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02/09/10 08:14 Jack goes to Europe (www.aintitcool.com) whose plan is to situate the former star Counter-Terrorism Unit agent in Europe 02/09/10 08:02 Man Fined $1.5 Million For Leaked Mario Game (games.slashdot.org) Nintendo said the loss was caused when James Burt made New Super Mario Bros Wii available for illegal download a week ahead of its official Australian release 02/09/10 07:53 Google forced to use humans to support Nexus One (www.theregister.co.uk) Google has opened up a US support number that will be answered by a human being, as well as tweaking the small print to make its mobile phone more attractive. 02/09/10 07:51 AMD reveals Fusion CPU+GPU, to challege Intel in laptops (arstechnica.com) is not a CPU, and it's not a GPU—instead, it's a hybrid design that the chipmaker is calling an "application processor unit," or APU. 02/09/10 07:50 Concept: Stream Adaptive Computer System, Locus OS (www.osnews.com) the Stream Adaptive Computer System is an interesting take on making computing easier and more adaptable to suit the user's current needs. 02/09/10 07:48 Battery "Bug" Caused by Batteries, Not by Windows 7 (www.osnews.com) After extensive research, Steven Sinofsky has now explained on the Engineering 7 blog that the fault is not with Windows 7 - it really, really is your battery. 02/09/10 07:47 IBM Releases Power7 Processor (hardware.slashdot.org) Power7 chips will run between 3.0GHz and 4.14GHz and will come with four, six, or eight cores 02/09/10 07:47 Google Reduces Its Nexus One Termination Fee (mobile.slashdot.org) Google has reduced their fee to $150 — but users are still liable for a $200 ETF from T-Mobile. 02/08/10 15:04 Google to make Gmail a little more social (news.cnet.com) Users will also be able to share photos and videos through the service, which is expected to launch shortly. 02/08/10 14:59 Facebook Dumps Microsoft Ads (www.pcworld.com) Facebook says it has dumped Microsoft banner ads, but what the social network really needs are fewer sleazy advertisers, not less Microsoft. 02/08/10 14:57 Hacker training site reappears after takedown by China (arstechnica.com) The problem is that Black Hawk already has a contingency plan in place and may be back sooner than later. 02/08/10 14:56 Harddrives to Hit 3TB Capacities By November (www.tomshardware.com) This update means that hard drive manufacturers can now crank out HDDs with 2.5 TB storage capacities (using four platters), and five-platter HDDs offering a whopping 3 TB of storage. 02/08/10 12:19 Mozilla Puts Tiger Out to Pasture (apple.slashdot.org) Mozilla is ready to exorcise support for Mac OS X 10.4 from Firefox's development code, closing the door on Apple's aging OS 02/08/10 12:16 iPhone OS 3.1.3 unlock app posted (www.reghardware.co.uk) The iPhone Dev Team have released a suitable version of its PwnageTool utility. 02/08/10 12:15 Linus Torvalds Calls Google Nexus One a Winner (www.eweek.com) "I have to admit, the Nexus One is a winner." 02/08/10 12:15 Bungie plans 'one last hoorah' for Halo 2 (news.cnet.com) At the same time, Bungie is planning "one last hoorah," encouraging Halo 2 players to gather online and take on one other during a "final farewell" on April 14. 02/08/10 10:37 CRITICAL:Samba (www.h-online.com) attackers first have to have an account on the Samba server that includes write access to at least one share. However, if a share is defined as writeable for guests, the hole can even be exploited remotely without such an account on the server 02/08/10 07:39 Inside Apple's iPad: VGA video output (www.appleinsider.com) For starters, most video projectors support the iPad's XGA resolution of 1024x768 over a VGA port, while only a few support HDTV-style resolutions such as 720p (1280x720) over an HDMI or DVI port. 02/08/10 07:38 EA hides Dante's Inferno ads in source code of popular sites (arstechnica.com) Similar images and passwords were hidden in the sites IGN, GameSpot, Daily Motion, Games Radar, and WWE. 02/08/10 07:26 DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 340, 8 February 2010 (distrowatch.com) 02/08/10 07:24 Google doppelgänger casts riddle over interwebs (www.theregister.co.uk) Google merely said the domain is used to "identify the servers on our network," and it hinted that such identification involves reverse DNS lookup 02/08/10 07:23 Sony to demo 'world's first' in-box wireless tech (www.reghardware.co.uk) Sony has developed a wireless communications technology designed to replace the cabling within gadgets rather than connections between devices. 02/08/10 07:23 Leaky anti-virus defences letting malware through (www.theregister.co.uk) Nearly a third (25,000 out of 78,800) of computers with up-to-date anti-virus software were discovered to be infected with malicious code when users scanned their PC using SurfRight's HitmanPro 3 behavioural scan. 02/08/10 07:21 Chinese police shut down hacker training business (www.washingtonpost.com) Police in central China have shut down a hacker training operation that openly recruited thousands of members online and provided them with cyberattack lessons and malicious software, state media said Monday. 02/08/10 07:21 Blackberry spyware source code released (www.networkworld.com) Veracode today released Blackberry-specific spyware, which the code-review specialist intends as a “call for defensive research” to show that the BlackBerry is vulnerable to spyware problems. 02/08/10 07:14 Pen Still Mightier Than the Laptop For Notetaking? (ask.slashdot.org) In addition to finding the act of writing helps cement the lecture material in her mind, there's also the problem of keeping up with the professor: '[While taking notes on a laptop] every five minutes I found myself cursing at not being able to copy the diagram on the board. 