Google’s computer operating system, due to be released next year, may rank among software most targeted by hackers in 2010, according to a Dec. 29 report from the computer security company McAfee (MFE). The Web-based operating system, dubbed Chrome, relies on a technology known as HTML 5 that’s designed to help Web applicationsRead More
Day: July 25, 2010
Uncle Sam Wants You To Fight Hackers
In cyber crime circles, this is called “social engineering,” and criminals use the tactics to circumvent companies’ Internet security software by tricking employees to download harmful software or cough up passwords. Osborn doesn’t look the part of a hacker, with his short blond hair, baby face, and glasses. Yet he’s persuasive—after a fewRead More
Toshiba’s Energy Saving E205 Laptop & Review
For the past couple of years, retail giant Best Buy (BBY) has been putting more of its own stamp on laptops for consumers at its stores. Toshiba’s recently introduced E205-S1904 Satellite laptop is one collaborative result. The verdict: It’s a $999 laptop with snappy performance and the ability to beam videos to a big-screenRead More
Broadband Has Turned Our Homes into Glass Houses
We’re adding broadband connections to our televisions, phones, tablets, and video game consoles these days, to the point that we expect such connections in almost everything we own. While superconnectivity is mostly great, it’s also scary, because it can turn what were once private habits, such as reading a book or answering e-mail,Read More
Facebook Twitter Users Vent Wrath Over Oil Spill
A Facebook group called “Boycott BP,” which encourages people to stop using BP (BP) products, has drawn more than 250,000 fans. U.S. government agencies have set up pages on Facebook, Twitter, Google’s (GOOG) YouTube, and Yahoo!’s (YHOO) Flickr to field questions about the cleanup effort. An anonymously managed Twitter account that makes glib comments, purportedlyRead More
High-Speed Internet Rules Might Prove Costly
Proposed regulation of high-speed Internet service providers by the U.S. government could cost the economy at least $62 billion annually over the next five years and eliminate 502,000 jobs, according to a study released by New York Law School. The report estimates that broadband providers and related industries may cut their investments byRead More
My iTunes Account Was Hacked for $375—By My Own Kids
As this past weekend included the Fourth of July holiday, I expected to see plenty of red, white, and blue. Unfortunately, all I experienced was red when, on Saturday, I noticed three unfamiliar iTunes transactions totaling more than $375. Nobody in the house claimed responsibility for such sizable purchases, so I assumed theRead More
Turning the iPhone Glitch into Gold
When complaints surfaced that the antenna wasn’t working properly on the iPhone 4, Apple (AAPL) told users to hold the device differently or put it in a protective case. Some owners called the response insensitive. Makers of iPhone accessories, on the other hand, welcomed it. “It is good news,” says Tim Hickman, founderRead More
Microsoft warns of Windows shortcut drive-by attacks
Microsoft on Tuesday said that hackers could exploit the unpatched Windows shortcut vulnerability using drive-by download attacks that would trigger an infection when people simply surf to a malicious Web site. A noted vulnerability researcher today confirmed that such attacks are possible. In the revised security advisory published yesterday Microsoft acknowledged the new attackRead More