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News in Computers > Internet on 05/03/2013
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New posts Man facing charges linked to SpyEye virus 0 Yahoo! Computer Security RSS | Source 8 05/03/2013 at 18:21:44
An Algerian man accused of helping to develop and market a computer program that drained millions of dollars from bank accounts around the world pleaded not guilty Friday to nearly two dozen charges. A ...
New posts Traces of malware activity detected in App Store game 0 CNET news.com - Digital Life News RSS | Source 7 05/03/2013 at 22:35:14
A suspicious iframe link has been detected in an App Store program. Here's why you shouldn't worry.
New posts Tech group pushing to ease rules for exporting broken phones 0 CNET news.com - Digital Life News RSS | Source 9 05/03/2013 at 23:41:02
A trade group that represents Apple, Hewlett Packard, and other tech giants is pushing new language for an international treaty that one watchdog group says could open the floodgates to toxic e-waste exportation.
New posts Kevin Smith knocks LA Times' reddit article for reporting 'opinions as fact' 0 Yahoo! Tech/Internet News RSS | Source 9 05/03/2013 at 14:48:25

Smith, director and writer of movie "Zack and Miri Make a Porno", poses in Los AngelesBy Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Kevin Smith is criticizing an article published in the LA Times on Thursday for reporting opinions about his career and internet activity as fact. Through a series of tweets, the "Clerks" director offered corrections to Matthew Fleischer's article titled "Can Hollywood's star machine master Reddit's 'Ask Me Anything'?" "NOT mad at all and NOT starting a jihad," he began, "But the author includes two of his opinions as fact that are incorrect and easily fact-checked. ...


New posts No tweets for me, Buffett's second-in-command says 0 Yahoo! Tech/Internet News RSS | Source 8 05/03/2013 at 14:20:21

Charlie Munger speaks to Reuters during an interview in OmahaBy Jennifer Ablan and Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - So they are not completely in sync after all. A day after Berkshire Hathaway Inc Chairman Warren Buffett set up his own account on Twitter, his second-in-command, Charlie Munger, said he has no plans to follow the legendary investor's lead. Buffett, 82, launched his "@WarrenBuffett" account with the tweet "Warren is in the house," and immediately started adding followers at the rate of 1,000 per minute. ...


New posts Man facing charges linked to computer virus 0 Yahoo! Computer Security RSS | Source 7 05/03/2013 at 14:09:45
An Algerian man is set to appear in court on charges he created and marketed a computer program that drained millions of dollars from bank accounts around the world. U.S. Attorney Sally Yates Friday said ...
New posts New Galaxy S4 ad trashes Apple: iPhone is so old 0 CNET news.com - Digital Life News RSS | Source 5 05/03/2013 at 13:34:02
Having gotten over its tame international launch of the S4, Samsung's American arm resumes its denigration of Apple, suggesting only old folks own an iPhone.
New posts Expelled girl's 'bomb': Toilet cleaner and foil 0 CNET news.com - Digital Life News RSS | Source 8 05/03/2013 at 12:38:30
As the scientific community rallies around Kiera Wilmot, the 16-year-old expelled for a scientific experiment gone slightly awry, court papers reveal hers was an ordinary experiment. The school, meanwhile, insists it did the right thing.
New posts Spotify buys music discovery company Tunigo 0 CNET news.com - Digital Life News RSS | Source 7 05/03/2013 at 19:57:31
The music service puts its money on Tunigo, a long-time partner that has had its own discovery app on Spotify.
New posts Ericsson sees tough fight in Chinese 4G, brighter signs elsewhere 0 Yahoo! Computer Security RSS | Source 12 05/03/2013 at 08:40:44

Vestberg, president and chief executive of Ericsson Group, speaks during his keynote address at 2012 International CES in Las VegasSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ericsson expects cut-throat competition between telecoms equipment makers as China prepares to spend billions of dollars on high-speed networks, punishing margins at a time when profitability is already under pressure. A decade-long price war launched by Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE has already forced suppliers like Nortel and Motorola out of the market while smaller players like Alcatel-Lucent are mired in losses. Equipment makers hoping the roll-out of 4G - also known as LTE - networks in China later this year will ease industry problems will be disappointed. ...


