Sunday, May 29, 2011

Lockheed attack highlights rise in cyber espionage (AP)

Lockheed attack highlights rise in cyber espionage (AP)

Lockheed attack highlights rise in cyber espionage (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 06:07 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 9, 2009 file photo, a sign outside the Lockheed Martin plant in Marietta, Ga. is shown. Lockheed Martin on Saturday, May 28, 2011 admitted it was the recent target of a 'significant and tenacious' cyber attack, although the defense contractor and the Department of Homeland Security insist the hack was thwarted before any critical data was stolen. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)AP - This cyber attack didn't go after people playing war games on their PlayStations. It targeted a company that helps the U.S. military do the real thing.

Green Your Tech: 5 excellent eco apps for your iPad or iPhone (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:42 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - Apps that bring tree huggers and iPhone and iPad lovers together for the greater green are few and far between. While they might be in relatively short supply at the moment, there are a handful of green apps out there …

The 5 best smartphone apps for TV lovers (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:17 AM PDT

Yahoo! News - One-third of all smartphone owners use their phones while watching TV. Nearly half of all users spend the time logged in to social sites like Facebook and Twitter, but many are accessing one of these nifty apps that are designed with …

Chinese e-commerce giant opens furniture showroom (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:55 PM PDT

In this Friday May 27, 2011, photo, a computer screen display various furniture items with selling price while Chinese shop inside the newly opened Taobao Mall in Beijing, China. China's e-commerce giant is stepping up its heated rivalry with bricks-and-mortar retailers with the launch of a five-story home furnishings showroom in Beijing. Alibaba Group's Taobao, an Internet platform through which an estimated 3 percent of all retail sales in China pass, opened the showroom Friday for customers to try out sofas, tables and other big-ticket items before placing an order with one of its merchants. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China's e-commerce giant is stepping up its heated rivalry with bricks-and-mortar retailers with the launch of a five-story home furnishings showroom in Beijing.

Rivals likely to reach for Google's "Wallet" (AFP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:06 PM PDT

The internet search engine has unveiled AFP - With the announcement of "Google Wallet" the Internet giant became the first player to dash into a future where people use smartphones as credit cards, but rivals are expected to cut its lead short.

Why Are Android Apps Ugly? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 29 May 2011 09:46 AM PDT

ContributorNetwork - It's true that not all Android apps are ugly. But if you spend awhile using an Android smartphone or tablet, then switch to an iPhone or iPad, you can see the difference: iOS apps don't just look shinier, they work better and are easier to use. Even when an app is available for both iPhone and Android, the iPhone one usually looks better.

Combine your IM conversations in one window with Trillian for Android (Appolicious)

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:00 AM PDT

Appolicious - Your time's too valuable. To communicate via multiple programs and windows is not only impractical, it probably will cause a headache. If you're on multiple sites, you should try downloading Trillian.

NY rep says hacker sent lewd photo from Twitter (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 04:34 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2011 file photo, Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., testifies before the House Rules Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. A spokesman for Weiner on Sunday, May 29, 2011 said that a lewd photograph sent from the Democrat's Twitter account is just 'a distraction' perpetrated by a hacker.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - A lewd photograph of a crotch sent from the Twitter account of U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner is just "a distraction" perpetrated by a hacker, his spokesman said Sunday.

KAMI RETRO HD tops iPad Games of the Week (Appolicious)

Posted: 29 May 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Appolicious - Fans of 1980's Broadway musicals (Little Shop of Horrors, anyone?) and pixelated arcade gaming will fall for KAMI RETRO HD. Try not to take a tumble in this stunner, positioning fans, springs, and other objects across each level, helping your ever-faithful troops make their way from one end to the other. Along the way, man-eating plants are just waiting for a snack.

Taiwan show to feature Apple tablet challengers (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:53 PM PDT

A showroom employee displays a tablet computer from one of Taiwan's top PC vendors, AsusTek Computer Inc., in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, May 28, 2011. Dozens of global computer firms and their obsession to get a piece of the expanding tablet computing market will be on full display Tuesday May 31, 2011, as Computex, the world's second largest computer show, begins its annual five-day run in Taipei. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)AP - Computer manufacturers of all sizes and descriptions have been pushing to get a piece of the ever-expanding tablet market created by the launch of Apple's iPad in April 2010.
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