China denies role in hack of Canadian government servers
The Chinese government is denying any involvement in a reported cyber attack on the Canadian government, which was ultimately traced to a Chinese server. The Chinese government is firmly opposed to hacking and other criminal acts, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said at a press conference Thursday. China is also a victim of computer hacking, he said. "The allegation that China supports hacking is groundless," he said.
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Debating the pros and cons of software patents
The benefits and problems associated with software patents were debated Wednesday evening during a Silicon Valley panel session sponsored by the Churchill Club business and technology forum.
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Users frustrated with Seagate next-gen hybrid drive
Users are complaining that Seagate's Momentus XT hybrid drive, which combines solid-state drive (SSD) technology with a traditional hard drive, has a significant defect that causes it to pause frequently, freeze up and beep a lot. One user said his drive recorded more than 65,000 spin downs/ups in its first month of use.
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Apple spells out Verizon, AT&T iPhone differences
We already know that the CDMA (Verizon) and GSM (AT&T and international) iPhones are ever-so-slightly different physically and internally -- but just how different are the two iPhones in terms of actual, real-world usage?
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Research firm sounds alarm on chip inventories
Global semiconductor inventories have surged to the highest level in two-and-a-half-years to just about where they were before the onset of the last chip downturn, market researcher IHS iSuppli warned on Wednesday. The high inventories will become a big concern if chip sales growth slows down.
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Bulk of browsers vulnerable to attack due to poor patching
About eight out of every 10 Web browsers run by consumers are vulnerable to attack by exploits of already patched bugs, according to a security expert. The poor state of browser patching stunned Wolfgang Kandek, CTO of security risk and compliance management provider Qualys, which presented data from the company's free BrowserCheck service Wednesday at the RSA Conference in San Francisco.
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Tablets to be supercharged by quad-core chips
Just as tablets with dual-core processors start to hit shelves, chip makers are now shipping samples of quad-core chips that could make the devices even faster.
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iPad sales push Apple to top of the mobile PC heap
The Apple iPad continues to prove itself a game changer for computer industry, as sales of Apple's popular tablet have pushed the company to the No. 1 spot over HP, Acer, Dell, and Toshiba in terms of mobile computers shipped in the final quarter of 2010.
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SAP hopes to boost StreamWork sales with OpenSocial
SAP has added support for the Google-backed OpenSocial programming standards for social applications to its StreamWork collaboration software, the company announced Wednesday. Software that uses OpenSocial APIs (application programming interfaces) can be served up to StreamWork users through the application's "tools catalog," according to a statement.
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New Windows zero-day surfaces as researcher releases attack code
A security researcher yesterday disclosed a new unpatched bug in Windows that some experts believe could be used to remotely hijack a PC. Microsoft said it is investigating the flaw, but provided no information on any analysis it's conducted thus far.
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How IBM's Watson hammered its 'Jeopardy' foes
The historic "Jeopardy" matches between IBM's Watson supercomputer and two representatives of the human race are almost over. Watson is winning. The best and brightest wetware is on the ropes.
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