Woman Sues Google After Being Hit by a Car
Lauren Rosenberg is suing Google after she followed Google Maps' directions onto a busy highway and was struck by a car. In the screenshot above, you can see that Google quite clearly warns: Walking directions are in beta. Use caution – This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths. Comments
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44 Million Stolen Gaming Credentials Found Online
Symantec has found an online server hosting 44 million stolen gaming accounts! They include some big names like World of Warcraft and Aion, down to sites that host online games. "The particular database server we uncovered seems very much at the heart of this operation -- part of a distributed password checker aimed at Chinese gaming sites. The stolen login credentials are not just from particular online games, but include user login accounts associated with sites that host a variety of online games," Ward writes. Comments
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Windows XP SP2 Retirement a Bane on IT
Microsoft is officially retiring Windows XP SP2 on July 13. After that, patches will only be released for the newer Service Pack 3. That didn't sound so bad until Qualys said that 50% of the several hundred thousand PCs it monitors still run XP SP2. "I would expect that come August, SP2 will be getting hard and harder to defend," said Kandek, referring to the lack of security updates. "I expect to see reliable exploits of unpatched vulnerabilities three or four months later." Comments
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40% of iPhones Sold to Businesses
AT&T has revealed that 40% of the iPhones sold so far in 2010 have been to business customers. Should this news scare RIM? I have always perceived the Blackberry as the business phone of choice. Now that Apple has addressed many of IT's concerns when it comes to enterprise support for the iPhone, I think we can expect to see a lot more business users taking advantage of Apple's smartphone. That will come at the expense of other platforms, but I don't think Research In Motion has all that much to worry about. Comments
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Amazon Introducing New Kindle In August
Amazon.com is rumored to be releasing a new version of the Kindle e-book reader in August. The device will be thinner and have a more responsive screen with a sharper image. It will not have a colored or touch-screen display. The Kindle uses a black-and-white screen that mimics the appearance of paper. The new version will have sharper contrast that makes e-books look more like real books, the people familiar with the product said. The delay during page turns also will be shortened. Comments
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New Version of Apple TV
Rumors are that Apple is preparing to launch a new version of Apple TV. This new version is a lot different than the last, focusing almost entirely on streaming from cloud-based storage. Surprising thing is that it's only $99. The new architecture of the device will be based directly on the iPhone 4, meaning it will get the same internals, down to that A4 CPU and a limited amount of flash storage -- 16GB to be exact -- though it will be capable of full 1080p HD (!). The device is said to be quite small with a scarce amount of ports (only the power socket and video out), and has been described to some as "an iPhone without a screen." Comments
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The New Digg
Kevin Rose released a video revealing the new features of Digg. You can now follow publishers and friend other users, which lets you see the links and news they comment on or Digg. This will help users see more content relevant to their interests and allow said content to flourish through the community more easily. The result is a personalized news page that seems like a combination of Google Reader, the Facebook news feed and Twitter. Comments
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3 Indicted in $100m Rogue Antivirus Ring
The guys behind AntiVir 2009 and other fake antivirus programs have been charged with multiple counts of wire fraud. Three men have been indicted in what the FBI described as an international cybercrime operation that sold $100 million in rogue antivirus software to victims in more than 60 countries. Comments
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Fan Recreates Final Fantasy Battle Inside StarCraft II
I used to be a pretty big fan of the Use Map Settings games in the original StarCraft, but this is just downright amazing. It really does show how scalable and customizable the new Blizzard engine is. I can't wait to see what kind of mod games and maps users create. Comments
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Foxconn Raising Pay for Workers
Foxconn has stated it will raise the pay of workers by an average of 20 percent to help cut down on the rampant suicides in their factories. But the official said the big jump in pay could help to lift worker morale. "Feeling sad is contagious, and so is feeling happy," he said. "We hope the workers will have a positive attitude toward their lives." Comments
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DIY Mobile Xbox Setup
Nothing screams [H] like modding for the purpose of gaming on-the-go. Their finished getup--which took six weeks to complete--features an Xbox 360 Premium Edition, a 22-inch wide-screen HD lid-mounted monitor, integrated power so that only one outlet is needed, Wi-Fi for connecting on the road, Turtle Beach 5.1 Dolby Digital wireless headphones, and extra controllers for one-on-one jams. It's all housed in a Pelican 1600 carrying case. Comments
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Norton Goes Mobile
Symantec is developing two mobile security apps and a cloud based DNS service. The first, Norton SmartPhone Securty Beta for Android, is scheduled to be available next month and offers some pretty neat features: antimalware protection, call-blocking, and the ability for users to remotely lock or wipe their device via text message in case it gets stolen. There are more than 10 billion non-PC devices that connect to the Internet right now -- and that number is expected to grow to almost 20 billion by 2014, according to IDC. Typically, these devices have little or no security built into them -- nor are users conditioned to think of them as a vector for attacks like those that plague personal computers. Comments
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One Laptop Per Child Project Switches to Tablets
The OLPC project has hit a few snags upon the way with their $100 laptops, and has decided to move on. The project will now shift focus to Marvell's Moby tablet computer. The Moby tablet is powered by a 1GHz Maxwell Armada 610 application processor that can encode and decode video at resolutions of up to 1080p and speeds of 30 fps (frames per second) using the H.264 codec. The XO tablet will also have a multi-lingual soft keyboard with touch feedback. It will have an application that will let users access more than 2 million free books from the Internet. Comments
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The Average Gamer Is "Old"
According to a new study, the average age of gamers is 32 while avid PC gamers and offline PC gamers are 42 on average. Take that all you whipper snappersÂ…now get off my lawn! The average age of gamers increased slightly over last year from 31 years of age in the 2009 study to 32 years in this year's study. Avid PC Gamers and Offline PC Gamers, comprising 11 percent and 8 percent of the gaming population, respectively, are the oldest segments with an average age for both of 42 years. Comments
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