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News in Computers > Internet on 05/02/2013
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New posts HP revamps FlexFabric fixed and modular switches 0 TheRegister Data Networking RSS | Source 7 05/03/2013 at 00:35:12

New carrier-grade router and a virty one, too

The Interop networking extravaganza kicks off next week in Las Vegas, and Hewlett-Packard's Networking division is trying to get a jump on all of the chatter by previewing its latest FlexFabric fixed and modular switches as well as rolling out a new carrier-grade physical router and a virtual one.…

New posts New Zealand's internet bad boy wants to see top U.S. lawman 0 Yahoo! Tech/Internet News RSS | Source 6 05/02/2013 at 20:40:15

Holder refers to his notes during testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in WashingtonBy David Ingram and Naomi Tajitsu WASHINGTON/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A trip to New Zealand will put America's chief prosecutor on the same soil as a flashy internet mogul who is fighting extradition to the United States on charges he assisted massive piracy of copyrighted movies and music. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder visits New Zealand next week for an annual meeting of a "quintet" of attorneys general from mostly English-speaking countries - and not to meet up with the entrepreneur Kim Dotcom. ...


New posts Rare working Apple-1 to go on auction block this month 0 CNET news.com - Digital Life News RSS | Source 5 05/02/2013 at 17:47:07
Thought to be one of only six operational original Apple computers in existence, the Apple-1 is expected to fetch as much as $392,000.
New posts Apple's bond plan estimated to save $9.2 billion in taxes 0 CNET news.com - Digital Life News RSS | Source 5 05/02/2013 at 17:16:59
The company is estimated to be saving more than $9 billion in taxes that it would have had to pay to bring its overseas cash to the U.S.
New posts Weebly refreshes its website publishing tools 0 Yahoo! Tech/Internet News RSS | Source 9 05/02/2013 at 16:37:43

Logo of Web-building service Weebly is seen at its headquarters in San Francisco, CaliforniaBy Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - For futurists in Silicon Valley, the question is fundamental, almost philosophical: In the coming years, will the humble website still be the dominant way we interact with the Internet? For David Rusenko, the 27-year-old founder and chief executive of global website builder Weebly, the answer is: Of course! On Thursday, Weebly unveiled a refresh of its publishing suite, which allows people to simply drag and drop page elements like images and headlines onto a canvas to build a site. ...


New posts LinkedIn second-quarter revenue forecast falls short of targets 0 Yahoo! Tech/Internet News RSS | Source 7 05/02/2013 at 16:33:02

The logo for LinkedIn Corporation, a social networking networking website for people in professional occupations, is shown in Mountain ViewBy Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - LinkedIn Corp forecast second-quarter revenue that fell short of expectations, sending its shares down roughly 8 percent in after hours trading on Thursday. The online social network for professionals said revenue in the current quarter would range from $342 million to $347 million, compared with the $359.3 million expected on average by analysts, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. The company said net income for the first quarter rose to $22.6 million, or 20 cents a share, from $5 million, or 4 cents a share, over the same period. ...


New posts What should CNET Road Trip not miss in the Midwest? 0 CNET news.com - Digital Life News RSS | Source 5 05/02/2013 at 23:27:39
CNET's Daniel Terdiman wants your ideas on where to take his Road Trip 2013 project this summer. Suggest an idea he uses, and you could win a prize.
New posts iMac buyers can now opt for a solid-state drive 0 CNET news.com - Digital Life News RSS | Source 11 05/02/2013 at 21:01:54
For some extra money, consumers can swap out a conventional disk drive for some fast flash storage.
New posts Lego book does world landmarks in plastic (Q&A) 0 CNET news.com - Digital Life News RSS | Source 9 05/02/2013 at 21:19:17
Warren Elsmore's colorful "Brick City" takes Lego to new heights, with re-creations of famous landmarks made from thousands of Lego pieces.
New posts Funny or Die's ill-received Steve Jobs film heads to DVD, Hulu 0 CNET news.com - Digital Life News RSS | Source 10 05/02/2013 at 22:11:50
The comedic effort at the life and success of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has gone off the site, and is being sold on DVD.
New posts Apple's iOS 6.1.4 tweaks iPhone 5 speakerphone 0 CNET news.com - Digital Life News RSS | Source 11 05/02/2013 at 22:38:16
New update changes the speakerphone audio profile but brings no other modifications.
New posts Twitter hires Morgan Stanley banker with IPO, M&A background 0 Yahoo! Tech/Internet News RSS | Source 11 05/02/2013 at 13:47:39

An illustration picture shows the log-on icon for the Website Twitter on an Ipad in BordeauxSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter has hired Cynthia Gaylor from Morgan Stanley to run its corporate development team, bringing in a veteran investment banker with experience in acquisitions and initial public offerings. Twitter, which announced Gaylor's hiring in a tweet on Thursday, is expected to be the next big IPO to emerge from Silicon Valley. But executives have kept quiet about the company's precise plans. ...


