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You can finally tick that destination off your bucket list. As the restrictions of COVID-19 are starting to loosen up, at least for the vaccinated, Australians can travel in and out of the country without exemptions and quarantine flights. However, the pandemic has truly been an economic burden, and international tourism suffered losses of $40.7 billion in the year ending in March 2021. If you’re on a budget, there are still plenty of places to visit, and we’ve compiled a list of the cheapest countries to travel from Australia....

Apple iPad 3 rumors indicate a March 7 announcement with a 2,048-by-1, 536-pixel Retina display, quad-core A6 processor, improved cameras, and now LTE chip. The over-all design of the tablet will remain the same, according to the consensus, but the big new feature will obviously be the new Retina display. Rumors also indicate LG and Samsung are manufacturing the display. ChinaTimes said in a new report this evening that Apple ordered a whopping 65 million 264PPI Retina displays from both LG and Samsung....

The implant is believed to be the work of APT41, a Chinese-speaking sophisticated hacking group also known as Winnti or Double Dragon. On January 20, Kaspersky researchers said that at the end of last year, the team uncovered a case of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) compromise caused by the modification of one component in the firmware – a core element called SPI flash, located on the motherboard. “Due to its emplacement on SPI flash, which is located on the motherboard instead of the hard disk, the implant is capable of persisting in the system across disk formatting or replacement,” the team noted....

If you have an issue with Chrome sound not working, you’ll want to fix the problem. There are several troubleshooting steps you can take to get sound working. Sometimes the sound works on one tab but not another one. If you’re having a problem with Chrome sound not working, here are eight fixes to try and fix it. 1. Check Sound Card Hardware Issues Note: On this test system, we’re using EarTrumpet because it makes audio management easier....

Cisco is shuttering its Flip camera business and axing 550 jobs, says Reuters: Ouch! Remember when the previous-generation iPod nano was supposed to kill the Flip with its back-facing camera? That didn’t come to be. Here’s what happened instead… Everyone got a smartphone with 720p video recording. Plus, FaceTime… Yes, video enthusiasts will always opt for standalone camcorders, but the majority of regular consumers don’t need a Flip because they can shoot kitten videos in 720p using a smartphone....

A lot of fans might love the Netflix series Cobra Kai for its heavy dose of Karate Kid nostalgia. Others are enjoying watching the new storylines play out. One thing both groups of fans have in common, however, is enjoying those epic fight scenes the series has to offer. The series has become known for its wild fight scenes. Whether that’s an all-out brawl in school hallways, or at an amusement center, or that’s a one-on-one match-up between two rivals struggling to play by the rules, Cobra Kai has a different fight scene for everyone....

What Is It? Like other shape and color puzzlers we’ve covered before, the goal in this game is to complete shapes. Twist the triangles to match the pattern, and then tap to change color. As the game gets harder, the shape configuration gets tricky. You’ll need to overlap and blend colors to get them to match. During the game, a relaxing soundtrack repeats to help focus your mind. The game lets you shift the color palette if you have trouble with colors (or playing at night)....

When I turned 18, one of the first things I did was sign up for a Best Buy store card. If I look at my credit report, it’s my longest running active card (which means I’ll never cancel it since it helps my credit report). Over the years, I’ve bought almost all of my electronic items there. I always take advantage of their free financing offers. A recent item I bought using this method was my HomePod....

CASE statement uses “selector” rather than a Boolean expression to choose the sequence. The value of the expression in the CASE statement will be treated as a selector. The expression could be of any type (arithmetic, variables, etc.) Each alternative is assigned with a certain pre-defined value (selector), and the alternative with selector value that matches the conditional expression value will get executed. Unlike IF-THEN-ELSIF, the CASE statement can also be used in SQL statements....

No Password Equals No protection Cupid Media stored over 42 million user passwords in plaintext. The attackers who targeted their database must have been very happy to had found this trove. The parent company of New York Sports Clubs made a similar security lapse. No password was set on their unprotected server, which meant that personal customer records and financial records were up for grabs for anyone smelling blood....

