Archive for December 2011
December 2, 2011
· Windows 8 beta will be released in late February
· Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 1 released
December 3, 2011
· Wine 1.3.34 released
December 4, 2011
· Windows 8 now includes touch gesture to close Metro apps
December 5, 2011
· Kloxo 6.1.10 Beta 6 released
· Aussie Kinect voice control available from today
December 6, 2011
· Ubuntu 12.04 Release Schedule
· Robin Williams Blows Your Siri Impression Out Of The Water
· $99 Chinese Tablet is MIPS-Based, Runs Android 4.0
· Don't Do It! New Siri Port H1Siri Is Illegal, Breaks Your iPhone
· Power in Numbers - China Aims for High-Tech Primacy
· New Smartphone Suit re Data-Sharing Software Targets Apple, Wireless Cos, Device Makers, Carrier IQ
· Popular network tool Nmap in CNET security brouhaha
December 7, 2011
· Two month advance notification for upcoming end-of-life for Debian oldstable
· Kloxo 6.1.10 (Final) released
· Mark Zuckerberg's private pictures leaked after security breached on Facebook.
December 8, 2011
· Proxmox VE 2.0 Beta 3 released
· Googles Eric Schmidt envisions Google TV on majority of new TVs by summer of 2012
· Nintendo's Miyamoto Looks To Get Hands Dirty Once Again
· Phones Get Game Power in the Cloud
· Adobe scrambles to patch Acrobat zero-day hack
· Chip Shot: 2011 Milestones: The Re-Invention of the Transistor
· Blu-ray Disc Sales up 35% in 2011
· PATRIOT Act and privacy laws take a bite out of US cloud business
· Google's Android racks up its 10 billionth app download
December 9, 2011
· Broadcom Aims 802.11ac Gigabit Wireless at End of 2012
· Windows Store Makes a Special Allowance for Open Source
· AT&T begins throttling heavy iPhone data usage to 2g speeds
· Nokia Preps Return to U.S.
· Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2011
· Download.com "apologises" for bundling (Majorgeeks wll never have to)
· SQL injection attack has compromised nearly 200,000 ASP.NET sites
December 10, 2011
· CentOS 6.1 released
· CSF 5.42 (security fix)
· Students "hack" into school system, change grades
· Microsoft forces Xbox Live users to sign new TOS agreement, agree to not sue
· Hackers deface profile of Indias Sonia Gandhi
· Nasa iPhone, iPad app lets you watch, research meteors
· PC sales forecast slashed on back of disk drive crisis
· 43rd anniversary of the "mother of all demos," first mouse
· Hitachi Ships The First 4TB Hard Drive
· Intel Discontinuing Some Clarkdale, Lynnfield, and Sandy Bridge Desktop CPUs
· Hewlett-Packard Plans to Turn WebOS Into Open-Source Project
December 11, 2011
· The Hacktivists: Web Vigilantes Net Attention, Outrage and Access to Your Data
· Thousands of stolen credit card numbers go international
· U.S. Credit Card Machines Hijacked
· Cyber Attacks: Hackers Targeting World's Oil Supply
· Steve Jobs Immortalized in Bronze (not Aluminum or Glass)
· S. Korea's ruling party chief offers to step down amid hacking scandal
December 12, 2011
· Speculation that the Apple iPad 3, with retina display, slated for February?
· Carrier IQ Not Alone: Most Smartphones Will Track You
· Google Currents: Hands-On With Google's Digital News App
· Why Google+ will become Google's only product
· Google Execs To NASA: We'll Fix Your Hangar, You House Our Jets
· WebOS is doomed to fail
· Stolen email fuels climate sceptics before talks
· Waikato DHB faces new cyber breach
· Amazon Kindle Fire to gain performance boosts in software update
· Activision: Modern Warfare 3 is the fastest to $1 billion
December 13, 2011
· CSF 5.43 Linux Firewall released
· 5 IT Security Breakthroughs Promise to Thwart Threats
· RailCorp sale of Sydney train passengers' USB keys sparks probe
· UK spy agency asks hackers to crack code
· Police test for riot laser that can temporarily blind
· Panic, Confusion in New Jersey in Wake of Emergency Alert Received via Mobile Phone
· Angry Birds Released New Episodes
· Microsoft Shuffles Execs to Better Manage Windows 8 and Phone Initiatives
· New malware could knock out antivirus systems
· Eyeball-tracking computer device developed by Honduran teen
· Will Hackers Be Able To Crack The Sony PS Vita
· Cyber attacks could wreck world oil supply
· Russian voters in the dark as cyber attack hits blog
December 14, 2011
· Microsoft Security Bulletin Updates 12/13/11
· Amazon bests Microsoft, all other contenders in cloud storage test
· Samsung Galaxy S Line Spurs 300M Global Handset Sales
· Google Makes Street View Images Of Post-Tsunami Japan Available On Custom Site
· Apple founding contract sells for almost $1.6 million at auction
· Amazon Kindle Fire Improvements: 10 Must-Have Fixes for a New Version
· Guardian retraction: News of the World did not hack and delete murder victims voicemails
· Anonymous Announce 'LulzXmas': Fears of a Christmas Cyber Attack (VIDEO)
· Alleged Gene Simmons Hacker Arrested
· NTSB seeks nationwide ban on driver use of personal electronic devices
· Why Suing Google to Remove Results About Your Alleged Orgy Will Never Work
· 'LAN-party house' guy spills important cost details
December 15, 2011
· Update: Galaxy Nexus 4G LTE finally goes on sale Thursday
· Windows Phone 7.5 Vulnerable To SMS Hack?