New posts Apple counting up to 50 billion App Store downloads 0 CNET news.com - Digital Life News RSS | Source 9 05/02/2013 at 13:32:38
The company's giving out $10,000 in App Store credit to the person who downloads the 50 billionth app.
New posts Warren Buffett joins Twitter, gains 1,000 followers a minute 0 Yahoo! Tech/Internet News RSS | Source 10 05/02/2013 at 13:25:55
(Reuters) - Warren Buffett accumulates Twitter followers even faster than he makes money. The 82-year-old "Oracle of Omaha" joined the service and sent his first tweet on Thursday, picking up more than 45,000 followers in just under 45 minutes. "Warren is in the house," Buffett said under the handle "@WarrenBuffett." The handle was not officially verified by Twitter, but was confirmed by Fortune magazine, which hosted Buffett for a live webcast Thursday. It was billed as the first social media event for the notoriously technology-averse billionaire. ...
New posts Warren Buffett joins Twitter, gains 10,000 followers in 10 minutes 0 Yahoo! Tech/Internet News RSS | Source 11 05/02/2013 at 12:48:41

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett attends the Allen & Co Media Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho(Reuters) - Warren Buffett is an avowed avoider of high technology, but even the world's most famous investor cannot dodge Twitter. The 82-year-old "Oracle of Omaha" joined the service and sent his first tweet on Thursday. "Warren is in the house," Buffett said under the handle "@WarrenBuffett" - which garnered more than 10,000 followers in the first 10 minutes. Buffett's digital debut came during a live webcast hosted by Fortune magazine, which earlier on Thursday published an essay by the Berkshire Hathaway Inc CEO calling on men to help boost women in the workplace. ...


New posts Meet the man warp-driving the 'Star Trek' bridge restoration 0 CNET news.com - Digital Life News RSS | Source 8 05/02/2013 at 12:07:33
Superfan Huston Huddleston is guiding a mind-boggling restoration of the Enterprise bridge from "Star Trek: The Next Generation," taking it from trash to sci-fi treasure.
New posts Angry Birds Friends flocks to iOS and Android 0 CNET news.com - Digital Life News RSS | Source 10 05/02/2013 at 20:26:10
Rovio's new mobile app challenges users to compete against their Facebook friends.
New posts Monster Worldwide to buy back shares if sale doesn't go through 0 Yahoo! Tech/Internet News RSS | Source 9 05/02/2013 at 11:23:18
By Mridhula Raghavan (Reuters) - Online recruitment company Monster Worldwide Inc, which has been up for sale for more than a year, said it would buy back shares if a sale did not go through. Shares of the company, which reported quarterly revenue above Wall Street estimates for the first time in seven quarters, rose as much as 13 percent on Thursday. Monster shares had lost almost half their value in the last 12 months through Wednesday. ...
New posts Apple envisions curved batteries for mobile devices 0 CNET news.com - Digital Life News RSS | Source 11 05/02/2013 at 18:38:12
Two newly-published patent filings describe curved and non-rectangular batteries that could fit into a portable electronic devices.
New posts Dutch ponder giving police the right to hack 0 Yahoo! Computer Security RSS | Source 11 05/02/2013 at 09:49:23
The Dutch government has unveiled the draft of a law that would give police investigating online crimes the right to hack into computers in the Netherlands or abroad and install spyware or destroy files. ...
New posts J.C. Penney apologizes for former Apple exec's moves 0 CNET news.com - Digital Life News RSS | Source 9 05/02/2013 at 17:40:52
The company has launched a new ad campaign admitting that it had made mistakes, and asked that customers would come back to its stores.
New posts Facebook: Yeah, we'll ban chainsaw beheading vids - when journos call us 0 TheRegister Internet RSS | Source 11 05/02/2013 at 08:44:09