02/08/10 07:11 HTC Incredible Photos Leaked, Reveal Incredibly Brown Back Plate (gizmodo.com) 02/08/10 07:11 White House Claims Copyright On Flickr Photos (yro.slashdot.org) since January the Obama White House has been asserting that no one but 'news organizations' can use its Flickr photos taken by the official White House photographer, who is a US government employee 02/08/10 07:10 3D HDMI Specification Is Set Free (hardware.slashdot.org) making the 3D portion of the HDMI 1.4 Specification available for public download, as well as extracts from the upcoming HDMI 1.4a. 02/07/10 15:50 Rumor:Window 7 Phone (www.osnews.com) Rumours abound, and the latest set of rumours paint a rather dramatic turnaround for Microsoft's mobile platform - no more multitasking, application distribution limited to official channels, and a whole lot more. 02/07/10 11:25 Google to Push Google Voice, Google Wave to Businesses (www.eweek.com) Google Enterprise President Dave Girouard said search engine will release a version of Google Voice for businesses, roll out Google Wave to all users who want it, and may deliver as much as 200 new features to Google Apps this year. 02/07/10 11:24 Symantec hit with class-action lawsuit over auto-renewals (www.computerworld.com) A New York man has sued security software maker Symantec for automatically renewing his subscription to Norton Antivirus, alleging that the company did not notify him before charging $76 to his credit card. 02/07/10 11:24 Inside FarmVille's sinister underbelly (www.computerworld.com) The sad fact is that these applications are susceptible to malware pushers and those looking to steal your personal information. 02/05/10 12:54 Sci-fi and fantasy authors wade into Amazon spat (www.theregister.co.uk) The spat is all about ebook pricing - Amazon claims that $9.99 is all punters will pay for the ethereal presence of an electronic book, but Macmillan reckons they'll stump up $15 for the latest title and refused to sell its books for less. 02/05/10 12:53 FBI wants records kept of Web sites visited (news.cnet.com) The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years, a requirement that law enforcement believes could help it in investigations of child pornography and other serious crimes. 02/05/10 12:52 Microsoft ending Xbox Live support for older games (news.cnet.com) Microsoft said on Friday that it plans to discontinue support for playing original Xbox games on its online service. 02/05/10 09:42 Top 10 Super Bowl tech ads (www.computerworld.com) Remember these classics from Intel, Iomega, EDS, Apple, Xerox and more 02/05/10 08:24 Infected Firefox add-ons slipped past Mozilla security (news.techworld.com) Sothink Web Video Downloader 4.0 and all versions of Master Filer were infected with Trojan horses designed to hijack Windows PCs. 02/05/10 08:10 Siri launches an iPhone personal assistant that actually works (mobile.venturebeat.com) For example, you could say, “I want to make reservations for two at a cheap Italian restaurant tomorrow night,” and Siri will find appropriate restaurants. 02/05/10 08:09 Facebook Titan (www.neowin.net) Project Titan is said to be not only a webmail service, but also a complete rewrite of the current messaging service which the company uses. 02/05/10 08:06 Mozilla Weave 1.0 (arstechnica.com) Mozilla Labs recently announced the official release of Weave Sync 1.0, an add-on for Firefox that can automatically synchronize browser settings and metadata between multiple computers over the Internet. 02/05/10 08:04 First Non Jackie Chan film by Jackie Chan (www.apple.com) Where's the ladder and the helicopters? 02/05/10 08:00 Microsoft pulls the plug on Xbox Live for older consoles (www.tgdaily.com) Microsoft has announced plans to ax Xbox Live for the original, eight-year-old Xbox in April. 02/05/10 07:47 GameStop, Other Retailers Subpoenaed Over Credit Card Information Sharing (games.slashdot.org) You're on the site of a well-know retailer and you make a purchase. As soon as you complete the transaction a pop-up window appears. It offers a discount on your next purchase. Click on the ad and you are automatically redirected to another company's site where you are signed up for a buying club, travel club or credit card protection service 02/05/10 07:46 Apple bans geo loco ads on iPhone, iPad* (www.theregister.co.uk) Apple has warned developers that they can't use location-based services such as the Core Location framework to deliver ads to iPhone, iPod touch, and - come March - iPad owners based on where they are. 02/05/10 07:45 Apple offers hush money for dodgy iMacs (www.theregister.co.uk) In the UK there are no 27-inch LCDs screens available to fix the iMacs so instead Apple is offering full refunds plus 15 per cent, Gizmodo reports. 02/05/10 07:44 The Ipad might not be released in the EU (www.theinquirer.net) ST Microelectronics owns the trademark on the name in the EU on chips sold to mobile phone makers. It stands for Integrated Passive and Active Devices. 02/05/10 07:44 Google's online book deal in trouble (www.theinquirer.net) The settlement would make Google "the only competitor in the digital marketplace with the rights to distribute and otherwise exploit a vast array of works." 02/05/10 07:36 Researchers identify algorithm that stops worms spreading (news.techworld.com) In conjunction with smart switches, the Worm Virulence Estimation algorithm can discover what machines are infected and what packets they are sending to attempt spreading the worm. 02/05/10 07:35 Intel details vPro for Core i5, i7 processors (news.techworld.com) For example, a technology called Anti-Theft 2.0 uses software and hardware technology to remotely disable systems and lock access to data if a PC falls into wrong hands. |
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