Posted on July 31, 2010 by Paul Hartsock
Wikileaks this week let fly with a gusher of data, and at 90,000 documents strong, it’s being called the biggest informational leak in the history of the U.S. military. The site has published tens of thousands of sensitive reports, memos and files regarding the war in Afghanistan, and analysts are just beginning to pick through them, digest them, and assess their full scope.
Continue ReadingPosted on July 30, 2010 by Erika Morphy
Facebook has jumped into the online Q&A space with Facebook Questions, a beta feature that can be viewed by all Facebook users. This is how it works: Click on the “Ask Question” feature, which can be found in the status bar. Type in a query — say, “What is the best pizza restaurant in Adams Morgan?” The question becomes visible to all Facebook users.
Continue ReadingPosted on July 30, 2010 by Katherine Noyes
Amazon’s new, slimmed-down Kindle devices are notable for several things, not the least of which are the upgrades to their experimental WebKit browser. It’s faster and easier to navigate, says Amazon, and its new "article mode" feature extracts the main text-based content from Web pages for easier reading. Free Web browsing with Kindle over 3G or WiFi is also part of the package, thanks to a new beta program.
Continue ReadingPosted on July 30, 2010 by Richard Adhikari
Microsoft recently announced record revenues of $16.04 billion for its fourth fiscal quarter of the year, which ended June 30. This was 22 percent up year over year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were up 49 percent, 48 percent and 50 percent, respectively, year over year.
Continue ReadingPosted on July 30, 2010 by Erika Morphy
Apple is looking into reports that its iOS 4 does not run well on older devices such as the iPhone 3G and 3GS. To be sure, Apple has warned from the beginning that not all of the features — in particular, the multitasking in iOS 4 — could be supported on older devices. However, owners of those phones have found that upgrading resulted in problems more extreme than the lack of new features.
Continue ReadingPosted on July 29, 2010 by Richard Adhikari
Security researcher Barnaby Jack demonstrated remote hacks against two automated teller machines that made them spew out money at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday. A large number of ATMs are vulnerable to remote and physical attacks, said Jack, who works for IOActive. The manufacturers of the ATMs, Triton Systems and Tranax, have patched the vulnerabilities, Jack found.
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