3-D Printed Guns Lead to Arrest of Man in Japan 09 may 2014

It's a first: A man has been arrested for possession of 3-D printed guns, according to a report from Japan's NHK news service. Japanese police apprehended the 27-year-old after he posted video of his firearms online — perhaps not the wisest move in a country with strict gun control laws.

The alleged culprit, Yoshitomo Imura, works at a college outside of Tokyo. Investigators found five guns, though only two appeared to be functioning. No bullets were recovered, however (they can't be printed). The man reportedly said he thought what he was doing was not illegal.

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The first completely 3D-printed handgun, The Liberator.

In a way, it's surprising that it took this long. The first functioning 3-D printable pistol, called the Liberator by designers Defense Distributed, made its debut online nearly a year ago. The U.S. State Department later demanded that the blueprints to be taken down.

Thousands could have been printed by now, but even if they have, this is apparently the first time anyone has been arrested for having one.

Authorities in the U.K., another place with strong gun laws, did arrest a man on suspicion of printing firearms — but the parts later turned out to be pieces for assembling another 3-D printer.

In the U.S. some local governments have moved to regulate 3-D printed guns. Philadelphia last year became the first city to ban 3-D gun printing.

Four tips for improving battery life on the Galaxy S5

Galaxy S5 owners can breathe easy when it comes to battery life. While most Android devices available today have some sort of battery-saving feature, Samsung went above and beyond with its latest flagship device. Here's how you can get all-day battery life and more on your Galaxy S5:

Power-saving mode

Samsung's power-saving mode is nothing new; the feature has been around since the Galaxy S2. When enabled, this mode can be used to block background app data, limit the phone's performance, reduce the screen frame rate, lower the brightness, and even change the display to grayscale.

This mode will greatly enhance your battery life without reducing your phone's capabilities by that much. Since it does limit your phone's processing power, however, I recommend disabling it before playing any games or using any CPU-intensive apps.

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The power-saving mode option can be found in the Galaxy S5's settings menu.

Ultra power-saving mode

Enable the Galaxy S5's ultra power saving mode to get the most out of your battery. Samsung claims that when the device is fully charged, this mode will give your phone up to 12.5 days of battery life. In fact, with only 10 percent of battery life remaining, enabling ultra power-saving mode can make your phone last for another 24 hours.

There are some downsides, though. Ultra power-saving mode will greatly reduce your phone's capabilities. In addition to changing your display to grayscale, you will be limited to only using select apps like the Phone, Messages, Internet, Emergency Alerts, Google+, Facebook, Twitter, and a few others. Only six of these apps, however, can be placed on your home screen.

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The mode will also automatically disable mobile data when the screen is turned off, and disable both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. These can be re-enabled in the settings menu by pressing the three-dot icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen. The limited settings menu also gives you the ability to adjust the volume, brightness of the display, and toggle on location services.

Ultra power-saving mode can be enabled by going to settings and scrolling down to the "power saving" option.

Location settings

If you want to keep the full functionality of your phone while squeezing the most juice out it, there areother ways to prevent battery drain. Open the settings menu, click on Location, and select Power saving mode. This will use Wi-Fi and your mobile network to estimate your location, rather than the phone's GPS.

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You should also make sure that location reporting and location history are both disabled. These options can be found in the Google Location Reporting menu under the Location Services option.

Brightness

Most people keep their phone's brightness on auto mode, but you may not know that this can actually be worse for your battery. Auto mode will automatically adjust your screen's brightness based on the conditions around you. The mode utilizes the phone's sensors, which, because it's in use all the time, actually drains your battery more rapidly than adjusting your brightness manually. Auto mode will also sometimes leave your display at a level that is too bright for your environment.

In most cases, being outside on a sunny day not being one of them, you don't need to have the brightness maxed out. To save your battery, I recommend turning the brightness level down to somewhere below halfway, or to a level that is acceptable for your eyes.

Power shortfall further surges to 3,100 MW

ISLAMABAD: The power shortfall in the country further surged to 3,100 MW as the total generation on Monday was recorded as 10,400 MW against the demand of 13,500 MW at 0930 hours.

According to daily data released by National Transmission and Dispatch Company Limited (NTDC), the hydel generation stood at 2,900 MW, Thermal 1,440 MW, Independent Power Producers (IPPs) 6,060 MW and 4 MW wind.

The hydel generation has reduced due to less water discharge from both water reservoirs Tarbela and Mangla dams and stood at 2900 MW only.

IBM launches new cybersecurity services

SAN FRANCISCO — IBM on Monday announced comprehensive new security software products and services for large enterprises.

While many don't realize it, computer security is actually a key part of IBM's business. If the company were to spin off its security division, it would be the third-largest computer security company in the world after Symantec and Cisco Systems, according to analysis firm IDC in Framingham, Mass.

The first new product is the IBM Threat Protection System, a security system that offers one-stop protection against cyberthreats.

The second, Critical Data Protection, works to protect what IBM calls a company's "crown jewels." These would be such things as files containing information about acquisition and divestiture plants, board deliberations and intellectual property.

IBM has written software that searches for all the various places critical information might be stashed, copied and e-mailed, to make sure there are no vulnerable copies in the system, said Kristin Lovejoy, general manager of the IBM Security Services Division in the company's McLean, Va., office.

The programs "actually go out and inspect the enterprise and identify those 1% of assets that bad guys would be really interested in. The value of that is it allow security officers to really focus their efforts around that 1%," said Edward Ferrara, principal analyst in the security and risk division at Forrester Research.

Cybersecurity represents an enormous financial liability for companies. The average cost of a reported security breach is close to $6 million for an organization, according to a report IBM commissioned from the Ponemon Institute. The report was based on interviews with 500 companies internationally.

IBM's security division has shown double-digit revenue growth for six consecutive quarters, Lovejoy said.

"A lot of people don't see IBM as a security company, but they've had computer security as one of their 'pillars' since 2011," said IDC analyst Charles Kolodgy.

IBM has been buying security companies for several years. Recent acquisitions included Q1 Labs, Trusteer,Guardium, Ounce Labs, Watchfire and Fiberlink/MaaS360.

The company is already an important outsourcer for large enterprises, and security is "a key niche," said Ferrara. "It's a natural adjacent play for IBM."

It's a smart space for IBM, he said. "If you think about IBM as a global outsourcing and solutions provider, security is an absolute and critical feature for any IT service going forward."

Ferrara puts IBM "in the top five" security companies for large businesses. Other companies looking to the same market include Hewlett-Packard, Symantec, CSC and Wipro, he said.

"There are a lot of competitors in the marketplace, but IBM still is one of the largest technology companies in the world," he said. "They've applied tremendous financial resources to this and hired some really good people."

That's how they got to No. 3, said Kolodgy. "Three years ago, they were probably around number seven or eight," he said. "Their goal is to be the biggest."