U.S. arrests 14 for roles in PayPal cyber attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities on Tuesday arrested 16 people on charges they participated in major cyber attacks, including the crippling of eBay’s PayPal website as retribution for dropping WikiLeaks as a client.
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Prodcast Looks to End Buyer’s Remorse
A new predictive price machine could help consumers figure out not only which products to buy and from what retailer, but when to get the best price.
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Astronauts Woken Up By Second Computer Failure
After getting a little free time Thursday, the last space shuttle crew was woken up to deal with a second computer failure on Atlantis. The astronauts switched to another of the five main computers on board, and NASA said the shuttle was in “stable condition with no concerns for the crew’s safety.”
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HTC calls out Apple for competing in courts, not on products
HTC has officially commented on yesterday’s news that Apple has added a fresh batch of patent infringement allegations to the ongoing legal action between the two companies, telling SlashGear that it “vehemently denies” all of Apple’s claims. “HTC is dismayed” the company’s general counsel, Grace Lei says, “that Apple has resorted to competition in the [...]
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Jury Orders Apple to Pay $8M
In yet another patent infringement suit, Apple Inc. has been ordered by a federal jury in Eastern Texas to pay $8 million in damages to Personal Audio LLC.
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Mac OS X Lion release date is not today, the waiting continues
Rumors are rumors for a reason. Sometimes they’re right, and sometimes they get our hopes up only to let us down. That seems to be the case with the recent rumors of the new lines of MacBook Airs and MacBook Pros boasting the long-awaited Lion OS X. We originally noted that Mr. X, 9to5Mac’s source [...]
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New Mac Pro, MacBook Air part numbers crop up
Alleged part numbers for new versions of Apple’s MacBook Air and Mac Pro computers have popped up, signaling that a refresh is waiting in the wings to coincide with the release of Mac OS X Lion. Originally posted at Apple Talk
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PC 2Q sales weak, raising doubts about earnings
PC 2Q sales weak, raising doubts about earnings
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Intego brings malware scanning to iOS
Security software vendor Intego has released a malware scanner for Apple’s iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.
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Philly papers offer Android tablets with paid apps
The city’s two major newspapers said Monday that they will give heavily-discounted Android tablet computers to paid digital subscribers as part of a new venture designed to shore up readership and revenue nearly a year after the publications emerged from…
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