Microsoft accused of leaking RDP attack code |
- Microsoft accused of leaking RDP attack code
- Russia plans manned moon shot by 2030
- Microsoft SharePoint exposes privates in sniffing hack
- Enormous Apple market cap swells and swells ... like a bubble
- Rutgers student guilty, faces 10 years for webcam spying
- Supersonic silent biplane COMING SOON ...ish
- SF iPad launch subdued as Apple fans wise up
- LightSquared sheds a lonely tear as Sprint legs it
- Fujitsu's supercomputing MONSTER thrashes Top 500 rivals
- Blighty's largest iPad reseller formed in biz gobble deal
- Global server sales shrivel as EMEA leads retreat
- Encyclopaedia Britannica - Ah, the memories
- 15in MacBook Air will go HEAD TO HEAD with MacBook Pro in April
- Yahoo! Facebook! litigation! trips! patent! trigger!
- Austrian daredevil Baumgartner skydives from 71,581ft
- iPhone stroking keeps us satisfied the most, say fanbois
- PayPal turns smartphones into checkout tills
- Apple iPad 3 Sim-only contracts compared
- Watchdogs quiz Google in Safari cookie-stalking probe
- SourceForge pulls off fake, 'Trojan-wrapped' Anonymous OS tool
- New NASA snap of game developer's electric cart FOUND ON MOON
- Lawyers of Mordor retreat from The Hobbit
- EC likely to probe Universal-EMI mega-merger
- Busty blogger bursts Bulgarian airbag in mud-wrestle blunder
- PoC code uses super-critical Windows bug to crash PCs
- LOHAN to straddle meaty titanium rod
- GiffGaff goes titsup again in 'leccy cable gaffe
- Hands on with Kinect Star Wars
- Apple slide-to-unlock spat with Samsung hits the buffers
- HDD prices to remain 'inflated' until August
- Take your hands off me - I'm a tech VC superstar!
- Apple Store staff outnumber queues as new iPad goes on sale
- Three zeroes Samsung Galaxy S II upfront fee
- Smartphone users sue Apple, Facebook over mobile app privacy
- TDK BA100 earphones
- Groupon monstered in OFT complaints probe
- 'When you disagreed with Steve Jobs, you lost'
- Apple iPad 3 data contracts compared
- Panic on the streets of Google+? Choc Factory hires Digg founder
- High Court confirms 'cheap DVD' tax loophole will close
- Mobile app privacy: You get what you pay for
- Sprint to hit the eject button in LightSquared deal today
- Mega squid use HUMONGOUS eyes to spot ravenous sperm whales
- Atmospheric CO2 set to SOAR from 0.0004 to 0.0007 - OECD
- Films-on-USB kiosks come to airports
- Eddie Murphy heading for worst movie ever glory
- UK lags US in online content spending
- Rogue IPO bureaucrats feel MPs' red-hot probe
- HMRC snatches back £200m in Aspire outsource rejig
- Telefonica tosses its dosh at pay-by-bonk upstart
| Microsoft accused of leaking RDP attack code Posted: 16 Mar 2012 02:59 PM PDT Epic security failThe newly-found attack code that exploits critical flaws in Microsoft's RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) system appears to have been leaked by Microsoft or one of its partners, says the researcher who originally discovered it.… |
| Russia plans manned moon shot by 2030 Posted: 16 Mar 2012 12:36 PM PDT Space exploration on the cheapThe Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has submitted to its government a draft set of ambitious plans for its activities through 2030, including sending a manned craft around the moon, building ion-powered space tugs, and trying again to visit Mars.… |
| Microsoft SharePoint exposes privates in sniffing hack Posted: 16 Mar 2012 12:34 PM PDT You've been X-FramedSensitive information held in content management system Microsoft SharePoint is vulnerable to mining as the result of a newly discovered attack, security researchers warn.…
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| Enormous Apple market cap swells and swells ... like a bubble Posted: 16 Mar 2012 11:56 AM PDT Software-reskinning box designer 'worth' $586 beeellionApple's total share value pushed beyond the totemic $500 billion mark it reached two weeks ago to hit a heady $542 billion in trading this morning. That made the iPad seller worth more than the entire American Retail Sector, as defined by the Standard & Poor's survey of the top 500 American retailers.… |
| Rutgers student guilty, faces 10 years for webcam spying Posted: 16 Mar 2012 11:48 AM PDT Gay roomie committed suicide after being outedRutgers student Dharun Ravi is facing a possible ten years in prison after he used his webcam to spy on a gay roommate and broadcast the resulting video.… |
| Supersonic silent biplane COMING SOON ...ish Posted: 16 Mar 2012 11:36 AM PDT Boffins meld old with new to snuff out sonic boomAviation experts are coming up with a 60-year-old solution to a modern problem - how to create a cheap, fuel-efficient and quiet supersonic aeroplane. This is their breakthrough solution:… |
