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Thursday May 24, 2012. 02:07 PM
Amid rising concerns about mobile malware, a group of security researchers is launching an initiative to improve collaboration around mobile threat analysis. They want to encourage researchers to share their malware samples with each other and work together to identify and...
Yahoo is aiming to get its foot into the browser market with a new product called Axis that launched this evening. The purpose of Axis is to add an extra layer to the user’s Web browsing experience, with interactive search capabilities and cross-device synchronization. On...
Earlier last week, rumors hinted that the HP would lay off 10,000 to 15,000 employees, but today the company revealed that 27,000 of HP's 349,600 employees will be cut by the end of 2014. According to Bloomberg, Hewlett-Packard CFO Cathie Lesjak said no unit of the company...
An engineer for a company that scans websites for security vulnerabilities recently got a new perspective on the dangers of Web application bugs. While trying to purchase airline tickets from United.com, the site displayed the names of people he had never heard of. 'Kind of...
A protester asks for an intact Internet. Backers of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate companion, the Protect IP Act (PIPA), have been railing against the bill's critics ever since the legislation plunged to a fiery death earlier this year. The unprecedented...
Enlarge / The Flash-driven Disney.com in Metro-style Internet Explorer 10. Within Windows Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8 will include a bundled, integrated version of Adobe Flash, and the Metro-style browser will support the use of Flash on a limited number of sites....
If only all of Diablo III's game-breaking issues were this easy to spot. If you were one of the 6.5 million purchasers that made Diablo III the fastest-selling PC game of all time last week, you should know that Blizzard now admits the game you were playing was broken in...
Wednesday May 23, 2012. 11:42 PM
tack.io Researchers have proposed an extension to the Internet's foundation of trust that's designed to root out fraudulent secure sockets layer (SSL) certificates before attackers can use them to impersonate online banks and other sensitive websites. The proposal, which...
United Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit The United States Supreme Court signaled skepticism about broad software patents Monday when it ordered reconsideration of an online advertising patent. The high court asked the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal ...
A new rumor suggests iPad and Android tablet users will be able to use a native, tablet-optimized version of Microsoft Office this fall. According to a source speaking to BGR, Microsoft will have a version of Office for both platforms ready in November. A purported iPad...
Images_of_Money Oracle v. Google Oracle v. Google jury foreman reveals: Oracle wasn't even close Oracle v. Google: no patent infringement found Oracle v. Google: the road ahead Oracle tells jury 'clean room' not enough to avoid patent infringement Oracle v. Google...
Multiple drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria seen under an electron microscope. Photo: CDC By flooding our environment with antibiotics, people may alter a little-appreciated but profound aspect of bacterial evolution: the very pace at which it occurs. Bacteria ...
Scott Jones Oracle v. Google Oracle poured millions into failed patent trial, but will fight on Oracle v. Google: no patent infringement found Oracle v. Google: the road ahead Oracle tells jury 'clean room' not enough to avoid patent infringement Oracle v. Google...
Aurich Lawson with apologies to Paul Rand Apple's digital 'assistant' Siri isn't welcome at IBM; neither are Apple's voice dictation features in the iPhone and iPad. IBM CIO Jeanette Horan revealed in an interview with Technology Review that the company turns off Siri on...
The United States National Security Agency (NSA), an intelligence agency under the US Department of Defense, today announced a new program to 'prime' college students for careers in 'Cyber Ops.' Called the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations Program,...
You can tell that guy on the ATV is practicing for his close-up on the TV show... Trion Worlds Building a massively multiplayer game on top of an existing science fiction universe is nothing new, as anyone who has played The Matrix Online, Star Wars Galaxies, or...
The Dragon's solar panels have unfurled and are now powering the craft. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will spend most of the day climbing as it makes its way to the International Space Station (ISS). The schedule will be much more active tonight. At 12:47am Pacific Time,...
Illustration by Aurich Lawson Oracle v. Google Oracle poured millions into failed patent trial, but will fight on Oracle v. Google jury foreman reveals: Oracle wasn't even close Oracle v. Google: the road ahead Oracle tells jury 'clean room' not enough to avoid patent...
Microsoft / Turn 10 When Forza Motorsport 4 launched last October, the absence of the Porsche from the game was the one obvious flaw in an otherwise sparkling gem. Fast-forward six months and the developer has gone and fixed that. As we reported in March, the lack of cars ...
I'm never gonna say goodbye unless there's a copyright complaint. Oh, rickrolling, will you ever cease to entertain us? Apparently so, given that one of the most widely viewed versions of the 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” on YouTube has been taken down due to a...
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