Computer News
U.S. Charges Latvian Hacker in $2 Million Stock Scam
Submitted Monday, January 30, 2012 @ 01:57 PMpcworld.com — A Latvian man has been charged by the U.S. financial regulator for an alleged online stock fraud that cost investors more than $2million (Ł1.3 million), and may have enabled him to profit over half a million pounds. See the complete story here.
Self-Guided Bullet Spots, Steers and Nails Its Target
Submitted Monday, January 30, 2012 @ 01:37 PMwired.com — The U.S. military has been after self-guided bullets for years. Now, government researchers have finally made it happen: a bullet that can navigate itself a full mile before successfully nailing its target. See the complete story here.
Facebook 'to go public with $10bn share offering'
Submitted Monday, January 30, 2012 @ 01:35 PMbbc.co.uk — Facebook will begin the process of becoming a publicly-listed company this week, valuing the social networking site at between $75bn (Ł48bn) and $100bn, reports suggest. See the complete story here.
Technology firms create DMarc to fight phishing
Submitted Monday, January 30, 2012 @ 01:33 PMbbc.co.uk — A crackdown on "phishing" scams has been announced by 15 of the top technology companies. See the complete story here.
MegaUpload User Data Soon to be Destroyed
Submitted Monday, January 30, 2012 @ 01:32 PMtorrentfreak.com — MegaUpload has received a letter from the US Attorney informing the company that data uploaded by its users may be destroyed before the end of the week. The looming wipe-out is the result of MegaUpload’s lack of funds to pay for the servers. Behind the scenes, MegaUpload is hoping to convince the US Government that it’s in the best interest of everyone involved to allow users to access their data, at least temporarily. See the complete story here.
FBI wants to scrape Twitter worldwide
Submitted Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 07:30 AMtgdaily.com — The FBI is considering continuously monitoring all social media sites on a global basis, and is looking for help. It's asking contractors for proposals for a system that could scan the networks, globally and in real time, to identify potential threats. The deadline for responses is 10 February. See the complete story here.
Apple's Tim Cook Responds to Reports of Worker Abuse
Submitted Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 07:29 AMpcmag.com — Despite a phenomenal earnings report this week, Apple has taken a few rather brutal hits in the media related to the treatment of workers who assemble the iPhone and the iPad. In response, Apple CEO Tim Cook has reportedly sent out a long letter to his staff refuting claims that Apple might be insensitive to worker mistreatment at its factories. See the complete story here.
Microsoft seeking open-source expert to help put Linux on Azure
Submitted Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 07:27 AMzdnet.com — Microsoft is moving steadily ahead with its plan to enable Linux to run on its Windows Azure cloud platform. See the complete story here.
Intel buys RealNetworks' patents and video coding tech
Submitted Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 07:27 AMbbc.co.uk — Intel has agreed to buy about 190 patents from RealNetworks as part of a deal worth $120m (Ł76m). See the complete story here.
Web economy in G20 set to double by 2016, Google says
Submitted Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 07:26 AMbbc.co.uk — The value of the web economy in G20 countries will nearly double by 2016, according to Boston Consulting Group. See the complete story here.
Symantec advises disabling pcAnywhere software
Submitted Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 07:26 AMbbc.co.uk — Security firm Symantec has warned customers to stop using its pcAnywhere software. The company confirmed that "old" source code stolen by a hacking group had exposed vulnerabilities in the remote access program. See the complete story here.
MMA notes: UFC website hacked
Submitted Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 07:22 AMtorontosun.com — A criminal investigation is underway after UFC.com was hacked Sunday. Users visiting the website were redirected to UGNazi.com, where they were treated to bizarre music and a cartoon drawing of Adolf Hitler. Taking credit is a team of hackers called the Underground Nazi H4ck3rGr0up. See the complete story here.
Twitter to delete posts if countries request it
Submitted Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 07:15 AMcnn.com — Online social networking site Twitter said Thursday it will begin deleting users' tweets in countries that require it -- but it will still keep those deleted tweets visible to the rest of the world. See the complete story here.
Facebook to Google: 'Don't be evil'
Submitted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 07:13 AMmoney.cnn.com — Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have a message for Google: "Don't be evil." A group of developers from those companies banded together to call Google's bluff on claims about its controversial new Search Plus Your World tool. The recently launched tool prominently spotlights Google's fledgling Google+ social network in Google.com's search results -- while leaving rival social networks in the dark. See the complete story here.
Anonymous tweets for hack targets
Submitted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 06:59 AMreghardware.com — Hacktivist guild Anonymous has taken to Twitter to ask followers for tips on who the group should attack next. See the complete story here.
U.S. government online security website hacked
Submitted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 06:49 AMitworld.com — Hackers under the AntiSec banner appeared to have hacked late Monday the website of OnGuardOnline.gov, the U.S. federal government's online security website, in protest against controversial legislation. See the complete story here.
Microsoft names ex-antivirus employee as botnet 'suspect'
Submitted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 06:46 AMbbc.co.uk — Microsoft said it suspects a former employee of an antivirus software firm was behind the Kelihos botnet attacks. See the complete story here.
Huge solar storm to shower Earth with radioactive particles
Submitted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 06:45 AMcnn.com — The largest solar storm for seven years is expected to send a shower of radioactive solar particles racing towards Earth at almost 1,400 miles a second this week, according to NASA. See the complete story here.
Desktop PC Killers: Past, Present, and Future
Submitted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 06:33 AMpcworld.com — The desktop PC is dead; the era of the gleaming beige tower is over. The age of smartphones, laptops, and tablets is here--or so say numerous pundits and critics. See the complete story here.
Twitter Acquires Antimalware Company Dasient
Submitted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 06:32 AMpcworld.com — Twitter has acquired Internet security firm Dasient, the Sunnyvale, California startup said on its blog on Monday. See the complete story here.
Apple Has Become Biggest Buyer of Semiconductors, Gartner Says
Submitted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 06:32 AMpcworld.com — Apple became the biggest buyer of semiconductors last year, ahead of Samsung Electronics and Hewlett-Packard, Gartner said on Tuesday. See the complete story here.
Zappos, Amazon Sued Over Data Breach
Submitted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 06:31 AMdarkreading.com — Shoe retailer Zappos.com and its parent company, Amazon.com, are being sued for exposing customer data in a breach affecting some 24 million customers. See the complete story here.
Sonos Urges Users To Install A Security Update To Protect Their Private...
Submitted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 06:29 AMtechcrunch.com — Sonos this morning sent out an email to users advising them to immediately update their wireless music system software with a security “enhancement” in order to plug a hole that “in rare cases” could have been exploited by malicious people to gain access to sensitive, personal customer data. See the complete story here.
MIT Genius Stuffs 100 Processors Into Single Chip
Submitted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 06:28 AMdigg.com — Call Anant Agarwal’s work crazy, and you’ve made him a happy man. Agarwal directs the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s vaunted Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, or CSAIL. The lab is housed in the university’s Stata Center, a Dr. Seussian hodgepodge of forms and angles that nicely reflects the unhindered-by-reality visionary research that goes on inside. See the complete story here.
