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Hacker Shows How Cloud Could Wash Out Wireless Security

German hacker Thomas Roth's announcement that he used Amazon.com's cloud service to crack a wireless network security standard has left some security researchers scratching their heads. Others are merely shaking them in disbelief That attack was launched against the SHA-1 hash algorithm....

What’s Hiding Inside Android’s Honeycomb?

Remember the holographic message Princess Leia sent asking Obi Wan Kenobi for help in the movie "Star Wars"" That's apparently what Android 3.0, code-named "Honeycomb," will make mobile communications seem like "There will be heavy use of 3D-like interfaces throughout to create the impression of a hologram," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the En...

Redirecting the Furor Around WikiLeaks

The State Department has begun reaching out to hundreds of people identified in diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks, some of which were published recently, The New York Timesreports It has reportedly relocated some locally in their own countries, and others to foreign sites for their own safety....

Who’s Keeping Tabs on Tablet Security?

Forget the notebook, the netbook or the laptop; this is going to be the year of the tablet. Corporations from Salesforce.com to Mercedes-Benz and JPMorgan Chase have started equipping their executives with iPads. Meanwhile, a slew of new Android and Windows tablets have been taking the spotlight at CES this week, bolstering Gartner's prediction that media tablets and next-generation smartphones will increasingly eat into PC sales.

Microsoft Offers Band-Aid for New Windows Graphics Bug

Microsoft released a temporary fix on Wednesday for a vulnerability in its Windows Graphics Rendering Engine that it had warned users about only the previous day The vulnerability lets attackers run arbitrary code, taking over victims' computers....

Will Goldman Take Facebook Investors for a Ride in Its Special-Purpose Vehicle?

Goldman Sachs is in talks with wealthy investors in a quest to raise US$1.5 billion for Facebook, and the deal could take Facebook very close to the line dividing public and private enterprises Goldman first teamed up with Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies, which has already invested $500 million in Facebook, to pump more money into ...

Sprint Fires EVO Across Verizon’s 4G Bow

Sprint on Tuesday announced that it will offer the HTC EVO Shift 4G smartphone later this month ...

Intel Builds Sandy Bridge With a DRM Tollbooth

Intel has reportedly revealed details about its new family of laptop and desktop processors, code-named "Sandy Bridge." The processors, which will be demoed at the CES 2011 show in Las Vegas later this week, offer better energy performance, improved 3D and graphics performance, and can overclock when needed without overheating, according to press r...

Version Vexations: Keeping Big Linux Operations on the Same Page

Modern data centers with large number of Linux servers and heavy use of virtualization often don't have the tools they need to handle system version control and modeling "Twenty years ago, most companies had tens of servers to manage," said Erik Troan, founder and chief technology officer of rPath. "When Intel took over the data center, that grew t...

Vendors Let Fly With CES Tablet Teasers

It looks like this year's Consumer Electronics Show will yield a bumper crop of Android tablets, with news that Vizio, Lenovo and Toshiba will demo their products at the conference later this week ...

Expect a Cavalcade of Tablets, TVs and Superphones at CES

You'll see the weird, the wacky and the wonderful at this week's CES 2011, in addition to the standard array of bread-and-butter high-tech consumer electronics advances One of the items to be displayed is what's claimed to be the world's first consumer 3D camera that can recognize gesture-based applications....

Pirated Apps Smuggle Trojans Onto Android Phones

A new Trojan that can create botnets has emerged in China, according to Lookout Mobile Security This Trojan, dubbed "Geinimi," is the most sophisticated Android malware so far, the company said....

Nintendo’s 3DS Warning: Children, Avert Thine Eyes

Nintendo has issued a warning for parents of children under age 6: If you're planning on giving the kid a Nintendo 3DS when the device is released early next year, keep it in 2D mode The 3DS is a portable video game system capable of displaying 3D games without the use of special glasses. However, the warning (originally posted on Nintendo's Japane...

Android Watchers See Thunderbolts on Verizon’s Horizon

Verizon Wireless will reportedly unveil the HTC Thunderbolt 4G Android smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show, to be held in Las Vegas next week ...

Report: Mobile Malware Will Clobber Enterprise Security in 2011

iPads, iPhones and Android smartphones will be among the major targets for cybercriminals in the coming year, McAfee has warned That's because the consumerization of technology is leaving enterprise IT unprepared for the onslaught of personal devices in the corporate environment....

AT&T Rubs WiFi Balm on Chafed 3G Service Areas

AT&T on Tuesday announced plans to add more public WiFi hotspots in major markets. It has already put one in San Francisco's downtown Embarcadero Center. The wireless giant will also expand its existing Times Square WiFi hot zone and add new ones near Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City....

AT&T Rubs WiFi Balm on Chafed 3G Service Areas

AT&T on Tuesday announced plans to add more public WiFi hotspots in major markets. It has already put one in San Francisco's downtown Embarcadero Center. The wireless giant will also expand its existing Times Square WiFi hot zone and add new ones near Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City....

AT&T Rubs WiFi Balm on Chafed 3G Service Areas

AT&T on Tuesday announced plans to add more public WiFi hotspots in major markets. It has already put one in San Francisco's downtown Embarcadero Center. The wireless giant will also expand its existing Times Square WiFi hot zone and add new ones near Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City....

IBM Sees Visions of Holographic Cellphones Within 5 Years

Remember that holographic message from Princess Leia to Obi-Wan Kenobi in "Star Wars"? In five years' time, mobile phone users will be able to interact with three-dimensional (3D) holograms of people they're talking to, just like in the movie, according to an IBM prediction It's one of several future technologies IBM has predicted in its latest "Ne...

Report: Logitech Turns Volume Down on Google TV

Logitech has temporarily stopped ordering the Revue Google TV set-top boxes from its supplier, according to a recent Digitimes report The Logitech-branded Revue is a device used to provide users with the Google TV service....

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