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Submission + - Phase change memory points to future of storage (scienceblog.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 02, 2011 @08:10PM

An anonymous reader writes: A UC San Diego team is about to demonstrate a solid state storage device that it says provides performance thousands of times faster than a conventional hard drive and up to seven times faster than current state-of-the-art solid-state drives (SSDs). The drive uses first-of-its kind, phase-change memory, which stores data in the crystal structure of a metal alloy called a chalcogenide. To store data, the PCM memory chips switch the alloy between a crystalline and amorphous state based on the application of heat through an electrical current. To read the data, the chips use a smaller current to determine which state the chalcogenide is in.

Submission + - OnLive to launch in UK this Autumn (bit-tech.net)

Submitted by arcticstoat on Thursday June 02, 2011 @07:06PM

arcticstoat writes: Cloud-based gaming platform OnLive has announced plans to launch in the UK this Autumn, with Onlive.co.uk opening for OnLive player tag registration on 7 June.

OnLive runs games on remote servers and streams them back to subscribers, but until now it's only been available in some areas of the US.

Submission + - When Cassini Met Nine Inch Nails (discovery.com)

Submitted by

astroengine

on Thursday June 02, 2011 @07:05PM

astroengine writes: "Using archival footage from the Cassini Solstice mission, which continues to dazzle us earthlings with incredible imagery from the Saturnian system, and a tune from the band Nine Inch Nails, designer/director Chris Abbas produced a rather surprising — and atmospheric — experience."

Submission + - OCZ Z-Drive R4 Server Breaks 1.5 Million IOPS (hothardware.com)

Submitted by

MojoKid

on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @10:10AM

MojoKid writes: "OCZ Technology continues to roll out impressive new SSD solutions at Computex this year. Apparently, company has achieved a new performance record at the show, delivering one million 4K write IOPS and 1.5 million read IOPS on a Z-Drive-equipped single server. The outfit's new Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSD was showcased doing the damage in a single platform server by Colfax International. The rig is based on a Supermicro platform, which features a mammoth 7.2TB MLC storage array."

Submission + - 26 Trojanized Apps Pulled From Android Market (net-security.org)

Submitted by Orome1 on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @10:08AM

Orome1 writes: 26 applications containing a variation of the DroidDream Trojan have been found on the official Android Market and are believed to have been downloaded by at least 30,000 users. Lookout researchers believe that they were created and uploaded by the same developers who were behind the original DroidDream onslaught back in March. It seems that the stripped down Trojan code has been added to legitimate apps and the apps were consequently uploaded and made available via six developer accounts.

Submission + - Honda Sued Over Massive Customer Data Breach (threatpost.com)

Submitted by Trailrunner7 on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @09:48AM

Trailrunner7 writes: Honda Canada Inc. has announced it was the victim of an attack in March that exposed the records of over 283,000 car owners, potentially putting them at risk of targeted scams. And now the company is the subject of a class-action lawsuit stemming from the breach.
Data such as the owners’ names, addresses and even their Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) were leaked when attackers compromised records on the company’s servers earlier this year, according to a letter distributed to car owners this month. Officials at Honda said they detected the breach after noticing “an unusual volume of usage in the myHonda and myAcura websites."

Submission + - World Internet Traffic to Top 966Exabytes in 2015 (ispreview.co.uk)

Submitted by

Mark.JUK

on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @09:46AM

Mark.JUK writes: "Networking giant Cisco has released its latest annual Visual Networking Index (VNI) today, which forecasts that world internet traffic will quadruple by 2015 to reach 965.5 ExaBytes per year (up from 242.4 ExaBytes in 2010); when 40% of the world's population will be online (i.e. 3bn Internet users). Internet video will account for 61% of all consumer traffic in the same year, while P2P (File Sharing) will decline significantly to just 16%.

Meanwhile the average fixed line broadband ISP download speed, which stood at 7Mbps (Megabits per second) in 2010, will increase four-fold to 28Mbps in 2015, at which point an estimated 40% of broadband connections will be faster than 10Mbps (up from 24% today). Western Europe will have the fastest speeds, promoting a headline figure of 36Mbps for 2015."

Submission + - Vodafone sues for defamatory facebook messages (thenextweb.com)

Submitted by tanveer1979 on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @09:43AM

tanveer1979 writes: If this comes to pass, complaining about poor service may be a thing of the past. Vodafone India is suing a customer for posting defamatory status messages on his facebook wall.

Dhaval Valia, was disgrunted with vodafone after getting poor 3G service. Apparently, vodafone has only 50% of cell sites supporting 3G connection in Mumbai. After lot many heated arguments with the management and customer care, he vented his ire on his facebook page, as a result of which, vodafone India sent a legal notice to the customer.

