Oracle Corp to fix Java security flaw "shortly"

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• Oracle Corp to fix Java security flaw "shortly"
• Internet activist, programmer Aaron Swartz dead at 26
• Apple won't blindly pursue market share, Chinese paper reports
• Top 10 Tech This Week, CES 2013 Edition
• Sizzle Up For a Smooth Face With Bacon Shaving Cream
• HP's Meg Whitman made $15.4 million in fiscal 2012
• Online activist, programmer Swartz dies in NY
• Aaron Swartz, 1986-2013: a computer hacker who is now a political martyr
• Tech World Saddened by Death of Internet Activist Aaron Swartz
• Why attend car shows when photos are a swipe away?
• New cars debuting at the Detroit auto show
• Detroit auto show: a user's guide
• Details of the Detroit auto show
• Sculpteo Makes it Easy to Create Your Own 3D iPhone Case
• Hands On With Pebble, the Internet's Favorite Smart Watch

Oracle Corp to fix Java security flaw "shortly" Posted: 12 Jan 2013 04:21 PM PST BOSTON (Reuters) - Oracle Corp said it is preparing an update to address a flaw in its widely used Java software after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged computer users to disable the program in web browsers because criminal hackers are exploiting a security bug to attack PCs. "A fix will be available shortly," the company said in a statement released late on Friday. Company officials could not be reached on Saturday to say how quickly the update would be available for the hundreds of millions of PCs that have Java installed. ...

Internet activist, programmer Aaron Swartz dead at 26 Posted: 12 Jan 2013 06:57 PM PST (Reuters) - Internet activist and computer prodigy Aaron Swartz, who helped create an early version of the Web feed system RSS and was facing federal criminal charges in a controversial fraud case, has committed suicide at age 26, authorities said on Saturday. Police found Swartz's body in his apartment in the New York City borough of Brooklyn on Friday, according to a spokeswoman for the city's chief medical examiner, which ruled the death a suicide by hanging. Swartz is widely credited with being a co-author of the specifications for the Web feed format RSS 1. ...

Apple won't blindly pursue market share, Chinese paper reports Posted: 12 Jan 2013 02:07 AM PST SAN FRANCISCO/BEIJING (Reuters) - In a revised version of an interview published Thursday in a Chinese newspaper, Apple Inc marketing chief Phil Schiller said the company would focus on making "the best products" for customers and "never blindly pursue market share". On Thursday, the Shanghai Evening News had originally cited Schiller as saying that Apple would not develop a cheaper smartphone for the sake of expanding its market share. ...

Top 10 Tech This Week, CES 2013 Edition Posted: 12 Jan 2013 06:30 AM PST 1. Intel's Awesome Future Laptop

Sizzle Up For a Smooth Face With Bacon Shaving Cream Posted: 12 Jan 2013 04:17 AM PST Big date coming up?

HP's Meg Whitman made $15.4 million in fiscal 2012 Posted: 12 Jan 2013 08:11 AM PST CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chief executive Meg Whitman received compensation worth about $15.4 million in 2012 as Hewlett-Packard Co. posted a net loss in her first full fiscal year in charge, according to a federal proxy filing. Whitman's base salary was just $1. Her bonus was $1.7 million, while the remainder of her compensation was granted in the form of Hewlett-Packard stock options, stock awards and other income, according to the proxy filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. Her compensation was about 70 percent of previous targets, as the company posted a net loss. ...

Online activist, programmer Swartz dies in NY Posted: 12 Jan 2013 07:01 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Computer prodigy Aaron Swartz, who helped develop RSS and co-founded Reddit, has been found dead weeks before he was to go on trial on federal charges that he stole millions of scholarly articles in an attempt to make them freely available to the public.

Aaron Swartz, 1986-2013: a computer hacker who is now a political martyr Posted: 12 Jan 2013 04:43 PM PST "Aaron Swartz's death is a loss for all humanity," said one distinguished hacker who knew him.

Tech World Saddened by Death of Internet Activist Aaron Swartz Posted: 12 Jan 2013 09:26 AM PST Aaron Swartz was one of the earliest members of the Reddit team, helped build the first RSS program, and was by all accounts a genius at a very young age. Swartz committed suicide on January 11. He was 26 years old.

Why attend car shows when photos are a swipe away? Posted: 12 Jan 2013 06:37 AM PST DETROIT (AP) — Why go to a crowded auto show when you can glimpse dozens of new models on the internet?

New cars debuting at the Detroit auto show Posted: 12 Jan 2013 06:13 AM PST The North American International Auto Show begins this week in Detroit with media and industry previews. It opens to the public Jan. 19. Here are some of the new cars and experimental concept vehicles that will debut at the show:

Detroit auto show: a user's guide Posted: 12 Jan 2013 06:10 AM PST The North American International Auto Show in Detroit, which features more than 500 vehicles, opens to the public Jan. 19. Here are the details:

Details of the Detroit auto show Posted: 12 Jan 2013 05:55 AM PST The North American International Auto Show in Detroit, which features more than 500 vehicles, opens to the public Jan. 19. Here are the details:

Sculpteo Makes it Easy to Create Your Own 3D iPhone Case Posted: 11 Jan 2013 02:56 PM PST Base Model

Hands On With Pebble, the Internet's Favorite Smart Watch Posted: 11 Jan 2013 02:19 PM PST Music controls on Pebble are intuitive and easy to use.

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