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Millions of routers vulnerable to new version of old attack
Submitted Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 03:02 PM
Belkin company information - ( Belkin News )
arstechnica.com -- A presentation due to be shown at the Black Hat security conference at the end of the month will show that many of the routers used for residential internet connections are vulnerable to attack by hackers. The attacks would allow traffic to be redirected and intercepted, in addition to giving hackers access to victims' local networks.
The title of the presentation, "How to Hack Millions of Routers," gives a clear indication of the scale of the potential issues. Popular router models from Netgear, Linksys, and Belkin were found to be vulnerable, including models used for Verizon's FIOS and DSL services, as were widely-used third-party firmwares such as DD-WRT and OpenWrt. About half the routers tested did not appear to be vulnerable. See the complete story here.
Lost Crown: Apple No Longer Worth More Than Microsoft
Submitted Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 03:01 PM
Apple company information - ( Apple News )
Microsoft company information - ( Microsoft News )
thenextweb.com -- Investors are listening to the ongoing iPhone 4 signal debacle, and are trading accordingly. For the first time since late May, Apple is worth less than Microsoft on the public market.
When Apple’s market capitalization surged past Microsoft’s earlier this year, many heralded it as the second coming of Jobs and the end of the Microsoft era. Instead, with the company’s recent problems combined with this slip in share price, Apple’s dependence on the continued strength of a small handful of products has been laid bare. See the complete story here.
Windows token kidnapping returns to haunt Microsoft
Submitted Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 02:57 PM
Microsoft company information - ( Microsoft News )
zdnet.com -- Microsoft’s problems with Token Kidnapping on the Windows platform aren’t going away anytime soon.
More than a year after Microsoft issued a patch to cover privilege escalation issues that could lead to complete system takeover, a security researcher plans to use the Black Hat conference spotlight to expose new design mistakes and security issues that can be exploited to elevate privileges on all Windows versions including the brand new Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7. See the complete story here.
RIM, HTC, Nokia want no part of Apple's "self-made debacle"
Submitted Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 02:55 PM
Nokia company information - ( Nokia News )
Apple company information - ( Apple News )
arstechnica.com -- Are antenna grip problems universal among smartphones? Even if they are, handset makers RIM, Nokia, and HTC are not happy with Apple for insinuating that the iPhone 4 isn't alone in suffering from signal loss when gripped in a certain way. See the complete story here.
Nokia Siemens To Buy Motorola Unit For $1.2B
Submitted Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 02:53 PM
Nokia company information - ( Nokia News )
Siemens company information - ( Siemens News )
informationweek.com -- After several months of failing to break itself up, Motorola finally succeeded Monday as it sold off most of its mobile network infrastructure unit for $1.2 billion to Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN).
The deal gives Nokia -- the world's leading supplier of mobile handsets -- an invigorated entrance to the U.S. market where it has lagged far behind other handset suppliers. See the complete story here.
HP files for “Palmpad” trademark
Submitted Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 02:52 PM
HP company information - ( HP News )
crunchgear.com -- A short time ago, HP applied to the USPTO for a trademark. “Palmpad.” I can’t be the only one who just gets a good feeling from this.
We knew that HP was going to get their money’s worth from Palm when they nixed their Android plans and downplayed their Windows 7 tablet. While reports still have them making the latter in at least some form, statements from HP and Palm indicate that webOS is going to be the focus for HP’s portable computer business. See the complete story here.
Amazon: Kindle Books Now Outselling Hardcovers
Submitted Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 02:51 PM
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E-books have hit a significant milestone. In each of the last three months, Amazon reports that sales of books for Kindle have outpaced the sale of hardcover books, and that growth is only accelerating.
In a statement, Amazon says that, “over the past three months, for every 100 hardcover books Amazon.com has sold, it has sold 143 Kindle books. Over the past month, for every 100 hardcover books Amazon.com has sold, it has sold 180 Kindle books.”. See the complete story here.
PC Rebound Continues With Growth Over 22% Despite Mixed Econo...
Submitted Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 02:26 AM
idc.com -- Despite rising worries over sovereign debt and the pace of economic recovery, the global PC market grew 22.4% in the second quarter of 2010 (2Q10), in-line with forecasted growth of 22.9%, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. The market in EMEA remained remarkably strong – benefiting from some recovery as well as commercial replacements – while growth in the United States and Asia/Pacific was slightly behind projections.
