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1. Mutant Koobface worm attacks Skype accounts

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... in 18 languages, and it is too complicated to do a lexical analysis for the different languages. It is easier to just randomly chat," said Huq. "The worm will also paste a link to a compromised domain ...

2. British police bust Zbot Trojan ring

   (Security/Security Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   A zombie army "spewing" out spam British detectives have arrested two individuals with suspected links to an insidious data-stealing Trojan horse known as Zbot. 

According to Sophos security analyst Graham ...

3. Chrome OS: Lame Copy or Amazing new OS?

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... in it someplace, unfortunately for Google the iPoop  name was already taken.   (If you didn’t pick this up, the links are half the fun of this piece).   Rob Enderle is one of the last Inquiry Analysts. ...

4. Sprint launches Palm Pixi smartphone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Sunday, 15 November 2009

   ... display. The Pixi - which runs multiple applications simultaneously - also offers combined messaging, linked contacts, layered calendars and provides easy access to  Palm's App store. In addition, ...

5. Qualcomm intros first 3G/LTE chipsets

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... supports CDMA 2000, EV-DO Rev B, SV-DO, SV-LTE, UMTS, HSPA+ and LTE. They can support orthoganal frequency division multiple access with peak rates of 100Mbps on the downlink and 50Mbps on the uplink. ...

6. Snow Leopard fatal flaw discovered

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   Estonian link probed Breaking news from the BBC claims that a potentially fatal Snow Leopard flaw has been discovered. Welsh scientists are probing links to Tallinn, Estonia and Hungary believed to be ...

7. Microsoft integrating Wolfram Alpha and Bing

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... we can bring them a much more compelling experience than an endless list of link," says Yao. "We can bring them real knowledge and get them closer to the answer they were looking for or the decision they ...

8. Group takes control of dozens of Facebook sites

   (Security/Security Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   ... group," it says. The point is it making is that anybody could have done the same, but with rather more malign intent - linking a group with pedophilia, for example. It says it isn't the only group to ...

9. Murdoch plans to block Google News

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 09 November 2009

   ... certainly because he doesn't own one. As reported by us last month, UK news aggregator NewsNow has already started a campaign against publishers demanding payment for linking to their stories. Now News ...

10. Adult Friend Finder: paedophiles are just one click away

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... the sexual abuse and exploitation of children, links to child pornography and paedophiles. Websites carrying AFF ad banners act as so-called affiliate marketers routing traffic to AFF. They are paid ...

11. DashBoard shows users what Google's got on them

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... links to control personal settings. Users will be able to see summaries of their email, search requests and so on in a single place.  It covers more than 20 products and services, including Gmail, Calendar, ...

12. Internet users do have friends

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... "However, we find some evidence that use of social networking services - for example, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn - substitutes for some level of neighborhood involvement." Read the full report here. ...

13. Microsoft overhauls MSN home page

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    ... Facebook and Twitter feeds. The new beta version can be seen here, and marks the first major change for years. The main difference is the lack of clutter - more than half the links in the previous version ...

14. AMD discovers several Fusion mantras, disses Larrabee

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... Japanese site has just published a set of slides about cores in 2010 and more importantly in 2011.  We think hexus.net has a link to them. Ah yes, here. Here we see Leo, Dorado, the Scorpius and ...

15. Sony Ericsson Android lumbers into view

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... between contacts, content and media. The X10 can identify up to five faces in any picture, while automatically linking the image to relevant e-mails and social feeds across the device. 
 In addition, ...

16. Robot fish could monitor water quality

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Monday, 02 November 2009

    ... intervals and could similarly be linked to other robotic fish for coordinated maneuvers or signal relay. Global positioning system technology and inertial measurement units will allow precise navigation. ...

17. Google launches OneBox music service

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 29 October 2009

    ... music business with a service allowing people to find and hear tracks by searching on song titles, artists or snatches of lyrics. Using OneBox, entering a music-related query will generate links to an ...

18. Disney launches Click2Life iPhone app

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    ... reckons that the bonus content could be linked to location, established via GPS. This could mean special offers from local stores or cinemas. With nearly 31 million unique visitors per month, Disney ...

19. Is Windows 7 too good for Apple to FUD?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    ... suddenly wants to watch this and bet on who advertises on it?). If you didn’t click on the link, Microsoft pulled support saying there was “inappropriate content”. It’s on my TIVO now for sure. But ...

20. Intel launches Windows 7 migration kit

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 23 October 2009

    Intel Business Exchange (IBX) has launched a migration kit for Windows 7. Intel Business Exchange (IBX) has launched a migration kit for Windows 7. It consists of two software products - Laplink ...

21. Americans tweet like a flock of canaries

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... from 26 in May 2008, but LinkdIn is the one for the real wrinklies, with a median age of 40.    ...

22. Microsoft upgrades Bing with live Twitter feed

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    ... his/her Tweet may get ranked higher. If a tweet is exactly the same as other Tweets, it will get ranked lower." He added that Bing had also replaced traditional links with "social captions" to more ...

23. Google readying Music Search

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    ... Google won't sell music but will bring up a box that links to streaming services. Wired says the working name for the service is OneBox.The service will be introduced in combination with a number of major ...

24. SSDs inch toward the desktop

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    ... just pages into memory in the blink of an eye. As such, SSDs are also silent. In addition, prices for SSDs are also coming down to earth. Sort of. Crucial sells a 256GB SSD for $779 and Intel offers ...

