Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Apple: IPhone not tracking users, will get update (AP)

Apple: IPhone not tracking users, will get update (AP)

Apple: IPhone not tracking users, will get update (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:14 PM PDT

In this April 22, 2011 photo, University of Iowa sophomore Autumn Bradfish, 20, of Lake Zurich, Ill., poses for a picture at the Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City, Iowa. Bradfish said she had heard little about the reports of her location being collected on her iPhone and she said she was not particularly concerned about the practice. 'If they use it just for ads, I don't see that as a problem. Facebook does that. If I'm going to have ads thrown at me, they might as well be relevant to my location.' (AP Photo/Ryan J. Foley)AP - Apple denied that the iPhone has a privacy problem Wednesday — and then promised to fix it. It took the technology giant a week to respond to a brouhaha over how the devices log their owners' movements.

Experts: Apple should've addressed concerns sooner (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:24 PM PDT

AP - Apple should have responded much sooner to concerns about location data stored on its iPhones, even if the company didn't have all the answers ready, marketing and crisis-management experts say.

Hynix Semiconductor 1Q profit falls 66 percent (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:23 PM PDT

AP - Hynix Semiconductor's quarterly profit fell 66 percent as sales declined and memory chip prices remained weak, though the company said business conditions should improve in the second quarter.

5 worst digital security breaches of all time (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 04:12 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - Post by Sebastian Anthony: With yesterday's news of the PlayStation Network being hacked and the unceremonious accompaniment of millions of names, addresses, dates of birth, passwords, and possibly credit card details having potentially been stolen, the tech community's attention has …

Visa backs mobile payment startup Square (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:29 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - Square, a mobile payment technology company founded in 2009 by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has received an undisclosed investment by credit giant Visa. According to Square CEO Keith Rabois, Visa will take a "strategic adviser" role in Square's development, which …

Get Daily Dates Instead of Daily Deals With InboxCupid (Mashable)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 04:02 PM PDT

Mashable - The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: InboxCupid

N.Korea demands U.S. security guarantee for nuclear talks:Carter (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 06:58 PM PDT

A South Korean looks at a TV screen showing footage of the public demolition of North Korea's cooling tower at its Yongbyon nuclear complex in 2008. North Korea is making progress on a project that it says is a light water reactor but has raised overseas concerns, a US think tank said Wednesday after obtaining satellite images.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)Reuters - Reclusive North Korea has refused to make major concessions in talks with ex-U.S. President Jimmy Carter, insisting Washington provide some kind of security guarantee in return for giving up its nuclear weapons programme, the former leader said in a blog.

Verizon's New 4G Mobile Hotspots: Which One Works Best? (PC World)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 06:20 PM PDT

PC World - Mobile hotspots like Novatel’s popular MiFi 2200 have been greeted warmly by tech users and have sold well. They simplify things by providing our various devices with Internet connectivity under one data service bill. And they’re small and superportable.

Sony working with police on PlayStation hack (AFP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:34 PM PDT

A customer is seen at Sony PlayStation 3 display in Tokyo. Ther Japanese firm has said it is working with investigators after hackers stole data from users of its PlayStation Network, and told customers it would restore services only when it was confident it was secure.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Sony said it was working with investigators after hackers stole data from users of its PlayStation Network, and told customers it would restore services only when it was confident it was secure.

Google Docs app released for Android (Digital Trends)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 06:48 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Google has finally rolled out a Google Docs app for the Android OS. The new release was announced on Wednesday in a blog post by the Mountain View company.

Apple Plans Update To Resolve iPhone Tracking Issue (NewsFactor)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 04:16 PM PDT

NewsFactor - The story about iPhone tracking just won't die -- and may not for some time. In fact, it may just spark a whole new wave of privacy suits and could even cause consumers to rethink location-based services like Foursquare and GPS.

Sony shares fall 5 percent as Playstation woes threaten (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:16 PM PDT

Fact file on the cyber attack which targeted Sony's PlayStation 3 network.(AFP/Graphic/File)Reuters - Shares in Sony Corp fell 5 percent on Thursday as a massive leak of data on its Playstation games console users sparked global legal scrutiny and threatened to crimp its business.

Experience hyper space flight with Hyperlight game (Appolicious)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Appolicious - Hyperlight is a tilt-controlled avoidance game in which you use special fuel to rip through enemies like tissue paper, all in style reminiscent of Geometry Wars. The graphics are out of this world, as is the steep difficulty curve.

Verizon Finds Cause of LTE Outage (PC World)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:50 PM PDT

PC World - Verizon Wireless has determined the cause of an outage that crippled its LTE mobile data network starting late Tuesday and it is working to solve the problem, but the carrier has not estimated when the system will be restored.

Delicious has a new home: YouTube founders scoop up the forsaken site (Digital Trends)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:23 PM PDT

Digital Trends - When news first hit that Yahoo would be seriously restricting its various Web properties, users were horrified to hear that popular bookmarking site Delicious was on the chopping block. And even after Yahoo tried to calm dedicated users by talking up a sale for the service, the serious lack of buyers was cause for more concern. One former Delicious employee pointed out the site had been restructured to integrate with Yahoo’s platform, and that it could be a challenge for potential buyers.

T-Mobile bets $1,000 the Galaxy S 4G is faster than your iPhone (Digital Trends)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:25 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Do you live in Seattle and own an iPhone? If you answered yes to both, you are eligible to participate in T-Mobile’s Seattle Speed Challenge. This weekend the carrier is encouraging iOS devotees to bring their phones into participating stores to race the Galaxy S 4G smartphone. If you can download information faster on your iPhone, you win, and you get more than just Apple fanboy cred: T-Mobile will give you $1,000.

Nokia Trims Workforce In Anticipation of Phone 7 Shift (NewsFactor)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 04:16 PM PDT

NewsFactor - As it prepares to load its phones with Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system, Finnish cell-phone giant Nokia is ditching control of its Symbian platform and cutting 7,000 jobs in a major restructuring.

Feds to remotely delete Coreflood from infected PCs (Digital Trends)

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 10:01 AM PDT

Digital Trends - In an unusual move, federal authorities will be contacting computer users with systems infected by the Coreflood botnet Trojan and asking them to agree to allow them to send commands to the malware so it will delete itself. The move comes in the in the wake of a coordinated takedown earlier this month by the FBI and other authorities, in which the U.S. government essentially substituted its own command-and-control servers in place of those used by Coreflood and issued commands telling the program to shut down on infected PCs. The move reduced activity from the Coreflood botnet by about 90 percent in the United States and by nearly 75 percent worldwide. However, infected PCs still have dormant Coreflood software on them, and the feds would like to get rid of it.
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