and, just last week, a Crunchie for Best New Device. People love Nest. And now most of those same people hate Honeywell.

Provided by: crunchgear.com61970-01-01 00:00:00technology / crunchgear.com /: Harley-Davidson has launched a new contest for Marvel's The Avengers and with it has posted this new promo image. Opening in 3D, 2D and IMAX 3D theaters on May 4, the Joss Whedon film continues the epic big-screen adventures started in Iron Man , The Incredible Hulk , Iron Man 2 , Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger . When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as SHIELD, finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins. Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan SkarsgStartup and Technology News Honeywell filed a multi-patent infringement lawsuit against Nest Labs and Best Buy yesterday. The suit alleges that Nest Labs is infringing on seven Honeywell patents. Honeywell is not seeking licensing fees. The consumer electronic conglomerate wants Nest Labs to cease using the technology and is actually looking to collect damages caused by the infringement. Damages? Bullshit. This is about killing the competition. This lawsuit hit Silicon Valley and the tech world hard when it broke Monday morning. Nest Labs is the Valley's star child right now. The company, founded by the godfather of the iPod, started in a Palo Alto garage just over two years ago and successfully disrupted a stale industry so hard that it seems to have resulted in a major lawsuit. The company won a Best of Innovations Award at CES 2012 and, just last week, a Crunchie for Best New Device. People love Nest. And now most of those same people hate Honeywell.

Provided by: crunchgear.com72012-02-07 16:34:05technology / crunchgear.com /: Honeywell filed a multi-patent infringement lawsuit against Nest Labs and Best Buy earlier this week. The suit alleges that Nest Labs is infringing on seven Honeywell patents. Honeywell is not seeking licensing fees. The consumer electronic conglomerate wants Nest Labs to cease using the technology and is actually looking to collect damages caused by the infringement. Damages? Bullshit. This is about killing the competition. This lawsuit hit Silicon Valley and the tech world hard when it broke Monday morning. Nest Labs is the Valley's star child right now. The company, founded by the godfather of the iPod, started in a Palo Alto garage just over two years ago and successfully disrupted a stale industry so hard that it seems to have resulted in a major lawsuit. The company won a Best of Innovations Award at CES 2012 and, just last week, a Crunchie for Best New Device. People love Nest. And now most of those same people hate Honeywell.

Provided by: crunchgear.com82012-02-07 15:46:30technology / crunchgear.com /: Did your parents ever tell you how they switched television channels back in the day? You know, before the remote? They had to get up, and walk the twelve feet to the television set, turn some knob, and repeat this process until they found something worth viewing (most likely a commercial celebrating our addiction to nicotine and alcohol). But things have changed quite a bit since then. In fact, we are at the point of throwing away our remotes for something a bit more integrated. Enter the VooMote Zapper, by Zero1.tv.

Provided by: crunchgear.com91970-01-01 00:00:00technology / crunchgear.com /: An error was ecnountered attempting to get the RSS data: The server did not return XML. The content type returned was text/xsl Startup and Technology News Did your parents ever tell you how they switched television channels back in the day? You know, before the remote? They had to get up, and walk the twelve feet to the television set, turn some knob, and repeat this process until they found something worth viewing (most likely a commercial celebrating our addiction to nicotine and alcohol). But things have changed quite a bit since then. In fact, we are at the point of throwing away our remotes for something a bit more integrated. Enter the VooMote Zapper, by Zero1.tv.

Provided by: crunchgear.com102012-02-07 15:05:14technology / crunchgear.com /: It's been nearly a month since Verizon officially spilled the beans on the QWERTY-packing, LTE-sporting Motorola Droid 4, and now we finally have a release date to go with it. According to the nation's largest wireless provider, the oft-delayed Droid 4 is due to hit sales channels on February 10 complete with a $199 price tag.

Provided by: crunchgear.com112012-02-07 14:20:19technology / crunchgear.com /: There's no shortage of Android swag floating around out there -- Android-themed watch anyone? -- but this thing is probably one of the more useful gifts for the Android devotee in your life. Take it from me: of all the AC adapters floating around TechCrunch’s New Jersey headquarters (a.k.a my home), none are quite as charming as Andru here.

Provided by: crunchgear.com122012-02-07 13:33:37technology / crunchgear.com /: Good morning, and welcome to our Tuesday edition of People Suing Each Other. In the far corner, we have the number four PC maker in the world, Acer, based out of Taiwan; and in the other corner we have Acer former CEO Gianfranco Lanci, based out of Italy, who resigned in February of 2011 after being with the company since 2007. The beef? Well, according to the Financial Times, Mr. Lanci signed a non-compete contract with Acer that was meant to last a full year after his resignation. However, Lanci instead hopped on the Lenovo train in September (about seven months after leaving Acer) as a consultant, at which point he was made the head of Lenovo's Europe, Middle East and Africa businesses last month.

Provided by: crunchgear.com132012-02-07 13:33:37technology / crunchgear.com /: Startup and Technology News Good morning, and welcome to our Tuesday edition of People Suing Each Other. In the far corner, we have the number four PC maker in the world, Acer, based out of Taiwan; and in the other corner we have Acer former CEO Gianfranco Lanci, based out of Italy, who resigned in February of 2011 after being with the company since 2007. The beef? Well, according to the Financial Times, Mr. Lanci signed a non-compete contract with Acer that was meant to last a full year after his resignation. However, Lanci instead hopped on the Lenovo train in September (about seven months after leaving Acer) as a consultant, at which point he was made the head of Lenovo's Europe, Middle East and Africa businesses last month.

Provided by: crunchgear.com142012-02-07 09:00:47technology / crunchgear.com /: Over the past year I have meticulously scoured the entire internet in search of the finest images available anywhere on earth. The results of my laborious and time consuming research can be found in the following list: Startup and Technology News Here’s a selection of recent posts on TechCrunch Gadgets: Brinno Peephole Viewer Is A Viewer For Peepholes LL Cool G: Ladies Love Cool Gadgets Too, Says Study Real Augmented Reality Google Goggles In Prototype Stage? Report: Samsung Planning A Full Line Of Galaxy S3 Phones, First Model To Hit This May

Provided by: crunchgear.com152012-02-07 09:00:47technology / crunchgear.com /: Here’s a selection of recent posts on TechCrunch Gadgets: Brinno Peephole Viewer Is A Viewer For Peepholes LL Cool G: Ladies Love Cool Gadgets Too, Says Study Real Augmented Reality Google Goggles In Prototype Stage? Report: Samsung Planning A Full Line Of Galaxy S3 Phones, First Model To Hit This May

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