Finally, A Use for Twitter
Sean informed me a few days ago that he had been following “The Real Shaq” on twitter. — “You realize that ‘The Real Shaq’ is probably a 5'4 White, 14 year old emo kid who's getting his jolly's from...
Buffer overflow issue in versions 9.0 and earlier of Adobe Reader and Acrobat
Vulnerability identifier: APSA09-01 — A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 and earlier versions. This vulnerability would cause the application to crash …
Last.fm not really sharing data with RIAA
Have you torrented the new U2 album? We won't tell, and neither will Last.fm, if those unreleased tracks show up on your listening profile. That's not what TechCrunch is saying, though. Earlier tod...
Is the 5 USB Mac Mini a fake?
So, one of our readers, Dave - who happens to be an expert at PCB design, has spent some time looking at the Mac Mini image posted today and he believes it is a fake. There have been many posts aroun...
Baby Boomers, Luddites? Not So Fast.
It's probably safe to say that Whopper Sacrifice, Burger King's impish Facebook campaign that offered users free burgers in exchange for dropping 10 friends, wasn't aimed at retirees. But maybe it sh...
Look who leaked U2's new album
U2 and, inset, the cover of No Line On The Horizon. — Asher Moses — Full CD-quality copies of every song on U2's upcoming album, No Line On The Horizon, have been leaked on to the web after Univer...
Cable Guys Plan Their Own Hulus: Anyone Interested in “Authentication” or “Entitlement”?
What's better than Hulu, the video service that lets you watch your favorite TV shows on your laptop? A service that lets you watch even more TV shows on your laptop-if you're a cable TV subscriber.
A snow leopard on Live.com is causing some to lose their minds
I saw the story once and I thought: Oh, that's kind of funny. I saw it twice and I thought: Hmm. I saw it three times and saw it all over Twitter and thought: This is getting ridiculous. There must...
250 DVDs in a Quarter-Sized Device — Coming Soon?
Coming Soon? — A new technique developed by scientists at UC Berkeley and University of Massachusetts Amherst may drastically increase the ability of devices to store things. — Cal officials called...
Quicken Online Can't Believe Mint Is Doing So Well; Sends Threatening Letter
Intuit, the company behind the well-known Quicken suite of money management software that includes Quicken Online, can't believe how well its competitor Mint is doing. In fact, they were so bewildere...
How Will the $7.2 Billion Allotted for Broadband Stimulus Be Spent?
Though a number of details are vague, many people in tech and telecom circles hope that the $7.2 billion allotment for broadband in the newly enacted federal economic stimulus package marks the beginn...
Test Updates for Windows 7 Beta Users
Starting February 24, we will be releasing up to 5 test updates to PCs running the Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000) via Windows Update. These updates allow us to test and verify our ability to deliver and...
How Google and Facebook are using R
Last night, I moderated our Bay Area R Users Group kick-off event with a panel discussion entitled “The R and Science of Predictive Analytics”, co-located with the Predictive Analytics World conferenc...
Hackers target Xbox Live players
Xbox Live is being targeted by malicious hackers selling services that kick players off the network. — The booting services are proving popular with players who want a way to get revenge on those wh...
Cable providers eye offering TV shows online: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc are talking with owners of major cable television networks about ways to give cable subscribers online access to much of the networks' progr...
Pirate Bay Trial Day 5: Peter's “Political Trial”
Friday, the fifth day of the trial and Peter Sunde, aka brokep, is being questioned by the Prosecution. Håkan Roswall started off by asking Peter if he ever had dealings with The Pirate Bay's (TPB) c...
Skype Calls' Immunity to Police Phone Tapping Threatened
Suspicious phone conversations on Skype could be targeted for tapping as part of a pan-European crackdown on what law authorities believe is a massive technical loophole in current wiretapping laws, a...
Microsoft, Intel Firings Stir Resentment Over Visas for Foreign Workers
Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp.'s plan to eliminate U.S. workers after lobbying for more foreigner visas is stirring resentment among lawmakers and employees. — As many as 5,000 employees are ...
Parents Give Up Facebook for Lent
They're a little too old to give up potato chips, Guitar Hero or Red Bull for Lent. — But as Christian parents ponder an appropriate sacrifice, they find themselves mulling a choice they'd have once...
Hounslow tries STD test result texts
U got clp — Free whitepaper - Best practices in SOX compliance — NHS Hounslow is using the internet and text messaging to encourage more young people to be screened for chlamydia. — The west Lon...
Yelp Disputes Extortion Story
Yelp is denying reports that its sales reps tried to get money out of local business owners in exchange for minimizing negative ratings on the popular site. — On Thursday, the East Bay Express, an a...