Saturday, May 28, 2011

Sci/Tech News

Sci/Tech News


Week in Apple: defending against patent trolls and Mac Defender - Ars Technica

Posted: 28 May 2011 12:07 PM PDT


International Business Times

Week in Apple: defending against patent trolls and Mac Defender
Ars Technica
By Ars Staff | Published May 28, 2011 2:00 PM Apple acknowledges Mac Defender malware, promises software update: After avoiding making any public acknowledgment of the recent Mac Defender malware, Apple has posted a support document that instructs ...
Russia's ChronoPay Executive Linked to Mac Defender ScamInternational Business Times
Russian Payment Processor May Be Behind MacDefender ScarewareeWeek
MacDefender Scareware Linked to Russian Payment SitePC Magazine
tuaw.com -Macworld -Tehran Times
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Space talk with Gridley Middle School students - KVOA Tucson News

Posted: 28 May 2011 12:02 PM PDT


Washington Examiner

Space talk with Gridley Middle School students
KVOA Tucson News
TUCSON - Congresswoman Gabby Giffords' husband, Mark Kelly and the crew of Endeavour will return to earth Wednesday. Mark has been able to talk with Gabby over the phone daily. They even did a video call yesterday and saw one another. ...
Endeavour Crew Talks To Tucson StudentsKPHO Phoenix
Recommended: Face time for Giffords, space hubbymsnbc.com
Astronaut Mark Kelly to talk with Tucson students Friday from spaceDaily Journal
KOLD-TV -WTMA -Arizona Public Media
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Report: Major weapons makers see networks breached by hackers - CNET

Posted: 28 May 2011 12:47 PM PDT


Fox News

Report: Major weapons makers see networks breached by hackers
CNET
Hackers have broken into the computer systems of Lockheed Martin and other major US weapons manufacturers, potentially gaining access to information about future weapons programs as well as military technology currently in use, ...
March RSA Hack Hits Lockheed, Remote Systems BreachedPC Magazine
Data Breach at Security Firm Linked to Attack on LockheedNew York Times
Lockheed Network Suffers Security BreachWall Street Journal
Financial Feed -Gamut News -Computerworld
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Microsoft Prepping Windows 8 Glimpse: Report - eWeek

Posted: 28 May 2011 08:49 AM PDT


Reuters

Microsoft Prepping Windows 8 Glimpse: Report
eWeek
Microsoft will offer a glimpse of Windows 8 on tablets, according to a report. And yet Microsoft is still pushing back against CEO Ballmer's own Windows 8 revelations. Microsoft is about to offer an early glimpse of the next version of Windows on a ...
Microsoft Is Said to Plan Preview of New Windows Tablet SoftwareBloomberg
Microsoft to showcase new tablet OS next week?CNET
Microsoft previews next release of Windows PhoneOman Daily Observer
PC Magazine -The Business Insider -InformationWeek
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Apple issues third build of Mac OS X 10.6.8 to developers - Apple Insider

Posted: 27 May 2011 06:37 PM PDT


ZDNet UK

Apple issues third build of Mac OS X 10.6.8 to developers
Apple Insider
By AppleInsider Staff Apple on Friday seeded the third build of Mac OS X 10.6.8 to developers, with no known issues. According to people familiar with the matter, the 1GB download is labeled 10K531. MacStories reports that focus areas for the beta ...
News: Amazon Launches Mac Software Download StoreThe Mac Observer
The Score: Apple Redefines Definition, Sony Suffers in SpotlightMobiledia
Amazon opens up Mac downloads storesCNET
Register -Computerworld -The Loop
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Little divides Apple, music publishers on cloud deal - CNET

Posted: 24 May 2011 05:08 AM PDT


CNET

Little divides Apple, music publishers on cloud deal
CNET
Apple knows how to ratchet up anticipation for products. Can it do the same for cloud music? Here, customers and press wait to enter Apple's San Francisco store as the initial iPads go on sale. Hopes are high in the music sector that ...
Google and Amazon cloud music nears judgment dayRegister
Report: Apple music cloud service to auto-add iTunes Store tracksArs Technica
Apple to Mirror Music Libraries in Cloud Service, Report SaysPCWorld
PC Magazine -Apple Insider -Christian Science Monitor
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Teen Who Sold White iPhone Kits Reveals How Apple Hunted Him Down - Fast Company

Posted: 27 May 2011 04:12 AM PDT


Afterdawn.com

Teen Who Sold White iPhone Kits Reveals How Apple Hunted Him Down
Fast Company
One of the last followers of tech news to hear the reports Thursday that Apple had sued Fei Lam, the 17-year-old Queens high school student who infamously sold White iPhone conversion kits to eager buyers tired of ...
Apple files, dismisses suit against teenager who sold white iPhone 4 kitsApple Insider
Teen faces court suits from Apple for White iPhone conversion kitsDigitaltrends.com
Teen faced legal action from Apple over white iPhone kitsthejournal.ie
International Business Times -Huffington Post -The Atlantic Wire
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NASA sending robotic spacecraft to asteroid in 2016 - Computerworld

Posted: 25 May 2011 05:23 PM PDT


msnbc.com

NASA sending robotic spacecraft to asteroid in 2016
Computerworld
Computerworld - NASA announced on Wednesday that it's working to send a robotic spacecraft to an asteroid in 2016 -- all in an effort to help scientists discover how life began. The $800 million mission, which will call on a robot to ...
NASA Preps Asteroid-Mining Spacecraft for 2014 LaunchPC Magazine
NASA aims to bring back pieces of asteroidmsnbc.com
Destination asteroidsBBC News
National Geographic -Register -AFP
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