Computer News
Eastman Kodak files for bankruptcy protection
Submitted Thursday, January 19, 2012 @ 08:41 AMbbc.co.uk — Eastman Kodak, the company that invented the hand-held camera, has filed for bankruptcy protection. See the complete story here.
World IPv6 launch day set to aid net address switchover
Submitted Thursday, January 19, 2012 @ 08:40 AMbbc.co.uk — Leading internet firms have set 6 June as the World IPv6 launch day. See the complete story here.
Sci-Fi-Infused Videos Show Off Keiichi Matsuda’s Vision of the Future
Submitted Thursday, January 19, 2012 @ 08:37 AMwired.com — We are living in the future — Keiichi Matsuda knows that. Working from London and Tokyo, the 27-year-old designer and filmmaker creates innovative videos that blend architecture, virtual reality, social networking and sci-fi, offering a glimpse into how augmented reality could play out in the coming years. See the complete story here.
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns from its board
Submitted Thursday, January 19, 2012 @ 08:33 AMbbc.co.uk — Jerry Yang, the co-founder of Yahoo!, has resigned from its board. See the complete story here.
Facebook unveils 60 apps under latest expansion plan
Submitted Thursday, January 19, 2012 @ 08:32 AMbbc.co.uk — Facebook is adding a series of new applications to let users share such things as photos, travel or fashion. See the complete story here.
McAfee tackles 'spam hijack' flaw in anti-malware code
Submitted Thursday, January 19, 2012 @ 08:32 AMbbc.co.uk — A leading anti-virus software firm says a flaw in one of its programs has exposed its customers' computers to the risk of being hijacked by spammers. See the complete story here.
In Fight Over Piracy Bills, New Economy Rises Against Old
Submitted Thursday, January 19, 2012 @ 08:31 AMnytimes.com — When the powerful world of old media mobilized to win passage of an online antipiracy bill, it marshaled the reliable giants of K Street — the United States Chamber of Commerce, the Recording Industry Association of America and, of course, the motion picture lobby, with its new chairman, former Senator Christopher J. Dodd, the Connecticut Democrat and an insider’s insider. See the complete story here.
Review: Meet 'Lisa,' Linux Mint 12
Submitted Thursday, January 05, 2012 @ 07:14 AMcrn.com — For someone who has never before tried out a Linux desktop, consider telling them to make Linux Mint 12 their initial exploration. This version of the Linux distro, which launched late last year, is code-named “Lisa” and runs the relatively new Gnome 3 desktop graphical user interface. It is based on Ubuntu 11.10. See the complete story here.
What's new in Linux 3.2
Submitted Thursday, January 05, 2012 @ 07:14 AMh-online.com — Improvements to the Ext4 filesystem, network code optimisations and thin provisioning support in the Device Mapper are some of the major improvements in Linux 3.2. Further additions include new and improved drivers – for example, for graphics hardware by Intel and NVIDIA, as well as Wi-Fi components by Atheros and Broadcom. See the complete story here.
Latest SQL Injection Campaign Infects 1 Million Web Pages
Submitted Thursday, January 05, 2012 @ 07:03 AMdarkreading.com — Another SQL injection campaign is literally going viral, with some 1 million URLs possibly infected. The SANS Internet Storm Center over the weekend counted some 1,070,000 URLs injected with the so-called lilupophilupop.com malware. That's up from 80 pages it had found in early December, according to SANS ISC handler Mark Hofman. See the complete story here.
Passwords to become fossils by 2017?
Submitted Thursday, January 05, 2012 @ 07:02 AMzdnet.com — IBM’s predictions for the next five years — fossilized passwords and biometric scanning for all. See the complete story here.
Apple Customers Warned of Phishing Attack
Submitted Thursday, January 05, 2012 @ 07:02 AMpcworld.com — A "vast phishing attack" that attempts to capture the credit card information of Apple customers was launched on Christmas day, according to a report from Mac security-software company Intego. See the complete story here.
Facebook blamed for a third of divorces in the UK
Submitted Thursday, January 05, 2012 @ 07:01 AMzdnet.com — Facebook is increasingly being blamed as a reason for, or as evidence when, filing for divorce. In 2011, 33 percent of behavior petitions contained the name of the social network; this is a whopping increase from 2009, when only 20 percent mentioned Facebook. See the complete story here.
Kaspersky claims ‘smoking code’ linking Stuxnet and Duqu
Submitted Thursday, January 05, 2012 @ 06:58 AMtheregister.co.uk — Researchers at Kaspersky Lab are claiming to have found proof that the writers of the Stuxnet and Duqu malware are one and the same, and are warning of at least three new families of advanced malware potentially in circulation. See the complete story here.
2011: The year Facebook killed Google
Submitted Thursday, January 05, 2012 @ 06:57 AMitworld.com — I used to discover new content via Google. Now I find it using Facebook and Twitter. And millions of others are doing it too. See the complete story here.
'Spam capital' India arrests six in phishing probe
Submitted Thursday, January 05, 2012 @ 06:51 AMbbc.co.uk — Police in India say they have arrested six foreign nationals suspected of defrauding hundreds of people using text message and email scams. See the complete story here.
