Today’s Tech News - Feb. 10, 2007
YouTube coming soon to Vodafone in UK - CNET News.com
YouTube Mobile will allow users to view videos, send links to friends and upload videos directly from phones.
EARLY PEEK: Windows Mobile 6 with Screens and Bacon - InfoWorld
Microsoft’s PR usually drops me in a barbed-wire protected conference room for demos. So when the Mobile guys offered to do the meeting over breakfast, I stupidly jumped at the change of venue.
Gadget Fans Slam iPod Ban Plan - NewsFactor Network
Many readers expressed strong opposition to the possibility of a ban on using iPods and other electronics while crossing New York streets — an idea proposed by Senator Carl Kruger to combat “iPod oblivion.
Yahoo! Pipes and the mashup pipedream - ZDNet
Ever since I first started playing with RSS feeds, I’ve always dreamt that one day someone would come up with an online tool that makes it easy to aggregate multiple feeds.
Quantum computer to debut next week - Computerworld
Twenty years before many scientists expected it, a commercial company has announced a quantum computer that promises to massively speed up searches and optimization calculations.
Report: PC sales jump in Vista’s debut week - CNET News.com
Retailers experience a big bump following five weeks of slow sales, according to a report. By Dawn Kawamoto. After five weeks of sluggish PC sales, retailers received a big boost during the first week of Vista’s launch, according to a report released …
Battlestar Galactica coming to Xbox and the PC - TG Daily
Sierra Online is bringing the popular sci-fi show Battlestar Galactica to the Xbox Live network and PCs in a new video game this fall.
EA: Microsoft, Sony, We Have a Problem - Seeking Alpha
Roger Ehrenberg submits: It has been fascinating to see the process of Electronic Art’s (ERTS) coming to the realization that they got their bets dead wrong, and to see how they’ve adjusted strategy in the wake of new information (read: a Nintendo …
Security better, but needs work, Gates says - USA Today
In his swan song to an annual gathering of 15,000 computer security experts here Tuesday, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said the software giant has made giant strides in security. But he acknowledged that threats from malicious computer code and the proliferation of devices connected to the Internet have made security a moving target.
Samsung Enters iPhone Wars - E-Commerce Times
Samsung is targeting Apple’s much-touted but not yet released iPhone with a new smartphone of its own that will play audio and video files.
Patch Tuesday notice sent by Microsoft - Monsters and Critics.com
Microsoft has sent out an advanced notice containing plans to release during the monthly security and system update.
JBoss head Fleury quits Red Hat - Computerworld
Often opinionated, always entertaining, JBoss founder and former CEO Marc Fleury has officially left Red Hat Inc.
Internet’s behind-the-scenes protectors foil attack - USA Today
A hacker attack on the Internet failed this week — but experts warn there could be more to come. Three of the 13 computers that help direct all Internet traffic were hit with a flood of data requests Tuesday. Although it’s not yet clear where the torrent came from, it was most likely designed to overwhelm the computers, says Peter Reiher, a professor at UCLA’s engineering school.
Missing the Little Picture - Washington Post
Browsing the Web on your cellphone can seem so hard most people don’t even try. But why should that be? The Web by phone remains a strange, often unfriendly place for many people.
Some like it Hot(mail), some like it Live - Ars Technica
Do you know the difference between Hotmail and Windows Live Mail? In case you don’t, Windows Live Mail is the next generation of Hotmail, giving users a new interface along with increased functionality and options.
Study Provides Insight Into Hacks - PC World
A new study shows the Internet wilds still teem with hordes of good old-fashioned brute-force attacks and quantifies how frequently PCs are attacked.
Botnet Wars - Virus.org
It seems that two of the largest Botnet gangs maybe fighting each other. The P2P Botnet created by Storm-Worm variants seems to have been used to launch a Distributed Denial-of-Service attack against several of the domains used by the Warezov/Medbot gang.
