Affordable Vacations In Miami - New iPhone Rumors: Fingerprint Scanner And An 'iPhone 5C' Model

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It’s almost August – which means rumors about the new iPhone are coming at a good clip. Though Apple has made no announcement about unveiling a new iPhone in September, it’s widely expected to do just that, and new reports suggest that the latest version (which is being referred to as the iPhone 5S) will include a fingerprint scanner. There’s also evidence that Apple will release a separate, less expensive “iPhone 5C” model with a plastic case.

Information about the fingerprint scanner comes from Apple rumor site 9to5Mac, which quotes an iPhone developer who dug into a leaked version of the iOS 7 beta software.

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The software includes a folder called “BiometricKitUI,” which suggests some kind of input that takes advantage of a user’s fingerprint. The folder mentions “fingerprint status,” and describes a print scan that involves a user touching the Home button with their thumb. 9to5Mac cites an unnamed “source familiar with the development of the new iPhone” who says the fingerprint scanner is meant to unlock the phone – though it could also be used for other things, such as making mobile payments more secure.

This folder’s presence doesn’t necessarily mean anything – but it’s worth mentioning that last year Apple bought Authentec, a security company that builds fingerprint sensors and encryption technology. An iPhone with a fingerprint sensor would be a boon for password-management and financial companies, who would (theoretically) be able to use it to make sensitive information carried on the device that much more secure.

Also on the hardware front, rumors of a plastic “iPhone 5C” model have popped up in several different places this week. On Tuesday, case manufacturer Elago posted a set of cases on Amazon.com that purport to fit the new iPhone, though none are available for purchase. Meanwhile, Chinese phone site WeiPhone posted a picture of what looks like retail packaging marked with “iPhone 5C” decals. French site Nowhereelse, which first noticed the image, speculates that the “C” stands for “colors,” in deference to an earlier rumor that the lower-cost iPhone will come in several different hues, much like the iPod.

These rumors certainly don’t come from ironclad sources, but taken together they paint a believable picture of what we might see from Apple this fall. They join earlier rumors that the new iPhone will sport an improved camera that will take dramatically better pictures in low light, and new voice features including better dictation.

Trip To Miami - Sex After Heart Attack? Docs Urged To Give Advice

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Many heart specialists are hardly Dr. Ruth — sex is not something they relish bringing up with patients. But new guidance says they should, early and often, to let survivors know intimacy is often possible after a heart attack.

Discussions should involve everything from when and how to resume sex, to what position might be best for some conditions or not advised for others, according to a consensus statement released Monday by the American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology.

It's billed as the first scientific statement with detailed guidance on resuming sex after a heart attack, stroke or other cardiac condition and is based on a review of medical literature.

"Sexual health is an important part of the overall health of the individual," even for the oldest patients, said Elaine Steinke, a researcher and professor of nursing at Wichita State University in Kansas. Steinke was the lead author of the statement published in the heart association's Circulation journal and the European Heart Journal.

Co-author Tiny Jaarsma, a professor and heart failure researcher at Sweden's Linkoping University, said in an email that doctors and nurses "rarely discuss sex 'spontaneously', but often wait until the patient brings up questions around sex. Health care providers often are afraid to upset patients or might feel embarrassed themselves."

Fears and anxieties about resuming sex are often numerous: Will it cause another heart attack? Can I use Viagra? What if my defibrillator goes off during sex? And many are too shy to ask, so heart doctors, nurses and other health care workers should take the lead and initiate the discussion with men and women patients of all ages and their partners, according to the statement.

Many heart patients can safely resume sexual intercourse after first checking with their doctors, and the answers to many questions depend on each patient's overall health, the guidance says. Patients with mild, stable chest pain face a low risk for a sex-triggered heart problem, whereas patients with advanced heart failure should postpone sex until their condition is stabilized.

General precautions listed in the statement include:

— Before resuming sex, make sure you can engage in moderate physical activity, such as walking briskly up two flights of stairs, without chest pain, breathlessness or other symptoms.

— If moderate activity is too strenuous, avoid intercourse but not intimacy: hugging and kissing may be OK.

— Have sex in a comfortable, familiar place and avoid things that could add stress to the experience, including extramarital affairs.

 

— Tell your doctor about any symptoms during sex, including chest pain, dizziness or insomnia afterward.

— Some positions may not be safe. Heart bypass surgery patients should avoid being on top in the missionary position, and Steinke said having sex in a more "upright position" may be easier for some heart failure patients, whose symptoms may include shortness of breath.

Ruth Westheimer, the famed 85-year-old sex therapist known as "Dr. Ruth," commented on the study Monday through her publicist from Switzerland, where she was hiking.

When hospitals have invited her to speak, she always gives the same message: "Doctors need to ask their patients about sexual functioning," even if both sides are embarrassed by the topic.

"When it comes to sex and heart issues, in my experience it's as likely to be the partner of the heart patient who is afraid of having sex because it might cause a heart attack as the patient him or herself," Westheimer said. "What I suggest is that people write down their questions and send it to the doctor in advance of their appointment. That way they'll be sure the question gets asked and the doctor will have had time to get prepared to answer it."

