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Saturday, June 5, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 05/06/2010

Employees at Apple's Hellish Foxconn Factory Feel Life is "Meaningless"

From Daily Tech

Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou says he can't understand why his employees would want to kill themselves. Gou is among the world's richest men. He lives a lavish lifestyle and recently married his much younger lover.

Authoritarian policies offer employees little freedom

Solexant funded to print thin-film solar cells

From C/Net News

Silicon Valley solar company Solexant has raised $41.5 million to pursue technology it says can slice the costs of solar power with a printing-like manufacturing process.

The company's technology, which was developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, takes raw semiconductor material and creates nanoparticles which, once dissolved in a solvent, creates an ink which can be printed.

Skype founders unveil Spotify clone

From The Register:

Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have unveiled their latest venture, Rdio, for specially invited beta testers.

Friday, June 4, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 04/06/2010

Google wants to patent technology used to 'snoop' Wi-Fi networks

From Computer World

Lawyers in class-action suit link patent application to Street View data sniffing
Google's secret Wi-Fi snooping was powered by new sniffing technology that the company wants to patent, court documents filed Wednesday alleged.

A just-amended complaint in a class-action lawsuit first submitted two weeks ago claims that a patent Google submitted to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in November 2008 shows that the search giant purposefully created technology to gather, analyze and use data sent by users over their wireless networks.

Botnets Target Websites With 'Posers'

From Dark Reading

Tens of thousands of bots are cracking CAPTCHAs and joining websites in order to steal information, extort mone

Botnets increasingly are creating phony online accounts on legitimate websites and online communities in order to steal information from enterprises.

This alternative form of targeted attack by botnets has become popular as botnet tools have made bots easier to purchase and exploit. Merrick Furst, botnet expert and distinguished professor of computer science at Georgia Tech, says bots are showing up "en masse" to customer-facing websites -- posing as people.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 03/06/2010

China aims to become supercomputer superpower

rom the BBC:

China is ramping up efforts to become the world's supercomputing superpower.

Its Nebulae machine at the National Super Computer Center in Shenzhen, was ranked second on the biannual Top 500 supercomputer list.

Install a Touchscreen in Your Netbook

From PC World

Tired of your netbook's tiny touchpad? Here's how to install a touchscreen.
Is your netbook envious of touch-driven devices? You can't turn your netbook into an iPad, but you can retrofit it with a touchscreen and avoid the tiny touchpad.

WARNING: Only skilled or daring hardware hackers should attempt this process. Voiding the warranty is the least of your concerns; you'll have to solder parts together, cut away some of the laptop's plastic housing, and otherwise make permanent changes that you can't undo. Make the wrong move, and you'll break the laptop. We are not responsible for anything that goes wrong with your PC as a result of your following our instructions.

Lucid dream: Ars reviews Ubuntu 10.04

From ARS Technica

During a keynote at the OSCON conference in 2008, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth urged the Linux development community to improve its focus on usability. He vowed that Canonical would contribute financial and technical resources to help make Linux more beautiful and functional. He aimed to raise the bar and set a whole new standardâ€”not just for Linux, but for the entire desktop computing industry.

"The great task ahead of us over the next two years is to lift the experience of the Linux desktop from something that is stable and robust and not so pretty, to something which is art," he said in 2008. "Not emulate, but blow right past Apple in the user experience we deliver to our end users."

Monday, May 31, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 31/05/2010

Anti-Clickjacking Defenses 'Busted' In Top Websites

From Dark Reading

New research easily bypasses popular frame-busting technique

Turns out the most common defense against clickjacking and other Web framing attacks is easily broken: Researchers were able to bypass frame-busting methods used by all of the Alexa Top 500 websites.

The new research from Stanford University and Carnegie Mellon University's Silicon Valley campus found that frame-busting, a popular technique that basically stops a website from operating when it's loaded inside a "frame," does not prevent clickjacking. Clickjacking attacks use malicious iFrames inserted into a Web page to hijack a user's Web session.

5 Ways Steve Ballmer Can Save Microsoft's Mobile Bacon

From PC World

A wasted decade on Windows Mobile threatens Microsoft's relevance in the future of computing.

