Flame malware: shadowy domains and fake names

Flame malware network based on shadowy domains, fake names
CNET
The espionage malware has already been updated on some infected machines -- after command-and-control domains were shut down last week, researchers say. by Elinor Mills The creators of Flame used fake credentials to register domains used to communicate ...

Samsung Galaxy S III, Without Quad-Core CPU, Slated for 5 US Carriers
Wired News
By Nathan Olivarez-Giles Samsung's Galaxy S III will lose the quad-core CPU offered in Europe and Asia, and instead pack the same dual-core CPU found in the HTC One X. Image: Samsung Samsung's next flagship phone, the Galaxy S III, is heading to five ...

HP-Oracle trial pits tech titans in fight over legal settlement
San Jose Mercury News
HP has claimed one reason Oracle announced it would stop making new Itanium-related software is to focus on technology it obtained from Sun. Oracle's announcement reportedly has caused HP to lose some of its server customers.

Lenovo IdeaPad U310, U410 Ultrabooks Coming this June, Starting at $749
eWeek
Lenovo IdeaPad Ultrabooks, featuring Intel Ivy Bridge processors and a range of colors, are being marketed to energetic and ambitious young users, as Lenovo keeps up its work to get its name out. Lenovo has introduced two colorful new Ultrabooks, ...

Boxee Takes Videos Online Via Cloudee
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius Boxee today unveiled an invite-only iPhone app that will let users share personal videos from the cloud. The service, dubbed Cloudee, is "the first step towards a Boxee cloud offering," Boxee said in a blog post.

HP says Oracle violated contract
Reuters
By Dan Levine SAN JOSE, Calif., June 4 (Reuters) - Oracle Corp violated a clear contract with Hewlett-Packard Co when it decided it would no longer make new versions of its database software compatible with HP's Itanium-based servers, a lawyer for HP ...

Microsoft to let Xbox hook up with mobile devices
Reuters
* Xbox can link with even Apple, Google devices * New app latest facet of living-room entertainment * Companion screens unveiled at E3 By Liana B. Baker and Malathi Nayak LOS ANGELES, June 4 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp unveiled a new software ...

Microsoft warns that Flame exploits Windows flaw
Reuters
| BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp warned PC users that the Flame virus that attacked systems across the Middle East infects computers by exploiting a flaw in the Windows operating system. The company released software to protect against infections ...

First look: Acer Aspire 7600U and 5600U all-in-one touch screens
CNET
At Computex, Acer shows off Windows 8 and the Metro UI in new 27-inch and 23-inch all-in-one desktops. by Craig Simms While all-in-one touch screens have never lived up to the promise, the launch of Windows 8 later this year will mean a rash of new ...

Facebook Ready to (Officially) Allow Children Under 13
PCWorld
Facebook is reportedly working on policies and controls that would allow children under 13 to join the social network without lying about their age. By Charles Ripley, Content Works Jun 4, 2012 6:21 AM The current Facebook rules require that users be ...

All signs point to Facebook iPhone integration on iOS 6
Los Angeles Times
By Salvador Rodriguez After Apple CEO Tim Cook dropped a major, yet subtle hint last week, it seems Facebook integration is indeed coming to the iPhone, according to the latest Web reports. Facebook will become fully immersed within iOS as soon as its ...

Top Tech Firms Prep for Switch to IPv6
PC Magazine
By Stephanie Mlot On Wednesday, June 6 (switch to 6 on 6/6) a number of top Internet firms - including Microsoft, Google, YouTube, and Yahoo - will deploy a new Internet protocol, dubbed IPv6. On IPv6 Day last year, a number of these companies switched ...

How to watch the transit of Venus with a pair of binoculars
Christian Science Monitor
If you're assuming you can just stare at the sun through a pair of binoculars, you'd better read this. By Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries / June 4, 2012 On June 5, Venus will cross the face of the sun. If you live in North America, Europe, ...

Christian Science Monitor

Nintendo Wii U: new console faces tough launch in world of Angry Birds
The Guardian
The latest round in the console wars starts on Tuesday when Nintendo launches Wii U, its latest and most sophisticated games machine. But times have changed since the 2006 launch of Wii, its phenomenally successful predecessor, and analysts are already ...