Vijay Divakaran, a cardiologist with Scott & White Hospital in Round Rock, Texas, said the consensus statement is important and will change practice. Cardiologists don't get formal training in discussing sexual issues with their patients but the conversations get easier, he said

"Sometimes patients don't talk about it, they just Google it, and there's a lot of misconceptions" online, Divakaran said. "Once you start asking them, you would be surprised that it almost always is an issue."

Suites Near University Of Miami - How To Reduce Mosquito Bites!!!

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Reduce the Risk of Mosquito Bites this Summer

West Nile virus, other disease organisms, and parasites are carried by mosquitoes and transferred to humans and animals.

The Georgia Department of Public Health has recently confirmed the year’s first human case of West Nile virus in the state.  Health officials say the adult patient recovered without hospitalization after being infected in May.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia had 99 cases of West Nile virus in 2012- including six that were fatal.

Health officials are concerned the number of West Nile virus cases may increase this season due to abundant amounts of rainfall and urge Georgians to take precautions to protect themselves against mosquito bites.

Homeowner Awareness- There are peak times when mosquitoes are most active and when the outdoors should be avoided.  Stay indoors during dawn, dusk and early evening when mosquitoes are more likely to be a nuisance.  Wear light-colored, loose - fitting clothing, plus long-sleeved shirts and pants for extra protection.

Mosquito Repellents- Topical repellents containing DEET can be effective against mosquitoes, biting flies, chiggers, fleas, and ticks.  Physicians recommend that a formulation of no more than 10% DEET be used on children, but formulations of over 30% can be used in areas of high disease incidence if label directions are followed. Researchers advise adults to limit the use of repellents containing concentrations of more than 50% DEET.

Non-topical chemical repellents such as candles and torches are found to be ineffective in producing enough vapors to repel mosquitoes due to air movement.

Reduce Breeding Sites- Most of the mosquitoes in Georgia are Container Breeding Mosquitoes, meaning they breed in any object that is capable of holding any amount of water for 7 days or more.  Homeowners can reduce Mosquito breeding sites by empting bird baths and planters, cleaning out gutters, trimming overgrown bushes, removing debris, toys and any item that has a divot that is capable of holding water.  

Treatments- Mosquito Reduction Services are very effective in reducing the amount of mosquitoes in your yard when properly preformed.  Treatments should only be performed by a properly licensed mosquito management professional.  He or she will have the experience and training to properly design a reduction plan to help protect you and your family.

Golf Resort In Miami - Here’s Why Apple’s iPad Sales Are Falling

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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) saw a decline in iPad sales for the first time according to its recently released third-quarter results. The Cupertino, California-based company sold 14.6 million iPads during the June quarter, 2.4 million less than the amount it sold in the same quarter last year.

Although this statistic alarmed some Apple watchers, the year-over-year decline in iPad sales is hardly surprising considering the fact that Apple released a new iteration of its tablet in March 2012. In this sense, comparing iPad sales figures from the June quarter in 2012 to the same quarter in 2013 is like comparing apples to oranges.

However, it should also be noted that the majority of the iPad sales drop is directly attributable to a “1.9 million unit channel inventory swing,” as stated by Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer during the third-quarter results conference call, Yahoo Finance reports. “We built 1.2 million units of iPad channel inventory in the June quarter last year whereas we reduced channel inventory by 700,000 units in the June quarter this year.”

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Holiday In Miami - Why You Should Eat Breakfast And The Best Times For The Rest Of The Day’s Meals

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Keeping track of what you’re supposed to eat to stay healthy can already be overwhelming, but it turns out that when you eat what can also be important for keeping your weight in control and for warding off chronic disease.

It turns out Mom was right: you should eat breakfast. And if you don’t believe Mom, a growing body of studies shows that a good meal in the morning can help your body prepare for the day to come, and lower your risk of heart disease, diabetes and obesity. But what about the rest of the day’s meals? Here’s what nutrition experts say about the best times to eat and why.

Morning Don’t skip breakfast. Reporting in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, Harvard School of Public Health researchers studied the health outcomes of 26,902 male health professionals ages 45 to 82 over a 16-year period. They discovered that the men who skipped breakfast had a 27% higher risk of heart attack or death from heart disease than those who honored the morning meal. According to the scientists, skipping breakfast may make you hungrier and more likely to eat larger meals, which leads to a surge in blood sugar. Such spikes can pave the way for diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels, all risk factors that can snowball into a heart attack.

Pass on the pastry. Eating in the morning — and what you eat — is important for setting your blood-sugar pattern for the rest of the day. “If you eat something that is whole grain, and has some fat and protein to it, your blood sugar is going to rise slowly and go down slowly. If you eat something refined, like an overly sweet cinnamon roll, that’s the worse thing you can eat,” says Judy Caplan, a registered dietitian nutritionist for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. “You get an insulin [spike] and [then] your blood sugar drops too low so you get hungry again. That’s why people get into a cycle of overeating junk.”

To ease your body into a more consistent blood-sugar pattern, try some oatmeal, whole-wheat toast with almond butter, or an omelette with spinach and avocado. Caplan’s favorite breakfast is a baked sweet potato with a little bit of cinnamon and a small bit of butter. Who says you have to eat just cereal in the morning?

Afternoon Fuel up at the right time. In the 1960s, nutritionist Adelle Davis popularized the mantra: “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” Why? Fueling up makes sense earlier in the day, when your body needs the most calories for energy. That’s why in many European countries, the largest meal of the day occurs in the afternoon. “Ideally, you want to give yourself fuel before you do harder labor,” says Caplan.