25. Phoenix ties knot with Samsung for "instantly on" notebooks

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    Samsung and Phoenix have linked up to produce the dream of end users everywhere, a notebook or netbook computer that starts instantly.Samsung and Phoenix have linked up to produce the dream of end users ...

26. News aggregation sites threatened with legal action

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    UPDATED National, regional and local newspapers are attempting to force news aggregation sites to accept stringent new rules on linking to content in a bid to maintain their virtual monopoly on news, ...

27. Spring Design introduces Android E-Reader

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... a whole new industry in multimedia e-book publishing for secondary authors to create supplementary content that is hyper linked to the text," said Spring Design CEO Dr. Priscilla Lu. According to Lu, ...

28. Google draws global bead on Microsoft, IBM

    (Software/Software Features)

    Sunday, 18 October 2009

    ... relies heavily on client apps linked to its enterprise software. IBM is making a big song and dance about cloud computing. At the Etre conference in Paris a few weeks ago, a senior partner at a law firm ...

29. Mozilla preps Firefox 3.6 with beta test build

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 16 October 2009

    ... also expected to support jump lists, or shortcut menus found on an application's taskbar icon in Windows 7. The list will reportedly offer links to a user's most frequently visited sites, along with the ...

30. Levinson quits Google over FTC concerns

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 12 October 2009

    ... FTC anti-trust investigation over Apple ties FTC investigates Apple/ Google links  ...

31. Social Networking helps you dodge the law

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 08 October 2009

    ... through to ads. It's not as advertising, it's as a link in the text, and that's perfectly legal."Michael Terpin, chairman and CEO of SocialRadius, cited viral ads such as the 'baby-father' one which turned ...

32. Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, others also hit in Hotmail phishing attack

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    It has emerged that yesterday’s news of 10,000 Hotmail accounts being hacked was merely the tip of the iceberg and 20,000 AOL, Yahoo, Comcast, Earthlink and Gmail accounts have also been compromised. ...

33. Twitter Lists lets users pigeonhole their friends

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 02 October 2009

    ... blog. Lists are public by default - although they can be made private - marking one difference from the TweetDeck service. They are linked from the user's profile, allowing other users to subscribe. ...

34. Top 13 reader comments revealed

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/x/20...lasma.html  without any link to it whatsoever! Not only it shows the writer has no clue as to what she's talking about, but it's just plan wrong and criminal! At least, ...

35. Oracle fined over "Sun + Oracle is Faster" equation

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    ... as a member of the TPC, is obligated to follow TPC policies. The company has already responded by removing all web links that were in violation. In addition, Oracle has been asked to report back to TPC ...

36. Palm updates WebOS

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    ... cut ‘n’ paste, direct dial from the calendar, better Exchange support and the ability to synchronise information from a LinkedIn profile to the Pre smartphone Users will also be able to download music ...

37. EU says Google AdWords are fair game

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... to keywords. These ads typically consist of a short commercial message and a link to the advertiser's site; they are differentiated from natural results by their placement and design. "Through AdWords, ...

38. EU publishes lurid details of Intel antitrust ruling

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 21 September 2009

    ... as well and will follow through in EMEA [Europe Middle East and Africa region]". Intel payments to Lenovo were linked to or conditioned on Lenovo postponing the launch of AMD-based notebooks from June ...

39. TracFone sues "Intel Wireless" for reselling phones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 17 September 2009

    ... TracFone's prepaid wireless service, marketed and sold under the TracFone, Net10, Safelink and Straight Talk brands, and the wireless telephones specially manufactured for TracFone to be used with its ...

40. Seagate upgrades network docking station for FreeAgent hard drives

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 16 September 2009

    ... the security and privacy of the drives' content because it is located within their home," Seagate explained in a statement. "Users will also be able to deliver linked pictures and video to social ...

41. Microsoft says "We are not pornographers"

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 10 September 2009

    ... types of queries. Of course if you advertize with your rival things might not always go the way you think.  But one wonders why Google would want to link its rival with porn, which might actually ...

42. Boxing champion threatens legal fight with Facebook

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 10 September 2009

    ... over a week and a half ago, and they haven't taken it down," he said. "They asked for the link and we provided that, but they still haven't done it." In any case, he says, Facebook should be vetting ...

43. Euro phone operators agree to auto crash alert system

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 10 September 2009

    ... Calls can also be made by pushing a panic button. In either case, a voice connection is established between the vehicle and the rescue centre in addition to the automatic data link, enabling drivers ...

44. AMD launches Tigris and Congo notebook platforms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... and an 800 MHz hyper-transport link.  ...

45. AT&T upgrades 3G network with high speed packet access

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... to support theoretical peak speeds of 7.2Mbps. However, the carrier conceded that typical real-world downlink and uplink speeds experienced by customers with upgraded 3G would be "less than the theoretical ...

46. Palm launches Pixi in time for holidays

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... application will be available. And as well as linking information from Google, Facebook and Exchange ActiveSync, Palm Pixi adds Yahoo! and LinkedIn integration through its Palm Synergy feature, assembling ...

47. Twitter makes you dumb, says psychologist

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 07 September 2009

    ... linking watching large amounts of TV with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and extensive texting with lower IQ scores. Sudoku was also good exercise for memory skills, as was keeping track of ...

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