On the Call: Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein
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AP - Palm Inc. reported disappointing sales of its smart phones, which it revamped with a brand new operating system last year.
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Amazon.com Offers Kindle for Mac E-Reader Software
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NewsFactor - Amazon.com introduced a free software package Thursday that gives Mac computer users access to the online retailer's Kindle e-book store in more than 100 countries. Called Kindle for Mac, the beta e-reader completes Amazon's goal of offering consumers access to e-books and other digital content across a wide spectrum of electronic devices.
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Mentor Graphics completes deal for Valor
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AP - Mentor Graphics Corp., a provider of electronic hardware and software design products and services, said it has completed its buyout of Valor Computerized Systems Ltd.
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Microsoft rival: browser downloads double
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AP - Norway's Opera said Thursday that downloads of its browser more than doubled after Microsoft Corp. was forced to give European users a choice of Web software to settle European Union antitrust charges.
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Amazon Brings Kindle to Macs, But What's Next?
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PC World - Amazon has raised the stakes in a turf war among e-book sellers by releasing a beta of its Kindle software for Mac computers.
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Microsoft Sweetens Pot for the Virtual-desktop Curious
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PC World - In an effort to capture what it sees as a growing market for virtual desktops within enterprises, Microsoft is simplifying some licensing agreements and enhancing its virtual-desktop-related software.
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Facebook Users Targeted in Massive Spam Run
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PC World - Facebook's 400 million users have been targeted by a spam run that could infect their computers with malicious software designed to steals passwords and other data, according to security researchers at McAfee.
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IE9 Won't Support Windows XP
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PC World - Computerworld - Microsoft's new browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), will not run on Windows XP, now or when the software eventually ships, the company confirmed this week.
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Email scam targets Facebook users: Web security firm
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 AFP - Computer hackers are targeting Facebook users with an email scam that attempts to steal their passwords, Web security firm McAfee said.
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Diebold names Pavithran as development group head
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AP - Diebold Inc., a maker of ATMs and security systems, said Wednesday that Kumar Pavithran will lead its integrated services, global software development and global professional services teams.
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Nexus One Rival Droid Gets Android 2.1 Update
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NewsFactor - After rolling out its latest operating system on its exclusive Nexus One smartphone in January, Google will now release Android 2.1 for a top competitor: the Motorola Droid, which is distributed by Verizon Wireless.
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IBM Offers Software Development in the Cloud
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NewsFactor - IBM is going deeper into the cloud. On Tuesday, the Armonk, N.Y.-based company announced beta versions of an expanded commercial cloud-based service for software development and testing, on both public and private clouds.
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Verizon to Finally Update Droid to Latest Android 2.1 OS
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PC World - Verizon says on Thursday it will update its Motorola Droid phone to the latest Android 2.1 software juicing the handset with multitouch pinch-to-zoom capabilities and adding live wallpaper. Verizon customers have been eagerly awaiting the update ever since Motorola said the upgrade would occur in early February in "one week" -- but it never happened.
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Microsoft: IE9 Won't Support Windows XP, Period
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PC Magazine - Windows XP users will not be able to run the final version of Internet Explorer 9, according to Microsoft executives, cutting out a decade-old, yet still popular operating system.
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Motorola Droid Finally Gets Android 2.1 Upgrade
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PC Magazine - Verizon Wireless has finally unveiled an Android 2.1 update for the Motorola Droid, which will finally give the handset feature parity (at least from a software perspective) with the Google Nexus One.
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Mobile 'apps' a $17.5 bln market by 2012: study
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 AFP - A study released on Wednesday indicated that the market for mobile device software programs should rocket to 17.5 billion dollars (US) within three years.
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Microsoft Loses $106 Million Patent Verdict to VirnetX
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PC World - A court in Texas has ordered Microsoft to pay communications software maker VirnetX US$105.75 million after a jury found it guilty of willful infringement of two patents belonging to the company.
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Summary Box: Boeing 777 software fix
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AP - THE PROBLEM: An issue involving the Boeing 777 can result in a high-speed aborted takeoff and increase the chance of a runway overrun.
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US watchdog orders Boeing to fix 777
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 AFP - US aviation watchdog, the Federal Aviation Administration, ordered Boeing to fix a software problem in hundreds of 777 aircraft that could cause them to overrun the runway.
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 Browser: FAQ
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft's next-generation Internet Explorer 9 browser may not be anywhere close to competition, but you can test drive a "platform preview" of the software that provides a taste of IE9's capabilities. So what's the deal with Redmond's upcoming browser, and how does it differ from IE8 and worthy competitors such as Google's Chrome, Mozilla's Firefox, Opera Software's Opera, and Apple's Safari? Here's a quick primer.
