Elgan: How spammers will poison your social graph
They wrecked e-mail, then they ruined search, and next spammers will go after your friends and family, tainting your social networks, writes columnist Mike Elgan.
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Modem 'hand-off' from 3G to LTE can take two minutes, Verizon says
Verizon Wireless said on Friday that laptop users with USB modems on its new high-speed LTE network may experience up to a two minute delay when switching over from a 3G coverage zone.
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Google, Microsoft ad networks briefly hit by with malware
For a brief period this week, cybercriminals managed to infect Google's and Microsoft's online ad networks with malicious advertisements that attacked users' PCs, according to security consultancy Armorize.
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Kobo Wireless eReader
The Kobo Wireless eReader aspires to compete with the big kids in the e-reader arena. This iteration represents a marked improvement over its predecessor, offering higher contrast, a sharper E Ink display, and better performance. Unfortunately, the Wireless eReader still lacks the polish and finesse of the leaders. And at $139 (as of December 13, 2010), it's the same price as an Amazon Kindle.
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Oracle seeks $212 million in interest from SAP
Oracle wants SAP to pay it US$212 million in interest on top of the $1.3 billion awarded to it last month by a jury in the companies' TomorrowNow lawsuit, court papers show.
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Open Websites at login
You've probably dragged a link from your browser to the desktop to get easy access to your favorite site or a useful resource for work. But Mac OS X Hints reader nathanator11 wanted to take that convenience one step further by making his Mac open those Websites automatically whenever he logs in. Here's how he did it.
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Hackers rally around Dutch WikiLeaks DDoS suspect
Members of RevSpace, a hacker collective in The Hague want to teach "Jeroenz0r," currently in custody for cyberattacks against Mastercard and Visa, a lesson or two to make him a real hacker. That is, an ethical hacker.
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Do not track browser tool is just permission-less marketing
Gibbs isn't impressed by the FTC's proposal
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Facebook rejected Microsoft's $15B offer
A Microsoft executive, speaking at a tech conference in Paris, confirmed the company made a failed bid to buy Facebook three years ago.
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Oracle set to launch MySQL 5.5 GA release
Oracle is expected to launch the general-availability version of MySQL 5.5 during a webcast event on Wednesday.
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