Regular stalkbook users? You're out of luck... bitch

Facebook has agreed to ban a bloody and disturbing video of two men being decapitated with a chainsaw and a second vid depicting a woman being beheaded by a masked man - after initially refusing to ban the clips. The social network appears to have experienced this change of heart after it was contacted by journalists.…

New posts Facebook: Yep, we'll ban chainsaw beheading vids - when journos call us 0 TheRegister Internet RSS | Source 13 05/02/2013 at 08:44:09

Regular stalkbook users? You're out of luck... bitch

Facebook has agreed to ban a bloody and disturbing video of two men being decapitated with a chainsaw and a second vid depicting a woman being beheaded by a masked man - after initially refusing to ban the clips. The social network appears to have experienced this change of heart after it was contacted by journalists.…

New posts Want to know what CIA spooks really think of spy movies and books? 0 TheRegister Internet RSS | Source 14 05/02/2013 at 05:02:40

Tinker, tailor, soldier, critic

CIA spooks are attempting to prove they deserve the word intelligence in their job titles by moonlighting as arts critics.…

New posts A10 ships new iron, OS 0 TheRegister Data Networking RSS | Source 7 05/02/2013 at 01:42:32

Layer 4 connections per-second-per-Watt as a measure of green, anyone?

A10 Networks has announced new gateway devices and a revision to its ACOS operating system.…

New posts Londoners in mass test of telly tech savvy as 4G filters mailed out 0 TheRegister Internet RSS | Source 15 04/18/2013 at 07:43:07

Come on granny, you must know where your booster is?

Some 28,000 London suburbanites will have 40 days to fit their free 4G filters, before Freeview television frequencies are swamped with faked 4G networking signals in a mass test of the British public's ability to plug stuff in.…

New posts Apple branded porno-peddling perverts by Chinese Pravda 0 TheRegister Internet RSS | Source 14 04/18/2013 at 05:04:11

State rag claims it found Cupertino's XXX stash

A state-run Chinese newspaper has attempted to name and shame Apple for allegedly spreading smut in the People's Republic.…

New posts Oracle gussies up Xsigo switching as Virtual Networking and SDN 0 TheRegister Data Networking RSS | Source 7 04/04/2013 at 21:15:12

Lashes new Sparc T5 and M5 servers to each other and storage

Oracle is ratcheting up the virtual networking wars with the relaunch of its Xsigo line of I/O director switches.…

New posts Guide man Frommer buys his name back from Google, plans eBooks 0 TheRegister Internet RSS | Source 7 04/04/2013 at 14:29:06

Presumably nobody will seek the content in Google+

Google has handed the rights to the Frommer brand of travel guides back to Arthur Frommer, after the Chocolate Factory snapped it up from publisher Wiley just last year.…

New posts Ancient website from 1999: By Mark Zuckerberg aged 15 0 TheRegister Internet RSS | Source 10 04/04/2013 at 11:36:07

I will put you on The Web and link you ... bitch

A website that might just have been created by a 15-year-old Mark Zuckerberg way back in 1999 has been uncovered by Hacker News.…

New posts Google offers Adwords deals - but you can't trust their numbers 0 TheRegister Internet RSS | Source 13 04/04/2013 at 08:26:11

A load of balls from Mountain View's maths wizards

Google's Adwords platform has always been something of a mystery, to put it mildly - the only certainty about it is that it makes a lot of money for Google - but nobody has caught it out using numbers which are definitely, verifiably untrue.…

New posts Hate being stalked by Facebook? Why not try Google+ stalking 0 TheRegister Internet RSS | Source 10 04/04/2013 at 07:03:12

Offering ad guys that crucial Bieber-Beeber demographic

Google is fattening up its single sign-in feature that was opened up to mobile and web apps in February. This is the feature that allows netizens to use their Google+ usernames and passwords to log into accounts on third-party systems.…

New posts Heavenly networker Pertino pockets $20m to take on Cisco Meraki 0 TheRegister Data Networking RSS | Source 6 03/07/2013 at 19:08:18

Cloud Network Engine powers up for epic battle

If you want to take on Cisco Systems in the nascent cloud networking-as-a-service market, you are going to need money. Lots of money. And so plucky upstart Pertino Networks, which just uncloaked from stealth mode last month, has gathered up some new investors and hit up its existing ones to fill up its war chest.…