We previously told you about the benefits of Bluetooth 4.0 technology found on the iPhone 4S, also TV and —conceivably— rolling out to all Apple products soon. While Zomm’s Lifestyle Connect is not exactly the first Bluetooth 4.0 accessory (bragging rights belong to Find My Car Smart, a Kickstarter project), this device is a dream come true to people seeking a reliable medical solution to relay health information from compatible monitoring solutions “to a trusted network of people and professionals....

Much has been made about Apple’s efforts to obtain exclusive access to albums from select artists for Apple Music. Thus far, Apple Music has offered albums from artists like Drake, Chance the Rapper, Frank Ocean, and others ahead of other streaming platforms. In a series of tweets this afternoon, Chance the Rapper offered up more details as to how his partnership with Apple came to be… The artist offered the details after some tried to “discredit” his independence because of his Apple partnership....

“When we reported in early November, there was a great deal of uncertainty around the back-to-the-school season and the continuing impact of COVID-19,” CEO Dan Rosensweig said in remarks prepared the earnings conference call. “Fortunately, while enrollments were lower, we saw that schoolwork did eventually pick-up. So the need for Chegg increased throughout the quarter, helping us exit the year on a higher note.” Chegg’s non-GAAP diluted net income per share came to 38 cents....

Chinese state media has warned Apple about the “consequences” of allowing a Hong Kong protest app into the App Store after earlier banning it. The controversy surrounds the HKmap Live app, which was initially banned from the local App Store, a decision Apple reversed the following day… Background As we previously reported, the app was a controversial one because it could be seen to have very different aims depending on your perspective....

Interesting then is a late night Cult of Mac report which suggests some MobileMe users are seeing their iDIsk storage capacity seemingly raised to 2TB. We’ve checked our own accounts and these still read 10GB, and the comments in Leander Kahney’s story suggest these 2TB storage explosions are isolated incidents, at best, that’s if they’re true at all…. Sure, you can already get up to 60GB of additional storage through MobileMe for a fee....

Every year, top-ranked Apple speaker maker iHome comes to CES with an impressive array of new products — including something to show off Apple’s latest technology — and it isn’t disappointing at the 2015 CES. In an advance briefing before the show officially opened, iHome revealed its first Apple HomeKit product, SmartPlug ($40), as well as some daring new speaker and headphone designs… …like the first speaker we’ve seen hidden inside a beautiful drinking flask....

Charles Bronson was a popular actor in the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s who was known for his gunslinger, vigilante, and law enforcement roles. His work ethic was simply incredible. At the height of his career, he would appear in up to five films in a single year. In total, Bronson starred in a whopping 93 film, a mixture of non-English European and Hollywood productions. Throughout his career, Bronson was one of Hollywood’s most recognizable tough guys....

As shown in our recent top hidden features article, iOS 8 has a new built-in time-lapse camera mode. This feature will allow you to explore the world of time-lapse photography and capture stunning visuals. This is definitely a nifty little feature, but thanks to a new video posted by YouTuber iTwe4kz, we now have a good look at what this mode is capable of on an iPhone 5s. In the video below, iTwe4kz shows off the time-lapse mode in various situations....

Clickjacking (User Interface redress attack, UI redress attack, UI redressing) is a malicious technique of tricking a web user into clicking on something different from what the user perceives they are clicking on, thus potentially revealing confidential information or taking control of their computer while clicking on seemingly innocuous web pages. It is a browser security issue that is a vulnerability across a variety of browsers and platforms. A clickjack takes the form of embedded code or a script that can execute without the user’s knowledge, such as clicking on a button that appears to perform another function....

A brand-new mail client called CloudMagic launched today on the App Store. The app supports most email services and has all of the basic features you’d expect from a mail app. One CloudMagic feature blows most other apps away, though: search. Rather than searching on your phone for a certain email and then remotely searching each individual mail account to find what you’re looking for, CloudMagic caches your entire mail account on their server and uses server-side search to find any message almost instantly....