Microsoft accused of leaking RDP attack code

Microsoft accused of leaking RDP attack code


Microsoft accused of leaking RDP attack code

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 02:59 PM PDT

Epic security fail

The 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 cheap

The 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-Framed

Sensitive information held in content management system Microsoft SharePoint is vulnerable to mining as the result of a newly discovered attack, security researchers warn.…

Enormous Apple market cap swells and swells ... like a bubble

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 11:56 AM PDT

Software-reskinning box designer 'worth' $586 beeellion

Apple'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 outed

Rutgers 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 boom

Aviation 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.…

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 cores

Fujitsu'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 Cancom

Exclusive  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 fortifications

The 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 show

Apple 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 companies

Open ... 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.…

Austrian daredevil Baumgartner skydives from 71,581ft

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 09:21 AM PDT

Sets sights on 102,800ft record

Pic  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 lie

The 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 boon

PayPal 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 attention

Regulators 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.…

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-rover

An 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 sword

It'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 worries

The 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 babe

A 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 much

Security watchers have discovered proof-of-concept code that attempts to exploit a high-risk Windows security hole, causing computers to crash.…

LOHAN to straddle meaty titanium rod

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 06:28 AM PDT

Skirt lifted on cunning Vulture 2 launch plan

After 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 voltage

People-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 exhaustion

First 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 mind

A 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 hike

HDD 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.…

Apple Store staff outnumber queues as new iPad goes on sale

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:28 AM PDT

Moist jocks mop up with 'pads

Pics  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 sub

We 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 lawsuit

Facebook, 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.…

TDK BA100 earphones

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 June

Updated:  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.…

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 giant

Google 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 illegal

The 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 stores

Analysis  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 out

The 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' eyesight

Ocean-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 energy

The 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.…

Films-on-USB kiosks come to airports

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 03:11 AM PDT

Movie downloaders please proceed to gate four

Travelling 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 shoeing

Eddie 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 made

A 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 payments

Mobile-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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