PC World – Nearly a month after a Google engineer released details of a new Windows XP flaw, criminals have dramatically ramped up online attacks that leverage the bug.
Archive for June, 2010
June 30th, 2010
Microsoft: 10,000 PCs Hit With New XP 0day Attack (PC World)
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BP Killing Turtles in Containment Burns, Lawsuit Says – BusinessWeek
msnbc.com BP Killing Turtles in Containment Burns, Lawsuit Says BusinessWeek June 30 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc's “controlled burns” in the Gulf of Mexico are killing endangered sea turtles trapped inside the booms the company uses to collect spilled oil, wildlife activists said in a lawsuit. … Some 70000 turtle eggs to be whisked far from oil The Associated Press Volunteers Rush to Move Turtle Eggs From Gulf to Atlantic ABC News Are sea turtles burning alive?
Posted in Latest Tags: collect-spilled, killing-turtles, mexico, sydney-morning, turtle-eggs No Comments »June 30th, 2010
Motorola advert revels in anti-iPhone schadenfreude – Register
Kansas City Star Motorola advert revels in anti-iPhone schadenfreude Register Motorola is taking advantage of the iPhone 4 'Death Grip' debacle by kicking Apple when it's down: the Droid maker ran a full-page ad in Wednesday's New York Times ridiculing the Jobsian handset's antenna problems. In the advert, below a photo of its … Motorola and Verizon's Droid X marks all the right spots USA Today Zing! Droid ad mocks iPhone's 'handling' issues Fortune Motorola makes fun of iPhone reception issues with its latest Droid X ad IntoMobile (blog) InformationWeek
Posted in Apple, Latest, Mobile Tags: a-advert-revels, a-makes-fun, death-grip, droid, jobsian, kansas-city, Latest, Mobile No Comments »June 30th, 2010
Update: Microsoft kills the Kin – Computerworld
Reuters UK Update: Microsoft kills the Kin Computerworld IDG News Service – Just over two months after launching it, and days after reducing the price, Microsoft has decided to kill the Kin phone.
Posted in Latest Tags: after-reducing, began-offering, news-articles, phone, plug-on-kin, price, sci/tech, service No Comments »June 30th, 2010
Remains of the Day: Microsoft Kin bids adieu to the social (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com – We bid adieu to the Microsoft Kin, but it’s okay because people are plenty happy with their iPads. And more light is shed on the iPhone 4’s gyroscope and its reception issues. At least one of those makes for fun games—we’re not telling which.
Posted in Apple Tags: gyroscope-and, ipads, microsoft, more-light, people-are, remainders, remainders-for, shed-on-the, with-their No Comments »June 30th, 2010
Verizon LTE + iPhone = iPhone 4G? – PC World
PC World Verizon LTE + iPhone = iPhone 4G?
Posted in Apple, Latest, Mobile Tags: Latest, migrate-soon, Mobile, news-articles, verizon-rumor, video No Comments »June 30th, 2010
Amazon to acquire online store Woot (Reuters)
Reuters – Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it signed an agreement to acquire online store Woot.com, which sells discounted products and operates an online community, for an undisclosed sum.
Posted in Internet Tags: acquire-online, amazon-com, and-operates, discounted-products, online-community, technology, wednesday, which-sells, woot-com- No Comments »June 30th, 2010
Google News revamped to get more personal (AFP)
Posted in Internet, Software Tags: google, google-news, homepage-with, make-the-news, news-website, overhauled-its, tailor-pages, wednesday No Comments »June 30th, 2010
Apple updates HP, Epson drivers for Snow Leopard (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com – Apple has released updated sets of Snow Leopard drivers for Hewlett-Packard and Epson printers and scanners.
Posted in Apple Tags: Apple, hewlett-, leopard, printers-and, technology, updated-sets No Comments »June 30th, 2010
Deal of the Day: Amazon scoops up Woot for $110 million – BetaNews
AFP Deal of the Day: Amazon scoops up Woot for $110 million BetaNews Woot said Wednesday that it had been acquired by Amazon, although it provided few details on what exactly will become of the online deal site other than it would become an independent subsidiary much like … Amazon to Buy Woot, a Daily Deal Site New York Times Amazon to acquire online store Woot Reuters Amazon acquiring eccentric retailer Woot.com CNET The Associated Press
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