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Facebook Users Targeted in Massive Spam Run
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PC World - Facebook's 400 million users have been targeted by a spam run that could infect their computers with malicious software designed to steals passwords and other data, according to security researchers at McAfee.
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Cybersecurity needs global rules: British lawmakers
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Reuters - Europe's online security would best be served by developing global cyber regulation, ending current "ad hoc" international efforts, British lawmakers said on Wednesday, echoing industry calls for worldwide rules.
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Email scam targets Facebook users: Web security firm
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AFP - Computer hackers are targeting Facebook users with an email scam that attempts to steal their passwords, Web security firm McAfee said.
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After Weeklong Fight, Rogue ISP Troyak Struggles for Life
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PC World - After an international take-down effort, a rogue ISP responsible for controlling large numbers of computers infected with data-stealing code is down for the moment, but it may be reconnecting with the Internet, according to security researchers.
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Hackers attacked Colombian vote count
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 AFP - Unidentified hackers struck the computerized system used to transmit voting data in Colombia's legislative elections, disrupting the vote count, the private contractor responsible for the system charged Wednesday.
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Attack Samples Show Targeted Sophistication
(PC World)
PC World - If you'd like to know what a targeted e-mail attack looks like, take a look at samples posted today by antivirus maker F-Secure.
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China again tells Google to obey the law
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 AFP - China on Tuesday again warned Google not to stop filtering its web search engine results, as speculation mounted about the company's plans following its threat to leave over censorship and cyberattacks.
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Trusteer Rolls out Malware Forensic Tool for Banks
(PC World)
PC World - Security vendor Trusteer's latest product will allow banks to remotely investigate their customers' computers if it is suspected the PC has been hacked.
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Microsoft's Boyd Questions Future of Online Privacy
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PC Magazine - Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd said Sunday during her SXSW keynote that consumers have no idea what they are sharing online, nor do the businesses that build social networks.
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Troyak Takedown, Security Blues, ICANN Meets
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PC World - The Troyak ISP, which has been linked to the Zeus botnet, was briefly taken down this week. The takedown occurred on the heels of the RSA Conference last week, where there was much talk about the "cat-and-mouse" game of trying to squelch cybercrime. Otherwise, things got a little testy at the ICANN meeting in Nairobi, and iPad pre-orders got rolling. Oh, and the Internet was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Seriously.
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Cybercrime surge pushes 2009 losses to 559 million dollars
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 AFP - Losses from cybercrime and online scams more than doubled in 2009 to 559 million dollars as Internet criminals used more sophisticated techniques, an FBI-led task force said Friday.
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It's Time to Finally Drop Internet Explorer 6
(PC World)
PC World - A security researcher has published exploit code for the latest Internet Explorer zero-day flaw on the Web and Microsoft is warning that more attacks against the unpatched vulnerability can be expected in-the-wild. One thing seems to be more apparent with each passing Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability: its time to upgrade the Web browser.
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Intego releases VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection
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Macworld.com - The perils of malware and viruses are everywhere, and Mac users shouldn’t be complacent, especially if they’re also running Windows via Boot Camp or other virtualization software. To those ends, Intego has released VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection, which offers all the features of its X6 product for both Mac and Windows operating systems running on your machine.
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Correction: Botnet Busted story
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AP - In a story March 2 about the arrest of three suspects in the virus infection of nearly 13 million computers, The Associated Press erroneously reported the spelling of the last name of a captain with Spain's Guardia Civil, which is investigating the case. The captain's correct name is Cesar Lorenzana, not Lorenza.
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Limewire P2P Network Adds Anti-Malware Protection
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PC Magazine - LimeWire, one of the biggest peer-to-peer networks (and a traditional home for malware) has announced that the company is integrating AVG anti-malware protection into its LimeWire Pro service.
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Hackers target freshly uncovered Internet Explorer hole
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 AFP - Microsoft on Tuesday warned that hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software.
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Excel, Movie Maker Flaws Fixed by Microsoft
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PC World - In a relatively light Patch Tuesday, Microsoft closed holes that could allow a poisoned Excel or Movie Maker file to install malware on a vulnerable PC. However, a new flaw involving VBScript and Windows Help files that can be targeted through Internet Explorer remains unfixed.
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IE 6 and 7 Bug Allows for Attacks via Poisoned Sites
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PC World - A new security hole in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 can be targeted via code on a poisoned Web site, Microsoft warned today. A successful attacker could install malware on a victim PC or run any other remote command.
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Panda Discovers Malware on HTC Magic Phone
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PC World - A Panda Security employee discovered three malware programs on a recently purchased HTC Magic phone when it was plugged it into a Windows computer.
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Energizer USB Charger Software Contains Malware
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NewsFactor - Some Windows PC users may hope the Energizer bunny didn't keep going and going. It turns out the Energizer DUO USB battery charger is a vehicle for attacks on PCs, according to the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team.
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