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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:44:00 GMT

Linus Torvalds For Nobel Peace Prize?

An anonymous reader writes 'I'm as much of a Linux fanboy as anyone else, but I've never thought of anything in computing as being worth a Nobel Peace Prize. Apparently, there are those who take global collaboration seriously, though...' The suggestion
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:44:00 GMT

H-1B hiring bill takes aim at tech firm layoffs

Legislation could affect a broad swath of tech firms that have laid off large numbers of workers but continue hiring guest workers The two lawmakers who successfully added H-1B hiring restrictions to the financial bailout bill earlier this year have
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:52:00 GMT

Nokia swings axe again

Nokia is streamlining again, this time to the tune of 230 employees in Finland and another 100 in Copenhagen. The staff are being cut from the Research & Development division, representing around two per cent of that division, which is all part of the
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:46:00 GMT

Zero-Day Vulnerabilities In Firefox Extensions

An anonymous reader writes 'Researchers have found several security holes in popular Firefox extensions that have an estimated total of 30 million downloads from AMO (the Addons Mozilla community site). Three 0-days were also released. Mozilla doesn't
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:18:00 GMT

CNET UK Podcast 162: How's Android doing?

On the CNET UK Podcast this week, Ian, Nate and Rory discuss Wikipedia and murderers, a ban on power-guzzling TVs and we wish Android a happy birthday
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:41:00 GMT

Nokia to lay off up to 330 R&D staffers

Nokia said Friday that a streamlining effort could result in the elimination of as many as 330 positions from its research and development staff, or about 2 percent of its global R&D workforce. The changes will likely hit up to 230 workers in the
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:39:00 GMT

SecondLife To Remove Free Content From Web Search

Outland Traveller writes 'In a move that continues to shake the SecondLife community of content creators, merchants, and consumers, Linden Labs has declared that free virtual content will no longer be searchable without listing payments on their website
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:34:00 GMT

Hacker-proof? Inside the Chrome OS security model

Google plans to use a combination of system hardening, process isolation, verified boot, secure auto-update and encryption to thwart malicious hackers from planting malware on its new Google Chrome OS. Much like the Google Chrome browser, the operating
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:13:00 GMT

Got VMWare? Download and run Google Chrome OS now

Just awhile ago, with sneak peak videos and details about the much-awaited, upcoming release. But as of a few hours ago, it looks like we can sample it for ourselves. To be able to do so, youll need VMWare running on your computer (PC, Mac or Linux). You
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:13:00 GMT

Fedora 12 Package Installation Policy Tightened

AdamWill writes 'After the controversy over Fedora 12's controversial package installation authentication policy, including our discussion this week, the package maintainers have agreed that the controversial policy will be tightened to require root
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:02:00 GMT

Crave giveaway of the week: Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook

For this week's installment of the weekly Crave giveaway, we're offering up Nokia's new stylish Netbook, the Booklet 3G, which has just hit stores (thanks, Nokia for providing the unit for Crave readers). CNET's Dan Ackerman reviewed the Booklet
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:45:00 GMT

New SSL attack can steal sensitive info from secure Web sites

Security researcher has developed generic attack code that could give hackers a very powerful phishing tool, but is keeping it private A Seattle computer security consultant says he's developed a new way to exploit a recently disclosed bug in the SSL
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:21:00 GMT

Google holds the future of Linux

future of - InfoWorld url_topic '' or Our Linthicum: See all Feature review: Cisco UCS wows Cisco's Unified Computing System is a manageable, scalable, and essentially superior blade server system, despite 1.0 warts Reviews review: Cisco UCS wows review:
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:20:00 GMT

Federal Judge Says Corps of Engineers Liable For Katrina Damage

Hugh Pickens writes 'The Christian Science Monitor reports that a federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers and thus the US government is liable for a big chunk of the damage caused when hurricane Katrina pushed ashore on August 29, 2005
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:16:00 GMT

Stephen Fry attacks 'malevolent' comments following Twitter spat

'I would not say that I lost faith in Twitter, I would say that I lost faith in my ability to negotiate it,' says Stephen Fry Stephen Fry, technophile and a 'twillionaire' having amassed more than a million followers on Twitter, yesterday explained .
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:10:00 GMT

