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Facebook Rolling Out Redesigned Home Page
Submitted Saturday, February 06, 2010 @ 06:11 AM
pcmag.com -- Facebook started rolling out a revamped homepage Thursday night, a redesign intended to make it easier to find certain features, like notifications, news photos, and chat.
Since the new design is rolling out, not all users will have access to it immediately. See the complete story here.
Microsoft Patches Coming Tuesday: Brace Yourself
Submitted Saturday, February 06, 2010 @ 06:10 AM
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pcworld.com -- Here are two keys words for Microsoft Windows shops to remember come this Patch Tuesday: "six" and "restart."
Six is the number of a critical bulletins Microsoft will release on February 9 that affect all the currently supported versions of Windows on both the desktop and server. See the complete story here.
Microsoft SideWinder X4 keyboard takes the ghost out of gaming
Submitted Saturday, February 06, 2010 @ 03:34 AM
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asia.cnet.com -- We've seen higher-end gaming keyboards from both Logitech and Razer that claim to have solved the ghosting problem. Some more affordable keyboards even boast "selective anti-ghosting" on the WASD keys that many PC gamers use. Microsoft's new SideWinder X4 gaming keyboard may be the first to offer all-key anti-ghosting at an affordable price.
Ghosting, if you're unfamiliar, is the tendency for standard keyboards to lose track of key presses when you're already holding down another key. For gamers that perform lots of keyboard finger gymnastics, ghosting can be a problem. Previous solutions from Razer and Logitech have allowed between five and ten simultaneous key presses. The technology behind Microsoft's new SideWinder X4 allows you to press up to 26 keys at the same time. See the complete story here.
Internet Explorer could turn your Windows XP machine into a w...
Submitted Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 06:08 AM
guardian.co.uk -- A design feature - or possibly bug - or possibly both - means that Internet Explorer can be turned into a web server which will leave your computer's files open to being read online, according to a hacker who demonstrated it at the Blackhat DC conference. See the complete story here.
Microsoft to patch 17-year-old computer bug
Submitted Friday, February 05, 2010 @ 06:06 AM
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news.bbc.co.uk -- A 17-year-old bug in Windows will be patched by Microsoft in its latest security update.
The February update for Windows will close the loophole that involves the venerable DOS operating system.
First appearing in Windows NT 3.1, the vulnerability has been carried over into almost every version of Windows that has appeared since. See the complete story here.
Running Windows 7 RC? Prepare for Shutdowns
Submitted Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 07:43 AM
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pcworld.com -- If you're running Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC), the end is near. Starting Feb. 15, people using Windows 7 RC, the free pre-release version of Microsoft's latest PC operating system, will receive a notification that their trial software is about to expire, according to a post today by Microsoft blogger Brandon LeBlanc on The Windows Blog. See the complete story here.
Google tablet mockups revealed
Submitted Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 07:42 AM
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tgdaily.com -- Google
may be developing a tablet PC interface, if a web post by a company engineer is to be believed, lending weight to rumours that it may launch its own tablet device.
In a YouTube video, one of the company's Chrome OS designers, Glen Murphy, reveals a mockup of a split-screen user interface allowing two tasks to be carried out at once - unlike the Apple iPad. See the complete story here.
Chinese computer maker claims Apple stole its iPad design
Submitted Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 07:38 AM
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siliconrepublic.com -- The Shenzhen Great Loong Brother Company of China has alleged the Apple iPad design that CEO Steve Jobs triumphantly unveiled last week is based on its own P88 tablet and is threatening Apple with an injunction. See the complete story here.
Investigators suspect Iowa computer breach originated in China
Submitted Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 07:38 AM
wqad.com -- Iowa investigators believe a serious breach of a state computer database can be traced to China, but they acknowledge that hackers disguise their digital footprints. See the complete story here.
For Apple, iPad Said More Than Intended
Submitted Friday, January 29, 2010 @ 11:41 AM
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nytimes.com -- Apple has generated a lot of chatter with its new iPad tablet. But it may not be quite the conversation it wanted.
Many women are saying the name evokes awkward associations with feminine hygiene products. People from Boston to Ireland are complaining that “iPad,” in their regional brogue, sounds almost indistinguishable from “iPod,” Apple’s music player. See the complete story here.
Comment: The frenzy over Apple's iPad
Submitted Thursday, January 28, 2010 @ 03:37 AM
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vancouversun.com -- When the doors to the long anticipated Apple Event in San Francisco opened there was a greater than ever frenzy to get into the auditorium and get a good seat. There has been more hype and conjecture over the anticipated Apple tablet launch than any product in recent memory, and when Steve Jobs walked onto the stage to talk to the assembled media the energy in the room was palpable.
The iPad, as Apple's tablet will be called, can almost be defined as the missing link — it's not a smart phone, not a computer, but a combination of each. "So much more intimate than a laptop and so much more capable than a smart phone," Jobs said. See the complete story here.
Attack Code Used to Hack Google Now Public
Submitted Saturday, January 16, 2010 @ 02:50 AM
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pcworld.com -- The dangerous Internet Explorer attack code used in last month's attack on Google's corporate networks is now public.
The code was submitted for analysis Thursday on the Wepawet malware analysis Web site, making it publicly available. By Friday, it had been included in at least one publicly available hacking tool and could be seen in online attacks, according to Dave Marcus, director of security research and communications at McAfee. See the complete story here.