On a worldwide basis, Desktop PC shipments exceeded expectations, helping to confirm signs that businesses are moving ahead with replacements, while Portable PC sales trailed forecast estimates, reflecting the effects of a thus-far jobless recovery on consumer spending. See the complete story here.
Report: Adobe Reader, IE top vulnerability list
Submitted Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 02:03 AM
Adobe company information - ( Adobe News )
news.cnet.com -- The most exploited vulnerabilities tend to be Adobe Reader and Internet Explorer, but a rising target for exploits is Java, according to a report to be released on Wednesday by M86 Security Labs.
Of the 15 most exploited vulnerabilities observed by M86 Security Labs during the first half of this year, four involved Adobe Reader and five in Internet Explorer, the lab wrote in its latest security report for January through June 2010. See the complete story here.
MS Patch Tuesday: Googler Zero-Day Fixed in 33 Days
Submitted Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 02:01 AM
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Microsoft company information - ( Microsoft News )
threatpost.com -- Last month, when Google researcher Tavis Ormandy released details on a critical Help and Support Center vulnerability that exposed Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users to malicious hacker attacks, Microsoft was publicly unhappy with the decision.
Ormandy claims he spent five days negotiating with Microsoft for a 60-day patch window and decided to go public only when the company could not provide him with confirmation that it would issue a prompt fix. See the complete story here.
YouTube adds support for the 4K video resolution (take that 1...
Submitted Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 01:28 AM
socialblade.com -- For more than half a year now YouTube has supported 1080p videos but today they raised the bar even more by supporting native resolution videos up to 4K or 2304p (4096×2304). While cameras that actually record in this format are quite a bit out of the grasps of the average YouTuber this allows for much higher quality content to be uploaded and stored on YouTube’s servers and in turn be delivered to viewers. Five years ago HD cameras were too pricey for most consumers, who knows where we will be in five more years. See the complete story here.
Paul Allen commits majority of his wealth to philanthropy
Submitted Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 01:25 AM
seattletimes.nwsource.com -- Billionaire Paul Allen has taken his friend Bill Gates up on his challenge to publicly pledge the majority of his wealth to philanthropy.
Allen, who is 57, said today that he plans to leave the majority of his $13 billion estate to philanthropy to continue the work of his foundation and to fund scientific research. It was also a way of marking the 20th anniversary of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, which he started in 1990 with his sister, Jo Lynn Allen, and has since given 3,000 grants totaling about $400 million. See the complete story here.
Russian Spy Worked at Microsoft
Submitted Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 05:45 PM
Microsoft company information - ( Microsoft News )
pcmag.com -- Microsoft has confirmed that one of the Russian spies rounded up was an employee for a short time, but did not have access to the company's source code.
Bloomberg originally reported that Alexey Karetnikov worked as a software tester at Microsoft for nine months, then was deported on or around June 8 as part of a sting that nabbed nine others. See the complete story here.
Firefox User? Be Aware Of Two More Malicious Add-Ons
Submitted Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 05:44 PM
Firefox company information - ( Firefox News )
thenextweb.com -- Mozilla has released information in an add-on security vulnerability announcement providing details of two serious Firefox add-on vulnerabilities, one stealing all of your personal information and the other allowing an attacker to remotely take over your computer. See the complete story here.
Claim your $16! Comcast P2P settlement now final
Submitted Friday, July 09, 2010 @ 06:10 AM
arstechnica.com -- Despite a campaign to derail the settlement, a long-running class-action lawsuit against Comcast and its P2P-blocking ways has ended. If you were a Comcast subscriber between April 1, 2006 and December 31, 2008, and you used the Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FastTrack, or Gnutella P2P networks, congratulations—you've just won $16 in the litigation lottery.
A California resident filed Hart v. Comcast back in 2007, alleging that the cable giant wasn't living up to its contract because it limited "the speed of certain internet applications such as peer-to-peer file sharing and lotus notes [sic]." See the complete story here.
Microsoft plans an end to battery insertion issues
Submitted Tuesday, July 06, 2010 @ 10:27 AM
Microsoft company information - ( Microsoft News )
pocket-lint.com -- Now, you probably don't lose any sleep worrying about inserting batteries the wrong way round but we're willing to guess that each and everyone of you has experienced putting a battery in upside down.
