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05/16/12 08:02 10 Things You Should Know About Facebook's New Privacy Policy (securitywatch.pcmag.com)

05/16/12 07:53 Microsoft readies NUads: They watch you watching them (news.cnet.com)
Interactive NUads advertisements tied to the Kinect sensor will roll out in late spring, Microsoft tells CNET. But will all other Kinect apps be as privacy-sensitive?

05/16/12 07:53 Avira update blocked Windows applications (news.cnet.com)
Avira resolves faulty software update after it is found to block Windows applications.

05/16/12 07:53 Apple QuickTime update for Windows (reviews.cnet.com)
Apple's security and OS updates included the latest version of QuickTime, which Apple has just made available for Windows PCs.

05/16/12 07:51 Google Docs Research sidebar looks up terms, adds images, quotes, and citations (www.theverge.com)
Snippets of the web results can be added to the document itself, images can be dragged and dropped, and the tool will automatically generate citations to credit whatever you've used

05/16/12 07:49 NVIDIA virtualizes the GPU for streamed desktops and cloud gaming (arstechnica.com)
NVIDIA this week unveiled an ambitious plan to solidify the GPU's place in high-performance computing, while bringing the blazingly fast graphics processing units to the worlds of virtualized desktops and streaming video games.

05/16/12 07:49 AMD ships Trinity processor, aims for a piece of Intel's ultrabook market (arstechnica.com)
Built on the legacy of Bulldozer, Trinity is competitive with Intel—sort of.

05/16/12 07:43 The "Best" of the Worst Diablo III Anger (kotaku.com)
Diablo 3 is out. It took 11 years to make. The graphics look 10 years old and its only 6 hours long. But don't worry kids you can buy hats with moms credit card!

05/16/12 07:36 Popular Surveillance Cameras Open to Hackers, Researcher Says (www.wired.com)
Three of the most popular brands of closed-circuit surveillance cameras are sold with remote internet access enabled by default, and with weak password security

05/15/12 09:19 Why you don't need a firewall ? (www.infoworld.com)
Once, firewalls were useful for certain types of attacks. Now they're more trouble than they're worth -- and create a false sense of security into the bargain

05/15/12 08:14 Kodak Had a Secret Nuclear Reactor Loaded With Enriched Uranium Hidden In a Base (gizmodo.com)

05/15/12 08:09 Google patents Project Glass AR glasses design (www.theverge.com)
however looking at the images presented, the actual glass element that serves as the display isn't covered by the patent

05/15/12 07:47 Ubuntu users get cloud backup for Linux encryption keys (news.techworld.com)
huge convenience of being able to securely back up and recover eCryptfs encryption keys used to scramble files in the home directory

05/15/12 07:46 Foxconn boss confirms Apple is working on HD television set (news.techworld.com)
Foxconn is working with Sharp in preparation for Apple's high-definition TV

05/15/12 07:46 Apple ships first OS X 10.5 Leopard security update in almost 12 months (news.techworld.com)
No bug fixes for Mac OS X 10.5, but instead issues Flashback scrubber and disables outdated copies of Flash Player

05/15/12 07:45 Bing goes social in Microsoft's search war with Google (news.techworld.com)
The updated Bing search engine can now include the user comments, likes and activities posted in popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter.

05/15/12 07:23 Multiple Human Rights, Foreign Policy Sites Hacked (krebsonsecurity.com)
but even detractors of the acronym’s overuse acknowledge that it has become a useful shorthand for “We’re pretty sure it came from China.”

05/14/12 12:56 Intel introduces first server chips with 3D transistors (www.computerworld.com)
Intel's E3-1200 V2 chips for microservers are based on Ivy Bridge, while E5-4600 chips are based on Sandy Bridge

05/14/12 12:54 DHL malware campaign strikes again, designed to infect Windows PCs (nakedsecurity.sophos.com)
But on other occasions we've seen very similar threats pretending to be from UPS or Fedex and others.

05/14/12 12:54 Bitcoin exchange gets attacked and loses cash...again! (nakedsecurity.sophos.com)
$90,000 USD worth of bitcoins was remotely stolen from its systems.

05/14/12 09:40 Apple OS "really vulnerable", claims Kaspersky Lab CTO (www.computing.co.uk)
Apple has invited security company Kaspersky Lab to advise it on the security of its Mac OS – according to the security provider's chief technology officer.

