Microsoft releases fix-it for Internet Explorer 8 vulnerability

Microsoft has released a temporary fix for a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8, which was used by hackers in a prominent attack against the U.S. Department of Labor's website. The problem is particularly dangerous since it can allow an attacker...

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New boot firmware a step toward 64-bit Windows RT

A standards organization has created a boot environment for tablets and PCs that could potentially run a 64-bit version of Windows RT. The UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Forum on Wednesday announced that its boot firmware specifications...

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Sony profitable again, but core electronics still struggling

Sony made good on a promise to return to profitability after offloading a number of valuable assets last year, but its core electronics business is still losing money. The Tokyo-based company said Thursday it booked a profit of ¥43 billion (US$440 million)...

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Microsoft extends revenue per search agreement with Yahoo

Microsoft has extended a search revenue guarantee agreement with Yahoo for one more year, amid reports that the Internet company is trying to break its 10-year agreement with Microsoft. The Redmond, Washington, software company, has agreed to extend...

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Stealthy Web server malware spreads further

A stealthy malicious software program is taking hold in some of the most popular Web servers, and researchers still don't know why. Last week, security companies Eset and Sucuri found Apache servers infected with Linux/Cdorked. If that malware is running...

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Passwords: You're doing it wrong. Here's how to make them uncrackable.

For years now I've harangued relatives about their shoddy password practices. Either they use easily-hacked passwords or forget the passwords they've created—sometimes both. If you won't take it from me, beloved family, consider this Password Day (yes,...

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Senate passes Internet sales tax

The U.S. Senate has voted to allow states to collect sales tax from online retailers, making it more difficult to buy tax-free products online. The Senate's vote of 69-27 for the Marketplace Fairness Act late Monday sends the bill to the House of Representatives,...

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Microsoft's Windows Blue to be available later this year

Microsoft's update of its Windows 8 operating system, code-named Windows Blue, will be available later this year, supporting a variety of form factors and display sizes, and providing more options for both businesses and consumers. "The Windows Blue...

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China's Baidu expands online video business with $370 million acquisition

China's largest search engine Baidu is getting closer to becoming the country's largest online video provider with a new US$370 million acquisition. Baidu is spending the money to buy the online video business of PPS, a popular video sharing company...

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Google plans video subscription service on YouTube

Google plans to offer a video subscription service on YouTube, which according to a newspaper report, the company may announce this week. YouTube is "looking into creating a subscription platform that could bring even more great content to YouTube for...

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McAfee to acquire firewall maker Stonesoft

McAfee plans to acquire Stonesoft, a Helsinki-based maker of firewalls, for US$389 million in cash, the companies said Monday. The Intel subsidiary said firewalls are one of the fastest growing products in network security, which it plans to grow, according...

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Amazon's new China app store could help pave way for Kindle products

Amazon.com has updated its mobile app store to include support for its Chinese customers, in a sign that the U.S. company could be preparing to sell its Kindle e-readers and tablets in the country. The update effectively launches a new version of Amazon's...

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Cyberattack affected US defense contractor over three-year period

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Windows RT tablets already may be doomed, analysts say

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Twitter needs to grow up and take responsibility, some say

Network World - Twitter, the increasingly popular micro-blogging service, has come under quite a bit of criticism in the past few weeks. Users of the platform, which describes itself as an "information-sharing network" are struggling with what to...

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Amazon accidentally leaks world's first small-screen Windows 8 tablet

The first-ever small-screen Windows tablet made a brief appearance on Amazon.com today, before quickly being yanked from the online retailer's e-shelves. While Acer was busy showing off a smattering of large-screen Windows devices in New York Friday,...

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A telecom landmark gets wired for the cloud

The Pacific Bell tower in San Francisco, the high-rise headquarters of the phone company through eight decades and several name changes, was a monument to copper. When the 26-story skyscraper was built, Pac Bell's business was connecting people through...

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Google and Adobe beautify fonts on Linux, iOS

Users of Android, Chrome OS, Linux, and iOS devices may not realize it, but FreeType open source software is used to render fonts on more than a billion such devices. Not only that, but the FreeType project this week got a significant update from none...

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Lawsuit halts US bitcoin exchange partnership

A partnership that sought to make it easy for Americans and Canadians to buy the virtual currency bitcoin has dissolved into a US$75 million lawsuit. Bitcoin startup CoinLab alleges that the largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox in Tokyo, breached a November...

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Barnes & Noble boosts content on Nook with Google Play

Barnes & Noble is adding the Google Play store to HD versions of its Nook tablet, in a bid to counter slowing sales of its devices. Nook HD and Nook HD+ customers will be able to access over 700,000 Android apps and games, millions of songs and...

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China cracks down on Internet bird flu rumors

Chinese authorities have detained two Internet users for allegedly spreading rumors about the new bird flu virus on the nation's top Twitter-like microblogging site, Sina Weibo. The two Internet users, surnamed Li and Gong, deliberately created the...

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Australia mulls data breach notification law, but details are secret

Australia's government is keeping a tight hold on proposed data breach notification legislation that could become law before a federal election in September. The country does not have a data breach notification law. Instead, the federal government recommends...

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D-Link publishes beta patches for IP camera vulnerabilities

D-Link has published beta patches for vulnerabilities in the firmware of many of its IP surveillance cameras, which could allow a hacker to intercept a video stream. The company said on its support forum that it will publish a full release of the upgraded...

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Dish chairman says Sprint modernization has to be done from the US

Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen said Wednesday that his is an American company, and the modernization of Sprint Nextel's network will have to be done from the U.S. with operations control in the country, and English speaking staff. The remarks in...

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Report: Yahoo drops Dailymotion deal in face of French opposition

Yahoo has scrapped plans to invest in French online video site Dailymotion, after the French government opposed the Internet giant acquiring a majority stake in the company, according to reports. French Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg told Yahoo...

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Aging networking protocols abused in DDoS attacks

Aging networking protocols still employed by nearly every Internet-connected device are being abused by hackers to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Security vendor Prolexic found that attackers are increasingly using the protocols...

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Electricity zaps gamers' muscles for force feedback

A research project on show at the Computer Human Interaction conference in Paris uses a small electrical current to give the sensation of force feedback while gaming. The system, developed by researchers at Germany's Hasso Plattner Institute, involves...

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