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• Facebook PR: Tonight We Dine In Hell! - TechCrunch
• Kindle e-book store slammed by spam "authors" - Ars Technica
• Apple delaying MacBook Air refresh to wait for Lion OS? - VentureBeat
• Mars or Bust in 2016: New Unmanned Mission to the Red Planet - Fox News
• Trojan stealing Bitcoin user's wallets, says Symantec - BetaNews
• US builds net for cyber war games - BBC News
• Mozilla to add built-in PDF viewer to Firefox - Computerworld

Facebook PR: Tonight We Dine In Hell! - TechCrunch Posted: 17 Jun 2011 02:01 PM PDT The Guardian (blog) Facebook PR: Tonight We Dine In Hell! TechCrunch There's currently something going on in the outskirts of the tech world that's a bit sensitive, so no one really likes to talk about: we (journalists, bloggers, etc) are at war with the PR industry. That sentence alone with throw the PR flacks into a ... Facebook iPad App Reportedly In WorkseWeek Facebook Is Finally Preparing an App for Apple's iPadCIO Today Facebook Crafts an iPad AppPCWorld USA Today -XBiz all 491 news articles »

Kindle e-book store slammed by spam "authors" - Ars Technica Posted: 17 Jun 2011 02:04 PM PDT Globe and Mail Kindle e-book store slammed by spam "authors" Ars Technica Amazon's Kindle e-books store has been hit hard by spam in the last few months, according to Reuters. Hundreds of entities are pulling quasi-useless content found for free or for a small price on the ... Spam clogging Amazon's Kindle self-publishingReuters There's spam on your Kindle!CBS News Spam 'Books' Flooding Kindle StoreThe Atlantic Los Angeles Times -Register -TIME all 60 news articles »

Apple delaying MacBook Air refresh to wait for Lion OS? - VentureBeat Posted: 17 Jun 2011 01:26 PM PDT Siliconrepublic.com Apple delaying MacBook Air refresh to wait for Lion OS? VentureBeat Apple plans to wait until its new Lion operating system is out in July before releasing new MacBook Air models loaded with refreshed hardware, according to a report by AppleInsider. Just a week ago, reports were circulating that Apple would likely ... Apple may freeze new Mac introductions until release of Mac OS X LionApple Insider Apple releases Lion upgrade information for business and education customersMacgasm Rumor: Apple holding Sandy Bridge MacBook Air for LionArs Technica PCWorld -PC Magazine -Business Insider all 117 news articles »

Mars or Bust in 2016: New Unmanned Mission to the Red Planet - Fox News Posted: 17 Jun 2011 02:06 PM PDT Fox News Mars or Bust in 2016: New Unmanned Mission to the Red Planet Fox News The European Space Agency's ExoMars rover will visit the red planet by 2016, to study the environment conditions -- and hopefully see signs of life. America and Europe have come together with one motto in mind -- Mars or Bust: 2016. ... Meet "Curiosity," NASA's new nuclear-powered Mars roverJalopnik Curiosity: NASA's Next Mars RoverWired News Huge Heat Shield Has Huge Task: Protecting NASA's Next Mars RoverSpace.com TruckTrend Magazine -ECNmag.com all 6 news articles »

Trojan stealing Bitcoin user's wallets, says Symantec - BetaNews Posted: 17 Jun 2011 02:42 PM PDT AFP Trojan stealing Bitcoin user's wallets, says Symantec BetaNews Bitcoins have become popular as an alternative to government-controlled currencies, but a new Trojan seems to be specifically targeting Bitcoin wallets in an attempt to steal funds, security firm Symantec ... Symantec Spots Trojan Targeting Bitcoin Digital WalletsPC Magazine New trojan aims to steal Bitcoin virtual currencySC Magazine US New Bitcoin malware steals Bitcoin wallets: Infostealer.CoinbitZDNet (blog) PCWorld -VentureBeat -Fortune all 45 news articles »

US builds net for cyber war games - BBC News Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:12 AM PDT msnbc.com US builds net for cyber war games BBC News The United States government is building its own "scale model" of the internet to carry out cyber war games. Several organisations, including the defence company Lockheed Martin, are working on prototypes of the "virtual firing range". ... Pentagon's advanced research arm tackles cyberspaceReuters US building scale model of internet to test cyber opsTechRadar UK NSA allies with Internet carriers to thwart cyber attacks against defense firmsWashington Post GCN.com -Inquirer -ABC News all 244 news articles »

Mozilla to add built-in PDF viewer to Firefox - Computerworld Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:16 AM PDT Macworld UK Mozilla to add built-in PDF viewer to Firefox Computerworld Computerworld - Mozilla is working on a project that will add PDF rendering to Firefox using HTML5 and JavaScript, eliminating the need for users to run Adobe's own plug-in. The PDF reader may be included in Firefox within three months, ... Chrome, Firefox Browsers To Get Tighter PDF IntegrationNewsFactor Network Firefox 5 RC Updates Version Number and Little ElsePC Magazine Firefox 5 release candidate brings minor tweaksZDNet UK Register -TechSpot -CNET (blog) all 31 news articles »

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