IT News HeadLines (HardOCP) 12/08/2010

Zeus Trojan Steals $1M from U.K. Bank Accounts
You know things are bad when they need to use a huge info-graph to explain how a trojan stole your money. Consumers and businesses in Great Britain have lost more than $1 million so far this summer from a Trojan that is infecting their computers, prompting them to log into their bank accounts, and then is surreptitiously transferring money to scammers in other countries, security researchers said on Tuesday. Comments
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Facebook Forces Travel Site To Change Name?
While the video below is rather humorous, we have been assured that the situation is actually serious and the travel-based company, founded by a group of former Netflix executives, will eventually have to change its name. Comments
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47" Touch Screen Vending Machine
Japan has always had some really cool high-tech gadgets but this 47" touch screen vending machine takes the cake. Bring a movie or you game console to the subway and you are all set. Comments
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DARPA Developing ExtremeScale Supercomputer System
Advanced computing is the backbone of the Department of Defense and of critical strategic importance to our nation's defense. All DoD sensors, platforms and missions depend heavily on computer systems. To meet the escalating demands for greater processing performance, it is imperative that future computer system designs be developed to support new generations of advanced DoD systems and enable new computing application code. Targeting this crucial need, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has initiated the Ubiquitous High Performance Computing (UHPC) program to create an innovative, revolutionary new generation of computing systems that overcomes the limitations of current evolutionary approach. Comments
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Stupidest Craigslist Criminal EVER
Get this, some guy gets busted after the person that answered his Craigslist ad for a ladder was the guy he stole it from. But wait, it gets better! After the idiot is released from jail, he tries to sell the ladder againÂ…to the same guy. Wow. After being released from jail, Gilman called the same man and asked if the man still wanted to buy a ladder from him that was listed on Craigslist, Thompson said. Gilman reportedly was unaware that he was calling the same man who helped deputies arrest him days before. Comments
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First SMS Trojan Detected for Android Smartphones
All you Android smart phone owners should be on the lookout, Kaspersky Lab says there is a new malicious Trojan-SMS making the rounds. The new malicious program penetrates smartphones running Android in the guise of a harmless media player application. Users are prompted to install a file of just over 13 KB with the standard Android extension .APK. Once installed on the phone, the Trojan uses the system to begin sending SMSs to premium rate numbers without the owner's knowledge or consent, resulting in money passing from a user's account to that of the cybercriminals. Comments
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Funny Search Results
I am somewhat apprehensive when people send me e-mail saying "search for (insert word) on Google" because you never know what will happen. Thankfully today's suggestion simply brought up a little light reading on lesbians. Thanks to Gerard B. for the tip. Comments
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Founders in Public Shouting Match at Google?
What is with Google lately? This Wall Street Journal article isn't very flattering as it describes shouting matches, internal memos and the infighting over how the company can make money off your personal info. Tensions erupted during a meeting with about a dozen executives at Google's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters about 18 months ago when Messrs. Page and Brin shouted at each other over how aggressively Google should move into targeting, according to a person who had knowledge of the meeting. "It was awkward," this person said. "It was like watching your parents fight." Comments
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Women Set the Pace as Online Gamers
Brace yourselves for the onslaught of "your mom" jokes because you know they are coming. Although women are still slightly in the minority among global Web users, they are closing ground with men and, once connected, spend about two more hours online a month on average. Comments
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HP Took a P.R. Firm's Advice in the Hurd Case
What kind of company follows the advice of a PR firm when ousting your CEO? Yeah, I knowÂ…they say he "resigned" but we all know companies don't pay $40 million severance packages to people that resign or quit, now do they? But in ousting Mr. Hurd, the directors set off a media scrutiny they had hoped to avoid. Some in Silicon Valley said the technology giant had overreacted in ousting a chief executive who has been one of the most successful in corporate America in recent years. Other corporate governance experts think the company acted admirably. Comments
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PC Power & Cooling Silencer MkII 950W PSU Review
We test one of the latest PC Power & Cooling computer power supplies on the market. Does it strike a balance between server and enthusiast needs? We at least know one thing just by looking at the box, this one might actually live up to the "Silencer" branding for a change since the 80mm cooling fan is now gone.
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