| AT&T won't stop Black Hat demo |
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:46:00 GMT
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Hacker to demonstrate how to intercept a mobile phone callAT&T says it won't interfere with a highly anticipated talk on intercepting mobile phone calls at the Black Hat conference this week, even though rumours are circulating that it will do just that. |
| Apple iMac comes with Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors |
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:31:00 GMT
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Apple dumps Core 2 Duo, Nvidia graphics in iMac revampApple has refreshed its iMac line for the first time since October 2009 by adopting Intel's Core i3, i5 and i7 processors across the board and abandoning NVidia's integrated graphics chipset for ATI-branded graphics processors. |
| Intel uses light to transfer data inside PCs |
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:19:00 GMT
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Optical technology could replace copper wiresIntel announced it had developed a prototype interconnect that uses light to speed up data transmission inside computers at the speed of 50 gigabits per second. |
| Panasonic shows first consumer 3D camcorders |
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:00:00 GMT
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Panasonic TM750 available from OctoberPanasonic unveiled its first two consumer camcorders capable of recording video in 3D on Wednesday. |
| E Ink screen maker ramping up to meet Kindle demand |
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:55:00 GMT
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Amazon Kindle sells outE Ink Holdings, the company that makes the screens for Amazon.com's Kindle, said it is dedicated to increasing capacity to meet the requirements of the market, after Amazon revealed that its $189 Kindle had sold out. A representative for the Taiwanese company, which used to be called Prime View International before it bought US technology developer E Ink, said she could not comment on any specific clients. |
| Vodafone India introduces solar powered phone |
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:50:00 GMT
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Green power phone is a reponse to unreliable energy supplyVodafone Essar, the Indian subsidiary of Vodafone Group, launched a solar powered mobile phone in India on Tuesday, aiming to address problems with the unstable electricity supply in many parts of the country. |
| Aerohive set to upgrade OS |
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:21:00 GMT
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New enhancements set to improve SLA as wellWLAN specialist Aerohive has launched a new version of its Hive AP operating system (HiveOS) offering a series of enhancements that it claimed would enable its customers to take more control of their wireless networks. |
| SaaS market set to rocket |
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:59:00 GMT
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IDC survey predicts 25 percent annual growthWhile there are signs that the SaaS market is moving, we ain't seen nothing yet. According to a new report from IDC, the worldwide SaaS market is set to reach an eyebrow-raising $40.5 billion by 2014 – that's a compound annual growth rate of around 25 percent. |
| Avaya takes on Microsoft, Cisco |
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:20:00 GMT
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IP telephony firm switches up to unified communicationsWhile Avaya's contact center and unified communications announcements last week signal the company wants a dominant position in those areas, it faces internal challenges and formidable competitors including Microsoft and Cisco. |
| Afghanistan war logs: Wikileaks changes journalism with crowd sourced data |
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:59:00 GMT
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US Government condemns publication; Assange invites researchers to sort classified dataThe release by Wikileaks of more than 90,000 documents about military operations in Afghanistan may just be the start of similar problems for the US government. |
| Black Hat to keep quiet about planned controversial talks |
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:50:00 GMT
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Founder wants to avoid pressure not to reveal important security issuesThe organisers of the Black Hat conference series may withhold details of selected talks at future events to avoid pressure from outside groups to cancel them. |
| Ofcom: Average UK broadband speed is 5.2Mbps |
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:25:00 GMT
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Gap between actual and advertised speeds is growingThe average fixed line broadband speed in the UK has increased by 25 percent to 5.2Mbps, says Ofcom. |
| Open source startup takes over OpenSSO |
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:15:00 GMT
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Authentication technology abandoned by OracleA Norwegian startup is assuming responsibility for maintaining an open source web authentication technology originally developed by Sun Microsystems, and seemingly neglected by Oracle, which purchased Sun in January. The company, ForgeRock, has released a new version of Sun's Open Single Sign On (OpenSSO) Enterprise software, called OpenAM, that adheres to the OpenSSO roadmap established by Sun. |
| OLED shortage prompts HTC to switch to Super LCD screens |
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:50:00 GMT
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Android phones to get alternate display technologyHTC on Monday announced it would use Super LCD (SLCD) display technology from Sony on its latest batch of mobile phones, replacing AMOLED screens supplied by Samsung. The move comes as shortages of HTC devices like the HTC Desire forced the company to find an alternative to replenish its stocks. HTC announced the decision in a press release published by the website SlashGear. |
