Web Attack That Poisons Google Results Gets Worse

From PC World: A new attack that peppers Google search results with malicious links is spreading quickly, the U.S. Computer Emergence Response Team warned on Monday.

The attack, which has intensified in recent days, can be found on several thousand legitimate Web sites, according to...

Microsoft warns of new server vulnerability

From CNET News.com: In a technical bulletin, the company said it is looking into "public reports of a possible vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)."

The company said that a flaw exists in a certain type of Web serving operation.

"An elevation of privilege...

Samsung Looks to Outperform LCD TV Industry

From DailyTech: Despite the slow economy, Samsung is sticking to its predictions for LCD TV sales for 2009. The company continues to hold the largest portion of the global LCD TV market and is one of the top LCD TV suppliers in America.

Samsung was the top LCD TV vendor in America...

Mozilla sets Firefox 3.5 RC for early June

From InfoWorld: After months of problems that delayed the last two betas of Firefox 3.5, Mozilla is now on track to deliver the first release candidate early next month.

If Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate (RC) is declared suitable for final release, Mozilla may still make its self-set...

New Acer Aspire One Netbooks Sport Beefy Specs, Low Price

From PC World: Acer has announced two new Acer Aspire One netbooks featuring high-definition screens, full-sized keyboards, multi-gesture touchpads and 3G connectivity. The new models, named AO751h and AOD250, are thinner than their predecessors with a one-inch thick body, both...

Dell says Windows 7 price is possible barrier

From CNET News.com: Windows 7 pricing is potentially an obstacle to Windows 7 adoption for some users, though in just about every other aspect the operating system is beating Vista, according to a Dell marketing executive.

"If there's one thing that may influence adoption, make...

Amazon offers more cloud control

From CNET News.com: Amazon.com's cloud-computing arm has added new features to help users monitor cloud resources, adjust capacity, and balance traffic loads.

In an announcement Monday, Amazon Web Services unveiled a public beta of the three new features: the CloudWatch monitoring...

Google Forced to Retake All Street View Images in Japan

From DailyTech: Google has announced they plan to retake all Japanese photographs for its Street View service due to complaints from residents photographs were taken from a vantage point that was higher than most people’s fences around their homes. The photos were taken by a camera...

Apple May Just Be Breaking Even With App Store

From DailyTech: Apple's App Store helped establish the iPhone as a top seller, and was arguably one of Apple’s most visible properties. With Apple recently passing the 1 billion downloads mark; some analysts took to estimating Apple's net income from the store.

Apple Insider, a...

Windows 7 to Offer Better Hyper-Threading Support

From DailyTech: Microsoft is working hard to make things better for the launch of Windows 7 following the lukewarm reception to Windows Vista. Vista was plagued with early hardware and software incompatibility issues that were one of the main reasons enterprise customers refused to...

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