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Microsoft plants Bing on Google-free Chinese Androids
Google apps 'postponed' on China carriers
Motorola will soon push Microsoft's Bing search engine onto Android phones in China, after announcing an alliance with the Redmond software giant that will see Bing appear on Androids across the globe.? Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
11 Mar 2010 at 4:37pm
One-third of orphaned Zeus botnets find way home
Cyber security's short-lived victory
The takedown of 100 servers used to control Zeus-related botnets may be a short-lived victory, security researchers said after discovering that about one-third of the orphaned channels were able to regain connectivity in less than 48 hours.? The power of collaboration within unified communications
11 Mar 2010 at 2:04pm
Super Micro to launch AMD render cloud
A great game console in the sky
The conceptual render cloud that Advanced Micro Devices was showing off a little more than a year ago at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show is going commercial this year.? Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
11 Mar 2010 at 1:07pm
Jesus Phone to exhibit holy gift of bilocation
Jobsian prophets predict multitasking for iPhone 4.0
Apple will add multitasking to the Jesus Phone this summer with the release of the divine handset's version 4.0 software update, according to a report citing anonymous people who have accurately predicted Jobsian behavior in the past .? Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
11 Mar 2010 at 12:45pm
BT rolls out new, 'competitive' consumer deals
That's competitive as in really expensive
UK infrastructure owner BT has today announced its new consumer bundle offerings following relaxation of Ofcom competition rules. The headlining £7.99-a-month anytime calls plus broadband is reasonable - but lasts for only 3 months, followed by a 15-month lock-in at an unimpressive £15.99.? The power of collaboration within unified communications
11 Mar 2010 at 11:08am
Erstwhile Sun openista gets April Fool director job at OSI
It's not a joke, it's real!
Ex-Sun open source veteran Simon Phipps has been elected to the board of directors at the Open Source Initiative (OSI) group.? Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
11 Mar 2010 at 10:43am
Koobface gang refresh botnet to beat takedown
Twitter scourge changes pants
Command and Control servers associated with the infamous Koobface worms have gone through a complete refresh over the last fortnight. Russian net security firm Kaspersky Lab reckons the change up might be aimed at making takedown efforts by cybercrime fighters more difficult.? Offloading malware protection to the cloud
11 Mar 2010 at 10:32am
BBC might pay for Tory broadband promises
Superfast broadband needs super funding
Mandybill minister Stephen Timms has attacked Tory promises of "superfast broadband" as "hopeless" and lacking in funding.? Offloading malware protection to the cloud
11 Mar 2010 at 9:31am
Google, Facebook cop for preposterous patent potshot
Bits of the internet on a phone? WE OWN THAT!
Gathering information from around the internet and presenting it on a mobile phone is protected by patent, according to Wireless Ink, which is suing Google and Facebook over it.? Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
11 Mar 2010 at 9:23am
Carrier apathy depresses Google Phone outlook
Nexus One estimates drop 70%
Google is discovering just how dangerous it is to ruffle the feathers of the major cellcos. Its Nexus One handset may be one of the most advanced on the market and bear the magical brand, but half-hearted marketing efforts by carriers have led to disappointing sales. Now, analysts at Goldman Sachs have slashed their estimates for sales of the phone this year by 70 per cent.? Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
11 Mar 2010 at 9:03am
Wired
Al Franken Jokes, But Google Fiber Is No Laughing Matter
Minnesota seeks to distinguish itself in the increasingly reality TV-esque race to convince Google to build a high-speed fiber optic network there with a video featuring junior US Senator (and former comedian) Al Franken. It's funny stuff, but also serious business as Google shakes up the notoriously uncompetitive ISP business just by showing up.
by Eliot Van Buskirk
11 Mar 2010 at 4:56pm
Hate Blogger Wins Second Mistrial
After a second jury is hopelessly deadlocked, hate blogger Hal Turner is granted a another mistrial in the government's quest to imprison him on accusations he threatened to "kill" judges.