More flash drive firms warn of security flaw; NIST investigates
Submitted Saturday, January 16, 2010 @ 02:42 AM
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computerworld.com -- SanDisk Corp. and Verbatim Corp. have joined Kingston Technology Inc. in warning customers about a potential security threat posed by a flaw in the hardware-based AES 256-bit encryption on their USB flash drives.
The hole could allow unauthorized access to encrypted data on a USB flash drive by circumventing the password authorization software on a host computer. See the complete story here.
12 hour battery life in a high-end laptop? Asus says yes
Submitted Saturday, January 16, 2010 @ 02:35 AM
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arstechnica.com -- An ASUS laptop quietly on display at CES packed two GPUs, a high-end NVIDIA GeForce 310, and a humble Intel GMA... and intelligently switched, second-by-second, between them. The UL80JT can also re-clock its Intel Core i7 CPU on a second-by-second basis. The result of all this micromanagement: miraculous 12-hour battery life in a high-end laptop, available later this year for just over $1,000. See the complete story here.
Old computers rejuvenated with SSD upgrades
Submitted Saturday, January 16, 2010 @ 02:33 AM
arstechnica.com -- SSDs are usually used in expensive computers like the Ars God Box and the MacBook Air, but SSD vendor RunCore's CES display points out that they can revitalize older computers as well. Several older computers were demoed sporting shiny new SSDs and running Windows 7 like champions. And maybe, some time this decade, that upgrade strategy might become cost-effective. See the complete story here.
The interactive projector that turns any surface into a Minor...
Submitted Saturday, January 16, 2010 @ 02:29 AM
dailymail.co.uk -- Fed up of lugging a heavy laptop around? Soon you could be typing documents and browsing the web on any nearby surface with the aid of a pioneering pocket-sized projector.
An innovative British company called Light Blue Optics has created the Light Touch, which transforms any surface into a 10.1in touch screen, reminiscent of the film Minority Report. See the complete story here.
MagicJack's next act: disappearing cell phone fee
Submitted Friday, January 08, 2010 @ 01:01 PM
news.yahoo.com -- The company behind the magicJack, the cheap Internet phone gadget that's been heavily promoted on TV, has made a new version of the device that allows free calls from cell phones in the home, in a fashion that's sure to draw protest from cellular carriers.
The new magicJack uses, without permission, radio frequencies for which cellular carriers have paid billions of dollars for exclusive licenses. See the complete story here.
Microsoft and HP show off 'slate' PC
Submitted Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 11:14 PM
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news.bbc.co.uk -- Microsoft and HP have teamed up to introduce a slate computer ahead of Apple's much rumoured device launch.
The firms unveiled the Windows 7 powered touchscreen machine, also known as a tablet, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
The aim of the device is to bridge the gap between laptops and smartphones. See the complete story here.
Americans consumed 3,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes of inf...
Submitted Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 10:46 PM
sunbeltblog.blogspot.com --
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Americans consumed 3,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes of info at home last year
Yes, that’s right: 3.6 zettabytes!
A report entitled “How Much Information” by the University of California in San Diego, released today, said the average person in the U.S. consumes 34 gigabytes of content and 100,000 words of information in a single day. That’s just at home. See the complete story here.
Report: Comcast seals deal to buy NBC Universal
Submitted Tuesday, December 01, 2009 @ 04:47 PM
news.cnet.com -- Comcast has sealed the deal to acquire NBC Universal, CNBC anchor and reporter David Faber reported Tuesday. The only thing left to do is sign the papers.
Faber said in a story posted on the CNBC Web site that the deal is expected to be formally announced on Thursday. See the complete story here.
Northrop links to academics to boost cyber defense
Submitted Tuesday, December 01, 2009 @ 04:42 PM
reuters.com -- Northrop Grumman Corp unveiled Tuesday an industry-academic research group to tackle growing cyber threats to U.S. computer networks and to networked infrastructure. See the complete story here.
Office 2010 Ship Date Revealed
Submitted Tuesday, December 01, 2009 @ 04:42 PM
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informationweek.com -- Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed that the next version of its Office productivity suite will be released in the middle of next year.
Office 2010, and related products, will be available in June, Microsoft said, in response to numerous Internet reports about a possible ship date for the software. See the complete story here.
Balloon hunt goes viral
Submitted Tuesday, December 01, 2009 @ 04:41 PM
cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com -- More than 300 teams have signed up for this weekend's DARPA Network Challenge, a $40,000 balloon hunt organized by the Pentagon's think tank to study how social networking works. And one of the things that has come out of the experiment is that you could earn some of the prize money yourself, just by being in the right place at the right time. See the complete story here.
Psystar Agrees to Pay $2.67M in Mac Clone Case
Submitted Tuesday, December 01, 2009 @ 04:39 PM
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Digital company information - ( Digital News )
macobserver.com -- Apple agreed to a partial settlement in their ongoing legal battle over Mac clones at the end of November, and Psystar agreed to pay Apple over US$2.67 million in damages and legal fees in the deal. Psystar suffered a hefty legal blow earlier in the month when the U.S. District Court in Northern California ruled that the PC maker was violating the Digital Millenium Copyright Act and Apple's copyrights by building and selling Mac clones without authorization. See the complete story here.
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