If you’re used to eating a smaller meal for lunch and a larger meal later, you can still fill up with a hearty meal that has significantly fewer calories. “A fairly large meal [that] is full of salad and vegetables [is] big in volume, but light in calories,” says Caplan.

Evening Don’t overdo it. Calories get burned up no matter when you eat them, so theoretically it’s O.K. to eat after dark. But if you eat a heavy dinner, you’re not as likely to get rid of those calories before you turn in. “What you don’t burn off is more likely to be stored as fat, as you become less active toward the end of the day,” says Tracy Lockwood, a registered dietitian at F-Factor Nutrition. “Eating too close to bedtime increases your blood sugar and insulin, which causes you to have a hard time falling asleep. Therefore, your last meal should be the lightest of the day and should be eaten at least three hours before you go to sleep.”

There’s another reason that late-night eating, after dinner, isn’t a good idea. In most cases, those visits to the fridge involve sweet treats such as ice cream and other desserts that can send blood sugar soaring right before bed. That can lower levels of the hormone melatonin, which is supposed to help you feel tired and relaxed, so waning levels can make it harder to fall asleep. “A boost of energy coming from your dinner, which may have consisted of pasta, rice or bread, can act as a short-lived stimulant, causing you to feel more awake immediately after a meal,” says Lockwood. “Also, it is not recommended to lie down immediately after a meal, especially a big one, since it increases your chance for acid reflux.”

Keep it light. “If you go to Europe and places where there is not as much obesity as the rest of the world, people eat very late and they’re not necessarily overweight. That’s because they are walking everywhere and they are typically not eating a huge and heavy meal,” says Caplan. “Instead, it may be avocado and toast with a side of soup.”

There’s clearly no formula for healthy eating that applies to everyone for maintaining a healthy weight and avoiding illness, but paying attention to both what and when you eat might be a good place to start.

Hotels Near Marlins Park - Skipping Breakfast May Increase Heart Attack Risk

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Another reason to eat breakfast: Skipping it may increase your chances of a heart attack.

A study of older men found those who regularly skipped breakfast had a 27% higher risk of a heart attack than those who ate a morning meal. There's no reason why the results wouldn't apply to other people, too, the Harvard researchers said.

Other studies have suggested a link between breakfast and obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes and other health problems seen as precursors to heart problems.

"But no studies looked at long-term risk of heart attack," said Eric Rimm, one of the study authors at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Why would skipping breakfast be a heart attack risk?

Experts aren't certain, but here's what they think: People who don't eat breakfast are more likely to be hungrier later in the day and eat larger meals. Those meals mean the body must process a larger amount of calories in a shorter amount of time. That can spike sugar levels in the blood and perhaps lead to clogged arteries.

But is a stack of syrupy pancakes, greasy eggs and lots of bacon really better than eating nothing?

The researchers did not ask what the study participants ate for breakfast, and were not prepared to pass judgment on whether a fatty, sugary breakfast is better than no breakfast at all.

Other experts agreed that it's hard to say.

"We don't know whether it's the timing or content of breakfast that's important. It's probably both," said Andrew Odegaard, a University of Minnesota researcher who has studied a link between skipping breakfast and health problems like obesity and high blood pressure.

"Generally, people who eat breakfast tend to eat a healthier diet," he added.

The new research was released Monday by the journal Circulation. It was an observational study, so it's not designed to prove a cause and effect. But when done well, such studies can reveal important health risks.

The researchers surveyed nearly 27,000 men about their eating habits in 1992. About 13% of them said they regularly skipped breakfast. They all were educated health professionals — like dentists and veterinarians — and were at least 45.

Over the next 16 years, 1,527 suffered fatal or non-fatal heart attacks, including 171 who had said they regularly skipped breakfast.

In other words, over 7% of the men who skipped breakfast had heart attacks, compared to nearly 6% of those who ate breakfast.

The researchers calculated the increased risk at 27%, taking into account other factors like smoking, drinking, diet and health problems like high blood pressure and obesity.

As many as 18% of U.S. adults regularly skip breakfast, according to federal estimates. So the study could be important news for many, Rimm said.

"It's a really simple message," he said. "Breakfast is an important meal."

Hotels Near Doral Golf Resort - Apple Confirms That Its Dev Center Has Been Breached By Hackers

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After 3 days of silence as to why the iOS Developer Center has been down, Apple has just confirmed that they are investigating a security breach.

Developers just began receiving the email below; Apple has confirmed to us that the e-mail is legitimate.

According to the email, Apple detected a security breach on its Dev Center servers on Thursday. While most of the information on the servers was encrypted and Apple claims it’s safe, they do say that the hacker(s) may have accessed developer’s names, addresses, and email addresses.

Though we’ve yet to hear any reports of any individual accounts being used maliciously, it seems the intruders might already be attempting to use the accessed data to their advantage; since the developer center went down on Thursday, we’ve heard dozens of reports of developers receiving unsolicited password reset requests. A quick search on Twitter turns up dozens more.