New posts China official charged in sex scandal amid microblog uproar 0 Yahoo! Tech/Internet News RSS | Source 12 05/03/2013 at 07:18:24
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will charge a district Communist Party official with corruption, which carries a maximum penalty of death, after images of him having sex with his mistress were splashed across microblog websites last year, state media said on Friday. Graphic video footage of Lei Zhengfu, a district party chief in the southwestern city of Chongqing, and his mistress was widely circulated on the Internet, causing an uproar among microbloggers. Lei was later sacked. ...
New posts How Twitter fueled a market swoon 0 Yahoo! Computer Security RSS | Source 13 05/03/2013 at 03:22:00

A stock trader works the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 23, when the market dropped sharply due to a hacked Twitter account. A fake report posted by hackers on the Associated Press Twitter feed caused the S&P 500 to drop 0.9 percent


New posts AWS speeds content delivery, Gangnam style 0 TheRegister Data Networking RSS | Source 13 05/03/2013 at 05:24:11

CloudFront and Route 53 customers come to South Korea

Developers and businesses keen to reach customers in the the most connected country on the planet received a boost this week after Amazon Web Services announced a South Korean edge location in Seoul for its CloudFront and Route 53 platforms.…

New posts Samsung, BlackBerry devices cleared for use on U.S. defense networks 0 Yahoo! Tech/Internet News RSS | Source 10 05/02/2013 at 23:41:26

A U.S. Marine, who is part of a military honor guard, takes his position before a welcoming ceremony for German Defense Minister de Maiziere at the Pentagon in WashingtonBy David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday cleared BlackBerry and Samsung mobile devices for use on Defense Department networks, a step toward opening up the military to a wide variety of technology equipment makers while still ensuring communications security. Lieutenant Colonel Damien Pickart, a Pentagon spokesman, said the department cleared the use of BlackBerry 10 smart phones and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets using its Enterprise Service 10 system, as well as Samsung's Android Knox. ...


New posts Chinese firm deluged with applications for e-smut appraising job 0 TheRegister Internet RSS | Source 10 04/19/2013 at 18:30:39

$32,400 a year to find the obscene online

A Chinese company has received 5,000 resumes and 300,000 emails expressing interest after it advertised for a "chief appraiser" of pornography.…

New posts YouTube beats off $1bn Viacom copyright case once AGAIN 0 TheRegister Internet RSS | Source 7 04/19/2013 at 15:59:11

Judge still reckons video site is a 'safe harbour'

The courts have once more sided with YouTube in the copyright case brought against it by Viacom and others.…

New posts WikiLeaker Assange, Google's Schmidt and a secret 5-hour chinwag 0 TheRegister Internet RSS | Source 13 04/19/2013 at 13:08:04

'We are obviously sympathetic' revealed in transcript

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt privately met WikiLeaker-in-chief Julian Assange while the computer hacker was holed up under strict bail terms.…

New posts British bookworms deem Amazon 'evil' 0 TheRegister Internet RSS | Source 9 04/19/2013 at 11:00:10

Chuck away your e-reader - everyone else is

Something for the Weekend, Sir? “My only real prediction is that it’s all changing.”…

New posts Juniper future-proofs 'programmable' switches in Cisco battle 0 TheRegister Data Networking RSS | Source 6 04/05/2013 at 16:54:03

EX9200 40GE modular switches will ramp to 100GE later this year

Juniper networks has trotted out a new line of EX series modular Ethernet switches that will scale up to 100 Gigabit/sec links later this year – and its timing is spot on. With a resurgent Cisco Systems on its hands, Juniper Networks must work harder to get attention and peddle networking gear to the world's data centers and corporate campuses.…

New posts Movie bosses demand Google take down takedown notices 0 TheRegister Internet RSS | Source 7 04/05/2013 at 14:04:27

Arrgh, cut myself on this damn double-edged sword

Movie studios have taken the fight against piracy to a whole new level by sending takedown notices to Google asking it to remove links to their takedown notices.…

New posts Brit musos now trouser more crumpled fivers from online music than radio 0 TheRegister Internet RSS | Source 8 04/05/2013 at 10:38:12

Annual British royalties cheque check

For the first time, online services are dishing out more money to British songwriters and composers than radio. Music authors bagged £641.8m last year worldwide from the performance of their music, up 1.7 per cent from 2011. The annual figures (PDF) from the Performing Rights Society (aka "PRS for Music" - still) provide an indication of the export health of the British music industry.…

New posts Freeview telly test suggests 4G interference may not be a big deal 0 TheRegister Internet RSS | Source 13 04/05/2013 at 07:58:11

Do you know where your booster is? Or if you have one?

A trial 4G network, covering 22,000 homes just left of Birmingham, only interfered with TV reception in 15 of them - paving the way for an interference-free rollout over the summer, we're told.…