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Google Maps adds "Places" and other top Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious) Appolicious - It was a pretty good week for the Android Market, with several big brands unveiling their shiny new Android apps. Even Google got in on the fun, updating its Maps app with a dedicated “Places” icon.

Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 31 Jul 2010 | 8:40 am

The Week of Leaks

Wikileaks this week let fly with a gusher of data, and at 90,000 documents strong, it's being called the biggest informational leak in the history of the U.S. military. The site has published tens of thousands of sensitive reports, memos and files regarding the war in Afghanistan, and analysts are just beginning to pick through them, digest them, and assess their full scope. The documents reveal details about the involvement of countries like Iran and North Korea, as well as uncensored accounts of friendly fire incidents and the killings of civilians.

Source: TechNewsWorld | 31 Jul 2010 | 7:00 am

Smooth-talking hackers test hi-tech titans' skills (AFP)

AFP - Hackers at an infamous DefCon gathering are proving that old-fashioned smooth talk rivals slick software skills when it comes to pulling off attacks on computer networks.

Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 31 Jul 2010 | 1:38 am

BlackBerry maker to launch tablet in November: report (Reuters) Reuters - Research In Motion will introduce a tablet computer in November to compete with Apple Inc's iPad, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing two people familiar with the company's plans.

Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 30 Jul 2010 | 8:19 pm

Kindle's E-Reader Price War: Who'll Blink First? (PC World) PC World - When, oh when, will the price-cutting end? Now that Amazon has stunned the e-book world by dropping the price of its Kindle e-reader (well, the new Wi-Fi-only model) to $139, will competitors Barnes & Noble, Borders, and Sony do the same?

Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 30 Jul 2010 | 7:34 pm

FCC Concerned Over DefCon Mobile Hacking Talk (PC World) PC World - Chris Paget wants to demonstrate how easy it is to snoop in on mobile-phone conversations. The question is: Will the federal authorities allow it?

Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 30 Jul 2010 | 6:50 pm

Microsoft takes aim at tablet market (Christopher Null) Christopher Null - Microsoft wants your money.

Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 30 Jul 2010 | 4:40 pm

Twitter offers help in finding accounts to follow (AFP)

AFP - Twitter wants to help you build your network.

Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 30 Jul 2010 | 4:22 pm

Software released for attacking Android phones (Reuters)

Reuters - Two security experts said on Friday they released a tool for attacking smartphones that use Google Inc's Android operating system to persuade manufacturers to fix a bug that lets hackers read a victim's email and text messages.

Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 30 Jul 2010 | 4:18 pm

Facebook Gets Into the Q&A Game

Facebook has jumped into the online Q&A space with Facebook Questions, a beta feature that can be viewed by all Facebook users. This is how it works: Click on the "Ask Question" feature, which can be found in the status bar. Type in a query -- say, "What is the best pizza restaurant in Adams Morgan?" The question becomes visible to all Facebook users. People posing questions can use a tag, in this case, "Washington, D.C.," to direct them to those best able to provide answers. The question goes out to users who share that topic's interest, as well as to the questioner's network.

Source: TechNewsWorld | 30 Jul 2010 | 3:18 pm

Are Amazon's New Kindles Tablets-in-Training?

Amazon's new, slimmed-down Kindle devices are notable for several things, not the least of which are the upgrades to their experimental WebKit browser. It's faster and easier to navigate, says Amazon, and its new "article mode" feature extracts the main text-based content from Web pages for easier reading. Free Web browsing with Kindle over 3G or WiFi is also part of the package, thanks to a new beta program. With the addition of such capabilities, Amazon appears to be bringing the Kindle at least a baby step closer to tablet-like functionality.

Source: TechNewsWorld | 30 Jul 2010 | 11:11 am

iOS 4 Murders iPhone 3G ... but Nobody's Perfect

Apple is looking into reports that its iOS 4 does not run well on older devices such as the iPhone 3G and 3GS. To be sure, Apple has warned from the beginning that not all of the features -- in particular, the multitasking in iOS 4 -- could be supported on older devices. However, owners of those phones have found that upgrading resulted in problems more extreme than the lack of new features. Most of the complaints center on devices that slow down to the point where they are barely functional.