Update — Just got off the phone with an Apple rep, who confirmed a bit more:

• The hack only affected developer accounts; standard iTunes accounts were not compromised
• Credit card data was not compromised
• They waited three days to alert developers because they were trying to figure out exactly what data was exposed
• There is no time table yet for when the Dev Center will return

Suites Near International Dolphin Mall - Apple’s Developer Website Hacked, Personal Information ‘May Have Been Accessed’

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Apple’s developer website, which has experienced some significant downtime this past week, has been hacked.

Apple released the information just a few moments ago in an email to registered developers, saying that sensitive emails, names, and physical addresses could have been compromised, and that it took the website down on Thursday to prevent any further damage:

Last Thursday, an intruder attempted to secure personal information of our registered developers from our developer website. Sensitive personal information was encrypted and cannot be accessed, however, we have not been able to rule out the possibility that some developers’ names, mailing addresses, and/or email addresses may have been accessed. In the spirit of transparency, we want to inform you of the issue. We took the site down immediately on Thursday and have been working around the clock since then.

In order to prevent a security threat like this from happening again, we’re completely overhauling our developer systems, updating our server software, and rebuilding our entire database. We apologize for the significant inconvenience that our downtime has caused you and we expect to have the developer website up again soon.

The last time Apple’s developer website went down it was due to a rush on the company’s iOS 7 beta release in early June. This week’s outage, however, was longer-lived — for much of a day — and for a much more damaging reason.

 Previous Apple hacks have all been clientside, often through vulnerabilities in the Java software the company used to ship with OS X, and occasionally via social-engineering attacks on iCloud passwords. This is potentially a much more serious issue, as there are 300,000 iOS developers in the U.S. alone, and probably well over a million globally.

Apple is a tempting target not just for its developers, but also for its users.

iCloud and iTunes have over 300 million accounts, all with juicy credit card information. An attacker who could penetrate Apple’s security in one place — the developer site, for instance — might be able to penetrate Apple’s security in other places. I’ve contacted Apple for more information on what the company is doing to protect those users, and ensure that none of their information has been affected.

Apple’ worst fear, of course, might be that hackers could gain access to its app store or the signing credential technology that certified iPhone apps as safe, known, and malware-free. Google recently had a major scare of exactly that category — which is so far appears to have been able to contain — and the last thing Apple wants is for its iPhone-buying public to consider the iOS ecosystem anywhere near as malware-laden as Android sometimes appears to be.

The front page of the site is currently live, but developers attempting to log into the site will find this message:

In order to prevent a security threat like this from happening again, we’re completely overhauling our developer systems, updating our server software, and rebuilding our entire database. We apologize for the significant inconvenience that our downtime has caused you and we expect to have the developer website up again soon.

Extended Stay In Miami - Mobile Phone Game 'Could Find Cancer Cures'

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A smart phone game which results in players analysing real cancer data is being developed with the aim of discovering new treatments.

Cancer Research UK has hired Dundee-based Guerilla Tea to build "GeneGame".

The charity has already enlisted the help of the public to classify variations in vast amounts of gene data using its site Cell Slider.

It said in three months "citizen scientists" had analysed data that would have taken scientists 18 months.

The charity said advances in technology had helped scientists to identify new causes and drivers of cancer.

However, it said colossal amounts of data needed to be analysed by the human eye rather than machines - and this could take years. 

Now it hopes to create a game which will will be fun to play while at the same time classifies data from research archives, which can then be fed back to Cancer Research UK scientists.

This will help them "drastically speed up" research into the genetic causes of cancer, and in turn develop potential new cures. 

GeneGame is to be launched in the UK later this year. 

Amy Carton, citizen science lead for Cancer Research UK, said: "We're right at the start of a world-first initiative that will result in a game that we hope hundreds of thousands of people across the globe will want to play over and over again and, at the same time, generate robust scientific data analysis. 

"Combining complicated cancer research data and gaming technology in this way has never been done before and it's certainly no mean feat but we're working with the best scientific and technology brains in the business.

"We're ready for the challenge and believe the results will have global impact and speed up research."

'Braver and bigger'

 

Guerilla Tea's Mark Hastings said: "We've always believed games technology as the potential to provide huge benefits to other sectors and this project will be a wonderful example of that."

Cancer Research UK's first initiative, Cell SliderTM, launched in October 2012 and allows the public to classify archived breast cancer samples.

Dr Joanna Reynolds, director of science information, Cancer Research UK, said "Over 200,000 people have already visited our CellSlider site, from over 100 countries, making more than 1.6 million classifications.

"With GeneGame we are being bolder, braver and bigger and we hope that by the end of the year we'll have a game that not only is fun to play but will play a crucial role in developing new cancer cures sooner - ultimately saving lives."

Airport Hotels In Miami - IBM Q2 Earnings Per Share Up 8%

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IBM beat profit estimates despite a drop in revenue for its second-quarter results, boosting shares of the company in post-market trading. 

Shares of IBM rose nearly 3% at $199.93 in after-hours trading following news of its earnings.

IBM's net income rose 3% while revenue was down 3% for the quarter.

IBM reported second-quarter net income of $4.3 billion, excluding certain charges, on revenue of $24.9 billion in revenue. Not counting those charges, earnings per share were $3.91, up 8%, and beating the $3.77 a share forecast of analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters.

Analysts expected IBM to report net income of $4.19 billion on $25.37 billion in revenue in the quarter, according to the survey of estimates from Thomson Reuters. 

