DOJ May Sue Apple Over eBooks As Early As Tomorrow
According to this Reuters report, the Justice Department could file suit against Apple as early as tomorrow for eBook price fixing.
The Justice Department is investigating alleged price-fixing by Apple and five major publishers: CBS Corp's Simon & Schuster Inc, HarperCollins Publishers Inc, Lagardere SCA's Hachette Book Group, Pearson and Macmillan, a unit of Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck. A lawsuit against Apple, one of the parties not in negotiations with the Justice Department for a potential settlement, could come as early as Wednesday but no final decision has been made, the people said.
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Grandpa Responsible For Hacking Terrorist Websites?
Terrorist everywhere beware, grandpa hacker is coming for you! Whether or not you condone what this guy has done, you have to admit it is nice to hear someone over the age of 14 claim to be a hacker. Thanks to Jon855 for the heads up!
A man who FoxNews.com contacted through The Raptor's Twitter page reluctantly described himself as a grandfather and retired military man with a child serving active duty. These details could not be confirmed independently by FoxNews.com, and he declined to provide any other details about his identity.
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Yahoo CEO Outlines New Corporate Structure
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has a new plan for the company that moves beyond the current "layoff off thousands and hope for the best" strategy.
According to a memo obtained by The Associated Press, the new structure aims to improve users' experience with Yahoo, work closely with advertisers in different regions of the globe, and strengthen the company's technology group. "It's time for Yahoo to move forward, and fast," Thompson said in the memo distributed to staff.
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Brothers Plead Guilty To $23M Online Scam
I'm not criticizing anyone but how is it possible that two guys made $23 million in bogus online orders on Nordstrom's website...and no one caught on for almost two years?
In January 2010, the brothers discovered they could exploit a computer programming error in Nordstrom's ordering system by placing orders that would ultimately be blocked by Nordstrom. No merchandise would ship and nothing would be charged to their credit card. However, Nordstrom would unknowingly continue to compensate FatWallet for the order, and the brothers would still receive the cash back credit from FatWallet. Between January 2010 and continuing through October 2011, the CHIU brothers collectively placed more than $23 million in fraudulent orders through Nordstrom.com. The fraudulent ordering resulted in Nordstrom paying $1.4 million in rebates and commissions, with more than $650,000 in fraudulent cash back payments going directly to the brothers.
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IBM Patents Multi-Touch Floor Covering
A patent on multi-touch floor covering?
An approach is provided that that uses an electronic multi-touch floor covering that has numerous sensors to identify shapes. The electronic multi-touch floor covering identifies a shape of an object that is in contact with the surface of the electronic multi-touch floor covering. An entity record is then retrieved from a data store, such as a database, with the retrieved entity record corresponding to the identified shape. Actions are then retrieved from a second data store with the actions corresponding to the retrieved entity record. The retrieved actions are then executed by the computer system.
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Patch Your PC
Unless you like being vulnerable to remote code execution, I recommend you hit your Windows Update button and get your patch on. Hurry up, go patch that POS PC of yours. Seriously, we're all waiting on you.
This security update resolves a privately disclosed vulnerability in Windows common controls. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user visits a website containing specially crafted content designed to exploit the vulnerability. In all cases, however, an attacker would have no way to force users to visit such a website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to visit the website, typically by getting them to click a link in an email message or Instant Messenger message that takes them to the attacker's website. The malicious file could be sent as an email attachment as well, but the attacker would have to convince the user to open the attachment in order to exploit the vulnerability.
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[H] Custom Case Mod of the Day
This custom case just blows my mind. Hit the link for dozens of pictures of this amazing case from start (a chunk of aluminum) to finish (what you see here):
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Sapphire HD 7970 OC Edition
Our evaluation of the Sapphire HD 7970 OC Edition video card is online for your viewing pleasure. How well does the Dual-X Cooling System perform? What kind of overclocking potential does this card have? Game performance? We answer these questions and more, hit the link for the full review.
The Sapphire HD 7970 OC Edition video card has arrived and brings promise of low temperatures with Sapphires Dual-X Cooling System. It also features a Dual BIOS with both a passive and more aggressive profile. Will Sapphires highest end HD 7970 be able to keep up and compete with NVIDIA's flagship GeForce GTX 680?
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Megaupload Host Refuses to Delete User Data
If this isn't one of the most screwed up love triangles in existence, I don't know what is.
Months after the Megaupload raids and arrests, the fate of the 1,103 servers hosted at Carpathia is still undecided. While the feds won't mind if the servers are wiped clean, Megaupload, the EFF and the MPAA want the data to be preserved because it contains critical evidence and irreplaceable user data. Carpathia is sympathetic to these concerns and has put the fate of Megaupload's data in the hands of Judge O'Grady.
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Iran To Permanently Cut Off Internet by August
In favor of a national intranet, Iran is expected to cut off the internet completely by August. $5 says those "in power" will still have access to porn the internet.
In a statement released last week, Reza Taghipour, the Iranian minister for Information and Communications Technology, announced it plans to establish a national intranet within five months in an effort to create a "clean Internet," according to an International Business Times report. "All Internet Service Providers (ISP) should only present National Internet by August," Taghipour said in the statement.
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Best Buy CEO Resigns
Best Buy might be saying that the split was amicable but, let's face it, the company's stock rose on the news of his resignation. What does that tell you?
Best Buy, based in Minneapolis, said Tuesday that it was a mutual decision, and that there were no disagreements with Dunn on any matter relating to operations, financial controls, policies or procedures. But the company noted that it was time for new leadership given the challenges facing the company.
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Bulletstorm Sequel Cancelled; PC Piracy Mentioned
It looks like there won't be a sequel to Bulletstorm after all. Piracy, among other things, was mentioned as a reason for the cancellation.
Just to stir the pot a little, the story concludes with Capps' comment that sales of the PC version may have been harmed by piracy: "We made a PC version of Bulletstorm, and it didn't do very well on PC and I think a lot of that was due to piracy. It wasn't the best PC port ever, sure, but also piracy was a pretty big problem."
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Sapphire HD 7970 OC Edition Video Card Review
The Sapphire HD 7970 OC Edition video card has arrived and brings promise of low temperatures with Sapphires Dual-X Cooling System. It also features a Dual BIOS with both a passive and more aggressive profile. Will Sapphires highest end HD 7970 be able to keep up and compete with NVIDIA's flagship GeForce GTX 680?
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