Source: TechNewsWorld | 30 Jul 2010 | 7:00 am

Microsoft's Mobile Morass, Part 1

Microsoft recently announced record revenues of $16.04 billion for its fourth fiscal quarter of the year, which ended June 30. This was 22 percent up year over year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were up 49 percent, 48 percent and 50 percent, respectively, year over year. The company provided relatively conservative growth figures in its guidance for the first half of 2011. Is that good enough? Most of its businesses are tied to the PC and server market, and the world is going mobile.

Source: TechNewsWorld | 30 Jul 2010 | 7:00 am

Hacker Makes ATMs Cough Up Cash Willy-Nilly

Security researcher Barnaby Jack demonstrated remote hacks against two automated teller machines that made them spew out money at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday. A large number of ATMs are vulnerable to remote and physical attacks, said Jack, who works for IOActive. The manufacturers of the ATMs, Triton Systems and Tranax, have patched the vulnerabilities, Jack found, but he said there are similar flaws in ATMs from other manufacturers. Jack reportedly developed an exploit kit he calls "Dillinger" to access ATMs.

Source: TechNewsWorld | 29 Jul 2010 | 3:52 pm

Camera Makers Take 3D to the Living Room

With 3D movies now mainstream fare in theaters and 3D TVs adorning retail shelves, it was only a matter of time before 3D consumer camcorders would begin to hit the market. That time was this week as two camcorder makers, Panasonic and DXG USA announced 3D camcorder products. Panasonic's 3D offering, the HDC-SDT750, is a camcorder-lens combo expected to sell in the United states for around $1,400. When a user wants to shoot 3D, they attach a 3D conversion lens to the camcorder. Without the lens, the unit can shoot ordinary 2D video.

Source: TechNewsWorld | 29 Jul 2010 | 1:00 pm

Amazon Kindles Lose Weight, Pack On Features

Amazon has announced two new Kindle models, one with 3G and WiFi connectivity, the other offering WiFi access only. The two six-inch-screen devices are smaller and lighter than Amazon's previous six-inch-screen Kindle, and they have more features. The Kindle WiFi is priced at $139, and the Kindle 3G + WiFi goes for $189. Both can be pre-ordered now and will ship Aug. 27, Amazon said. The two new devices are 21 percent smaller than the old Kindle, although they have the same six-inch screen size, Amazon said.

Source: TechNewsWorld | 29 Jul 2010 | 10:03 am

Cisco goes green with Catalyst 3750-X Buy less equipment, use less power: That's a proposition network managers can get behind, and it's what Cisco promises with the new power management features in its Catalyst 3750-X stackable access switch.

Source: Computerworld Network Hardware News | 26 Jul 2010 | 9:00 am

MIT researchers foresee an Internet that's 100x faster MIT researchers have developed a way to speed up Internet routers by 100 times or more, as a way to cope with increasingly bandwidth-hungry applications.

Source: Computerworld Network Hardware News | 26 Jul 2010 | 5:00 am

Cisco, nonprofit launch community network projects in northern Ohio OneCommunity, a nonprofit broadband service provider in Cleveland, has joined with Cisco Systems to implement pilot programs to boost the region's quality of life using a network-based, shared services delivery platform.

Source: Computerworld Network Hardware News | 22 Jul 2010 | 1:00 pm

Energy Efficient Ethernet being put to the test The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL) has begun testing Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) products to make sure they work together.

Source: Computerworld Network Hardware News | 12 Jul 2010 | 10:40 am

Chapter 1: What Is Unified Communications? Excerpt from Cisco Unified Presence Fundamentals

Source: Computerworld Network Hardware News | 30 Jun 2010 | 7:40 pm

Cisco offers device for home energy control Cisco Systems took another step into the consumer market today by announcing a Home Energy Controller device that homeowners could buy from local utilities to help with energy conservation.

Source: Computerworld Network Hardware News | 29 Jun 2010 | 1:03 pm

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