Apple Computer Inc. has resorted to a poetic broadside in the inevitable cat-and-mouse game between hackers and high-tech companies.The maker of Macintosh computers had anticipated that hackers would try to crack its new OS X operating system built to work on Intel Corp.’s chips and run pirated versions on non-Apple computers. So, Apple developers embedded … [Read more…]
In the basement of Phoebe Hearst Hall at Oglethorpe University in Georgia, there is a stainless steel vault door which was welded shut over sixty five years ago…the contents of this vault will remain unseen and undisturbed for the next 6,107 years read more | digg story
The European Union is about to impose a $2.4m per day fine because they say Microsoft hasn’t released technical documents as part of their antitrust settlement. But Microsoft says they’ve already handed in the 12,000 pages of technical info the EU asked for, and that the EU is creating problems by not understanding what they … [Read more…]
“Hacking Google” isn’t exactly new. That is, using the search engine to look for confidential information. But as McAfee’s senior vice president for Risk Management George Kurtz demonstrated at RSA Conference, that didn’t prevent users and organisations to post those goodies online for anyone to find. read more | digg story
I noticed that there are a crapload of new user-created widgets for Google’s personalized home, sweet! read more | digg story
For example, here’s Kevin’s digg. To add one to your site, just copy/paste a bit of HTML, and tweak the settings (try your username, a digg search term, a digg category RSS feed, or some of the other built-in services). Questions or comments, please let me know (just follow the link down at the bottom … [Read more…]
First Windows, now Linux. ExtremeTech shows you how to fix Linux with Knoppix, which includes repairing boot issues, working with key system files, and working with Linux partitions. read more | digg story
Apple has sold 30 million songs through iTunes in ten days and is closing in on selling its first billion. iTunes launched its billion song countdown on February 7. On February 7 Macworld reported the company to have sold 951,060,444 songs. At three million song sales each day, Apple seems set to reach its billion … [Read more…]
The consumer electronics retailer, which is hiring legal counsel to investigate the admission by CEO David Edmondson, also announced a new turnaround plan that includes closing 400 to 700 company-operated stores. It said the plan could result in costs of up to $100 million. read more | digg story
A yearly ranking of businesses whose inventiveness and quick reflexes are helping them set the pace for the economy read more | digg story