It appears that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has finally woken up and realized that Microsoft's laughable mobile position is more than a product failure but a potential loss of relevance in the computing world of the future, where desktop PCs are like TVs and the real action is in mobile devices of all stripes.

ISPs told to keep filesharer naughty list

From The Register:

Ofcom confirms Hull as freetard capital

The details of internet users who are accused of unlawful filesharing three times will be recorded on a blacklist so record and film companies can target legal action, rules published today reveal.

Saturday, May 29, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 29/05/2010

FCC Says 30 Million Report Wireless 'Bill Shock'

From Information week

The findings of a survey released by the FCC indicate that 30 million Americans have experienced the shock of unexpected increases in their monthly mobile phone bill.

The FCC has released a survey of mobile bill shock incidents among U.S. mobile phone subscribers and the results are â€“ you guessed it â€“ shocking. Some 30 million American s reported they have experienced â€œbill shock,â€ which is defined as an unexpected increase in a monthly bill not caused by a change in a service plan.

Honda CR-Z sporty hybrid e-car

From Reg Hardware:

The three major Japanese car makers are taking a distinctly different approach to the imminent arrival of the electric car. Nissan has jumped in with both feet and will launch Leaf, its battery-powered e-car, at the end of the year. Toyota is putting its eggs in the true hybrid basket - its Prius is capable of both battery- and petrol-powered drive.

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 29/05/2010

FCC Says 30 Million Report Wireless 'Bill Shock'

From Information week

Honda CR-Z sporty hybrid e-car

From Reg Hardware:

Thursday, May 27, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 27/05/2010

Fedora 13 released with open 3D drivers and Python 3 stack

From ARS Technica

The developers behind the popular Fedora Linux distribution announced on Tuesday the official release of version 13, codenamed Goddard. It brings some important platform improvements and several new desktop applications.

In order to get hardware-accelerated 3D graphics on the Linux desktop, users have typically had to rely on the proprietary drivers that are supplied by the graphic card vendors. The Linux community has had tremendous difficulty building its own alternative open source drivers, but the hard work is starting to pay off.

Lifelock worries after employee data leaked to Web

From ComputerWorld

It may be OK for identity theft protection vendor Lifelock to publish its CEO's Social Security number, but when it comes to other company employees, that's another story.

The company has asked the Phoenix New Times to remove a police report from its Web site after discovering that it contained a redacted Social Security number of Lifelock employee Tamika Jones. The number could be read by simply cutting and pasting the PDF document into another word processing program, a common problem with poorly-redacted documents.

Apple Safari 'Carpet Bomb' Flaw Remains Unfixed Two Years Later

From Dark Reading

Google Chrome also prone to similar attacks

Apple fixed the so-called "carpet bomb" vulnerability in its Safari browser for Windows after Microsoft issued a security advisory about it in July 2008, but to date the very same flaw in Safari for OS X is still unpatched.

HTC Smart mobile phone

Low priced smartphone

HTC's Smart is the Taiwanese company's cheapest handset yet. Designed around the cost-cutting Brew operating system it eschews such bells and whistles as Wi-Fi, GPS or an app store, but it still has quite a few things going for it.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 26/05/2010

BeBionic Unveils Bionic Hand That Would Make Even Luke Proud

From Daily Tech

BeBionic's myo-electric hand features numerous improvements over past models, including being the world's first rotatable electronic prosthetic hand.Â (Source: BeBionic)
The force is strong in this prosthetic

High tech bionics may one day provide vision to the blind and hearing to the deaf.Â But among the most exciting prosthetics is the possibility of fully functional prosthetic limbs.

Sony to coders: For Move, don't rehash Wii failures

From C/Net News

Note to developers planning to make games for Sony's PlayStation Move controller: don't even try to rehash your past titles for the Wii.

