Firefox for Android reaches 'full' status

From CNET News.com: For Android devotees, Mozilla's issuance of Firefox for Android has been a long wait. Sure, the browser-maker added it to the Android Market in beta form months ago, and made the release candidate (RC) available last week.

However, today marks the first that the...

LG Prepares 4.3-Inch Optimus Big Powered by Android Gingerbread

From DailyTech: South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics (LGLD) has struggled in the smartphone market. While it picked the winning operating system (Android), it failed to deliver compelling products, even as competitors like Motorola, HTC, and Samsung came through with smash...

Intel Releases High-Capacity Lineup Solid-State Drives

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. announced its new family of solid-state drives (SSDs) that are based on 25nm NAND flash memory, up to 600GB capacities as well as build-in encryption capabilities. The new SSDs are aimed at various types of customers, including typical consumers seeking...

MySQL website falls victim to SQL injection attack

From InfoWorld: Oracle's MySQL.com customer website was apparently compromised over the weekend by a pair of hackers who publicly posted usernames, and in some cases passwords, of the site's users.

Taking credit for the hack were "TinKode" and "Ne0h," who wrote that the hack...

Yahoo Plans to Open Source Code for Non-core Technologies

From PC World: Yahoo plans to release some technologies, including storage technologies, to the open source community, a senior executive of the company said.

These are systems that Yahoo built to help it handle large numbers of users on its websites, but that don't necessarily give...

Facebook gets five more film rentals

From CNET News.com: After the launch of "The Dark Knight" rental on Facebook earlier this month, Warner Bros. Entertainment is expanding its product offering.

Early this morning, the company released five more films that the social network's users can watch from the site. The newly...

Samsung's 11.6 9 Series Notebook Priced at $1199

From DailyTech: A few weeks ago we told you about official pricing and availability for the 13" Samsung 9 Series laptop. This week, we now have official pricing for the 11" 9 Series laptop that will be hitting the market next month.

Official pricing is listed at $1199.99 for the...

Apple Issues iOS 4.3.1 Software Update

From DailyTech: Apple has issued an incremental update to its recently released iOS 4.3 software. The 4.3.1 update fixes some minor bugs that cropped up in the release and allegedly closes a security hole that was discovered by Charlie Miller.

Here are the official “fix list”:...

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