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While we are debating on security of Apple iPhone 5S fingerprint scan and it's misuse/theft, a group of individuals have already started a crowd-funded bounty hunt at istouchidhackedyet.com with money prize for anybody who breaks the Apple iPhone 5S Touch ID and fingerprint sensor. While a working crack/hack for Apple iPhone 5S fingerprint sensor is not available now, here is an interesting newly surfaced video showing a cat unlocking the new iPhone using Touch ID authentication.

In light of the PRISM spying by NSA, German experts earlier warned their Government against using Microsoft Windows 8 by companies and authorities. And once again a German data-protection specialist Johannes Caspar warns against using iPhone 5S's new Fingerprint ID function. While Apple claims this to be secure by saying 'your fingerprint is only stored on the iPhone, never transmitted over the network' the expert arguments that 'The biometric features of your body, like your fingerprints, cannot be erased or deleted and stay with you until the end of your life without changing. They are crucial and should not be used for something as non-vital or casual as unlocking your device.

We recently shared a story showing the versatility and power of open-source computing with Linux, further strengthening the claim, Linux has now got another feather in it's cap when Ubuntu became the OS which is now not only powering Desktop, Laptops, Netbooks and mobile devices but also Self-driving Google Cars as unveiled by the following Google presentation at the embedded Linux conference.

As detailed by Google, they are using a customized version of the Ubuntu Linux OS optimized for real-time usage in their driver-less cars, the video also shows how Google modified the Ubuntu operating system for these particular usage needs and achieve exactly what they needed.

Wait for Apple fans is over as iPhone 5S and the much rumored cheaper variant iPhone 5C are now officially unveiled. Apple iPhone 5S looks pretty much the same as its predecessor, but adds new "space gray" and gold/champagne color options to the shelf. On the hardware front, iPhone 5S has the new speedier A7 64-bit CPU with M7 'motion co-processor' which boosts the actions of the accelerometer, compass, and gyroscope. The most aweome feature of the lot is "all new", never before seen integration of fingerprint sensor with the home button that scans user fingerprint to not only unlock the phone but also authenticate purchases much faster and with ease. There's also a capacitive ring around the home button which activates the fingerprint sensor, and it can read user fingerprint in any orientation. Don't forget to "Read more" about the cheaper iPhone 5C, and watch videos posted below.