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Sept 2011 |
Google has changed the way people search on the internet. Now it's changing the way some people surf the web.
Hundreds of lucky residents in the San Fransisco Bay area are now accessing Google's one-gigabyte broadband service, which is being touted as the fastest internet connection in the world.
CBS affiliate KCBS tested the Google Fiber internet service, which is being offered for free in a neighborhood just south of Stanford University.
According to the station, a 95-megabyte high-definition mov... |
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24
Aug 2011 |
iPad 2 expected to top Christmas wish lists with 22 million Apple tablets predicted to be sold in Q4
Apple is to sell 22 million iPad tablets during the years fourth quarter as the market dominating device strikes a chord with festive shoppers, industry analyst Jason Schwarz has predicted.
In a blog post on Seeking Alpha industry analyst Schwarz suggested that following the iPad 2 release earlier this year Apple is to see sales of the iOS powered tablet soar ahead of the Christmas period as consumers ... |
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24
Aug 2011 |
U.S. computer security software maker McAfee said the number of malware targeted at Android devices jumped 76 percent since last quarter, making Android the most attacked mobile operating system.
"This year we have seen record breaking numbers of malware, especially on mobile devices, where the uptick is in direct correlation to popularity," Vincent Weafer, senior vice president of McAfee Labs, said in a statement.
In the second quarter of 2011, Google's Android operating system-based malware surpasse... |
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24
Aug 2011 |
Steve Jobs has resigned as chief executive officer of Apple. The company has promoted chief operating officer Tim Cook to the position of CEO and said that Cook will join the company's board of directors. Jobs will become Apple's chairman.
Below is a copy of Jobs' resignation letter:
To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple''s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfo... |
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10
Aug 2011 |
Apple has been granted a temporary injunction preventing Samsung Electronics from selling iPad tablet computer rival Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the European Union, except the Netherlands.
An Apple spokeswoman confirmed the ruling had been made by a court in Germany, after Apple argued the Korean firm had infringed its patents.
It is the latest setback for Samsung's launch of the Galaxy.
The Galaxy's Australian release has been delayed due to a similar lawsuit.
Apple is also seeking a court order to temp... |
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10
Aug 2011 |
A hacker group has attacked Blackberry's website after the company said it would assist police investigating riots in the UK.
Team Poison defaced the official Blackberry blog, posting a message that threatened the firm with retaliation if it handed user data to authorities.
Blackberry's instant messaging service is believed to have been used by some looters to plan their movements.
The firm has promised to co-operate with police and the Home Office.
In its statement, Team Poison said that it did... |
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10
Aug 2011 |
In a few years, consumers will be more likely to access Internet content through their TVs than their personal computers.
That's the conclusion of research firm IHS iSuppli, which projects that worldwide shipments of Internet-enabled consumer electronics devices -- including TVs, game consoles, Blu-Ray Disc players, set-tops and media tablets -- will exceed PCs for the first time in 2013.
The connected-device category will grow threefold from 2010 to 2013, from 161 million last year to 503.6 million u... |
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Aug 2011 |
A cryptographer has devised a way to monitor cellphone conversations by exploiting security weaknesses in the technology that forms the backbone used by most mobile operators.
Karsten Nohl, chief scientist of Berlin-based Security Research Labs, said the attack works because virtually all of the world's cellular networks deploy insecure implementations of GPRS, or general packet radio service. Some, such as those operated by Italy's Wind or Telecom Italia, use no encryption at all, while Germany's T-Mobi... |
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Aug 2011 |
Scammers are attempting to trick Firefox users into downloading backdoored software via spam emails that supposedly advertise an "update" to the open-source browser.
A run of spam emails circulating over the weekend all include links to a download that bundles together a Mozilla Firefox 5.0.1 installer and a password-stealing Trojan horse.
As a social engineering ruse it is about as subtle as a brick in the head, but there just may be enough credulous users out there to make the scam work.
In reali... |
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Aug 2011 |
The avalanche of mass-lawsuits in the United States that target BitTorrent users has reached a new milestone. Since last year, more than 200,000 people have been sued for allegedly sharing copyrighted material online, and this number continues to expand at a rapid pace. Added up, the potential profit from the so-called pay-up-or-else scheme runs into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Mass file-sharing lawsuits have been filed all across the United States in recent months, almost exclusively targeting ... |
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10
Aug 2011 |
Facebook has launched an instant messaging service for mobile phones, similar to BlackBerry Messenger.
The dedicated app, for iPhones and Android devices, allows users to contact individual friends or groups of people.
Its release comes a month before Apple is due to unveil a similar product.
Attention has been focused on mobile messaging recently because some of the London rioters were known to have used it to co-ordinate their movements.
So far Facebook's mobile messenger is only available in ... |
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10
Aug 2011 |
The next USB 3.0 specification will provide up to 100 watts of power to devices, allowing users to power some of the more demanding gadgets on their desks without additional power supplies.
The USB 3.0 Promoter Group announced that the standard would allow USB 3.0 ports to power and charge devices like notebook PCs and would remain backwards compatible with USB 2.0 devices.
USB 3.0 ports introduced high data transfer speeds of up to 5Gb/s to compatible components, and have also been able to maintain c... |
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9
Aug 2011 |
Hackers showed they have a very long reach at the Defcon hacker conference this week. They can turn off your power or hack your home automation systems through internet-connected power lines.
Independent security researchers David Rel1kӔ Kennedy and Rob Kc57″ Simon told the audience that they were releasing free tools that will let hackers break into home automation, business automation, and security systems that operate over the electrical wires of a building. ItӒs one more example of ... |
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Aug 2011 |
The next time you search for a company or brand name, watch to see if you are forwarded to the official brand page by the ISP rather than viewing the search results.
In a study released by a UC Berkeley research group, a group of Internet service providers in the United States are watching the keywords that a user types into a search engine and redirecting those users to the brand page to rack up affiliate revenue.
While Charter claims to have stopped this behavior, companies involved include Frontier... |
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Aug 2011 |
A US man charged with sending more than 27 million spam messages to Facebook users has turned himself in.
Sanford Wallace, who is known as the "Spam King", surrendered to FBI agents in California.
Prosecutors allege he developed a program that breached Facebook spam filters and lured users to submit their account details.
Mr Wallace denies the charges, which carry prison sentences of up to 10 years.
He has been released on $100,000 (61,000) bail.
Prosecutors say Mr Wallace's program posted me... |
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