Friday, April 1, 2011

Sci/Tech News

Sci/Tech News


LizaMoon SQL Injection Attack Hits Websites - InformationWeek

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 02:16 PM PDT


The Tech Herald

LizaMoon SQL Injection Attack Hits Websites
InformationWeek
The scareware sends users to a bogus Web page warning them that their PCs are infected with malware and tries to sell them an anti-virus application. By Antone Gonsalves InformationWeek Hundreds of thousands of website URLs have been compromised in a ...
Huge malware attack compromises more than 1.5 million web pagesVentureBeat
Massive SQL injection attack may affect over a million sitesBetaNews
Mass-injection attack (yawn) infects 1.5 million Web pagesGCN.com
TechNewsWorld -NewsFactor Network -MyBroadband
all 69 news articles »

Biz Break: Gmail in motion, the Bronx Zoo cobra and more April foolery - San Jose Mercury News

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:55 PM PDT


PhysOrg.com

Biz Break: Gmail in motion, the Bronx Zoo cobra and more April foolery
San Jose Mercury News
Google is bringing body control to Gmail -- at least in a launch for April Fools' Day. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file) Today: What's real online today? It's April 1, so it may be hard to tell. Plus: US employers added 216000 ...
April Fools' roundup: Our favorite jokes of 2011Digitaltrends.com
Google uses Gmail for April Fools' Day prankComputerworld
Gmail Motion: Google's revolutionary new technologyCBS News
eWeek -CNET -PC Magazine
all 212 news articles »

Pirated Android app uses shame as tool - Los Angeles Times

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 02:13 PM PDT


Appscout

Pirated Android app uses shame as tool
Los Angeles Times
First, pirated music and movies inspired lawsuits. Now, a smartphone app is teaching digital bootleggers a lesson with a high-tech version of a public shaming. The Android.Walkinwat purports to be a free version of another "Walk and Text" app, ...
Rogue Android app sent personal info to legit version's developer, claims AVASTComputerworld
Android Trojan Highlights Risks of Open MarketsWired News
Fake Android app steals data, takes shot at piratesCNET
PCWorld -InformationWeek -eWeek
all 166 news articles »

No MTV? No Problem. New Channels On Time Warner Cable App - GigaOm

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 02:34 PM PDT


TFTS (blog)

No MTV? No Problem. New Channels On Time Warner Cable App
GigaOm
Time Warner Cable isn't going to let a little squabble with its programming get in the way of making its live streaming iPad app available to subscribers. Just a day after removing 11 cable channels ...
Time Warner Cable Adds Back Channels To iPad AppInternational Business Times
Time Warner Cable Streams Five More Nets Into iPad AppMultichannel News
Time Warner Cable Adds Networks to iPad AppWall Street Journal
Bloomberg -New York Times -PC Magazine
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New York Library Combines Online, Offline Worlds for Scavenger Hunt - PC Magazine

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 02:23 PM PDT


CBS News

New York Library Combines Online, Offline Worlds for Scavenger Hunt
PC Magazine
The New York Public Library is selecting 500 people to spend a night at the library participating in a scavenger hunt that combines off-line challenges with a smartphone-based app called "Find the Future." If selected, you will be invited ...
New York Public Library to launch scavenger gameLos Angeles Times
New York Public Library Invites 500 to Overnight Scavenger HuntMashable
Mobile game aims to spice up the libraryCNN
abc7.com -AFP -Gamasutra
all 206 news articles »

GoDaddy CEO Defends Zimbabwe Elephant Hunts - PC Magazine

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:33 PM PDT


Sydney Morning Herald

GoDaddy CEO Defends Zimbabwe Elephant Hunts
PC Magazine
The CEO of GoDaddy is under fire for video footage that shows him killing an elephant in Zimbabwe, but Bob Parsons says the hunts are necessary to help feed local villagers and prevent the animals from destroying crops. ...
Go Daddy CEO: I was smiling with dead elephant out of 'relief'CNET (blog)
Go Daddy CEO Under Fire for Elephant Shooting VideoABC News
GoDaddy CEO Tries to Explain Elephant-Killing "Safari"Mashable
Los Angeles Times -Fox News -Register
all 218 news articles »

FCC Commissioner Says AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Faces 'Steep Climb' - PC Magazine

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 02:23 PM PDT


Ars Technica

FCC Commissioner Says AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Faces 'Steep Climb'
PC Magazine
Democratic Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps this week expressed concern about the pending AT&T-T-Mobile merger, calling it a "paradigm-altering transaction." AT&T and T-Mobile have a "very steep climb" to convince ...
AT&T's T-Mobile acquisition could stifle innovationTG Daily
Lawmaker has concerns over mobile megamergerReuters
FCC Commissioner: T-Mobile buyout is "paradigm-altering"Ars Technica
The Guardian -CNET -Huffington Post (blog)
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