Apple announces MacBook hard drive repair program
A "small percentage" of MacBook owners whose hard drives fail will be eligible for a free replacement under a warranty extension announced by Apple this week.
The laptops in questions are both black and white MacBooks models bought between May 2006 and December 2007;آ according to a page on the company's support site, the hard drive failures can be diagnosed through a simple, yet despair-inducing method: your computer simply stops working and, upon boot, displays a folder icon with a superimposed question mark.
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EPIC asks for FTC investigation into Google Buzz
Despite the changes that Google has made to Buzz following negative reaction to the service, the Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission charging the search giant with violating user privacy.
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Adobe issues emergency PDF patches
As expected, Adobe Tuesday released an emergency update that patched a pair of critical vulnerabilities in its popular PDF viewing and editing software. Adobe ranked both bugs as critical.
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Facebook hit with class action lawsuit over privacy changes
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Facebook over changes that the social networking site made to its privacy settings last November and December.
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Will Apple's Safari fall first in hacking contest ... again?
Apple's Safari will be the first browser to fall next month at the Pwn2Own hacking challenge, the contest organizer predicted today.
A researcher who has won at Pwn2Own the last two years wasn't so sure.
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Google has no plans to compete with mobile operators, CEO says
Google has made investments in wireless networks, is testing gigabit-to-the-home technology, and is selling 60,000 Android smartphones a day -- yet has no plans to compete with network operators, CEO Eric Schmidt told attendees at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday.
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Security bug opens Google Buzz to hackers
A common Web programming error could give hackers a way to take over Google Buzz accounts, a security expert said Tuesday.
The flaw is a "medium-sized problem" with the Buzz for Mobile Web site, said Robert Hansen, CEO of SecTheory, who first reported the issue.
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iPad SDK's surprise: There are no surprises
Apple iPhone application developers have taken a look at the nuances of building software for the the larger iPad tablet and find it strikingly similar to building for the iPhone, though with the added benefit of more screen real estate.
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iPad SDK's surprise: There are no surprises
Apple iPhone application developers have taken a look at the nuances of building software for the the larger iPad tablet and find it strikingly similar to building for the iPhone, though with the added benefit of more screen real estate.
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Arm shows faster, power-efficient mobile chip
Chip designer Arm this week showed its first processor made using the advanced 28-nanometer manufacturing process, which should improve battery life and functionality in future smartphones.
The mobile chip will be smaller than its predecessor, which could make it work faster and use less power, Arm said in a joint statement with GlobalFoundries, which will produce the chip. It will bring advanced features like interactive gaming and high-definition video to devices like smartphones and netbooks.
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RIM offers free BlackBerry Enterprise Server edition for Outlook users
Canadian handset-maker Research In Motion (RIM)today made a couple of significant announcements in Barcelona at this year's Mobile World Congress, including the introduction of a new version of its iBlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) software, called BES Express.
BES Express is aimed at small- to medium-sized businesses that want to take advantage of RIM's wireless BlackBerry email and calendar syncing services, as well as its basic security safeguards, but don't want to -- or can't -- pay for RIM's full BES offering.
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PARC works on content-centric networking
PARC (Palo Alto Research Center), previously known as Xerox PARC, has been responsible for some of the greatest innovations in computing, including the graphical user interface and laser printing. PARC was spun out of Xerox in 2001 as an independent subsidiary and now is working on projects like content-centric networking. To find out the latest developments at PARC, InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill talked to PARC CEO Mark Bernstein late last week during the Microsoft Global High-Tech Summit 2010 event in Santa Clara, Calif.
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Streambase launches complex event processing exchange
CEP (complex-event processing) vendor Streambase on Tuesday launched a Web site where customers, developers, and partners can download, share, and perhaps one day sell components.
Companies use CEP software to monitor the flow of activity in their IT environments, looking for patterns, making correlations, and triggering corrective actions when necessary. While it is applicable to a wide range of industries, today CEP is most popular among sectors like financial services and government intelligence agencies.
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