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2010-07-29 8:29
Government's £6m web search bill
Four government departments spent almost £6m ensuring their websites appeared on search engine results pages, new figures show.
2010-07-29 6:48
Google cleared of wi-fi snooping
No "significant" personal data was grabbed by Google when it snooped on wi-fi networks, says the UK data protection office.
2010-07-29 6:30
Verizon: Data Breaches Often Caused by Configuration Errors (PC World)
PC World - Hackers appear to be increasingly counting on configuration problems and programming errors rather than software vulnerabilities in order to steal information from computer systems, according to a new study from Verizon.
2010-07-29 5:40
Facebook data hoarder speaks out
Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users.
2010-07-29 22:51
Attacking the edges of secure Internet traffic (AP)

A man passes a logo of the Black Hat technology conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - Researchers have uncovered new ways that criminals can spy on Internet users even if they're using secure connections to banks, online retailers or other sensitive Web sites.


2010-07-29 22:51
Attacking the edges of secure Internet traffic (AP)

A man passes a logo of the Black Hat technology conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - Researchers have uncovered new ways that criminals can spy on Internet users even if they're using secure connections to banks, online retailers or other sensitive Web sites.


2010-07-29 22:10
Government incentives spur doubling in China LED market by 2014, says iSuppli
Driven by government subsidies and soaring demand from new applications such as LCD TV backlighting and general illumination, China's LED market is set to more than double from 2009 to 2014, according to iSuppli.
2010-07-29 21:58
PTI raises capex after strong 2Q10
Powertech Technology (PTI), a major Taiwan-based memory packaging and testing house, has announced net profits for the second quarter of 2010 increased 90.8% on year and 12% sequentially to NT$1.99 billion (US$62 million). Consolidated revenues for the quarter were NT$9.29 billion, a quarterly high.

2010-07-29 21:51
Sandmartin expected to ship 5 million STBs in fiscal 2011
Hong Kong-based Sandmartin International Holdings will be able to ship five million set-top boxes (STBs) in fiscal 2011 (from July 2010 to June 2011) after the company shipped 4.5 million units in fiscal 2010, according to an estimate by industry sources.
2010-07-29 21:49
HTC Droid Incredible carries US$163.35 bill of materials, says iSuppli
The HTC Droid Incredible smartphone carries a bill of materials (BOM) of US$163.35, according to iSuppli.
2010-07-29 21:38
LED-backlit panels to account for 30% of AUO shipments to TV segment in 3Q10, says VP
Despite shortages in upstream LED supply, Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) believes global LED-backlit TV market share will surpass 20% in 2010, while AUO expects its LED-backlit TV panel shipment share to reach 30% of its total TV panel shipments in the third quarter of 2010 and to over 40% at the end of the year, according to AUO executive VP of global business unit Paul Peng.
2010-07-29 20:28
False alarm: Google search still working in China (AP)

The Google logo is reflected in the windows of the firm's China offices in Beijing. Google said Friday its services appeared to be back up and running normally in China, after the US web giant reported that access to its search engine and other products were being blocked.(AFP/File/Li Xin)AP - Google Inc. triggered a false alarm Thursday by posting a notice that its search engine and several other services had been cut off from mainland China - a key market where the company has been locked in a high-profile battle over online censorship.


2010-07-29 19:50
Samsung Scores Record Q2 Profit on Chips, LCDs
Samsung Electronics reported a record operating profit in the second quarter driven by strong sales of memory chips and LCDs, it said Friday.

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2010-07-29 19:21
Sprint's HTC EVO 4G to Get Android 2.2 Next Week
It's official: Sprint will begin rolling out the Android 2.2 upgrade to EVO users on Tuesday, August 3.

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2010-07-29 19:00
Google Reports Brief Search Outage in China
Google's search engine in China may have been blocked briefly overnight Thursday, the company said.

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2010-07-29 18:50
Lab Tested: 21.5- and 27-inch Core I3 IMacs/3.2GHz
With Apple's recent update of the iMac line, all new models now feature discrete graphic subsystems and Intel Core i3 and Core i5 processors. The two systems in...

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2010-07-29 18:50
Smartphones, Tablets Seen Boosting Mobile Health
Wireless devices will allow doctors to provide their patients with more medical information, said a speaker at a mobile health conference.

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2010-07-29 17:04
What’s private on Facebook anyway? (Christopher Null)
Christopher Null - Today’s revelation about the existence of a document that details the names, URLs, and unique Facebook IDs of 100 million of the site’s users has raised new questions about what is and what is not private on the immensely popular website.
2010-07-29 16:45
McAfee 2Q profit rises (AP)
AP - Computer-security software maker McAfee Inc. said Thursday that its second-quarter profit rose 38 percent, helped by growth in its corporate and consumer businesses.
2010-07-29 16:01
US suing Oracle alleging software contracts fraud (AP)
AP - The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it is joining a fraud lawsuit against Oracle Corp. related to software contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
2010-07-29 15:37
RIM snaps up 'BlackPad.com,' sparks more tablet chatter (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - Looks like Apple may have started a trend with this whole iPad thing, both in terms of the tablet and — unfortunately for those who squirm at the word "pad" — the name itself.
2010-07-29 0:51
Internet upgraded to foil cyber crooks (AFP)

The Internet has undergone a AFP - The Internet has undergone a key upgrade that promises to stop cyber criminals from using fake websites that dupe people into downloading viruses or revealing personal data.


2010-07-28 8:10
Nintendo game copiers 'illegal'
A High Court has ruled that devices that allow gamers to play pirated video games on the Nintendo DS console are illegal in the UK.
2010-07-28 22:00
Amazon offers new look UK Kindle
Online retailer Amazon launches its popular Kindle e-reader into the UK market for the first time, with a new look and more books.
2010-07-28 20:37
Bunker-busting ATM attacks show security holes (AP)

Barnaby Jack demonstrates an attack on two automated teller machines during the Black Hat technology conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The attacks demonstrated Wednesday targeted standalone ATMs. But they could potentially be used against the ATMs operated by mainstream banks. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - A hacker has discovered a way to force ATMs to disgorge their cash by hijacking the computers inside them.