· Nokia Re-Enters U.S. With $50 Smartphone
· FBI Claims More Municipal Systems Under Attack By Hackers
· Kindle Fire Owners Love Their Tablet, Flaws and All
· Hackers Put Porn on Haredi (Orthodox Jewish) Website
· Ex-cop to be in court Dec. 21 on indecency, voyeurism charges
· Teacher resigns after allegedly spraying Lysol in students face
· Federal jury deliberates Utah companys $1 billion antitrust case against Microsoft
· Could hackers develop a 'computer virus' to infect the human mind?
· Square Enix Suffers Second Cyber-Attack: Hackers Hit Games Industry Again
· Microsoft Declares Quarterly Dividend
· The 3 Most Vulnerable Points on Your Android Device
· Talk About Computer Security
· FFIEC guidance, layered security detailed for CUs
· Microsoft Office 365 Vs. Google Apps: Compliance Clash
· Chrome 15 beats out Internet Explorer 8 in global popularity
· IDC: Kindle Fire to push iPad below 60% market share in Q4
· 5 Moves Microsoft Must Make In 2012
· Bill Gates confirms that hes not returning to Microsoft
December 16, 2011
· CompatDB Updates 12/16/11
· Sprint says it is disabling controversial Carrier IQ software
· Apple Gives Siri Hackers a Break
· Man legally changes his name to Mark Zuckerberg
· Internet Explorer: Microsoft plans 'silent' updates
· iPad 3: What We Know So Far.
· Election cyber-attack accomplice identified
· Hackers dine on the house
· Windows 8 to kill password pain
· Made in Texas: Apple's A5 iPhone chip
December 17, 2011
· New Windows 8 Pre Beta Build Screenshots Leaked
· Wine 1.3.35 released
· SPAMfighter Reveals Unbeatable Pricing for Windows Server Anti-Virus Software
December 18, 2011
· Googles seasonal Easter egg: Let it snow
December 19, 2011
· CompatDB Updates 12/19/11
· Next wave of GPS promises stronger signals
· AT&T Talks to Sell T-Mobile Assets Go Cold
· Battery life is price you pay for Verizon Galaxy Nexus
· TV features emerge as Apple holds meetings with media companies
· Verizon Galaxy Nexus Hacked to Run Google Wallet
· Trend Micro #1 Again in Worldwide Server Security Market Share
· Forensic Expert: Mannings Computer Had 10K Cables, Downloading Scripts
December 20, 2011
· Thousands of Facebook users scammed by Lady Gagas free iPad giveaway
· Square Enix to Reopen Hacked Site, Says No Private Data Lost
· IBM Predicts That Someday Movements Will Power Gadgets
· Concerned about computer hackers, Iowa GOP take steps to protect caucus results
· Mind powered PCs could become way of the future
· Highly critical zero day vulnerability in Windows discovered
· PlayStation Vita enjoys great first week. Is it enough?
· First True Google Tablet Arriving Next Year!
December 21, 2011
· 12 Groups Carry Out Most APT Attacks
· CNN's Piers Morgan Testifies Before British Parliament About Phone Hacking
· China's cyberwar with America largely ignored
· Google's Andy Rubin: Over 700,000 Android devices activated daily
· China Hackers Hit U.S. Chamber
· Microsoft's CES 2012 Keynote, Booth Will Be Its Last
· Infonetics Research: Service Provider Security Plans, Views on Security Vendors Revealed in New Survey
· Greek police arrest 2 over euro 300,000 bank fraud
· AMD Radeon HD 7970 Launch Review
· How hackers gave Subway a 3 million dollar lesson in point of sale security!
