July 24, 2007

Apple Falls on Initial iPhone Activation Numbers

Shares of Apple Inc. fell 4 percent on Tuesday after AT&T Inc. issued initial subscriber numbers for customers of Apple’s iPhone that were below analyst estimates. Read more

iPhone Flaw Lets Hackers Take Over

The researchers, working for Independent Security Evaluators, a company that tests its clients’ computer security by hacking it, said that they could take control of iPhones through a Wi-Fi connection or by tricking users into going to a Web site that contains malicious code. The hack, the first reported, allowed them to tap the wealth of personal information the phones contain. Read more

Lawsuit Seeks to Shut Down Facebook

The lawsuit’s allegations against Zuckerberg include fraud, copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets. It asks the court to shut down Facebook and give control of the company and its assets to ConnectU’s founders. A hearing on a motion to dismiss the lawsuit is scheduled for Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Boston.  Read more

MySpace fan boys... MySpace Deletes 29,000 Sex Offenders

The new information was first revealed by U.S. state authorities after MySpace turned over information on convicted sex offenders it had removed from the service. “The exploding epidemic of sex offender profiles on MySpace — 29,000 and counting — screams for action,” Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said in a statement. Read more
July 22, 2007

20 Fantastic Open Source Downloads

The very earliest days of the PC revolution were soaked in idealism. People shared their knowledge with one another freely; the very idea of charging for software was an anathema. The early days of the Internet had a similar rosy view of the world. Read more

20 Fantastic Open Source Downloads

The very earliest days of the PC revolution were soaked in idealism. People shared their knowledge with one another freely; the very idea of charging for software was an anathema. The early days of the Internet had a similar rosy view of the world. Read more

Dubai Skyscraper World's Tallest

When finished, the skyscraper will have more than 160 floors, 56 elevators, apartments, shops, swimming pools, spas, corporate suites, Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani’s first hotel, and an observation platform on the 124th floor.  Read more
July 21, 2007

Duke Resolves iPhone Wi-Fi Problems

I touched on this last week about Duke calling in Cisco for help with the overlfow of WiFi connections since the iPhone.

 Initial reports of the problem placed the blame for the outages squarely on Apple’s iPhones, which flooded the Cisco WAPs (Wireless Access Points) with thousands of address requests per second. However, in a statement released this afternoon, Cisco Systems admitted that the problem was caused by a Cisco glitch. Read more

FBI Ducks Questions About Its Spyware

Some of the perfectly reasonable points they made: What about security flaws? Is there evidence of a “systematic search for bugs?” How about audit and logging? Why not publish the source code for public review? Read more

Next Version Of Windows In 3 Years

While the company provided few details, Windows 7, the next client version of the operating system, will be among the steps taken by Microsoft to establish a more predictable release schedule, according to sources. The company plans a more “iterative” process of information disclosure to business customers and partners, sources said.  Read more