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It’s a pillow. And a remote. And if your powers of observation are anywhere near “strong,” you’ve probably deduced by now that you’re looking at a universal remote control… albeit one that’s wrapped within a pillow. We’ve seen similar creations come around in concept form, but leave it to the folks at Brookstone to turn this thing into a reality. Purportedly, this unit can be programmed to work with over 500 devices, and there’s a power-saving auto shutoff feature that’ll definitely be overrode by your incessant squeezing… Read More

StumbleUpon, traditionally known as a website discovery tool, is expanding its repertoire to include application discovery on the Android Marketplace. As with all crowdsourced software, StumbleUpon’s app isn’t very good from the get go, but it partially solves the problem by pulling from a set of existing Android app databases.

The App Discovery beta feature is only available on StumbleUpon’s Android app, which already helps users discover new websites. It recommends Android applications based on what websites the user has liked via StumbleUpon’s interface, the… Read More

Avast has published a blog post warning computer users about the increasing number of malware attacks targeting USB drives and Windows’ AutoRun feature. During the last week of October, the security company recorded some 700,000 attacks on computers that voluntarily submitted data, and one out of every eight (13.5%) came from USB devices.

“AutoRun is a really useful tool, but it is also a way to spread more than two-thirds of current malware,” said Virus Lab analyst Jan Sirmer. Cyber-criminals are preying on people’s… Read More