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Insecurity in cyberspace
North Korea recently launched a cyber attack on South Korean TV stations and banks. Iran carried out a cyber campaign against U.S. banking sites. The U.S. and Israel released malware that disabled Iranian nuclear centrifuges. Or did they? There's no...
Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Australia, Computer Crime, Henry Samueli, Iran
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HumbleBundle sells music a different way
Sometimes, it's better to give if you want to receive. HumbleBundle, a San Francisco start-up that's sold millions of dollars of computer games over the last two years, is now entering the music scene. What's unusual about HumbleBundle is that it lets...
Tags: Social Issues, Artists, Music, Grammy Awards, Charity
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Book review: 'The Idea Factory' by Jon Gertner
For generations of industry research executives, AT&T's Bell Telephone Laboratories served as an inspiration: a warren of youthful scientists and engineers assigned to go where their intellects took them, not especially concerned about serving the...
Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Human Interest, Research, Economy, Business and Finance, Michael Hiltzik
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RIM denied BBX name, redubs new phone/tablet OS BlackBerry 10
TechnologyResearch In Motion's next BlackBerry smartphone and tablet operating system won't be called BBX after all. Instead, RIM is going with the name BlackBerry 10 after a Federal Court in Albuquerque issued a temporary restraining order against the Canadian... -
HP plans to make WebOS open source by September
TechnologyHewlett-Packard says it will make its WebOS available to the open-source community by September.... -
Dennis Ritchie dies at 70; computer scientist helped develop Unix
Dennis Ritchie, a computer scientist who wrote the popular C programming language and helped develop the Unix operating system, has died. He was 70.
Ritchie died a month after his birthday, according to his biography on a Web page of Alcatel-Lucent's...Tags: File Sharing, Unix, Harvard University, Science, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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RIM is sued over use of BBX, new BlackBerry OS name
TechnologyResearch In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook tablet, has been sued by Basis International, an Albequerquqe-based software company, over RIM's use of the BBX name for a new operating system. Basis says it has used since 1985 and... -
Mozilla releases Firefox 8 with built-in Twitter search
TechnologyMozilla released Firefox 8 on Tuesday, the latest version of its web browser, with one feature that is sure to get notice by social media fans -- built-in Twitter search. "Twitter is now included as a search option in Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux,"... -
Net Xpress: Leave the Equiso Streaming Smart Stick on the shelf
sheila@amnews.comRecently, while I was shopping at our local Walmart, I noticed a new gadget on the shelf near the streaming media players. It was a product similar to the mini Android PC I have mentioned in past columns. The specs of the product were vague but I...Tags: Apple iTunes, Walmart, Music, Apple TV, Entertainment
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Red Hat seeking larger Asean footprint
The Bangkok PostRed Hat, the world's leading provider of open-source software and services, is urging the Thai government to increase its certified engineers to fuel local data centre growth. Damien Wong, the general manager for Asean, said more certified engineers...Tags: Singapore, Thailand, Global Expansion, Science and Technology, Software Industry
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Net Xpress: Pandora limiting users to 40 hours a month
Pandora, a popular streaming music service, is now limiting its free mobile users to 40 hours a month. According to the company’s blog post, it does not expect many users to be affected by the limit. However, Pandora does offer options for any...
Tags: Cooking Channel (tv network), Unity (music group), Movies, Entertainment, Television
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