by David Kravets
11 Mar 2010 at 3:00pm
Quantum Computing Thrives on Chaos
Quantum systems may need a little disorder to effectively couple light with matter. The discovery eventually lead to simple quantum computers.
by Lisa Grossman
11 Mar 2010 at 2:20pm
Super Stealth Plane Breaks Through Cost Barrier
A Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the future of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter finds the next-generation stealth aircraft years behind schedule and soaring over budget.
by Nathan Hodge
11 Mar 2010 at 2:00pm
Your Chilean Sea Bass Dinner Deprives Killer Whales
A unique Antarctic killer whale population is declining, and scientists think it is related to demand for Antarctic tooothfish, known on menus as Chilean Sea Bass. This could be the first sign of the ecological downfall of what some consider Earth's last pristine ecosystem.
by Brandon Keim
11 Mar 2010 at 1:00pm
Help Us Review Google Maps for Bikes
We can't possibly rate a tool that covers 150 cities and 12,000 miles of bike trails. We don't have to. We've got you.
by Chuck Squatriglia
11 Mar 2010 at 12:54pm
FCC Wants You to Test Your Broadband Speeds
The FCC posts some tools to help you test your broadband speed. The crowdsourcing effort is an attempt to assemble data that the telecoms don't want to share with the feds.
by Ryan Singel
11 Mar 2010 at 12:50pm
Feds: TSA Worker Tried to Sabotage Terror Database
A Transportation Security Administration worker is being charged with planting a logic bomb in the no-fly list network to sabotage the terrorist screening database.
by Kim Zetter
11 Mar 2010 at 12:44pm
Sony's Motion Controller Underwhelms With Janky Games
Unveiling the final version of PlayStation Move, Sony's Wii-like motion controller for PlayStation 3, at Game Developers Conference is a big deal to Sony. But the games aren't that hot.
by Chris Kohler
11 Mar 2010 at 12:00pm
Google Reader Play: iPad-Friendly News Reader
Google has added an iPad-friendly version of its RSS aggregator, called Google Reader Play. According to the Official Google Reader Blog, the new full-screen slide-show is for people who ?aren?t interested in taking the time to get Reader set up?. It is also perfect for viewing on tablet PCs, including the upcoming iPad.
by Charlie Sorrel
11 Mar 2010 at 9:51am
MacWorld Reviews
Review: Tripod Camera for iPhone
This app add some nice options to the iPhone's camera -- most notably an anti-tilt feature that keeps your shot level no matter what -- and makes a nice addition to any shutterbug's tool-set.
by Tim Mercer
11 Mar 2010 at 4:05pm
Review: Tank Raider for iPhone
Tank Raider is a retro tank arcade game by Sunday Solutions that puts you at the controls of an arcade tank pitted against three crafty computer-controlled tanks. Your mission is to capture and hold more gems than the other tanks.
by James Savage
11 Mar 2010 at 11:37am
Review: Star Wars, Ultimate Sith Edition for Mac
The Ultimate Sith Edition is set in the years between Episode III and Episode IV in the Star Wars canon. Darth Vader has sent you, his secret apprentice, to track down and kill rogue Jedi.
by Chris Holt
11 Mar 2010 at 10:08am
Review: Txtagif for iPhone
If you like to send cutesy images with your MMS messages, txtagif will be an iPhone app dream come true, even though the free app has a few flaws.
by Lex Friedman
11 Mar 2010 at 7:43am
Review: Aaxa P2 pico projector
This powerful pico projector delivers very bright images and crisp text, but lackluster color and limited battery life lower its ranking.
by Richard Jantz
11 Mar 2010 at 6:30am
Review: Hangman RSS for iPhone
This app taps an RSS feed to pump out the first half-dozen words of news headlines, requiring you to play an individual game of hangman on one or more of those words. It's easily one of the more clever and challenging hangman games in the App Store.
by Jeff Merron
10 Mar 2010 at 4:18pm
Review: Brothers in Arms 2: Global Front for iPhone
Uncle Sam stripped your brother of his Medal of Honor. In this WWII combat simulator, you need to find out why.