And now, Microsoft has signalled the end for the polarity issue by announcing its InstaLoad technology.
InstaLoad is a mechanical solution meaning that positive and negative connections become irrelevant when inserting traditional batteries including the popular AA and AAA sizes. See the complete story here.
Facebook Will Find Your Face In That Shameful Party Photo
Submitted Friday, July 02, 2010 @ 07:11 AM
gizmodo.com -- Facebook appears to have added a shutterbug's dream feature: Face detection technology. As soon as you upload a picture, the feature realizes that there are humans in it and preselects their faces. You just add the poor souls' names.
The feature appears surprisingly useful, but we'll see how well it works. For now it's only being made available to select users as part of a limited test. See the complete story here.
Jobs says no to Blu-ray on Macs… again
Submitted Friday, July 02, 2010 @ 07:10 AM
Apple company information - ( Apple News )
techradar.com -- Steve Jobs has once again spoken candidly about his disdain for Blu-ray, explaining to a MacRumors reader in an email that the hi-def discs will be "beaten by internet downloadable formats".
Jobs, who seems to be responding to all emails at the moment including ones that begin with 'Dear respected one', showed he still has a bone to pick with Blu-ray, by refusing to believe the format was worthy of inclusion in Apple's latest Mac Mini range. See the complete story here.
Beware of Twilight scareware turning up in Google search results
Submitted Friday, July 02, 2010 @ 07:09 AM
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content.usatoday.com -- Cyberscammers top target du jour: Twilight fans using Google to search for all things related to the vampire love story movie premiering today.
Cybercriminals are causing tainted web links to turn up high in the rankings of search results related to Twilight; the bad links trigger malicious programs that launch promos for fake antivirus protection, says PC Tools researcher Rommel Garcia. See the complete story here.
USB coffee-cup warmer could be stealing your data
Submitted Friday, July 02, 2010 @ 07:03 AM
newscientist.com -- ARE you sure that the keyboard or mouse you are using today is the one that was attached to your computer yesterday? It might have been swapped for a compromised device that could transmit data to a snooper.
The problem stems from a shortcoming in the way the Universal Serial Bus (USB) works. This allows almost all USB-connected devices, such as mice and printers, to be turned into tools for data theft, says a team that has exploited the flaw. See the complete story here.
Amazon Acquires Deal Site Woot
Submitted Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 04:05 PM
businessinsider.com -- Amazon has acquired deal-a-day site Woot.com.
Woot says Amazon will let the site continue to operate independently, similarly to how it lets Zappos and Audible run themselves.
There's no price on the deal. The most recent revenue figure we can find for Woot is from 2008 when the company did $164 million in sales. See the complete story here.
Lawsuit: Dell covered up faulty computer issues
Submitted Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 04:01 PM
Dell company information - ( Dell News )
myce.com -- When a batch of bad capacitors put millions of Dell computers at risk for failure, the company made excuses and tried to hide the problem’s true nature, according to a lawsuit.
Dell later took out a $300 million charge in part to fix the OptiPlex desktop computers, released between 2003 and 2005, but the lawsuit filed by Advanced Internet Technologies continues to haunt the company. Documents related to the case were unsealed this month and paint an unflattering picture of Dell. See the complete story here.
Microsoft by the numbers
Submitted Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 03:58 PM
Microsoft company information - ( Microsoft News )
blogs.technet.com -- You probably saw the news this week that we’ve sold 150 million Windows 7 licenses in 8 months. That's more than 600,000 per day. And, perhaps fittingly for a product called Windows 7, it adds up to 7 copies every second of every day since launch.
As a communications guy, I’m generally most comfortable with words. But since Microsoft is a pretty numbers-driven company, the Windows 7 milestone got me thinking about some *other* numbers, too. See the complete story here.
Sony to recall half-million laptops on heat risk
Submitted Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 03:42 PM
Sony company information - ( Sony News )
news.cnet.com -- Sony announced Wednesday that it plans to recall around 535,000 Vaio laptops due to overheating problems.
The company said that a flaw in the temperature control can create an excessive buildup of heat that distorts the shape of the unit. Though Sony hasn't heard of any problems with the Vaio in Japan, it said it received 39 complaints of overheating and distortion from customers abroad. See the complete story here.
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