U.S. demand for IBM's business remains stable even though state and local government spending is weak, according to analyst firm Bernstein Research. International demand poses questions for IBM given economic concerns in Brazil and China, says Bernstein.

Miami Airport Hotels - Android Users Can Patch Critical Flaw

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Android users can patch their devices against a critical, easily exploitable flaw in the mobile operating system thanks to a new patch developed not by handset makers or carriers, but by researchers from Northeastern University's System Security Lab and security firm Duo Security. 

The two organizations Tuesday announced the release of ReKey, a free mobile app that's designed to patch the Android master key vulnerability that's present in an estimated 900 million devices that run Android and that could be exploited by attackers to take full control of a device. The app can be downloaded from a dedicated ReKey website or via Google Play.


But there's a caveat: the app works only on rooted devices. Regardless, all Android users should consider rooting their devices and updating, due to the severity of the bug.

"This vulnerability can be used to replace legitimate apps on an Android device with malicious versions. Apps with many permissions -- like those from the phone's manufacturer or the user's service provider -- are at particular risk," said Trend Micro security researcher Jonathan Leopando in a blog post. "Once on the device, they can behave in the way that any malicious app would, except the user would think they were a completely legitimate app. For example, a modified/Trojanized app for a bank would continue to work for the user, but the credentials would have been sent to an attacker."

Bluebox Labs, which discovered the vulnerability, privately disclosed the flaw to Google in February, which quickly patched the bug in the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Google is also now reportedly scanning apps that it distributes via Google Play for signs that they've been weaponized to take advantage of the vulnerability. But aside from a handful of devices that were built to use the latest Android operating system, carriers and handset makers have yet to issue a related Android patch to their customers and subscribers. As a result, an estimated 99% of all Android devices could be exploited via the vulnerability.

"The security of Android devices worldwide is paralyzed by the slow patching practices of mobile carriers and other parties in the Android ecosystem," said Jon Oberheide, CTO of Duo Security, in a statement. His firm, which provides two-factor authentication as a service, has received funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for its X-Ray project, which last year found that more than 50% of all Android devices had unpatched vulnerabilities.

The likelihood of malicious attacks that exploit the master key vulnerability has lately increased. That's because, in advance of a Bluebox Labs Aug. 1 presentation at the security conference Black Hat that promised to showcase the technical details of Android security bug 8219321, enterprising security researchers used the non-technical presentation summary to begin searching for the flaw. Ultimately, the bug was detailed about 10 days ago on the forums of community-built Android firmware CyanogenMod, and last week viaForensics mobile security engineer Pau Oliva posted proof-of-concept -- albeit harmless -- exploit code to Github.

How does ReKey patch the vulnerability and protect against related exploits? "ReKey injects a small piece of code into the running Android framework. The code dynamically patches the ZipEntry and ZipFile classes to interpose on the vulnerable routines and thereby fix the root cause of the bugs," reads a FAQ on the ReKey website. "In addition to fixing the bugs, ReKey installs a warning system that alerts the user when they attempt to install an APK that abuses the vulnerabilities" -- referring to the Android app file format (APK).

As noted, however, the patch currently works only on rooted devices. "To patch the vulnerabilities on your device, ReKey requires escalated privileges," reads the FAQ. "Normal unprivileged applications on stock Android devices do not possess such privileges, hence the need for a rooted device with the Superuser (or similar) application."

While the researchers behind the project suggested that they would be able to build an app that would work on non-rooted devices, they said such functionality would require using an exploit, thus posing a "public safety" risk if attackers managed to reverse-engineer the exploit. "That being said, if a weaponized exploit was observed being used publicly in the wild for nefarious purposes, that would 'change our calculus' or whatever the phrase is these days," they said on the FAQ. "Stay tuned."

While the patch addresses the vulnerability identified by Bluebox Labs, information security researchers at Android Security Squad in China announced last week in a Chinese-language blog post (available in translation) that they'd discovered a related flaw that could also be used to modify the original APK without modifying the checksum used to verify that the app hadn't been tampered with.

The attack works by tweaking the APK's filename to add an extra field, which is then used to feed up to 64 KB of arbitrary data to the app. As a result, attackers could repackage a legitimate app to include malware, without leaving any indication that the Android file was malicious. The researchers said the flaw relates to a problem with a Java-based signature-verification routine. 

Suites In Miami - Windows 8 Tablets: A Confusing World For Buyers

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The choice by Microsoft to make Windows 8 an OS for desktops, laptops, and tablets has been cheered by many and jeered at by others. Whatever side of the Windows 8 for every device camp you fall on the fact is that the multi-dimensional OS is here to stay. Microsoft wants everyone to buy Windows 8 tablets and numerous models are starting to hit the market. 

Tablets running Windows 8 come in all sizes and styles, each trying to get consumers to purchase one rather than the competition, iPads and Android tablets. Having choice is always a good thing for prospective buyers but that may not be the case when it comes to tablets running Windows 8.

Buyers looking for an iPad have a choice of two sizes and that's it. The purchase decision comes down to which size you want, large or small. The decision is easy with storage space the only option other than size. Most buyers don't want integrated LTE and it usually doesn't enter the purchase decision process.