by Tim Mercer
10 Mar 2010 at 11:09am
Review: AutoStitch Panorama for iPhone
Even if you don't know an f-stop from a doorstop, you can easily create wide-angle panoramas with the help of this easy-to-use image editor.
by Brian Beam
10 Mar 2010 at 7:45am
Review: My Med ID for iPhone
This nicely designed, easy-to-use app that may provide a valuable service for some users. But My Med ID is not without its downsides.
by Beau Colburn
9 Mar 2010 at 4:32pm
Review: Alice in Wonderland for iPhone
Inspired by the recently released film from Disney and director Tim Burton, Alice in Wonderland is a remarkably clever 2-D adventure game that is more than a mere movie tie-in.
by Sarah Jacobsson
9 Mar 2010 at 1:18pm
US CERT Technical Cyber Alert System Documents
TA10-068A: Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities
Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities
SB10-067: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of March 1, 2010
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of March 1, 2010
SB10-060: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 22, 2010
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 22, 2010
TA10-055A: Malicious Activity Associated with "Aurora" Internet Explorer Expl...
Malicious Activity Associated with "Aurora" Internet Explorer Exploit
SB10-053: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 15, 2010
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 15, 2010
SB10-046: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 8, 2010
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 8, 2010
TA10-040A: Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities
Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities
SB10-040: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 1, 2010
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 1, 2010
TA10-021A: Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities
Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities
SB10-018: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 11, 2010
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 11, 2010
Slashdot
Researchers Beam 230Mb/sec Wireless Internet WIth LEDs
MikeChino writes "A group of scientists from Germany's Fraunhofer Institute have devised a way to encode a visible-frequency wireless signal in light emitted by plain old desklamps and other light fixtures. The team was able to achieve a record-setting data download rate of 230 megabits per second, and they expect to be able to double that speed in the near future. While the regular radio-frequency wi-fi most of us use currently is perfectly fine, it does have its flaws — it has a limited bandwidth that confines it to a certain spectrum and if you've ever had someone leech off of your connection, you know that it also leaks through walls. LED wireless signals would theoretically have none of these downsides."
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by timothy
11 Mar 2010 at 4:38pm
SolarPHP 1.0 Released
HvitRavn writes "SolarPHP 1.0 stable was released by Paul M. Jones today. SolarPHP is an application framework and library, and is a serious contender alongside Zend Framework, Symphony, and similar frameworks. SolarPHP has in the recent years been the cause of heated debate in the PHP community due to provocative benchmark results posted on Paul M. Jones' blog."
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by timothy
11 Mar 2010 at 4:18pm
Best Smartphone Plan Covering US and Canada?
j00bhaka writes "I am a US citizen attending university in Nova Scotia, Canada. I currently have the Verizon America and Canada plan (also known as the North American plan). My bill is currently around $80-$100 per month. I chose this for a couple reasons. One, I have had my number for about 7 years. Two, I do not permanently live in Canada. I live in Canada for 8 months out of the year at school, then travel home for the summer months. Either way, I would be dealing with international roaming without having both countries in my plan. Currently, I obviously don't have a smartphone. Through Verizon, I could purchase one, and add their international unlimited data plan on top of my (already) hefty phone bill. I have looked into Telus and Rogers here in Canada and cannot find anything better. As a student, my budget is obviously limited. Is there any way to reasonably have (and utilize) a smartphone while I am living in both countries? If so, what do you suggest I do?"
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by timothy
11 Mar 2010 at 3:54pm
Pennsylvania CISO Fired Over Talk At RSA Conference
An anonymous reader writes "Pennsylvania's chief information security officer Robert Maley has been fired for publicly talking about a security incident involving the Commonwealth's online driving exam scheduling system. He apparently did not get the required approval for talking about the incident from appropriate authorities."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
by timothy
11 Mar 2010 at 3:07pm
Half-Male, Half-Female Fowl Explain Birds' Sex Determination
Kanan excerpts from a BBC report out of Scotland: "A study of sexually scrambled chickens suggests that sex in birds is determined in a radically different way from that in mammals. Researchers studied three chickens that appeared to be literally half-male and half-female, and found that nearly every cell in their bodies — from wattle to toe — has an inherent sex identity. This cell-by-cell sex orientation contrasts sharply with the situation in mammals, in which organism-wide sex identity is established through hormones."
