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Supreme Court lets online porn filtration law expire

Publié: janvier 21, 2009, 11:50pm CET

There's a saying that goes, I may not agree with what you say, but I'll fight to the death for the right to keep folks from hearing it. Or something like that. No, the Supreme Court said today, that's not how it goes.
Apple reports best quarter ever, but gets snarly re Palm Pre

Publié: janvier 21, 2009, 11:16pm CET

For the first time in history, Apple surpassed $10 billion in quarterly revenue during its previous quarter. But a question late in Wednesday's earnings call raised interesting questions about IP and the company's multitouch interface.
What lessons can we learn from the Heartland credit card breach?

Publié: janvier 21, 2009, 11:03pm CET

The company's response is raising troubling questions about the security of such processing centers and laws ostensibly intended to protect consumers in general.
Mobile malware menaces money

Publié: janvier 21, 2009, 9:26pm CET

Kaspersky is reporting this morning that a Trojan affecting Symbian systems looks to transfer money from the accounts of users of a certain mobile-phone operator and into the accounts of someone else, presumably the person or persons responsible for the malware. The Trojan's not new -- but the target certain is.
Zoho prepares for an exodus of former Google Notebook users

Publié: janvier 21, 2009, 9:23pm CET

One of the canceled projects on Google's list last week was a surprise: a cloud application with at least the hope to become ubiquitous. It was called Google Notebook, and it was essentially a way for individuals to jot down notes in a way that they could be retrieved from multiple locations. We learned today that Zoho, a cloud application provider that began deployment of some of its services on Google's App Engine just last month, is more than happy to pick up the slack. A Zoho spokesperson told Betanews today that the latest beta of its Zoho Notebook, which includes a plug-in for Firefox, will feature an interesting kind of on-screen interface that will let users who are logged onto both services simultaneously export their Google Notebook content (while that service is still active) directly into the plug-in, hopefully without change of format or function. Previously, Zoho Notebook had discontinued its audio reporting capability, but now says it has been added back in. And since Google Notebook entries were basically designed around text, Zoho Notebook has added a simplified way to enter "text-only content," we're told.
Court tells Kentucky 'no dice' on seizing gambling domain names

Publié: janvier 21, 2009, 8:44pm CET

Kentucky is just about out of luck in its attempts to leverage its own state legislature and court system for protecting online horse race betting from competition by overseas gambling Web sites.
Conficker, Downadup, Kido: A skunk by any other name

Publié: janvier 21, 2009, 8:39pm CET

It's hard to blame Microsoft for the latest mega-infection sweeping the Windows world: The vulnerability that's enabled the new Downandup (or Conficker or Kido or whatever) worm was patched back in October of last year. Still, because at least 9 million machines haven't been patched are now infected, here's what you need to know.
They talked over Obama's speech in China, too

Publié: janvier 21, 2009, 8:26pm CET

Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions...To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist. If you live in China and read only Chinese, you didn't see those lines from President Barack Obama's inauguration speech yesterday, and if you were watching the inauguration live on television, you didn't hear them, either.
Seagate confronts an overflow of bricked hard drives

Publié: janvier 21, 2009, 8:09pm CET

Faced with a firmware bug fix that is making many of its hard disk drives even harder -- to read, that is -- Seagate is offering a firmware upgrade and free data recovery services if users still cannot read their data.
EFF asks for public's help in fighting against locked phones

Publié: janvier 21, 2009, 6:52pm CET

Has a locked cell phone ever frustrated you? The Electronic Frontier Foundation is now organizing consumers and software developers to tell their "real stories" on this subject to the US Copyright Office.