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Mac scareware gang evades Apple's new anti-malware defenses
The gang responsible for a month-long plague of fake Mac security software has already updated their "scareware" to evade defenses Apple put in place late Tuesday, a security company confirmed today. Read More


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New rules may bring 'false H-1B demand'
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has proposed changes to the H-1B visa application process that it hopes will prevent problems during times of heavy demand. Read More

NYSE announces financial services cloud
NYSE Technologies announced the Capital Markets Community Platform, which it described as the financial services industry's first cloud computing platform. Read More

QuickPoll: Should Apple be forced to show Samsung its next iPhone, iPad?
Samsung has asked a federal judge to make Apple provide it with samples of its next-generation mobile devices. In May, Apple demanded and was granted that Samsung reveal several of its newest smartphones and tablets as part of an ongoing lawsuit. Should Apple be forced to show Samsung its next iPhone and iPad? Read More

HTC Sensation 4G goes on sale June 12 for $200
One of the most powerful new Android 2.3 smartphones, the HTC Sensation 4G, will be available exclusively for T-Mobile USA networks and put on sale at some Wal-Mart stores as early as June 12. Read More

From CIO.com: How to Turn a Great IT Idea Into a Commercial Success
Entrepreneurial CIOs at Union Pacific, FedEx and other companies tell how they're transforming internal IT into revenue-generating products. INSIDER (registration required) Read More

Twitter upgrades search engine, simplifies photo sharing
Twitter has revamped its search engine, improving relevance and adding multimedia content to results, and in a few weeks it will start letting users attach photos to their posts via a new native feature on Twitter.com. Read More

Mobile payment systems: A disaster waiting to happen
The apps may be well thought out, but until security improves in the underlying security of the devices they run on, look out. Read More

Microsoft's browser share slide accelerates as IE9 fails to hold users
Internet Explorer's usage share again dipped last month, even as Microsoft's newest browser, IE9, posted record gains, a Web metrics company said today. Read More

Polycom to buy HP's videoconferencing assets
Polycom has agreed to acquire the assets of Hewlett-Packard's Visual Collaboration business, including its Halo videoconferencing products and managed services, as part of a broad partnership for unified communications. Read More


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NASA bids farewell to Endeavour, tees up Atlantis
After 25 space flights, NASA's space shuttle Endeavour returned to Earth from a 16-day mission early this morning, ending its storied career. Read More

Intel: Atom's multiple OS feature an edge over ARM
Intel officials say vendors are beginning to use Atom processors to power tablets not only because the chips can run Windows 7, but also because they allow the devices to run multiple OSes, providing an advantage over rival ARM Holdings. Read More

Google Offers launches test in Portland
Google Offers, Google's answer to Groupon and its entrance into the popular online coupon market, will begin a test run in Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday, the first step in an expected U.S. and global rollout. Read More

Google releases video chat source code
Google has released the source code for a technology that it hopes developers will use to embed real-time video and voice chat functionality in their Web applications. Read More

HP, Juniper boost switch sales in weak market, says Canalys
Though price competition and a weak public sector made Q1 difficult for Ethernet switch vendors, Hewlett-Packard and Juniper Networks managed to increase sales and market share, according to Canalys. Read More

Lenovo bids for majority stake in German PC maker Medion
Lenovo is hoping to acquire a majority stake in German PC maker Medion Electronics, in an effort to grow its consumer market share in Western Europe. Read More

Jonny Evans: Apple iPad 3 won't be HD, no Samsung deal?
With the focus on software for WWDC, bad news from South Korea where it seems Apple COO's intervention last month failed to secure supplies of AMOLED displays for the iPad 3, set to ship (they say) in 2012. Read More

Josh Stephens: The Network Layer: Understanding layer 3 of the OSI Model
It's not uncommon when visiting family for me to get asked to fix everyone's computers. The way that I usually respond is that asking me to fix your computer is sort of like asking the guy who designs super highways to fix your car. Yes, cars do run on highways and yes, I do drive a car to work everyday, but it's not what I do. Read More

Darlene Storm: Will hardware hackers build hidden devices to distort news at Wi-Fi hotspots?
The creators of Newstweek, a device to distort and manipulate news at wireless hotspots, have published how-to details so hardware hackers and others can have one more way to mess with people's minds and their news. Read More

 
 
 

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