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Toshiba Satellite Laptops Recalled for Burn Hazard

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 15:20
Toshiba Satellite laptops were voluntarily recalled for posing a burn hazard to customers.



Laptop - Toshiba - Toshiba Satellite - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Satellite

Bugs & Fixes: Revisiting a Magic Mouse Problem

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 15:20
Last November, I wrote about how my Magic Mouse would repeatedly lose its connection to my Mac Pro. After some effort, I gave up trying to resolve it—and went...



magicmouse - Magic - Performing Arts - Arts - Apple

Ping.fm Gets Boost Thanks to Apple's Ping, Company Claims

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 15:12
Ping.fm benefit claims from Apple's Ping splash are questionable after further analysis.



Apple - Facebook - Social network - iTunes - Steve Jobs

Germany to Launch Antibotnet Program for Consumers

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 15:10
Germany will soon launch a service to help consumers remove malicious software from their computers in an attempt to stem the spread of spam-sending botnets.



Malware - Botnet - E-mail - Spam - 2002

Samsung Galaxy Tab Faces Challenges

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 14:52
The Samsung Galaxy Tab looks like a formidable challenger capable of taking on the Apple iPad, but Samsung still has some hurdles to cross for the Android tablet to succeed.



Apple - IPad - Samsung i7500 - Android - Galaxy Tab

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Fri, 09/03/2010 - 14:52

Apple: The King of Digital Music

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 14:39
Analysis: Apple has dominated digital music sales for close to a decade. Can the company that popularized paid digital music maintain its position?



Apple - Digital audio - Macintosh - Steve Job - Articles

ViewSonic Puts Windows 7, Android on 10-inch Tablet

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 14:30
On Friday, ViewSonic launched its second tablet at IFA. The ViewPad 100 runs Windows 7 Home Premium and Android version 1.6.



Android - Window 7 - tablet - ViewSonic - Operating system

Twitter Mobile Users up Over 60 Percent Since April

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 14:30
Twitter's mobile use is up more than 60 percent since the release of several official mobile applications.



Twitter - iPhone - Online Communities - Social Networking - Evan Williams

Bug Found With Automator and ITunes 10

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 14:10
As you’re aware, Apple just released iTunes 10. With that release has come some changes—both expected and not so.



Apple - iTunes - Automator - Macintosh - Articles

HP Wins 3PAR, What's Next for Dell?

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 13:02
HP outbids Dell and wins the battle for cloud storage provider 3PAR, leaving Dell to pick up the pieces and come up with a new strategy.



Dell - Hewlett-Packard - Cloud computing - Business - HP 3000

Apple's Ping a Scammer's Haven? Security Experts Say Watch Out

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:57
Security experts are warning Apple's new Ping social component to iTunes is being exploited by comment spammers and this presents a security risk to users.



Apple - iTunes - Security - Facebook - Google

Security Program Automatically Tracks Down Missing Patches

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 11:30
Secunia has updated its Personal Software Inspector (PSI) with the ability to silently download and apply patches from multiple vendors soon after their release



Secunia - Security - Advisories and Patches - Personal Software Inspector - Microsoft

Latest Skype Beta Offers Group Video Calls for 10

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 09:10
The latest beta version of Skype offers the ability to do group video calls with up to 10 people.



Skype - Software release life cycle - Microsoft Windows - Video - Videoconferencing

Women Did Well on Defcon Social Engineering Test

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 07:50
Organizers



People - Business - Las Vegas Nevada - DEFCON - Health

Women Did Well on Defcon Social Engineering Test

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 07:50
Of the 135 Fortune 500 employees targeted by social engineering hackers in a recent contest only five of them refused to give up any corporate information whatsoever. And guess what? All five were women.



Defcon - Social engineering - Business - Engineering - Organizations

Samsung Galaxy Tab Rooted... A Month Before Release

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 06:21
Most new smartphones seem to get rooted within a week or two of their release, but four weeks before they go on sale? Hackers have cracked a prototype tablet from Samsung, the Galaxy Tab, a month before it hits shelves.



Samsung Group - Smartphone - GalaxyTab - Android - Samsung

Nvidia's Laptop Graphics Cards to Boost Web Browsing

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 04:20
Nvidia on Friday announced seven new GeForce 400M series laptop graphics cards, which could help accelerate Web surfing and 3D image rendering.



Nvidia - GeForce - Video card - Graphics processing unit - Hardware

Remains of the Day: Gimme Fallout Shelter

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 00:30
Every time there's an Apple event, there's fallout. Big, nasty, mutate-ants-into-monstrous-rampaging-creatures fallout. With Apple's media shindig on Wednesday...



Apple - Macintosh - IPhone - Apple II - Companies

Stream TV Android Froyo Tablet: Sneak Peak Now, Preorders Next Week

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 00:28
Start-up aims for a piece of the Android pie.



Android - tablet - Handhelds - Samsung Group - Samsung