| Wireless Power Consortium floats laptop charging industry standard |
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:30:00 GMT
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Engineers working on wireless charging specificationThe Wireless Power Consortium said Monday that it will start working on a new specification for wirelessly charging laptops. The consortium will develop a medium power wireless charging specification with a maximum output of 120 watts, said Menno Treffers, chairman of the steering group at the Wireless Power Consortium. That should be enough for wireless charging of devices like laptops and netbooks, he said. |
| Dell drops Ubuntu Linux PCs from website |
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:00:00 GMT
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Online store no longer selling open source operating systemDespite previously claiming that Linux systems are safer than those running Windows, PC maker Dell has stopped selling computers preinstalled with the Ubuntu operating system via its website - the principle source of orders for the company. Dell will continue to sell laptops and desktop machines preloaded with Ubuntu Linux - but only over the phone. |
| Citi's iPhone mobile banking app has critical bug |
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:30:00 GMT
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iPhone app saves access codes, Citi banking data on phone and synced computersCitigroup has urged customers conducting mobile banking from their iPhones to immediately upgrade because a security flaw in the older app secreted account information on the smartphone. |
| Black Hat alternatives: Hackers flock to Las Vegas for security conference season |
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:14:00 GMT
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DefCon, Security B-Sides, Toxic BBQ all in one city in one weekTwo premier security conferences - Black Hat and DefCon - run back-to-back in Las Vegas this week, each with their own distinct flavour. But even these events don't meet the needs of all computer security pros, setting the stage for a widening set of satellite events. |
| EMC launches midrange deduplication array |
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:05:00 GMT
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Data Domain DD670 is twice as fast as its predecessor, scales to 76TBEMC announced three new products, including a new midrange Data Domain deduplication appliance, a new disk archive system with deduplication for mainfames and a disk library series with arrays that scale from 8TB to 1.4PB. |
| Industrial virus revives power grid hacking fears |
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:05:00 GMT
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Safety of power plants and distribution in questionLast week's disclosure of a sophisticated malware program targeting control system software from Siemens AG has renewed long-standing concerns about whether the US power grid can withstand targeted cyberattacks. The malware program, called Stuxnet, is designed to exploit a Windows Zero Day flaw to find and steal industrial data from Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems running Siemens' Simatic WinCC or PCS 7 software. |
| Google launches Apps suite for government |
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:00:00 GMT
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Google Apps for Government features enhanced securityHoning in on the lucrative government market for business applications, Google introduced on Monday Google Apps for Government, featuring its suite of cloud-based business applications equipped with extra security precautions. |
| Free antivirus software tool blocks Windows shortcut attacks |
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:00:00 GMT
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Microsoft won't endorse Sophos tool, tells user to cripple shortcuts insteadThe security firm Sophos released a tool on Monday that it claimed will block any attacks trying to exploit the critical unpatched vulnerability in Windows' shortcut files. |
| iPhone jailbreaking is legal, says US Library of Congress |
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:50:00 GMT
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Apple loses bid to criminalise hackApple lost its bid today to criminalize "jailbreaking," the practice of hacking an iPhone to install unauthorized apps on the smartphone, according to a decision by the US Copyright Office and the Library of Congress. The decision, which was announced Monday by Librarian of Congress James Billington, adds jailbreaking to the list of practices that do not violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). |
| UAE: BlackBerry offshore storage violates the law |
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:25:00 GMT
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BlackBerrys may violate a data handling law passed in 2007, regulator saysThe offshore storage of data by Research In Motion for its BlackBerry smartphones conflicts with a 2007 law passed in the United Arab Emirates, the country's telecommunications regulator has said. |
| Snort, Suricata creators in heated debate |
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:31:00 GMT
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Are the open source projects irrevocably damaged?Serious accusations from two highly talented experts in intrusion detection leave the rest of us wondering just where IDS is headed. Matt Jonkman and Martin Roesch have been bickering. Jonkman's claims that IDS technology has been "stagnant for the last five years" prompted Roesch, the author of the venerable Snort, to fire back that Suricata is "a clone of Snort that performs worse at taxpayer's expense." |