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Gizmodo iPhone Scoop Leads to iPhone Raid
Everyone is excited for the new generation of iPhones. Maybe a bit too excited? Gizmodo recently posted a huge scoop with photos and video for the next iPhone. But the police are questioning how editor Jason Chen acquired the iPhone prototype for his written review. Last Friday night, California’s Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team raided [...]
Oracle Critical Patch Update Issued
Oracle has issued a critical patch update on April 13, 2010. It is recommended that Oracle Technology users apply the patches as soon as possible. Key products affected include: Oracle Database 11g Oracle Application Server 10gR2 Oracle Identity Management 10g Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Oracle E-Business Suite Oracle Transportation Manager Oracle Agile PeopleSoft Enterprise People [...]
Top 10 Best Internet Security Suites
Norton Internet Security 2010 took top spot in PCWorld’s internet security suites test. In comprehensive testing conducted by German security lab, AV-Test, PCWorld “looked not only at traditional signature-based detection but also at how well the suites cleaned infections, removed rookits, and detected malware based on behavioral analysis.” In the 13 products that were tested, [...]
Internet Searches: Therapists Reaching Beyond, All In Good Faith?
So I’m looking through my feeds today… reading the headlines, scouring the net, searching for something interesting. The iPad is coming to stores soon… possibly. Google mobile services have been partially blocked in China. Nothing catching my eye just yet… An iPhone for Verizon may debut before year end. Microsoft has patched a number of [...]
BitDefender Update Causes Windows Shut Down
Having issues with your PC after the latest BitDefender update? It’s not just you. Apparently a recent update for BitDefender brought down a number of Windows computers, mostly throughout the US and France. This only affected 64-bit Windows 7 and Vista users and has been acknowledged by BitDefender, “Due to a recent update it is [...]
Google Halts Censoring in China, Redirects to Hong Kong
Google announced today that they have stopped censoring their search services on Google China. Google says… Figuring out how to make good on our promise to stop censoring search on Google.cn has been hard. We want as many people in the world as possible to have access to our services, including users in mainland China, [...]
Bug Confirmed in Newest Mozilla Firefox 3.6
Mozilla confirmed yesterday with sufficient details that a vulnerability in the latest Firefox release could result in remote code execution by an attacker. ComputerWorld tells us the “the bug was disclosed by Russian researcher Evgeny Legerov a month ago in a message posted on a forum hosted by Immunity, the Miami beach, Fla. developer best [...]
Panda Security Helps FBI Take Down Global Hackers
Cyber criminals related to the Mariposa botnet were finally arrested last month. The Mariposa botnet, a network of 12 zombie computers assembled together to steal personal information, is believed to have infected approximately 13 million computers in more than 190 countries. The botnet spread over P2P networks, infected USB drives and through web links. After [...]
Internet Explorer Flaw Causes Malware Vulnerability
Are you using Internet Explorer 7 or 8? Beware, it’s possible that you are at risk for a recently discovered vulnerability revealed by iSEC Security Research. “Microsoft is investigating new public claims of a vulnerability involving the use of VBScript and Windows Help files within Internet Explorer,” says Jerry Bryant, senior manager with the Microsoft [...]
Apple Admits to Using Child Labor
As a massive company that relies on foreign contractors, “Apple is committed to ensuring the highest standards of social responsibility wherever our products are made.” Apparently, those foreign contractors are not as keen on Apple’s outlook regarding social responsibility. In Apple’s 2009 audit for 102 of their supplier facilities, 17 “core” (another word for “serious”) [...]
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