YouTube gets automatic subtitles

Six channels run by universities are also involved in the initial launch. YouTube's parent company Google has announced on its blog that automatic captions are to begin to roll out across the site. The machine-generated captions will initially be
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:25:00 GMT

MS Finds Security Flaw In Google Chrome Frame

Christmas Shopping writes with this excerpt from Kaspersky Labs' threatpost: 'Back in September, when Google launched the Google Chome Frame plug-in for Internet Explorer users, Microsoft immediately warned that the move would increase the attack surface
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:01:00 GMT

Modern Warfare 2 Not Recalled In Russia After All

thief21 writes 'After claims that console versions Modern Warfare 2 had been recalled in Russia due to complaints from politicians and the gaming public over the infamous airport slaughter scene, it turns out the stories were completely untrue.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:23:00 GMT

Dark Energy, Life Searches Make Strange Bedfellows

eldavojohn writes 'Both the EU and US are using a strategy to merge what used to be two separate searches: the search for exoplanets that may harbor life and the search for dark energy. In an effort to develop 'robust, low-risk missions that maximize the
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:54:00 GMT

EA Shuts Down Pandemic Studios, Cuts 200 Jobs

lbalbalba writes 'Electronic Arts is shutting down its Westwood-based game developer Pandemic Studios just two years after acquiring it, putting nearly 200 people out of work. 'The struggling video game publisher informed employees Tuesday morning that
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:15:00 GMT

Cisco launches iPhone security app

Cisco is offering a free iPhone app that will allow people to get customized alerts on new security threats and other information for safe Web browsing. The app, which will be available on Friday in the Apple iTunes store, provides information about new
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:11:00 GMT

Microsoft Applies For Patent On Tufte's Sparklines

jenkin sear writes 'Data Visualization Guru Edward Tufte developed Sparklines, a great way to display condensed data as an inline graphic. Excel's new version has incorporated the design element and Microsoft has applied for a patent on them without so
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:31:00 GMT

Safer Schooling Through Handball at Costa Mesa High School

Richard Gomez and the kids at the most recent handball tournament Helping Hands A Costa Mesa High School security guard offers a lesson in safer schooling through handball David Rodriguez isn’t used to losing. One of the best young handball players in
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:59:00 GMT

Proposition 8 Is Keeping Same-Sex Couples From Marrying, But It Has United OC's Gay Community

Play pals: OCEC board members (front) Cas Gregory, Archer Altstaetter and Felicity Figueroa with (back) Equality California's Elizabeth Aversa and Daniel shad Jennie Warren Altstaetter, in his dance studio All Together Now Proposition 8 is keeping
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:59:00 GMT

Google Accused of Violating Copyright In China

angry tapir writes 'The Chinese Authors Society has demanded that Google present a resolution plan by the end of the year and quickly handle compensation for Chinese authors whose books the US company has scanned without permission as part of its Book
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:29:00 GMT

Updated HP workers eye walkout over engineer jobs dispute

Updated Hewlett-Packard workers have voted in favour of strike action in the UK, following a ballot among members of the Unite union who complained about 150 customer engineers being shunted over to a subsidiary company. Unite said 77 per cent of members
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:17:00 GMT

PDC Why Microsoft's IE 9 will frustrate standards fans

PDC Performance and standards look like dominating work on Microsoft's next version of Internet Explorer. As ever with Microsoft, though, it's likely to be the former that not just trips up the latter but that also continues to sour Microsoft's
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:07:00 GMT

Inside Chrome OS security

Google plans to use a combination of system hardening, process isolation, verified boot, secure auto-update and encryption to thwart malicious hackers from planting malware on its new Google Chrome OS. Much like the Google Chrome browser, the operating
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:59:00 GMT

Chrome OS: Will you give up desktop apps?

Google on Thursday revealed a bevy of noteworthy developments for its Chrome OS. The company released the Chrome OS to the open source community, laid out its security vision and promised to deliver a simple operating system. However, the success or
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:58:00 GMT

Stephen Timms explains (a bit) why the government wants to change the copyright act

The Digital Britain report, from June 2009, in Worldle form. Is 'cyberlocker' in there? Following on from the story earlier today about , I spoke to Stephen Timms, the financial secretary to the Treasury, who is also involved in the Digital Economy bill,
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:25:00 GMT