Speaking in an interview with Gamasutra, Sony's senior vice president of publisher relations, Rob Dyer, told the publication that when it comes to motion gaming, some titles work, and some just don't. And his company is currently working with developers to help them find the right genres and types of games that would work with the PlayStation Move--and nix those that would not.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 22/05/2010

More publishers to begin charging used game buyers to play online

From Neowin:

Game publishers have been complaining for a long time that they aren't getting their fair share of the second hand game market. They feel that they should be given a piece of the second hand game sales pie. The co-founder of Blitz Game Studios, Andrew Oliver, even went so far as to say that used games are worse than piracy.

Pakistan blocking YouTube and Facebook

From Neowin:

Pakistan is blocking the video sharing website YouTube one day after ISPs in the country received a court order to block Facebook. BBC News is saying reports are leading them to believe a number of Wikipedia and Flickr pages are also being censored. Pakistani officials say YouTube has been blocked because of its "growing sacrilegious content".

Friday, May 21, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 21/05/2010

Symantec To Buy VeriSign's Authentication Business For $1.28 Billion

From Dark Reading

VeriSign will refocus business on Internet infrastructure, naming services
VeriSign, one of the best-known names in computer security, today took a step away from the security business by selling its authentication services business to Symantec for $1.28 billion.

Take the horse, leave the prince: the games to buy this week

From ARS Technica

This Tuesday saw a huge rush of releases hit store shelves, and for those gamers with a limited gaming budget, picking the right games can be a little bit of a challenge. That's why we're here! Let's run down this week's releases and give some recommendations on what you should buy, what you should rent, and what is safe to ignore.
Alan Wake

Google open sources $124.6m video codec

From The Register:

Google has taken a swashbuckling step towards open and license-free web video by open sourcing the leading codec from On2 Technologies, the video-compression outfit it acquired earlier this year for $124.6 million.

LifeLock CEO said to be victim of identity theft 13 times

Fromآ Computer World

A CEO who publicly posted his Social Security number on billboards and in TV commercials as part of a campaign to promote his company's credit monitoring services was the victim of identity theft at least 13 times, a news report says.

The Phoenix New Times reported that Todd Davis, CEO of LifeLock Inc. in Tempe, Ariz., was victimized numerous times by identity thieves who apparently used his Social Security number to commit various types of fraud.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 20/05/2010

Facebook Users Warned of Sexy 'Candid Camera Prank' Attack

From PC World

Security firms are warning Facebook users to beware of what's being called the "Candid Camera Prank" attack recently spotted on Facebook that tries to use the lure of a sexy video of a scantily clad woman on a bicycle to download a video player that's actually Hotbar adware, and maybe worse.

iPhone Loss 'Huge' -- Thanks, Gizmodo

From Information Week

Apple has been very aggressive with its prosecution of its case against Gizmodo since the tech site outed the next generation iPhone on its site a few weeks ago. New court documents reveal that according to Apple, it is suffering huge losses in sales as people sit on the sidelines waiting for the next round of hardware.

The Pirate Bay saved by political ally

From The Inquirer:

SWEDEN'S PIRATE PARTY is now providing bandwidth for the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay after its previous Internet service provider Cyber Bunker pulled the plug due to a court injunction obtained by US movie studios.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 19/05/2010

Microsoft settles VPN patent case for $200M

From Computer World

Lost in same Texas court that made it pay i4i nearly $300M and banned Word sales

Microsoft today said it will pay communications software maker VirnetX $200 million to settle a three-year-old patent infringement case.

In the original February 2010 lawsuit, Scotts Valley, Calif.-based VirnetX claimed Microsoft used its patented virtual private networking (VPN) technologies in Windows XP and Vista, Windows Server 2003, Live Communications Server, Windows Messenger, Office Communicator and Microsoft Office from the 2003 edition on.

How your Web browser rats you out online

From ARS Technica

You're concerned about your online privacy, and you do all the right things to keep from being tracked around the Web: purge your cookies regularly, clean out Flash "supercookies," even switch to browsers like Browzar, which lets you "search and surf the web without leaving traces on your computer." Doesn't matterâ€”your browser is giving you away.

