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Submission + - Apple Updates Java to Include Flashback Removal (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by

Fluffeh

on Thursday April 12, 2012 @06:19PM

Fluffeh writes: "In the third update to Java that Apple has released this week, the update now identifies and removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware that has infected over half a million Apple machines. "This Java security update removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware," Apple wrote in the support document for the update. "This update also configures the Java web plug-in to disable the automatic execution of Java applets. Users may re-enable automatic execution of Java applets using the Java Preferences application. If the Java web plug-in detects that no applets have been run for an extended period of time it will again disable Java applets.""

Submission + - Stuxnet allegedly loaded by Iranian double agents (isssource.com)

Submitted by

rainbo

on Thursday April 12, 2012 @05:38PM

rainbo writes: "According to a report from ISSSource, a saboteur who was likely a member of an Iranian dissident group loaded the Stuxnet virus on to a flash drive and infected machines at the Natanz nuclear facility. Iran’s intelligence minister, Heydar Moslehi, said that an unspecified amount of "nuclear spies" were arrested on ties to this attack. Some officials believe these spies belonged to Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK), which is used as the assassination arm of the Israeli Mossad."

Comment It doesnt matter (Score 1) 246

by Urbndude on Friday October 28, 2011 @08:01PM (#37875520) Attached to: Microsoft Tried To Buy Netscape: Suppose They Had?

If microsoft had purchased netscape they would have lost the USA vs microsoft antitrust case. Thus been broken up. Cause internet explorer being bundled with windows was a big reason the case was brought up.

Submission + - Even Samsung's Lawyers Can't Tell Their Tablet and (gizmodo.com)

Submitted by CheerfulMacFanboy on Friday October 14, 2011 @04:37PM

CheerfulMacFanboy writes: Reuters reports the horrific embarrassment: when a Samsung attorney was asked by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh whether they could tell which tablet was which, what was the response? "Not at this distance, your honor."

Submission + - IRS Googling Google

Submitted by theodp on Friday October 14, 2011 @10:13AM

theodp writes: Bloomberg reports that the IRS is auditing how Google shifted profits offshore to avoid taxes. According to Bloomberg, Google cuts its tax bill by about $1 billion a year using a technique that allocates profits to a unit managed out of a law firm in Bermuda, where there is no corporate income tax. In 2009, the most recent year for which records are available, this subsidiary collected 4.34 billion euros (about $6.1 billion) in royalties from a Google unit in the Netherlands. A spokesman for Google, whose stated mission is 'to organize the world‘s information and make it universally accessible and useful,' called the IRS proble 'a routine inquiry' and declined to comment further.

Submission + - US blocks Huawei from building LTE network (geek.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14, 2011 @09:18AM

An anonymous reader writes: The U.S. government has cited national security as a reason not to let Chinese company Huawei build an LTE public safety network. The reason being close ties to the Chinese government and the threat of any devices Huawei manufacture being bugged. Of course, whoever gets the contract is going to be manufacturing their devices in China, but it looks like a Chinese company won't be allowed to deploy the infrastructure.

Submission + - NaCL Could Help Build 20TB HDDs (itproportal.com)

Submitted by hypnosec on Friday October 14, 2011 @08:30AM

hypnosec writes: A team of researchers have managed to boost storage density on traditional magnetic platters to up to 3.3 terabit of data per square inch, a six-fold improvement (ed : actually 5.28 times) on current storage density figures, simply by using NaCL, the ubiquitous table salt. Seagate unveiled the first 4TB hard disk drive last month and this particular model had an areal density of 625Gb per square inch only . A research team headed by Dr Joel Yang from Singapore's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering with other scientists from the A*STAR's DSI and NUS used a technique called nanopatterning (more details can be found here through the official media release [PDF]) to create arrays of magnetic bits that have more regular features than the current traditional, randomly distributed technique. Dr Yang compares the technique to a well known traveling trick; "It’s like packing your clothes in your suitcase when you travel. The neater you pack them the more you can carry." Yang said, "In the same way, the team of scientists has used nanopatterning to closely pack more of the miniature structures that hold information in the form of bits, per unit area".

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