Shoppers wanting an Android tablet have more options but many of them end up getting a Samsung tablet. It's the biggest selling brand in the Android tablet space. Samsung offers several different sizes so once the consumer decides on how big a tablet is desired the purchase decision is straightforward.

Samsung tablets come with different storage sizes and like the iPad that's the only real decision for purchase. Like the iPad, Samsung Galaxy tablets all run good ARM processors and similar hardware components. 

Even the budget Nexus 7 tablet has good hardware inside and buyers don't have to wade through various internal hardware options.

The same is not true for those looking at the Windows 8 tablet. While tablets of different sizes are beginning to appear on the market, size is only one of several choices that may end up confusing prospective buyers.

The big choice confronting Windows 8 tablets is of course the Windows RT vs Windows 8 option. Buyers will often find Windows RT on the cheapest of the tablets available, due to the ARM processor inside (like the iPad and Android tablets). The fact that legacy Windows apps cannot be installed on Windows RT tablets is another reason these tablets are cheaper than full Windows models. While current advertising leads buyers to believe that Windows RT and Windows 8 are the same, there's a big difference in the two as noted above.

Once the choice to get a tablet with full Windows 8 is made, buyers need to get familiar with the different Intel processors being used before making a purchase. Most of the cheaper tablets have an Atom processor inside, and while that handles common tasks with ease they aren't the best performing choice. Buyers may end up frustrated by lags doing typical tasks like watching video with the Atom.

To get the best performance possible on tablets running Windows 8 buyers need to go with full Intel Core processors. That usually drives the prices up significantly, even double that of the iPad or Android tablet. That choice also hits the battery life hard, dropping it from near all day utility to just four or five hours. That's not even close to what the competition delivers.

It's no wonder that tablet buyers may be confused when it comes to buying a Windows 8 tablet. There are two versions of Windows to choose from along with several different processor options. The choices can overwhelm non-techie buyers, who often end up buying based on price.

In the Windows world low price means inferior processors which translates into low performance. The buyer will likely end up less than thrilled with the tablet for this reason.

So the typical tablet shopper can choose from the iPad, Android tablet, or Windows tablet. The iPad decision just involves a single model making the purchase process simple. The same is basically true for Android tablets as most branded tablets come with a single model. The iPad and Android tablets all have powerful hardware configurations that run all available apps with ease.

That's not the case with Windows tablets. Some run all Windows apps, some don't, and depending on the hardware inside some tablets may not run heavy apps very well if at all. The only tablets that run all Windows apps well are the high-end models that come with prices that are much higher than the competition. It's no wonder tablet buyers seem to be going with the competition much more often than the Windows 8 options.

Golf Resort In Miami - Timing Of First Solid Food Tied To Child Diabetes Risk

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When babies already at increased risk for type 1 diabetes had their first solid foods before four months of age or after six months, their chances of developing the disorder at least doubled, according to a new study.

Four to six months is the recommended age window for all kids to start on solid foods, but the new results suggest timing could be even more important for babies at high risk for type 1 diabetes (T1D) because of genetic susceptibility.

The results weren't totally surprising, according to senior author Jill Norris, since type 1 diabetes is a lifelong disease in which the immune system attacks the cells that make insulin and previous research has found that the development of certain immune cells is related to the introduction of solid foods.

"We did not choose this window out of the blue," said Norris, who studies chronic diseases like diabetes at the University of Colorado, Denver.

But this was the first study to examine how many kids were actually diagnosed with diabetes.

"We think the clearest message for parents is to wait to introduce any solid foods until after the 4 month birthday," Norris told Reuters Health in an email. "And when baby is ready, solid foods should be introduced by 6 months of age or soon thereafter, preferably while the mother is still breast-feeding the baby."

Norris and her coauthors followed 1,835 children at high risk for type 1 diabetes - based on genetic testing done at birth or family history - until they were eight years old. Fifty-three children were diagnosed with the disease.

Infants first given solid food before they were four months old were almost two times as likely to develop the disease as those given solid food during the ideal age window. Kids who got solid food after they were six months old were three times as likely to be diagnosed with the disease.

There are many other risk factors at play for these kids, for example, when there were complications during vaginal birth, the children were also about twice as likely to develop the disease, regardless of when solid food was introduced.

Of the 53 kids who did get diabetes, 28 had been given solid food before four months of age, and seven hadn't tried solid food until after six months, according to results in JAMA Pediatrics.

"We hypothesize that at a very young age, an infant's gut and immune systems may not be ready for the new food, triggering a cascade of reactions that lead to autoimmune diseases, like T1D, in susceptible children," Norris said.

Although the study stratified results by food types, there is not yet enough evidence to recommend which foods are best to introduce when, she said. But she did stress the importance of continuing to breastfeed while transitioning to solid food, since this study and others suggest that breast milk has a protective effect.

About 3 million Americans have type 1 diabetes and need to closely monitor their blood sugar levels and take insulin several times daily. The study was limited to only 53 kids who eventually got the disease, which makes the results less powerful, the authors write.

"The children enrolled in this study were selected because they were at a higher genetic risk of developing type 1 diabetes," Norris said.

Kids who are not predisposed to the disease might not have the same results, she said.

"As the authors state themselves in the article, these findings need confirmation from other studies," said Dr. Suvi Virtanen of the National Institute for Health and Welfare in Helsinki, Finland. "The number of children who got diabetes is still very small in the current study as it is also in most of the previous studies done in this field."

