It seems death threats arenÂ’t the only thingthe scientists at the Large Hadron Collider are dealing with. According to the Telegraph UK, a group of Greek hackers managed todeface one of the LHCÂ’s websites and also planted six suspiciouslooking files on project servers.
GoogleÂ’s Chrome and MozillaÂ’s Firefox captured the browser headlinesthis week, igniting a new discussion about performance increases andpossible new features that are likely to drive a new round ofinnovations. Here is our list of the ten features - five for Chrome,five for Firefox - which we would like to see in the next versions.
JetBlue, a low-cost air carrier, has startedauctioning hundreds of flights and some “mystery” vacation packages oneBay. With starting bids of 5 and 10 cents, many of these auctionshave zoomed up to more than $3000 as people hope to win luxurious tripsto Las Vegas, Aruba or the Bahamas. But according to one website, someof these early bidders are being suckered into paying too much.
Analyst Opinion - We often talk about an iPhone killer, which clearlyhas not arrived yet. To date, the only company that has really put acrimp in iPhone sales is RIM, which posted strong growth during thefirst year the iPhone was available. RIM enjoys a very loyal followingof users that, while they are not as vocal as their Apple counterparts,they very likely to buy another Blackberry - no matter how compellingother devices may be. And RIM appeals to...
The National Science Foundation has given $100,000 to theUniversity of California at Irvine for a study on World of Warcraftplayers. Bonnie Nardi, a UCI informatics professor, will examine thedifferences in play habits and culture between WoW players in theUnited States and China. She already has some interesting observations.
If you own an iPhone, then your data is public. Everything you do istemporarily stored as a screenshot and hackers and forensic expertsalike would have no trouble recovering any data or information from youphone, according to Jonathan Zdziarski who discovered and exposed thisflaw - while demonstrating on a webcast how to break the iPhoneÂ’spasscode lock.
Analysis - Yesterday, Microsoft launched its second Seinfeld ad insupport of Microsoft and its Windows ecosystem. While there aresome carryover aspects from the previous ad, this 4m32s "episode" couldessentially stand on its own and is at time quite humorous and, in ouropinion, very intelligent. The entire commercial is glued together bya Steve Jobs in a walker and his reality distortion field home.
As promised, Apple posted the iPhone 2.1 software update today. The newfirmware is expected to resolve 3G connectivity problems, avoid suddenapplication crashes and patch a bunch of reliability and securityissues. Here is a summary what the update includes.
Law firm Kahn Gauthier Swick said it has filed a securities classaction lawsuit against Nvidia, claiming that Nvidia issued falsestatements about the failure rates of its chips, negatively impactingthe financial performance of the company and, as a result, its stock.It is the second suit filed against Nvidia alleging that Nvidiaviolated the Securities Exchange Act – the first one was filed earlierthis week by law firm Shalov Stone Bonner Rocco.
