Today’s Tech News - Feb. 16, 2007
Judge Says MySpace Isn’t Responsible For Alleged Sexual Assault - MTV.com
It was someone’s responsibility to keep a 13-year-old girl from lying about her age on MySpace and meeting a 19-year-old man who allegedly sexually assaulted her in a Texas parking lot.
Was That a Vista Fix Released on Patch Tuesday? - PC World
Researchers and customers alike are keeping close tabs on the operating system for the first confirmed vulnerability. Users can chalk up a critical vulnerability — now patched — in Windows Vista, a Microsoft security manager said Wednesday.
IBM Develops Faster Embedded RAM - PC Magazine
On Wednesday, IBM announced it had developed a new method for putting memory on a chip that the company says will greatly enhance overall performance.
Wii Play arrives today - Monsters and Critics.com
Can’t get enough Wii party games? Wii Play is here with nine new Wiimote-powered games.
D-Wave Demonstrates First Quantum Computer - Extreme Tech
On Tuesday, members of D-Wave Systems, a Vancouver-based hardware firm, gathered at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View to demonstrate what they claimed is the world’s first commercially viable …
Drive-By Pharming Attack Could Hit Home Networks - Computer Business Review
By Kevin Murphy. Security researchers at Symantec Corp and Indiana University have figured out a way to compromise home networks using a single line of JavaScript in a web page.
BlackBerry unveils 8800 — a grown-up Pearl - SearchMobileComputing.com
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) released its latest smartphone, the BlackBerry 8800, a device that takes design cues from the slick Pearl and better positions RIM to rival other sleek devices.
Ethics at work: New math of fair use - Jerusalem Post
Internet behemoth Google just lost an important intellectual property lawsuit in Belgium. The case raises important ethical questions regarding intellectual property in the Internet age.
IT-related energy consumption doubles - MSNBC
The amount of electricity consumed by computer servers has doubled in five years and will increase another 75 per cent by 2010, according to a report published on Thursday by an energy efficiency expert.
Music Exec Rebuts Apple’s Critique of DRM - PC World
The head of Warner Music Group defended the use of digital rights management (DRM) with digital music on Wednesday in an apparent response to recent criticismfrom Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
Telstra’s Next G puts Oz on map - Daily Telegraph
TELSTRA boss Sol Trujillo yesterday said the success of Next G has put Australia on the map and attracted the interest of global communication companies keen to test new technologies on the cutting edge network.
Novell vows to keep fighting Microsoft ‘juggernaut’ - CNET News.com
Despite an alliance with Microsoft, Novell’s chief says he’s “excited by the muted reaction to Vista.”