| SF iPad launch subdued as Apple fans wise up Posted: 16 Mar 2012 11:16 AM PDT Why queue when you can shop online?Apple's rabid fans may be getting smarter, if the subdued launch of "The new iPad" at the Apple's flagship store in San Francisco was anything to go by.… |
| LightSquared sheds a lonely tear as Sprint legs it Posted: 16 Mar 2012 11:04 AM PDT We can still be friends... right?LightSquared is framing Sprint's departure in the best way it can, promising that the pair will remain friends and may even hook up again some time if they're both drunk enough.…
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| Fujitsu's supercomputing MONSTER thrashes Top 500 rivals Posted: 16 Mar 2012 10:32 AM PDT King K's ball-busting 10-plus petaflops with 706,000 coresFujitsu's K computer has confirmed its place as emperor of the Top 500 supercomputer list with a ball-breaking 10.51 petaflops.… |
| Blighty's largest iPad reseller formed in biz gobble deal Posted: 16 Mar 2012 10:15 AM PDT Trams swallows CancomExclusive London-based reseller Trams Group has snapped up the UK operations of Cancom from its German parent Cancom AG for an undisclosed sum.… |
| Global server sales shrivel as EMEA leads retreat Posted: 16 Mar 2012 10:12 AM PDT x86 tanks roll over RISC/Unix fortificationsThe global server market took a revenue dive in the fourth quarter, with the analysts at IDC figuring that sales revenues sunk 7.2 per cent to $14.2bn, although shipments rose by 2 per cent to 2.2 million units. Europe, the Middle East, and Africa did their part in keeping both sets of numbers down.… |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica - Ah, the memories Posted: 16 Mar 2012 10:05 AM PDT Leaves gap for man with plastic binder, 'cloudy edition'...HPC blog Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc has announced that after 250 years, it's throwing in the towel on print editions and moving to all-digital delivery of alphabetised facts and figures.… |
| 15in MacBook Air will go HEAD TO HEAD with MacBook Pro in April Posted: 16 Mar 2012 09:47 AM PDT Vendor spills beans at trade showApple has a 15 inch MacBook Air in the works and it's coming out in April, a Mac accessories manufacturer has told Electric Pig.… |
| Yahoo! Facebook! litigation! trips! patent! trigger! Posted: 16 Mar 2012 09:31 AM PDT Mutual Assured Destruction for web companiesOpen ... and Shut There's no such thing as a "defensive patent." No matter how good the intentions of the companies amassing these patents, as the recent Yahoo! broadside against Facebook shows, desperate times make for desperate patent-holders. And a desperate patent-holder will struggle against the temptation to become a troll.…
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| Austrian daredevil Baumgartner skydives from 71,581ft Posted: 16 Mar 2012 09:21 AM PDT Sets sights on 102,800ft recordPic Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner is well on the way to breaking the highest free-fall record after successfully jumping yesterday from 71,581ft (21,817m)… |
| iPhone stroking keeps us satisfied the most, say fanbois Posted: 16 Mar 2012 09:01 AM PDT Poll: We like big batts and we cannot lieThe latest JD Power poll once again puts Apple's iPhone well ahead of the competition in terms of customer satisfaction, and nailed crappy 4G smartphone battery life as punters' biggest bugbear.… |
| PayPal turns smartphones into checkout tills Posted: 16 Mar 2012 08:29 AM PDT Android and iOS swipe-and-go small biz boonPayPal has announced a card reader for Android and iOS phones, turning them into mobile payment systems.… |
| Apple iPad 3 Sim-only contracts compared Posted: 16 Mar 2012 08:23 AM PDT Got the hardware, need a deal?Many of you may have already purchased your new iPads directly from the Apple store, and as such will probably be looking for a Sim-only deal to make the most of your device on the move.… |
| Watchdogs quiz Google in Safari cookie-stalking probe Posted: 16 Mar 2012 08:02 AM PDT Privacy gaffe grabs FTC, CNIL attentionRegulators on both sides of the Pond are snapping on the surgical gloves after Google was caught bypassing privacy settings on Safari browsers.… |
| SourceForge pulls off fake, 'Trojan-wrapped' Anonymous OS tool Posted: 16 Mar 2012 07:49 AM PDT AnonOps: Distro is nothing to do with us...Prominent members of Anonymous have said that a open-source distro bearing the hacktivist group's moniker is nothing to do with them and is likely to be riddled with Trojans.…
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| New NASA snap of game developer's electric cart FOUND ON MOON Posted: 16 Mar 2012 07:41 AM PDT Probe in low pass over Garriott's radioactive tub-roverAn orbiting NASA probe has taken new and ultra-detailed pictures of an electric rover vehicle owned by a multimillionaire games developer and space tourist, left abandoned on the Moon after it broke down.… |