"We do not yet know how to prevent type 1 diabetes," she told Reuters Health. More studies need to corroborate the results first.

Although following the nutritional recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Institute of Medicine does decrease the risk of kids becoming overweight and obese, "parents cannot now do anything to prevent this disease in their children, and it's important not to worry them before we really know."

Hotel Near FIU - A Set Bedtime May Help a Child's Brain Development

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Scientists at University College London suggest that a lack of routine can impair early development by disrupting the body clock, which can affect the brain's ability to remember and learn new information.

Results showed that the effect was most striking in three-year-olds, among whom both boys and girls scored lower on math, reading, and spatial skills tests that children of the same age who adhered to rigid bedtime schedules. "Age three seems to be where you see the largest effect and that is a concern," said lead researcher Amanda Sacker. "If a child is having irregular bedtimes at a young age, they're not synthesizing all the information around them at that age, and they've got a harder job to do when they are older," she added. "It sets them off on a more difficult path." Sacker and her team analyzed data from 11,178 seven-year-old children from the UK Millennium Cohort Study, a long-term record of British children who are now nearing their teenage years. While the hour that children went to bed had little or no consequence on their performance on different tests, having no set bedtime did, often leading to lower scores. Girls who never had regular bedtimes at ages three, five, and seven had significantly lower reading, math, and special scores. For boys, this was the case for those having non-regular bedtimes at any two of those ages. The study was published online July 8 in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

A separate 2011 study from the University of South Australia reveals that children who go to bed earlier are less likely to be obese than those who stay up late.

Hotels Near Marlins Park - How Much Are Old Home Computers Worth?

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A computer from 1976 that originally retailed for $666.66 is to be auctioned and could fetch up to $500,000.

The Apple-I computer was one of the first 25 computer elements designed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in their famous California garage.

About 200 were made but most have disappeared or been discarded, with only around 30 to 50 still believed to be in existence.

The model that is going under the hammer had been stored away in a cardboard box collecting dust by a retired school psychologist.

Speaking to the BBC's Aaron Heslehurst, Chris Hall from media technology website Pocket-lint.com explains why it is so valuable, and how you too could have a small fortune stashed away somewhere.

Suites Near University Of Miami - Apple Should Give These Away For Free

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Something rather curious has happened within Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) iTunes, software, and services segment over the past few years: it started generating operating profits.

Apple has long maintained that these divisions operate near breakeven, but Asymco's Horace Dediu crunched the numbers recently and estimates that the segment may be generating over $2 billion in operating income per year. Apple's first-party software offerings are mostly responsible for the segment's recent profitability. That includes products like iWork and Apple's wide range of professional software applications like Final Cut Pro.

That means that Apple could possibly afford to give some back if it's feeling generous. The Mac maker's main motivation for doing this would be to strengthen its complementary ecosystem that drives profitable hardware sales, which was always the strategic purpose of iTunes in the first place.

Apple's been working hard to integrate iWork into iCloud for a while now, which is a free service. The company recently showed off the iWork for iCloud beta at WWDC last month, as a cloud-based productivity suite that could compete with Google Docs and Microsoft Office 365 to a small extent. With iCloud being a free service, Apple could make a wide range of its first-party apps free to bring pricing parity.

There's other evidence to support this theory. There are hints within early builds of iOS 7 that apps within Apple's iWork and iLife suites for iOS are going to be offered for free. Apple's iOS apps carry premium prices in the App Store, ranging from $5 (iLife apps) to $10 (iWork apps) while there are plenty of alternatives for $0 to $1.

On OS X, iLife is included on all Macs, while iWork costs $60 for all three components. Let's be clear, though: Office is the gold standard and iWork is a minuscule fraction of the market. iWork is not a meaningful player in the enterprise, and could arguably be considered geared toward average consumers.

With that in mind, Apple could conceivably make iWork on Macs bundled for free like iLife and not sacrifice too much revenue. Giving away the consumer-oriented software for free on all of its platforms would be a nice perk to boost hardware sales. The professional software would still be sold at premium prices and help cover the cost of giving away the consumer software.

That would simplify Apple's pricing, making iLife and iWork free on OS X, iOS, and iCloud all at once, while putting a little bit of pressure on Google and Microsoft at the same time.

Hotel Reservations In Miami - Why Does T-Mobile Keep Increasing The Price Of The iPhone 5?

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When T-Mobile first started selling the iPhone 5 this spring, it did so with a special promotional offer. Customers could get the phone for $99 down plus $20 per month for 24 months. 

So it wasn't much of a surprise when T-Mobile increased the price of the iPhone 5 to $149.99 and $20 per month for 24 months a few months later. The promotion appeared to be over.

But the price just changed again. As of July 3, it costs $145.99 down plus $21 per month for 24 months to get an iPhone 5 on T-Mobile. That means the down payment has dropped, but the monthly fee has gone up by $1, or a total of $24 over the course of the agreement, effectively making the iPhone 5 more expensive than before.

Why has the price been fluctuating so much in a few short months?