Monday, May 17, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 17/05/2010

Official - Valve's Steam and Source Engine Coming to Linux

Its been a long time, the guys at Phoronix have been talking about it all that time and building up our hopes... Turns out they were right! Steam is officially coming to Linux, which means we're going to see a huge catalog of games coming to Linux with it, including all of the Steam catalog games you already own. This could be one of the most significant developments in Linux over the last few years, and on behalf of AOA's Linux users (and there are many), I applaud Valve Software for their decision to engage the Linux community. Also props to Michael Larabel and his crew at Phoronix for calling this and tracking it over the last several years.

Discussion thread here

Link to Phoronix Article

Friday, May 14, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 15/05/2010

Obama keeps privacy oversight board on ice

From C/Net News

As a U.S. senator and presidential candidate, Barack Obama pledged (PDF) to "strengthen privacy protections for the digital age."

But after 16 months as president, Obama has failed to appoint anyone to a privacy oversight body charged with ensuring Americans' civil liberties are not violated.

Two-Thirds Of All Phishing Attacks Generated By A Single Criminal Group, Researchers Say

From Dark Reading

'Avalanche' syndicate accounted for 66 percent of phishing in the second half of 2009, APWG reports
Like convenience stores and fast-food restaurants, phishing is no longer a mom-and-pop operation, according to a study released today.

A single crime syndicate dubbed "Avalanche" was responsible for some 66 percent of the phishing traffic generated in the second half of 2009, according to a report (PDF) published by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG).

Boffins warn on car computer security risk

From The Register:

Computer scientists have carried out one of the first detailed security analyses of the security implications of increased use of computer systems in cars, finding systems surprisingly easy to hack or disrupt.

Gadgets HTC Fights Back, Suing Apple to Block Import of iPhone, iPad, iPods

From Daily Tech

"We are taking this action against Apple to protect our intellectual property, our industry partners, and most importantly our customers that use HTC phones." -HTC

HTC's smart phone success is a big part of why Google's Android OS recently passed Apple's iPhone in market share.Â Apple isn't exactly being gracious about its rival's success, though.Â It has sued HTC for the supposed violation of 20 patents, including patents that cover using a sliding finger to unlock a phone, using processor undervolting via interrupts, and object oriented graphics.

BT expands super-fast broadband network

From the BBC:

BT has announced that it will expand its roll-out of next-generation broadband to bring super-fast services to two-thirds of the UK.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 13/05/2010

Report: U.S. Government to Launch Apple Antitrust Probe Over iPhone Flash Lockout

From Daily Tech

The U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission are reportedly both eager to investigate Apple's recent iPhone Flash rejection for possible antitrust violations.Â

Apple refuses to allow Flash on the iPhone -- or even ports from Flash. The U.S. government reportedly believes that it may be abusing its dominant position
Apple may have just overstepped the bounds of anticompetitive tactics

Man sold EverythingEverywhere domain for 'nominal sum'

From The Register:

Everything Everywhere, Britain's newest and biggest phone company, snapped up its new domain name for â€œa nominal sumâ€, according to its previous owner.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 09/05/2010

Ubuntu 10.04 Using a Bootable USB Flash Drive

From TechSpot:

So, you've been hearing all this buzz about Ubuntu for a while now and you finally want to take it for a spin? While dual booting Ubuntu with Windows is fairly straightforward, it can seem like a daunting and risky endeavor for the average individual.

4G Killer Apps: A Top Five

From PC World

We identify five areas of technology where popular applications are likely to score their first major successes by exploiting the speed and capacity of the 4G wireless networks to come.

Imagine sitting on the grass in a shady park, watching flawless high-definition television on your connected tablet. Imagine pausing the program and switching over to a video call from your mother.

Friday, May 7, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 07/05/2010

Adobe's New Privacy Feature For Flash Clashes With Online Fraud Detection

From Dark Reading

Financial institutions, ecommerce sites will no longer be able to rely on Flash objects, cookies to help ID legitimate users, experts say

When Adobe releases Flash Player 10.1 in the next couple of months, users of the application will have clearer, easier-to-set privacy options for their browser cookies. But more user privacy comes at the expense of fraud detection processes: The upgraded software is likely to disrupt some ecommerce and online banking sites that rely on cookies as another layer to authenticate their customers.