The Guardian

Report: Yahoo, Facebook Close to Deal on Patent Suits
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius Yahoo and Facebook are reportedly close to a deal that could settle the two companies' patent fight. As reported by All Things D, executives at Facebook and Yahoo are in "advanced negotiations" on the patent issue, and could reach a ...

Instapaper finally lets Android users save sites for offline viewing
BetaNews
By Tim Conneally Instapaper, the popular iOS application that lets users save web pages for offline reading, was released for Android on Monday, and can now be downloaded in Google Play. Instapaper's creator Marco Arment released the app exclusively ...

BetaNews

Madden NFL 13 gets 'better with Kinect,' launches August 28
CNET
EA Sports has announced that its Madden NFL 13 launch will come with Kinect features -- and enlisted Joe Montana to prove it. by Don Reisinger For the first time ever, Electronic Arts' Madden franchise will include Kinect support.

Ford unveils 2013 F-150 with MyFord Touch
SlashGear
Ford has updated its popular F-150 for 2013, adding some new enhancement options, including its MyFord Touch system for voice, steering-wheel, and LCD touchscreen controls. The company's top-selling pick-up truck is also getting some minor exterior ...

SlashGear

Matrox DS1 brings Thunderbolt docking to life
SlashGear
This week the folks at Matrox have revealed the DS1 Thunderbolt Docking Station for your MacBook, Ultrabook, and beyond. This device allows you to easily add a large display, a wired network, a mouse, a keyboard, and whatever else you want to your ...

SlashGear

Nike Expands Digital Push with Training Game for Xbox
Bloomberg
Nike Inc. (NKE), the world's largest sporting-goods maker, will enter the video-game business through a partnership with Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) to expand its brand beyond shoes and shirts. Nike+ Kinect Training will be released this holiday shopping ...

Download the Tom's Hardware Windows 8 Metro App Today
Tom's Hardware Guide
Like our readers, we at Tom's Hardware like to be at the very forefront of new technology. We're sure that many of you have already downloaded the Windows 8 Release Preview to give it a spin on your test machines. For those of you who have, ...

Corning flexible Willow Glass revealed for ultra-slim power
SlashGear
At the Society for Information Display's Display Week in Boston, Corning has revealed that they've begun working on their next-generation flexible Willow Glass. This glass will be made for what we must assume will be flexible displays on mobile devices ...

E3: Kill With Voice Commands in Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Escapist Magazine
Microsoft is heavily promoting the use of its Kinect technology in games that might not otherwise use it. Gamers playing Mass Effect or Madden NFL are too busy actually using the controller to flail about madly, but their voices are otherwise ...

Hey, Brother, Can You Spare a Hubble? DOD: Sure! Have Two
The Atlantic
By Alexis Madrigal That's right. Our military had two, unflown, better-than-Hubble space telescopes just sitting around. NASA's been wracked by budgetary concerns as it tries to figure out how to do research into the origins of everything *and* loft...

The Atlantic

Dual-screen Taichi leads lineup of unique Asus Windows 8 PCs
CNET
Asus takes advantage of Microsoft's flexible new OS with a dual-screen laptop, laptops and tablets with removeable keyboards, and even a desktop with a removeable screen. by Vincent Chang The Asus Taichi offers screens on the front and back.

Prototype space shuttle arrives in New York
Seattle Post Intelligencer
By AUBREY COHEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF Helicopters fly above atmospheric test space shuttle Enterprise as its carried by barge past Coney Island on June 03, 2012 in New York City. Enterprise is on its way to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, ...

Study Suggests Expanding the Genetic Alphabet May Be Easier than Previously ...
Bioscience Technology
A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute suggests that the replication process for DNA—the genetic instructions for living organisms that is composed of four bases (C, G, A and T)—is more open to unnatural letters than had ...

Stanford University bioengineer Stephen Quake wins $500000 prize
San Francisco Business Times
Quake, who holds 80 patents, also does work for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute . He started Fluidigm (NASDAQ: FLDM) in South San Francisco, which makes scientific instruments. Among his innovations are a rapid DNA sequencer, a non-invasive ...

Engadget and Joystiq's pre-event broadcast from E3 - Microsoft
Engadget
By Mat Smith posted Jun 4th 2012 12:14PM Well, our liveblog of Microsoft's pre-show event is about to kick off, but we're sure you'd like to hear what our (and Joystiq's) crystal balls have foretold. We discuss our thoughts on what Microsoft's likely ...