| Lawyers of Mordor retreat from The Hobbit Posted: 16 Mar 2012 07:31 AM PDT Southampton boozer spared legal swordIt's doubles all round at The Hobbit boozer in Southampton at the news that the Saul Zaentz Company (SZC) has called off the lawyers of Mordor, who were attempting to take down the Portswood pub for trademark infringement.… |
| EC likely to probe Universal-EMI mega-merger Posted: 16 Mar 2012 07:17 AM PDT Digital worriesThe European Commission is "all but certain" to investigate the mega-merger of Universal Music and EMI, according to sources cited (paywall) in the Financial Times.… |
| Busty blogger bursts Bulgarian airbag in mud-wrestle blunder Posted: 16 Mar 2012 06:58 AM PDT 'It feels bumpy and bubbly' blurts Swedish babeA silicone-enhanced Swede has added mud wrestling to the list of activities it's best to avoid if you've had a jub job, after dislodging one of her implants during a reality TV show.… |
| PoC code uses super-critical Windows bug to crash PCs Posted: 16 Mar 2012 06:44 AM PDT Crash code real, but Sabu worm rumours ... not so muchSecurity watchers have discovered proof-of-concept code that attempts to exploit a high-risk Windows security hole, causing computers to crash.…
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| LOHAN to straddle meaty titanium rod Posted: 16 Mar 2012 06:28 AM PDT Skirt lifted on cunning Vulture 2 launch planAfter much head-scratching, and a good number of beermat sketches, we're finally ready to unveil our concept for the Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) Vulture 2 launch platform.… |
| GiffGaff goes titsup again in 'leccy cable gaffe Posted: 16 Mar 2012 06:14 AM PDT People power no substitute for mains voltagePeople-powered O2 spinoff GiffGaff suffered an outage this morning, apparently due to a power cut, and there's no estimated time-to-fix as yet.… |
| Hands on with Kinect Star Wars Posted: 16 Mar 2012 06:03 AM PDT Forced to exhaustionFirst look I had a chance this week to play on a near-final build of the upcoming Kinect Star Wars to get an impression of the game ahead of its launch early next month.… |
| Apple slide-to-unlock spat with Samsung hits the buffers Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:58 AM PDT Mannheim wants Munich to make up its mindA judge in Germany has put the brakes on Apple's complaint that Samsung copied its slide-to-unlock technology while awaiting the outcome of a separate lawsuit progressing elsewhere in the country.… |
| HDD prices to remain 'inflated' until August Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:41 AM PDT Going down muuuch more slowly after huge flood-linked hikeHDD prices are falling eight times more slowly than they rose in the weeks after the flooding in Thailand and look likely to remain inflated until mid-summer.… |
| Take your hands off me - I'm a tech VC superstar! Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:32 AM PDT Hotspot hobos tussled with the wrong fellow¡Bong! Effendi, entrepreneurs! The Bongster is back from Texas! Every year, the brightest talent in Shoreditch's vibrant tech scene swaps the workspaces and mentor-ins of N1 and E2 for the sweet smelling grass of Austin, Texas, for SXSWi. And so did I.…
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| Apple Store staff outnumber queues as new iPad goes on sale Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:28 AM PDT Moist jocks mop up with 'padsPics Braying hordes of fanbois hungry for new iPads failed to turn up outside Blighty's Apple stores today despite months of rumour, hype and speculation. Although slab shoppers were nonchalant in London, they were positively wet in Scotland.… |
| Three zeroes Samsung Galaxy S II upfront fee Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:19 AM PDT No handset cost, only a monthly subWe rather like the Samsung Galaxy S II - you can read our thoughts on this tasty Android smartphone here - and now you can get one for next to nowt.… |
| Smartphone users sue Apple, Facebook over mobile app privacy Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:16 AM PDT 18 social media firms slapped with lawsuitFacebook, Twitter, Yelp and Apple, Foursquare and 13 other prominent social media firms have been hit with a lawsuit accusing them of supplying mobile applications that invade users' privacy.… |
| Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT Balanced armatures, anyone?Accessory of the Week While these boys from TDK may look like a typical pair of in-ear 'phones, they actually take a different approach to most earphones in the way they deliver sound. They used balanced armature technology rather than dynamic drivers.… |
| Groupon monstered in OFT complaints probe Posted: 16 Mar 2012 04:39 AM PDT Watchdog orders deals site to improve by JuneUpdated: Groupon will change the way it does business in Blighty after the Office of Fair Trading concluded a lengthy investigation into the company, which trades as MyCityDeal Ltd.… |
