Tuesday, April 9, 2013

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 10/04/2013


TechSpot Bitcoin-mining trojan spreading through Skype spam, Kaspersky warns Skype users beware: Kaspersky has discovered a new trojan that's spreading through Microsoft's chat service. Revealed late last week, the malware campaign is believed to have only began on March 1 but has grown rapidly and the infection is essentially being distributed through crafty spam. Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
PlusD is Wikileaks' searchable archive of U.S. classified documents Wikileaks has unveiled a newly searchable archive dubbed the "Public LIbrary of U.S. Diplomacy" or otherwise known as PlusD. The whistle-blowing organization hopes its efforts to sort, tag and analyze an enormous collection of more than two million U.S. documents will help onlookers more easily find what they're looking for. ... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Live action Street Fighter series needs your help via Kickstarter A webseries for the popular Street Fighter franchise (with Capcom’s blessing, we might add) is vying for your dollars via Kickstarter. Joey Ansah, the director, writer and creative force behind Street Fighter: Legacy and Christopher Howard need roughly $950,000 to produce a prequel series they are calling Street Fighter: Assassin’s... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Verizon Lumia 928 pictured, OLED screen and thinner body rumored A leaked image has revealed a variant of the Nokia Lumia 920 for Verizon. Uploaded by Twitter user @evleaks, the picture includes front and back shots of the device, which looks similar to the Lumia 920 that launched through AT&T in the US last year. Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
HP launches new low-power Moonshot server class HP’s Moonshot server line is now official in the US, promising to drastically reduce space and power usage in data centers. What’s more, the multi-year project is expected to show the company can still innovate and remain a leader in the server market amid cloud customers that are now building... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Sony 55" and 65" 4K UHD TVs competitively priced, arrive this summer Sony announced yesterday that its 55-inch (XBR-55X900A) and 65-inch (XBR-65X900A) 4K UHD LED televisions will retail for $4,999 and $6,999, respectively. The company says it will be taking orders for the new consumer TVs as early as April 21, although they won't actually ship until this summer. Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Using a hands-on GPS while driving in California is now illegal Talking or text messaging while driving is already illegal in a number of states but that’s seemingly not enough for California officials. As such, lawmakers in The Golden State have passed a law making it illegal to use a hands-on mapping application on your phone while driving in an effort... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Google reportedly in talks to buy WhatsApp for close $1 billion Google is reportedly in talks to acquire cross-platform messaging application WhatsApp. According to sources close to the negotiations cited by Digital Trends, talks have been going on over the past four or five weeks, with the team behind WhatsApp supposedly “playing hardball” as they push for an acquisition price close... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Microsoft to unveil next Xbox May 21, subsidized version for $300? Speculation about Microsoft's next-generation console continues to mount as we approach its inevitable unveiling this spring or summer -- likely the former, according to new details from separate sources. It was previously believed that the company was preparing to introduce its latest machine toward the end of this month --... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
HTC sees significant profit drop amid HTC One delay The mobile phone industry is thriving like no other but of course that doesn’t exactly guarantee success as a vendor. HTC, Taiwan’s largest smartphone maker and one of the hottest brands just a few years ago, is one of several victims in the cutthroat industry as evident by their latest... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
AMI BIOS source code and UEFI signing key found on public FTP The source code and unique UEFI signing test key for firmware developed by American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) has been discovered on an FTP server in Taiwan. What makes the news especially damning is that the sensitive data was allegedly stored on a public server owned and operated by a third... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Sony FMP-X1 4K media player to arrive this summer for $699 If you’re in the market for one of Sony’s new 4K LED televisions then you’ll no doubt be interested in picking up the accompanying 4K media streaming box. The company announced pricing and availability for the FMP-X1 media player as well as two compatible televisions over the weekend and as... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Google Fiber expansion may be coming to Austin, Texas Austin, Texas, could be the next stop for Google’s coveted gigabit network. The search giant and the city of Austin have invited members of the press as well as business leaders to a joint event tomorrow. Naturally, both Google and Austin city officials aren’t commenting on the event. ... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Synology DS2413+ NAS Review: For when you're serious about storage The DS2413+ is Synology's newest twelve-bay DiskStation NAS for small to medium sized businesses who need loads of storage. Along with supporting up to 48TB worth of drives out of the box, the DS2413+ can be paired with the company's DX1211 expansion enclosure that houses an extra 12 drives, doubling... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Synology DiskStation DS2413+ NAS Review
The DS2413+ is Synology's newest twelve-bay DiskStation NAS for small to medium sized businesses who need loads of storage. Along with supporting up to 48TB worth of drives out of the box, the DS2413+ can be paired with the company's DX1211 expansion enclosure that houses an extra 12 drives, doubling the maximum storage capacity of the base unit to a whopping 96TB. Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2013 13.0.1.4190 Designed to protect personal computers running Windows from malicious programs. Read More ...
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