05/14/12 07:59 Steve Wozniak leaves cable internet behind, lives life completely wireless (www.theverge.com)

05/14/12 07:59 At $2.78 million, this Leica is the world's most expensive camera (www.theverge.com)

05/14/12 07:56 SystemRescueCd 2.7.0 gets new package management tools (www.h-online.com)
is available to download as a 383MB ISO image file

05/14/12 07:56 FreeBSD 10 To Use Clang Compiler, Deprecate GCC (bsd.slashdot.org)
Clang can now build most packages and suit well for their BSD needs

05/14/12 07:55 Microsoft-Funded Startup Aims To Kill BitTorrent Traffic (yro.slashdot.org)
Billions in revenue are lost each year, they claim. But not for long if the Russian based startup 'Pirate Pay' has its way.

05/14/12 07:53 LinkedIn spam campaign promotes Viagra-pushing website (nakedsecurity.sophos.com)
Have you received a message from LinkedIn asking you to confirm your email address?

05/14/12 07:52 DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 456, 14 May 2012 (distrowatch.com)

05/14/12 07:50 Startup proposes a safer Internet locale via a '.secure' domain (news.cnet.com)
Security researcher envisions a top-level domain designed with security in mind for safer Web browsing.

05/14/12 07:47 Yahoo names interim CEO in light of Thompson's credentials scandal (arstechnica.com)
Thompson’s biography included both accounting and computer science degrees from Stonehill College, but Thompson earned only the first

05/14/12 07:47 Global Payments Breach Fueled Prepaid Card Fraud (krebsonsecurity.com)
have been showing up in fraud incidents at retailers in Las Vegas and elsewhere

05/14/12 07:46 CERT Warns On Critical Hole In SCADA Software By Italian Firm Progea (threatpost.com)

05/14/12 07:45 Facebook Open to Comments on Proposed Privacy Policy Changes (threatpost.com)

05/14/12 07:44 Microsoft preparing Windows 8 upgrade deal for early June debut, report says (news.techworld.com)
Even with the offer, summer sales expected to remain 'lousy', says analyst

05/14/12 07:44 Apple files face-recognition patent for iPhone and iPad security (news.techworld.com)
'3D Object Recognition' could mean users do not need a password or PIN to access iOS devices

05/14/12 07:43 Amnesty UK website hacked to serve lethal Gh0st RAT Trojan (news.techworld.com)
for two days this week

05/14/12 07:43 Adobe u-turn promises free security patches for Creative Suite (news.techworld.com)
Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash Professional are all compromised

05/13/12 11:22 Microsoft Funded Startup Aims to Kill BitTorrent Traffic (torrentfreak.com)
The Russian based “Pirate Pay” startup is promising the entertainment industry a pirate-free future.

05/11/12 09:16 'Get rich quick' schemes mutate into an online monster (www.theverge.com)
A network of pitchmen have used the internet and fear of a failing economy to play the ultimate long con

05/11/12 07:39 Police arrest alleged 'TeamPoison' hacker in Newcastle (news.techworld.com)
The group has also been connected to numerous DDoS attacks under the broad Anonymous umbrella

05/11/12 07:38 Microsoft improves Window 8 ChkDsk tool (news.techworld.com)
the NTFS scans for problems in the background while the system remains online, and an initial attempt to fix problems on-the-fly is done.

05/10/12 14:40 Rex Velvet Seattle Super Villain (www.youtube.com)

05/10/12 14:37 Welcome to Ars Technica, version 7.0 (arstechnica.com)
We now average a global reach of over 10 million readers, for 60 million to 80 million pageviews per month

05/10/12 13:19 Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (marketplace.xbox.com)

05/10/12 09:38 Google agrees with Mozilla's Windows RT browser concerns (news.cnet.com)
Mozilla says only a crippled version of Firefox could run on Windows for ARM chips, effectively restricting user choice to IE10

05/10/12 09:37 Apple, Foxconn to share cost of improving factory conditions (news.cnet.com)
an effort to alleviate conditions for Foxconn's Chinese employees

05/10/12 09:37 AVG to pre-scan Livewire's Android market (reviews.cnet.com)
a new partnership between AVG and Livewire looks to make third-party markets more secure

05/10/12 09:31 Updates for Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) and Lion (OS X 10.7) (nakedsecurity.sophos.com)

05/10/12 07:49 DDR4 memory is coming soon—maybe too soon (arstechnica.com)
The next generation is coming this year, but there's no place to plug it yet.

05/08/12 19:57 Thousands of Twitter passwords exposed (news.cnet.com)
Twitter is investigating the release of what appear to be thousands of user account passwords and e-mail addresses.

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