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Latest Mozilla updates, including Firefox, address a serious vulnerability

Publié: février 6, 2009, 11:02pm CET

Some of Mozilla's best researchers into the field of cross-site scripting discovered another instance where code from one site can be made to control the interface of another. As it turns out, version 3.0.6 software contains the fix.
News Corp. has an 'other' problem

Publié: février 6, 2009, 10:38pm CET

Rupert Murdoch's empire is sprawling, varied and, as everyone saw in yesterday's News Corp earnings report, hurting in the current economy. What does that mean for MySpace and the company's IGN Entertainment properties?
Roku begins private beta of Amazon on Demand

Publié: février 6, 2009, 10:03pm CET

The $99 Roku set-top box that ushered in the age of streaming Netflix became an open platform late last year and will soon be offering Amazon on Demand to all. The streaming service this week entered private beta for select Roku users.
Corel opts out of gloomy outlook

Publié: février 6, 2009, 8:55pm CET

Reporting fourth quarter revenues that were down 4% year over year, Corel closed out fiscal 2008 with full year revenues up 7% over 2007, with $268.2 million. Corel's interim CEO Kris Hagerman said, "Despite facing a tough economic climate as we closed out the fourth quarter, revenues for the full year were up across all geographies and business units...Looking ahead to 2009, we have an exciting slate of new product introductions that we believe will further enhance our market position, even in a challenging economy." Hagerman's belief was not reflected by the company as a whole, however, as Corel opted to not provide guidance for the first quarter of 2009, nor for the full fiscal year.
Sharp to post its first ever annual financial loss

Publié: février 6, 2009, 8:13pm CET

Blaming dramatically falling prices on LCD TVs, Sharp today warned that it will report its first annual operating loss ever at the end of March.
A new take on Hollywood's 'wall of fame'...from Microsoft

Publié: février 6, 2009, 8:00pm CET

Microsoft's MSN together with BermanBraun Interactive yesterday launched Wonderwall.com, a celebrity gossip site like the popular TMZ.com or People.com. Sites like these are in no short supply, but neither is their demand. Yahoo's top ten search terms overall are consistently dominated by celebrity names. 2008's top 10 from Yahoo, for example, included Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, and Angelina Jolie. Google Zeitgeist year-end summaries have shown the celebrity search trend every year since 2001. BermanBraun was founded in 2007 by ex-Paramount Pictures executive Gail Berman, and former Disney, ABC and Yahoo executive Lloyd Braun. The company focuses on providing the content and advertising on the site, MSN handles the rest.
Microsoft My Phone...not a phone

Publié: février 6, 2009, 7:34pm CET

Of Microsoft's anticipated "Sky"-prefixed services: SkyMarket, SkyLine, and Skybox, which are all cloud-based services for Windows Mobile consumption, Skybox has made an advance appearance, but with the title Microsoft My Phone beta. The My Phone service, which is located at getskybox.com (link currently inactive), will be a cloud sync tool similar to the one used natively by Android with Google services or MobileMe on the iPhone. Contacts, calendar information, emails and texts, photos, music, and video can all be synched between the Windows Mobile 6+ device and the related Windows Live service. Microsoft will be premiering the free service at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain next week.
Intel begins shipping new Atom Processor

Publié: février 6, 2009, 6:18pm CET

Intel is now shipping the next generation of its Atom processor, the single core N280, to PC manufacturers. This iteration of the Atom microarchitecture has already been slated for use in Asus' latest Eee PC Netbook, the 1000HE. Asus has increased the battery life of this Eee to a purported 9.5 hours on a single charge, thanks to the new Atom processor which only consumes 2.5 Watts of power. The Atom N280 runs at 1.66GHz, FSB 667MHz, and Pre-orders for the first netbook equipped with it, Asus' 1000HE, began this week.
Pandora likes Palm Pre, but iPhone and others still in the cards

Publié: février 6, 2009, 5:53pm CET

Online music streaming leader Pandora is indeed "putting a bid" on Palm's Pre, but the company's founder, Tim Westergen, doesn't exactly see the Pre as the only game in town. Westergren spoke with Betanews last night.
Microsoft says yes, will augment UAC in the next Win7 RC

Publié: février 6, 2009, 5:50pm CET

In a stunning and maybe unprecedented accedence to public opinion this morning, Microsoft has announced it will take the emotion out of its discussion, and simply do something its users are asking for.
TiVo releases Desktop 2.7 for Windows

Publié: février 6, 2009, 5:00pm CET

It's been just under a year since TiVo last updated its Desktop software which allows videos to be shared between a user's TiVO DVR and PC or other networked devices. Now there's a new version for both Desktop and Desktop Plus users.
Garmin re-announces Nuvifone, this time with Asus

Publié: février 6, 2009, 4:58pm CET

GPS maven Garmin has re-announced intentions to launch GPS-enabled mobile phones, and this time around, the rollout is planned with Eee maker Asus for later this month in Barcelona.
Prosecutor in Jammie Thomas case joins DoJ

Publié: février 6, 2009, 4:54pm CET

The lawyer who argued the only RIAA case to go all the way through the trial process has been named an Associate Attorney General for the new administration. Donald Verrilli Jr. is a senior litigator with Jenner & Block, a DC firm.
Dream jobs: IEEE's list goes to eleven

Publié: février 6, 2009, 10:01am CET

The latest issue of IEEE Spectrum (you don't read it? what kind of geek are you?) includes, along with a great story on the new breed of massive server farms, their annual Top 10 Dream Jobs list. We beg to differ -- or to amend, anyway.
Government contractor warns of possible breach

Publié: février 6, 2009, 2:22am CET

We talk a lot at Betanews about weak security at certain government agencies (hello, IRS!), but let's not forget that federal employees can suffer too when protections fall at an agency or contractor -- for instance, at Virginia-based SRA International, which handles IT services for various defense, military and civil agencies.