Kanan also supplies this link to some pictures of the mixed-cell birds.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
by timothy
11 Mar 2010 at 2:48pm
T-Mobile's First HSPA+ Modem Goes On Sale Sunday
adeelarshad82 writes "T-Mobile announced that the webConnect Rocket USB Laptop Stick, the first HSPA+ device for the US, will be available beginning on Sunday, March 14. The device was originally announced at MWC in February. HSPA+ is interesting because it could enable 4G LTE-like speeds using existing 3G infrastructure and according to a hands-on, it smokes Wi-Max. Right now, it's still just for Philadelphia, although we should see several major cities light up with HSPA+ on both coasts well before the end of 2010."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
by timothy
11 Mar 2010 at 2:24pm
EMI Cannot Unbundle Pink Floyd Songs
smooth wombat writes "Before the advent of iTunes and MP3s, EMI and Pink Floyd entered into a contract which stated that EMI could not unbundle individual songs from their original album settings. This was insisted upon by the members of Pink Floyd, who wanted to retain artistic control of their works, which they considered 'seamless' pieces of music. However, with the advent of digital downloads, EMI has been selling individual songs through its online store. Pink Floyd sued, claiming EMI was violating the contract, whereas EMI said the contract only applied to physical albums, not Internet sales. Judge Andrew Morritt backed the band, saying the contract protected 'the artistic integrity of the albums.' Judge Morritt also ruled EMI is 'not entitled to exploit recordings by online distribution or by any other means other than the complete original album without Pink Floyd's consent.'"
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
by timothy
11 Mar 2010 at 1:40pm
Bill To Ban All Salt In Restaurant Cooking
lord_rotorooter writes "Felix Ortiz, D-Brooklyn, introduced a bill that would ruin restaurant food and baked goods as we know them. The measure (if passed) would ban the use of all forms of salt in the preparation and cooking of food for all restaurants or bakeries. While the use of too much salt can contribute to health problems, the complete banning of salt would have negative impacts on food chemistry. Not only does salt enhance flavor, it controls bacteria, slows yeast activity and strengthens dough by tightening gluten. Salt also inhibits the growth of microbes that spoil cheese."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
by timothy
11 Mar 2010 at 1:22pm
The 10 Most Absurd Scientific Papers
Lanxon writes "It's true: 'Effects of cocaine on honeybee dance behavior,' 'Fellatio by fruit bats prolongs copulation time,' and 'Are full or empty beer bottles sturdier and does their fracture-threshold suffice to break the human skull?' are all genuine scientific research papers, and all were genuinely published in journals or similar publications. Wired's presentation of a collection of the most bizarrely-named research papers contains seven other gems, including one about naval fluff and another published in The Journal of Sex Research."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
by samzenpus
11 Mar 2010 at 1:14pm
Multitasking in for iPhone 4.0?
The latest word on the iPhone is that the 4.0 OS will finally have
honest-to-goodness multitasking. This could hopefully lead to things like a real chat client, and dangerous battery consumption. I still hope it's true.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
by CmdrTaco
11 Mar 2010 at 12:57pm
Sophos Latest Virus Alerts
11 Mar 2010 Troj/Banker-EWP
11 Mar 2010 Troj/DNSChan-MW
11 Mar 2010 Troj/FakeAV-AZT
11 Mar 2010 Troj/PDFJs-IN
11 Mar 2010 Troj/VB-ENL
11 Mar 2010 Troj/FakeAV-AZR
11 Mar 2010 Troj/FakeAV-AZS
11 Mar 2010 Troj/Zbot-MX
11 Mar 2010 Mal/RtKit-A
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