· Firefox 9 support for Android arrives on tablets
December 22, 2011
· AMD Intros Powerful Radeon 7970 GPU, New PC APU Chips
· Google paying Mozilla $300 million per year for search deal
· Microsoft warns of 'Ransomware' scam that poses as police, tries to get your money
· New Evidence Suggests China's Hacking Into US Drones Using Adobe Reader And Internet Explorer
· Spies Fail to Escape Spyware at Malaysian 'Wiretapper's Ball'
· Mobile commerce next on criminal hit lists?
· Consumer Electronics Show: 10 Things You'll See in 2012
· Sony apologises after PlayStation Vita complaints
· Apple investigating fuel cell powered MacBooks
· Security 2011: Attack Of The Human Errors
December 23, 2011
· Malwarebytes Brand Exploited Through Search
· KDE 4.8 Release Candidate 1
· Web security questioned after data leak
· Logging In With a Touch or a Phrase (Anything but a Password)
· Provo School District system hacked
· Malware targets human rights activists
· Phone hacking 'bog-standard tool' - ex-Mirror reporter
· Final Fantasy 13-2: Square Enix Confirm Hackers Got Nothing
December 24, 2011
· Screenshots of Windows 8 build 8172 emerge
December 25, 2011
· Cyborg Yeast Have Their Genes Controlled By Computer
· Scientists Name Top Breakthrough of 2011
· Barclays Cuts PC Sales Numbers on Kindle Fire Success
· New Study by J&M Security Finds Up to 80% of Small Business Computers Vulnerable to Hacker Attacks
· $25 Raspberry Pi PC Prepares For Its Launch
· Analysts finger dirty dozen Chinese hacking groups
· Google Paying Mozilla Almost $1B for Firefox Search: Why?
· Go Daddy loses over 37,000 domains due to SOPA stance
· HP says LaserJet firmware update fixes hacking issue
· Hackers claim to steal security think tank Stratfor's client list
· SOPA/PIPA Explained; GoDaddy loses 21,000 domains and stops supporting SOPA
· Samsung Nexus ups ante in smartphone wars
· Better Business Bureau cautions Wi-Fi hotspot users
· Holiday Themed Malware Still a Problem
December 27, 2011
· LG's 55-inch 'world's largest' OLED HDTV panel is official, coming to CES 2012
· Google's iPad Killer Ready in 6 Months, Says Eric Schmidt
· Visual Image Cryptography Generator
· Millions of website passwords posted online in hacker attack
· Stratfor cyberattack adds an exclamation point to Year of the Hack
· Victims in hacking of security analyst Stratfor targeted after speaking to news media, online
· Sony to Cease Its Flat-Screen Partnership With Samsung
December 28, 2011
· CompatDB Updates 12/28/11
· Apple fined $1.2 million for misleading Italian consumers on AppleCare
· US House of Representatives busted pirating
· Windows Phone 7: Another holiday season lost
· Android and iOS activations soar on Christmas Day
December 29, 2011
· Why Windows 8 Tablets Will Surprise Everyone
· On Eve of Net Boycott, Dump GoDaddy Exodus Begins
· Hackers could shut down train lines
· Michigan man may face trial in computer hacking case
· US security firm targeted in 'Robin Hood' hack attack
· Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2011
December 30, 2011
· Microsoft Xbox Kinect used to create music video, makes your jaw drop
· Charter97 website came under attack
· Mengniu Falls as Website Hacked Amid Tainted Milk Scandal
· Carmakers, U.S. worry about hacking of cars
· An Uproar on the Web Over $2 Fee by Verizon
· LG announces 84-Inch 3DTV to be unveiled at CES 2012
· Former Microsoft Exec Scopes Windows Phone's Failure
· Stratfor Says Hackers Only Nabbed Credit Card Information
· Verizon Wireless Fee is rethought by top executives!
· Verizon: Recent 4G LTE outages are 'growing pains'
· Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft Have Pulled Their Support From SOPA
· More hacked Stratfor info released
· Apple's 2012 Will Be Awesome, Apple Has No Other Choice
· La Crescenta Caterer Targeted by Computer Hackers
December 31, 2011
· Wine 1.3.36 released
· Happy New Year 2012: Top 10 Tech News that Shook the World in 2011
· Hackers Eye Satellite Network to Combat Censorship