Submission + - AMD Acquires Graphic Remedy, Opens R&D in Isra (ngohq.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @09:39AM

An anonymous reader writes: AMD announced the opening of a new research and development (R&D) center in Israel, located in the Tel-Aviv area. A world class team of highly talented software engineers is working on the latest heterogeneous computing technologies for the next generation of parallel computing platforms. This announcement follows AMD’s recent acquisition of Graphic Remedy, a renowned Israeli startup company specializing in development tools for heterogeneous computing and 3D graphics.

Submission + - Google Patents Eliminating Gaming of Google

Submitted by theodp on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @09:38AM

theodp writes: On Monday, Jason Calacanis blasted Google for its Feb. 24th Panda algorithm update, noting that he and other content owners were caught in the cross-fire of the search giant's reaction to being embarassingly gamed by the likes of JC Penney and others. Thankfully for Google, the USPTO doesn't feel Calacanis' pain, and on Tuesday granted Google U.S. Patent No. 7,953,763 for Detecting Link Spam in Hyperlinked Databases. 'A problem with known link-based ranking methods,' Google explained to the USPTO in its 2009 patent application, 'is that the link structure surrounding a node can be deliberately modified to artificially inflate the rank of the node. Consequently, the ranking results of current link-based ranking methods are susceptible to indirect manipulation and distortion. It would be desirable to identify and eliminate or reduce the effects of certain techniques to artificially inflate the ranks of nodes.' So, problem solved, at least through the rose-colored glasses of the USPTO!

Submission + - Sony CFO Quells Rumors About the PlayStation 4 (dlhub.net)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @09:14AM

An anonymous reader writes: n a recent briefing last Thursday, some comments by Sony CFO Masaru Kato were interpreted to mean that a successor to the PlayStation 3 is in the works.

Kato referenced development of future platforms, and the rumor mill inferred that Kato was referring to the PS4. That apparently wasn't the case.

Sony hasn't had it easy these last few months. With a net loss of nearly 260 billion yen, hacks across the globe, and a severely impaired PlayStation Network, Sony has been trying to fix itself.

Read more: http://dlhub.net/pc-games/240-sony-cfo-quells-rumors-about-the-playstation-4.html

Submission + - Microsoft Said to Limit Device Makers' Partners (bloomberg.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @09:11AM

An anonymous reader writes: "Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has asked chipmakers that want to use the next version of Windows for tablets to work with no more than one computer manufacturer, three people with knowledge of the plan said.

Seeking to limit variations may help Microsoft speed the delivery of new Windows tablets by keeping tighter control over partners and accelerating development and testing. Though the program isn’t mandatory, the restrictions may impede chip- and computer makers from building a variety of Windows-based models to vie with Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPad, the people said. In past versions of Windows software, chipmakers could work with multiple computer manufacturers. "

Submission + - Kororaa 14 - Linux Mint of Fedora? (ostatic.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @08:46AM

An anonymous reader writes: Kororaa is based on Fedora 14. Users have a choice between a KDE 4.6.3 or GNOME 2.32 Live DVD in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. But Susam Linton finds out some other queer facts about it.

Submission + - Mideast Uses Western Tools To Stop Skype Rebellion (zawya.com)

Submitted by schwit1 on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @08:44AM

schwit1 writes: When young dissidents in Egypt were organizing an election-monitoring project last fall, they discussed their plans over Skype, the popular Internet phone service, believing it to be secure.

But someone else was listening in — Egypt's security service.

A cottage industry of U.S. and other companies is now designing and selling tools that can be used to block or eavesdrop on Skype conversations. One technique: Using special "spyware," or software that intercepts an audio stream from a computer-thereby hearing what's being said and effectively bypassing Skype's encryption.

The Wall Street Journal asked security company Symantec Corp. to analyze the file, which turned out to be a "remote access tool" that could let an outsider remotely eavesdrop on audio and capture keystrokes.

Symantec said the file is being distributed on a website named after the date the Libyan protests began. Still, the file's origins aren't clear. "The actual attacker could be anywhere in the world," says Symantec's Kevin Hogan.

I would have posted the WSJ a link, but it has a paywall.

Submission + - The Most Active First Quarter in Malware History (net-security.org)

Submitted by Orome1 on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @08:38AM

Orome1 writes: With six million unique samples of recorded malware, Q1 2011 was the most active first quarter in malware history, according to McAfee. Fake anti-virus software had a very active quarter as well, reaching its highest levels in more than a year, totaling 350,000 unique fake-alert samples in March 2011. Spam, which has been at its lowest levels since 2007 in the past few quarters, significantly dropped once again to less than half of what it was only a year ago — at approximately 1.5 trillion messages per day, outnumbering legitimate email traffic by only a 3:1 ratio.

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