IT News HeadLines (HardOCP) 16/07/2010

Using Social Media To Get a Job
You know how it is when you don't have a job, you sit around all day stalking people on Twitter and Facebook? Well, now you can use those very same techniques to land a job (or be smacked with a restraining order). When you're logged into Twitter, on the top right side of your screen, you'll see a link to "Find People." Type in the name of the company you're eyeing and then review the profiles of each person (or organization) that pops up. Follow those who work in recruiting and/or within the departments that appeal to you. Comments
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Japan Is Still Low-Tech?
The country know for being a leader in the tech world has a low-tech underbelly? Really? That just doesn't seem right, I thought everyone from Japan was tech savvy. Police stations without computers, 30-year-old "on hold" tapes grinding out tinny renditions of Greensleeves, ATMs that close when the bank does, suspect car engineering, and kerosene heaters but no central heating. Comments
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Q310 CPU Heat Sink / Air Cooler Roundup
If you are contemplating an upgrade to your current cooling solution, make sure you read our CPU Heat Sink / Air Cooler roundup for Q310. Which HSF has the best performance? Which is the quietest? Best performance per dollar? Hit the link for all that info and more. As the ambient temperature starts to rise you might start to see erratic behavior from your PC if you are close to the edge as it is. Upgrading your heat sink may be just the thing to keep your CPU nice and happy. Today we have five contenders of all shapes and sizes vying to be your next choice of cooler. Comments
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ISPs Should Pay for Pirated Music
Now here is a great idea, let's charge ISPs for pirated music traded on its networks. Next up, charging the state for the stolen cars that drive on its roads. A U.K. music royalty collection society has suggested charging ISPs for pirated content traded on their networks, as the organization claims piracy will worsen with faster broadband speeds. Comments
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Apple to Address iPhone Troubles on Friday
Are we taking bets on what the excuses will be at tomorrow's press conference? How about the remedy? I'm putting my money on free bumper cases for everyone. Apple Inc. said it will hold a press conference on Friday to discuss the latest iPhone model, which has been beset by complaints about its antenna. Comments
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Rex, the Robotic Exoskeleton
Seeing this guy get up out of his wheelchair and start walking around using the robotic exoskeleton is inspirational. Comments
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Tech Support Showdown 2010
The results of LAPTOP Magazine's Tech Support Showdown 2010 are now online. See how twelve of the biggest names in the PC industry fared when their tech support was put to the test. During our tests we encountered, on average, 13-minute call times with less than 4 minutes of time spent on hold. That's down by more than a minute compared to last year's results. However, a few of the big brands refused to answer our questions unless they were strictly in reference to broken hardware, pitching some fairly pricey support packages instead. This disturbing trend aside, there were some pleasant surprises. Comments
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RIAA Paid Lawyers $16M to Recover $391k
It doesn't take a mathematician to realize spending $16 million to recover $391,000 isn't very smart at all. The RIAA paid Holmes Roberts & Owen $9,364,901 in 2008, Jenner & Block more than $7,000,000, and Cravath Swain & Moore $1.25 million, to pursue its "copyright infringement" claims, in order to recover a mere $391,000. [ps there were many other law firms feeding at the trough too; these were just the ones listed among the top 5 independent contractors.] Comments
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Facebook Refuses to Take Down Tribute Page to Killer
Facebook has upset a group of people by refusing to remove a tribute page dedicated to a guy that maimed and killed innocent people. What do you think, is Facebook right or wrong in this situation? "I cannot understand any wave, however small, of public sympathy for this man. There should be sympathy for his victims and the havoc he wreaked in that community. There should be no sympathy for him,'' some members of the British Parliament are suggesting that Facebook should remove the Moat fan page. Comments
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An iPhone 4 Recall Less Costly Than Apple's Share Drop
Considering the fact that all this bad iPhone 4 news has caused Apple to lose $5B in market share, experts seem to think a $1.5B iPhone 4 recall might not be so bad after all. This growing anger is starting to cost Apple more than a $1.5 billion recall. On Tuesday, its stock shed $5 a share on a day the market traded higher. The sharp drop cost Apple $5 billion in valuation, writes Robert Cyran for Reuters Breakingviews, who echoed the PR dismay we reported in this space yesterday. Comments
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IBM Hires M.D.s to Work Alongside Scientists
IBM today announced plans to enlist some of the company's leading scientists and technologists to help medical practitioners and insurance companies provide high-quality, evidence-based care to patients. As part of this initiative, IBM is collaborating with clinicians in medical institutions and hiring medical doctors to work alongside its researchers to develop new technologies, scientific advancements, and business processes for healthcare and insurance providers. Dedicating $100 million over the next three years, the initiative will draw on IBM's leadership in systems integration, services research, cloud computing, analytics and emerging scientific areas – such as nanomedicine and computational biology – to drive innovations that empower practitioners to focus their efforts on patient care. Comments
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Q310 CPU Heat Sink / Air Cooler Roundup
Thinking of upgrading your CPU air cooler since things are getting a little hotter under the colar? We cover some newer solutions from big names in air cooling and compare those to the tried and true solutions that we have come to know and love.
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Mozilla Disables Password-Stealing Firefox Add-On
Mozilla has put the smack down on Mozilla Sniffer, a password stealing app that has been making the rounds. The company says they are implementing a new security model to prevent this from happening in the future. The software, called Mozilla Sniffer, had been downloaded about 1,800 times in the approximately five weeks it was available on addons.mozilla.org, Mozilla reported in a blog post on Tuesday. The blocklist will prompt the add-on to be uninstalled for computers running the program. Users who installed it should change their passwords. Mozilla Sniffer intercepts login data and sends it to a remote server that appeared to be down, according to the blog post. Comments
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Asus Breaks Into PC Makers' Top 5
Congrats to the crew at ASUS, it looks like the company is now number five on the list of the top PC manufactures around the world. For the second quarter of 2010, Asus shipped 4.3 million PCs, good enough for 5.3 percent of the worldwide market, according to IDC. The Taiwanese manufacturer's PC shipments grew 84 percent during the quarter, allowing it to pull into a dead-even tie with Toshiba for the very first time: the two are tied, that is, for fifth-most PC sales during the quarter behind usual suspects Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Acer, and Lenovo. Comments
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