Judge refuses to bar Steve Jobs quotes from patent trial
tuaw.com
by Steven Sande Jun 4th 2012 at 1:30PM Reuters reported on Friday that a judge has rejected Apple's request to have several incendiary quotes about Google's Android platform from former CEO Steve Jobs blocked from being used in the upcoming patent ...

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Flame Malware Stealing Data Across Middle East

Massive 'Flame' Malware Stealing Data Across Middle East
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a massive cyber threat, dubbed Flame, that is targeting "sensitive" information across the Middle East. The malware, Kaspersky said, "might be the most sophisticated cyber weapon yet ...

New York is vying to become global high-tech hub
Wall Street Journal
AP NEW YORK — Just as a trench dug in the 1800s created a shortcut to the nation's interior and helped make New York a global trading hub, the city is now hoping for another "Erie Canal moment" with a high-tech research complex to be built on an island ...

Renesas to Outsource Chip Making
New York Times
TOKYO — Renesas Electronics, the struggling Japanese chip maker, said Monday that it would outsource some high-end chip production to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing as it grappled with a costly restructuring program, having fallen behind global ...

LG working on Retina-beating 5-in. smartphone display
Computerworld
By Mikael RicknA$?s IDG News Service - LG Display has introduced a 5-inch full HD LCD panel for smartphone displays -- the highest resolution mobile panel to date, the company said on Monday. The widescreen panel is based on AH-IPS (Advanced High ...

Asus Teases Transformer Technology in Video for Computex 2012
eWeek
Asus releases a somewhat overproduced teaser video promising products (or technology) from its Transformer line of products. Computer maker Asus has released a YouTube teaser video for its Transformer family of products, though the video offers few ...

Apple reportedly manufacturing test batch of first smart TVs
Apple Insider
By AppleInsider Staff Apple this month is reported to have begun production of the first prototypes of its much-anticipated connected television sets at one of its overseas manufacturing facilities ahead of a general production ramp expected to begin ...

Facebook needs Opera - to rescue it from dependence on Apple
Register
By Gavin Clarke • Get more from this author The facts are few, the sourcing criminally light, but the story arrives as Opera is also reported to have instituted a hiring freeze that some claim is a harbinger to putting itself up for sale.

Video made with Google's glasses bounces online
CNET
How do you top a viral photo that was shot with Google's Project Glass high-tech specs? Shoot a video with the glasses -- while jumping on a trampoline. by Edward Moyer May 25, 2012 3:07 PM PDT Follow @edatnews One of the Project Glass photos that was ...

Climate change deniers not stupid, just trying to fit in, says study
Death and Taxes
By DJ Pangburn 2 hours ago A recent Yale University study funded by the National Science Foundation found that those with opposing views on climate change don't hold those views because of insufficient scientific understanding, but because of “opposing ...

BMW Zagato Coupé is one-off automotive beauty
SlashGear
Custom cars seldom come as alluring as this, the BMW Zagato Coupé, a one-off, hand-crafted design study – which still manages to be road legal – in aluminum and glass. Created to mark the renewed partnership between BMW and coachbuilders Zagato, ...

SlashGear

Motorola flaunts updated Android 4.0 user interface
Inquirer
By Carly Page GOOGLE-OWNED Motorola has flaunted its revamped user interface (UI) for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), which is much less obtrusive than its Gingerbread skin. Motorola has released several videos on its Japanese web site that ...

A Facebook phone: Ambitious leap or fatal mistake?
GigaOM
By Mathew Ingram May. 28, 2012, 9:38am PT 4 Comments At this point, the fact that Facebook is struggling with its mobile strategy is not really news. The company itself flagged the issue in its pre-IPO documents, saying advertising revenue is not ...

GigaOM

Windows Live is…Dead
TIME
By Harry McCracken | @harrymccracken | May 28, 2012 | + An array of products, with no natural connections to one another, have received the “Windows Live” moniker. Windows Live Essentials, for example, was the name for a suite of software products that ...

TIME

Zoos' Bitter Choice: To Save Some Species, Letting Others Die
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By LESLIE KAUFMAN / The New York Times ST. LOUIS -- With fluorescent yellow eyes and tufts of hair sticking straight up behind their ears, Bonner and Etienne look like slightly crazed old men. These riotous and chatty lemurs -- known for elaborate ...