China, South Korea lead in green tech funding

From C/Net News

China may arguably be the world's biggest polluter, but it seems the country is also the most serious investor in green tech.

A third of its economic recovery package was spent on green-technology investment in the form of high-speed rail trains and infrastructure, wind energy, solar energy, and energy-efficient lighting. It equates to about 3 percent of China's GDP (gross domestic product), according to a new United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) book released Wednesday.

Family Values Group, Steve Jobs Accuse Android of Being a "Porn Phone"

From DailyTech

Apple CEO Steve Jobs says that Android is a "porn phone" OS and that his company is far more chaste.Â Â
Group says that Apple has shown itself to be the champion of chastity

Moore's Law is not dead. It's merely pining for the fjords

From ARS Technica

What if I took to the pages of a major business magazine and made the bold recommendation that, because humans have run out of new places on Earth that we can migrate to, it is past time for us to make the collective leap to faster-than-light travel so that we can explore neighboring solar systems? Your reaction would probably be something like, "Yes, of course everyone would love to go faster than light, and if it were as easy as just deciding we all want to do it then it would be done already."

Thursday, May 6, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 06/05/2010

Gran Turismo 5 still "about 90%" done

From Neowin.net:

Gran Turismo 5, perhaps one of the most hotly anticipated PlayStation 3 titles since its announcement at Sony's E3 conference back in 2006, is still "about 90%" done, according to Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi.

New IM Worm Spreading Fast

From Dark Reading

Aggressive new variant of an older worm circulating around Yahoo Messenger lets attacker take over a victim's machine

A smiley-faced instant message with a photo link posing as if it's from someone on your buddy list is actually spreading misery worldwide in the form of a worm on Yahoo Instant Messenger: The IM ultimately delivers a worm that allows an attacker to take over the victim's machine, not to mention spread itself among the victim's contact list.

Microsoft's IE Sinks While Google Chrome's Market Share Triples

From C/Net News

Internet Explorer continues to its five year slide downward. In five years, it has lost 30 percent market share. Google Chrome, meanwhile, has more than tripled in market share since last year.
The browser landscape continues to slowly change

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 05/05/2010

Healthcare Not Up To Task Of Securing Electronic Medical Records, Experts Say

From Dark Reading

Healthcare organizations with established databases are typically behind other industries in how they secure their data stores

As healthcare organizations work to earn the incentives dangled in front of them by the HITECH Act, the adoption of electronic medical records (EMR) has accelerated. But at the same time, healthcare fraud has also risen, and experts say if organizations don't effectively address data and database protection in healthcare's transition from paper to digital record-keeping, the threats to patient confidentiality and organizational security will skyrocket.

Adobe Launching Flash For Android

From Information Week

The announcement came on the heels of Apple's letter defending its ban on Flash for the iPhone and iPad.

Adobe, which has stopped developing its ubiquitous Flash multimedia player for the Apple iPhone, says it will release in June a new version of the software for competing smartphones running Google's Android operating system.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 01/05/2010

US boffin builds ultra-dense nanodot memory

From the Inquirer:

A US scientist has developed a way to store binary data on dots 6nm in size - possibly leading to a one-square-inch chip holding 2TB of data.

New China encryption rule could pose headaches for U.S. vendors

From Computer World

Rule requires companies to share encryption codes with Chinese authorities
Vendors of some technology products will soon face a new hurdle when selling their products in China.

Starting Saturday, the Chinese government will require vendors in several product categories to disclose details of encryption technologies used in their products, in order for them to be able to sell to government agencies.

U.S. Hypersonic Glider Sets a World Record of Mach 20, Then Crashes

From Daily Tech

The HTV-2 set a world record speed of Mach 20 and successfully executed some maneuvers before abruptly losing communication with home base. The mission is being ruled a partial success.Â (Source: U.S. Air Force)

It likely never reached its destination, Kwajalein Atoll, an island in the Pacific northeast of Australia.Â (Source: Space For Peace)
Craft is being designed to strike enemies in far away regions like the Middle East in under an hour