| 'When you disagreed with Steve Jobs, you lost' Posted: 16 Mar 2012 04:33 AM PDT Plus: 'It's the biggest copyright blag in UK history'Quotw This was the week when Android updates started making their way very slowly to Samsung Galaxy S2s and HTC mobes.…
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| Apple iPad 3 data contracts compared Posted: 16 Mar 2012 04:21 AM PDT Which network has the best deals?Apple's new iPad - read our first look at the new tablet here - went on sale today. Want one of the 3G-enabled models? To help you work out which network will offer you the best data deal, we've compared carriers' tariffs to see how they match up.… |
| Panic on the streets of Google+? Choc Factory hires Digg founder Posted: 16 Mar 2012 04:17 AM PDT Kevin Rose Milked by ID-obsessed search giantGoogle has reportedly hired Digg founder Kevin Rose, who earlier this week shuttered his latest startup project, Milk Inc, to allow the outfit to shift to an unspecified new project.… |
| High Court confirms 'cheap DVD' tax loophole will close Posted: 16 Mar 2012 04:03 AM PDT Rules Chancellor's plan is not illegalThe English High Court has ruled that the government may close a tax loophole allowing online retailers to ship low-cost goods from the Channel Islands VAT free.… |
| Mobile app privacy: You get what you pay for Posted: 16 Mar 2012 04:00 AM PDT GSMA privacy-by-design guidelines embraced by carriers ... but not app storesAnalysis Mobile app privacy controversies have dominated the technology headlines over recent weeks, but the push for tighter privacy standards may upset existing business models, which often use targeted advertising to subsidise the price users pay for the apps.… |
| Sprint to hit the eject button in LightSquared deal today Posted: 16 Mar 2012 03:39 AM PDT Light at the end of the tunnel winks outThe Wall Street Journal reckons Sprint is going to pull out of its deal with LightSquared later today, leaving the box-of-frogs mobile broadband biz with nothing but $65m and a top-flight legal team.… |
| Mega squid use HUMONGOUS eyes to spot ravenous sperm whales Posted: 16 Mar 2012 03:24 AM PDT Boffins float theory on colossal creatures' eyesightOcean-researching boffins reckon they have figured out why giant and colossal deep sea-dwelling squid need the largest eyes in the animal kingdom: to spot huge predators like sperm whales.… |
| Atmospheric CO2 set to SOAR from 0.0004 to 0.0007 - OECD Posted: 16 Mar 2012 03:15 AM PDT Pesky poor folk will be wanting some energyThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has issued a forecast saying that - unless something big changes - the level of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere is set to rise significantly as the planet's population swells and its poorer nations start to develop their economies and use more energy.…
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| Films-on-USB kiosks come to airports Posted: 16 Mar 2012 03:11 AM PDT Movie downloaders please proceed to gate fourTravelling to the US this summer? Take your Android tablet or Windows laptop with out and you may be able to grab a movie or two on USB stick for the flight home.… |
| Eddie Murphy heading for worst movie ever glory Posted: 16 Mar 2012 03:01 AM PDT A Thousand Words takes a critical shoeingEddie Murphy looks a dead cert for the Razzies and possibly the worst movie ever award as critics queue up to give his A Thousand Words a righteous shoeing.… |
| UK lags US in online content spending Posted: 16 Mar 2012 02:32 AM PDT Britons: tight as a crab's chuff or canny consumers?Brits are often said to be behind the Americans when it comes to technology. That's not always the case, but it certainly is with digital content that punters part with their hard-earned for.… |
| Rogue IPO bureaucrats feel MPs' red-hot probe Posted: 16 Mar 2012 02:28 AM PDT Sudden interest in how IP policy is madeA powerful all-party group of MPs will examine how IP policy is made in the UK in a new formal enquiry – firing a tranquilliser dart at executive agency the Intellectual Property Office.… |
| HMRC snatches back £200m in Aspire outsource rejig Posted: 16 Mar 2012 02:03 AM PDT Revised deal gives taxman more 'control'HM Revenue and Customs will save more than £200m by 2017 after renegotiating its Aspire outsourcing contract with Capgemini, according to Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude.… |
| Telefonica tosses its dosh at pay-by-bonk upstart Posted: 16 Mar 2012 01:29 AM PDT Boku is preferred partner for mobile paymentsMobile-payment processor Boku has raised another €35m in finance, including some from its new BFF Telefonica who has awarded the company preferred-partner status for its developing wallet offerings.… |
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