For the second time in a year, WikiLeaks has lost control of its full, unredacted cache of a quarter-million US State Department cables—and this time the leaked files are apparently online. The uncensored cables are contained in a 1.73GB password-protected file named cables.csv, which is reportedly circulating somewhere on the Internet, according to Steffen Kraft, editor of the German paper Der Freitag . [......]
Court documents from Apple's recent preliminary injunction win against Samsung in Europe reveal that the company has also filed a claim against the Motorola Xoom . [......]
At 2:56pm on 6 August, 1991, Tim Berners-Lee launched the very first website , setting in motion a chain of events that would ultimately end with Nyan Cat. Here are 20 things we'd never have seen if it weren't for his invention. 1. [......]
We've already seen bikes from both Audi and McLaren in the last year, so I suppose it's no surprise to see competition from Porsche . The German sport car giant has actually had a bike for quite a while now, but I believe the new Sport and Rennsport are their first attempts at road-going bikes rather than the mountain variety. [......]
Friday, Apple released an update to its mobile operating system (iOS 4.3.4) which patches a couple of vulnerabilities that left a door open for malware infections on the iPad, 3rd and 4th generation iPod touch, iPhone 4, and iPhone 3GS. Apple's update describes the CoreGraphics vulnerability as "A buffer overflow…in FreeType's handling of TrueType fonts. [......]
Someone at Intel already let slip a roadmap outlining the chip maker's future solid state drive plans, but at the time (May), details were in short order. The leaked roadmap revealed codenames, capacities, and a few other odds and ends, but it didn't offer up any specs, leaving us to wonder how Intel's upcoming flagship SSDs would stack up against the competition. [......]
It is a good time to be Tutima. The recent announcement of their new movement manufacture launched with the Hommage Minute Repeater watch signals a bright future for the German brand. [......]
Sparrow, the minimalist email client for Mac, has been updated to version 1.2. The latest release sees a number of improvements and additions, including the much requested unified inbox[......]
Acting on a French request for assistance, German police today confiscated German Pirate Party servers—apparently hoping to search the prominent collaboration tool widely used within Anonymous to select targets for attack. [......]
An upcoming firmware update promises to add more awesomeness to the Boxee Box platform. The update is slated for May 2011, or just one month after the previous firmware upgrade. After that, Boxee says it set a goal to release new firmware "every 3 months or so," with each one introducing "a healthy mix of new and improved functionality together with bug fixes." Next month's update will introduce a better performing browser with faster loading and scrolling, favorites, and history[......]
Security firm Sophos has discovered a modified variant of the well known darkComet Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that not only affects Windows PCs, but the Mac OS X platform too. Interestingly enough, the nefarious Trojan readily admits it's not yet finished, which could be indicative of more underground programmers finally taking notice of Mac's increased market share. In its current form, Sophos senior security adviser, Chester Wisniewski, describes the Trojan as "very basic" in nature with a mix of English and German in the UI[......]
By Mike Williams Agnitum has released version 7.1 of its flagship product, Outpost Security Suite FREE . [......]
It's fourth and inches on the goal line and your team is down by 6 with just seconds to go. Naturally, they're going to go for the touchdown. The running back gets the ball and dives over the linesmen where he's met by a pile of bodies keeping him out of the endzone. [......]
By Tim Conneally , Betanews Download MaxiVista iPad for Windows from Fileforum now! Windows users can now use the Apple iPad as a wireless display extension with a software package released in beta today called MaxiVista from German software company Bartels Media . MaxiVista's multi-monitor software lets users extend their desktop across other PCs and Notebooks, and utilizes a special data compression so the CPU and network load stay low[......]
Uber popular file-hosting service RapidShare has won a court victory against Perfect 10, a California-based adult media company specializing in, um, NSFW content. In the lawsuit, Perfect 10 accused RapidShare of infringing the copyrights of a bunch of its images and requested an injunction, but the request was rejected by the U.S[......]
