June 2nd, 2008
News to know: Adobe; Apple; Facebook; Microsoft security
Notable headlines:
Zack Whittaker: Students try to bring down Facebook
Dancho Danchev: Microsoft’s CAPTCHA successfully broken
- Ryan Naraine: Microsoft issues Safari-to-IE blended threat warning
- Obama looking for help thwarting Web site hackers
- Chinese female hacking group spotted
- ActiveX control bug bites Creative Labs AutoUpdate engine
- How was Comcast.net hijacked?
Michael Krigsman: Rescuing Twitter’s trainwreck Twitter: It’s Not Rocket Science, But It’s Our Work
ReadWriteWeb: Adobe Launches Online Office Suite and New Flash-Enabled Acrobat 9
Jason O’Grady: Is Apple hording .me domains?
Threat Level: MediaDefender Defends Revision3 SYN Attack
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hardcore virtualization - VMware ESX 3.5/Infrastructure - Part 1. Gallery (right)
News.com: Intel previews Centrino 2 notebook with WiMax
Phil Wainewright: Sharing your login is a criminal offence Ad
rian Kingsley-Hughes: Either choose strong passwords, or don’t bother with a password at all. Gallery right.
Garett Rogers: Google caught “anonymously” bashing eBay
- News.com: Minnesota town tells Google Maps to get lost
- Minnesota Star Tribune: North Oaks tells Google Maps: Keep out - we mean it
David Morgenstern: What gets Photoshop cooking?
Dana Blankenhorn: What might come of the OOXML revolt?
- Richard Koman: Brazil, India, South Africa protest OOXML vote
Open source and the hardware roadblock
Joe McKendrick: How SOA and IT are faring in the ‘unrecession’
IDG: Asus Shows off Atom-based Eee PC
Harry Fuller: America’s ready. Where the electric car? The fuel cell SUV?
Zach Whitacker: Can Windows 7 benefit students?
- Technology killing off the traditional lecture?
- Choose the right university for a start
- Microsoft CardSpace killed before it really began?
- Apple in biggest ever offer for students
- Microsoft Student Partner applications extended
Christopher Dawson: Free speech for students, revisitedNews.com: A peek behind Google’s data center curtain
TechRepublic: PeopleSoft Enterprise Payroll 8.9 Using DB2 V9 for z/OS on an IBM z Platform
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the weekHeather Clancy: What’s in a name? For LimeLeap, apparently, a whole lot
- Foresite’s compliance software covers your back
- Harry Fuller: Toddler finds way to really green solar: turning green plants into photovoltaics
Jason O’Grady: Rumor Mill: no iPhone content (updated)
MacRumors: Apple Bought Me.com? . Mac’s New Name?
Matthew Miller: Garnet VM Palm OS emulator for Nokia Internet Tablets updated with better display support
Roland Piquepaille: Ghostly ring found circling dead star
News.com: Nvidia’s mobile ambitions adding MIDs to the list
Dana Blankenhorn: Will those with “brain cooties” find equality?
Images: Secrets of Stonehenge unearthed
Matthew Miller: MobileTechRoundup show #135, talking about the sub-notebook market
IT facts: 87% of US cell phone users are satisfied with their new phone and their service
Amazon bolsters Kindle catalog, inks pact with Simon & Shuster
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