Video Game Review: Minecraft XBLA Edition
California Literary Review
by Laura Buttrick As a long time player of the PC edition of Minecraft, it was difficult for me to go into the xbox360 rendition of the faux 16-bit world without immediately noticing everything that was different, that was missing and that was inferior ...

California Literary Review

GameStop Pitches Android Tablets to Gamers
PCWorld
By Daniel Ionescu , PCWorld May 28, 2012 8:03 AM As gamers are slowly abandoning their portable consoles in favor of smartphones and tablets, it might come as no surprise that GameStop, the top US games retailer, is now turning to Android tablets to ...

Reddit Founder And Activists Aim To Build A 'Bat-Signal For The Internet'
Forbes
The “blackout” of Web sites to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in January was an unprecedented show of Internet solidarity against bad legislation. But with new net-threatening bills like ACTA and CISPA popping out of Congress on a ...

Forbes

Facebook's Royal Wedding
New York Times
PALO ALTO, Calif. THE wedding of Mark Zuckerberg to Priscilla Chan last weekend here in the backyard of their $7 million home had all the staging of a carefully orchestrated celebrity event. A publicist for Facebook eagerly offered photos afterward of ...

New York Times

Now Infinity Ward is working on a “next generation” game
Warp Zoned
With the “next generation” officially set to begin next week with the Wii U's E3 2012 reveal, another developer is looking to the future. This time, it's Call of Duty creator Infinity Ward. The development team is looking for a Senior Network Engineer, ...

Venus transit is great daytime viewing
San Antonio Express
By Becky Ramotowski, Skywatch The annular eclipse has come and gone, Memorial Day is past, and school is out or winding down. What in the world are you going to do with all of that free time this summer besides mow the lawn and swat mosquitoes?

Evolution - scepticism is dead
Stuff.co.nz
A leading paleoanthropologist believes there will soon be no sceptics of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Richard Leakey predicts scepticism over evolution will soon be history - not that the avowed atheist has any doubts himself.

Stuff.co.nz

Exclusive: HP's webOS Enyo team is going to Google
The Verge
By Chris Ziegler on May 24, 2012 11:32 pm 120Comments The HP team responsible for Enyo — webOS's HTML5-based application framework that debuted on the TouchPad — will be leaving the company and starting at Google shortly, The Verge has learned.

Now you Cius, now you don't
ZDNet UK
By Ben Woods, ZDNet UK, 28 May, 2012 17:54 @BenWoodsZD Cisco has said it will stop making its Android-powered Cius tablet, putting the blame for the enterprise-specific device's death on the BYOD trend. Cisco is no longer putting work into its ...

ZDNet UK

No new Bungie game at E3 this year
Computerandvideogames.com
By Mike Jackson for computerandvideogames.com What the hell is Bungie working on? Unfortunately that's not a question it'll answer at this year's E3. Bungie's millions of fans will just have to make do with what 343 Industries is showing of Halo 4, ...

Earth took '10 mn yrs to recover from greatest mass extinction'
Zee News
London: It took almost 10 million years for Earth to recuperate from the greatest mass extinction of all time, according to a new research. Life was nearly wiped out 250 million years ago, with only 10 per cent of plants and animals surviving.

Zee News

Diablo 3 review: Games this thoughtfully crafted don't happen very often
Washington Post
Diablo 3 is the first game to render Diablo 2 obsolete. With Diablo 2 and its 2001 expansion, Lord of Destruction, Blizzard set a standard for loot-based action RPGs that everyone else struggled to meet. There were better looking games over the course ...

How to jailbreak using Absinthe 2.0 on iOS 5.1.1 devices
CNET
by Jason Cipriani | 28 May 2012 12:25pm SGT Absinthe 2.0 has been released, bringing with it an untethered jailbreak for iOS devices running iOS 5.1.1. The jailbreak is compatible with almost every iOS device, with the lone exception being the revised ...

CNET

Homecoming buzz: short-haired bees returned to UK, 12 years after being ...
Washington Post
LONDON — A conservationist says she is releasing 100 short-haired bees into the wild, 20 years after they were wiped out in the British countryside. The bees' population has declined dramatically across Europe in the last two decades as their habitats ...

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