T-Mobile said the price increase for the iPhone 5 is because the original promotion ended. Here's the canned statement we got from the company when we asked why the iPhone 5 price keeps changing:

As America’s Un-carrier, T-Mobile is committed to introducing the hottest new smartphones at unbeatable promotional prices – but we all know promotions are temporary. The great news here is that well-qualified customers, on approved credit, can today buy iPhone 5 from T-Mobile for $145.99 down. 

But T-Mobile wouldn't say what the "normal" price is for the iPhone 5. A company rep also wouldn't say how long this promotion is good for and whether or not the price will go up again. We've asked for more clarification and will update if we hear back.

It's also important to note that this is part of T-Mobile's new pricing structure for plans and devices. Instead of subsidizing the cost of the phone up front like other carriers, T-Mobile lets you pay off the phone gradually over time. As a result, its service plans are a bit cheaper than the plans on AT&T and T-Mobile. You also get the option to upgrade to a new phone whenever you want, as long as you pay off your first phone.

Budget Hotels In Miami - Take Care In Sun As Weather Gets Warmer

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Too much sun can be dangerous and proper precautions should be taken, according to a press release from Mile Bluff Medical Center in Mauston.

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer, and the leading cause is too much exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays. Most often found naturally in sunlight, UV rays also are present in manmade sources such as tanning beds. It is estimated that one in five Americans has a form of skin cancer, and of those, more than 20 die each day. If you have had even one blistering sunburn while growing up, the chances of skin cancer becoming present later in life more than doubles.

Understand what factors will increase your chances for developing skin cancer. These risk factors include fair skin, a family history of skin cancer and a weakened immune system.

Although many of the things that put you at risk for skin cancer cannot be controlled by you alone, there are some lifestyle changes that you can make to help prevent or avoid the disease. By following a few simple tips, you greatly reduce your risk of being diagnosed with skin cancer. These methods provide the best protection when used together.

Prevention methods:

• Avoid direct sun exposure, especially between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

• Use sunscreen every day — it should have a sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 or higher, and protect against both UVA and UVB rays.

• Cover up with clothing when outside.

• Wear a broad-brimmed hat and UV-blocking sunglasses.

• Avoid tanning and UV tanning booths.

• Be sure to re-apply sunscreen every two hours.

After learning what factors put you at risk for skin cancer, and how to prevent it, the next important step is to know the warning signs. If detected early, skin cancer can be treated. The best way to achieve early detection is by performing monthly head-to-toe skin checks at home, in addition to the yearly exam performed by your primary health-care provider.

The most common sign in identifying skin cancer is the presence of irregular moles. An ordinary mole will be an evenly colored spot that is brown, tan or flesh-colored; it will be either flat or raised, and will have sharply defined borders.

If you notice one that has some of the following characteristics, be sure to share your findings with your health-care provider right away.

Signs and symptoms:

• The spread of pigment from the border of a mole to the surrounding skin.

• A change in sensation of a mole — itchiness, tenderness or pain.

• A change in the surface of a mole — oozing, bleeding or the appearance of a bump or nodule.

• Moles that stand out or look different from others.

Golf Resort In Miami - People Eat Less After Harder Workouts

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The researchers found that overweight men ate about 200 fewer calories following a vigorous workout than after rest.

Some studies have shown that high intensity exercise is tied to appetite suppression and changes in hormones that regulate hunger and fullness, and the new research found different effects on those hormones among the various exercise regimens.

In the latest research, published in the International Journal of Obesity by Aaron Sim, a graduate student at the University of Western Australia, and his colleagues, 17 overweight men volunteered to participate in four 30-minute exercise sessions: one in which they only rested and three involving stationary cycling at either moderate, high or very high intensity.

The moderate exercise involved continuous cycling, while the more intense workouts alternated between short bursts of speed and longer stretches of pedaling at a lower speed.

After each session the men drank a liquid meal of about 267 calories. Then, a little over an hour later, the researchers offered the participants oatmeal and told them to eat until they were "comfortably full."

The men ate fewer calories after the high and very high intensity workouts compared to the times when they rested.

They also ate less after the very high intensity workout than after the moderate exercise, while the difference between the high intensity workout and the moderate workout was small enough that it could have occurred by chance.

After the sessions, the men ate 764 calories after resting, 710 calories after the moderate exercise, 621 calories after the high intensity workout and 594 calories after the very high intensity workout.

The men also reported eating fewer calories on the day following the highest intensity workout than they did on the days following the other exercise sessions.

They ate 2,000 calories during the day following the very high intensity workout, while they ate a little more than 2,300 calories during the day after the moderate exercise and more than 2,600 during the day following the resting session.

SURPRISING BUT PRELIMINARY

While the study shows promising cuts in calorie intake in the short-term, it's unclear whether high intensity exercise can affect longer term weight loss.

David Stensel, a researcher at Loughborough University in the UK who has studied exercise's effect on food intake, cautioned that this was a small study that needs to be repeated before any conclusions can be drawn.

Other studies, including Stensel's, have not shown a difference in how much people eat following a period of exercise or of rest, he said.

Stensel said the findings were somewhat surprising, because his own research has not shown that people's food intake is reduced following exercise.

"One thing that's different is they've done this in an overweight or obese population. Most of the research that's been done is in normal weight or healthy weight individuals," Stensel told Reuters Health.

"This study provides some promising preliminary support for this notion, but further research is needed to investigate this in a longer-term study," Sim said.