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US utility sabotage blamed on Russian hackers

Chris Davies, Nov 20th 2011 Discuss [39]

Russian hackers may have sabotaged a water pump in what's being described as the first foreign cyber attack on US utility infrastructure, damaging both hardware and confidence in critical systems. The attack targeted a Springfield, Illinois water utility station on November 8, Reuters reports, using network credentials stolen from an industrial software developer; the pump was apparently remotely activated and burnt out, though redundant systems meant no impact was felt by residents of the town. Read The Full Story

iPad garners almost 90% of tablet web traffic globally

Paul Fang, Nov 17th 2011 Discuss [5]

Even with all the steadily surging amount of tablet competition out there as of recent, Apple's iPad has managed to snag almost 90% of global web traffic for tablets. According to a just released report from the Royal Pingdom, The iPad has reached 87.6% of all global tablet web traffic. Now that's something that any tablet manufacturer not named Apple should be concerned about (Yes, I'm looking at all you Android tablet manufacturers out there). And there are quite a few of those. Read The Full Story

Intel and MasterCard team on tap-to-pay Ultrabook shopping

Shane McGlaun, Nov 14th 2011 Discuss [0]

Intel and MasterCard have announced that they have teamed up for tap to pay for Ultrabook users. The idea is to allow the user of an Ultrabook with a smartphone to tap for paying for online shopping purchases. The idea is to make online shopping safer and easier for consumers. The tech used for the system will include MasterCard PayPass and Intel IPT. Read The Full Story

United and Continental Airlines to get in-flight WiFi starting mid-2012

Rue Liu, Nov 4th 2011 Discuss [2]

If you do much traveling, you'll be glad to know that there will soon be more airlines offering in-flight WiFi, allowing you to enjoy your wireless gadgets in the skies. United Continental Holdings announced today that more than 300 of its United Airlines and Continental Airlines mainline jets will be getting equipped with WiFi starting in mid-2012 with the complete fleet being equipped by 2015. Read The Full Story

Anonymous ramps Pedophile campaign with IP honeypot

Chris Davies, Nov 3rd 2011 Discuss [3]

Hack collective Anonymous has ramped up its anti-pedophile campaign, reportedly tricking those attempting to browse clandestine sites hosting child pornography into accessing a service that would identify their IP address and, subsequently, identify and location. According to a statement attributed to the loosely-banded group, a custom Firefox button was developed and links placed to it - along with a fake Tor update message - on the "Hard Candy" and "Lolita City" sites offering the illegal content. Those who clicked it "would then be forwarded to our special forensics server and log the incoming IP and destination." Read The Full Story

Apple iOS owns mobile browser share at over 61%

Chris Davies, Nov 1st 2011 Discuss [5]

Apple's iOS platform may no longer be the most commonly used in smartphones, but take into account tablets and the platform not only has the most market share but makes up the majority of mobile/tablet web access, according to the latest stats. Browser counters Net Applications have crunched hits on their network of tracking customers and reckon that, as of October 2011, iOS accounted for 61.64-percent of mobile browser use. In comparison, Android languished far behind at 18.9-percent. Read The Full Story

USPS Promotes physical mail, warns against evil Internet

Chris Burns, Oct 31st 2011 Discuss [12]

This week the United States Postal Office has decided to go with a commercial made to warn against the many dangers of using the Internet for daily communication. In a move that's sure to have the masses seeing this commercial on the Internet saying "this can't be real," the USPS brings a message that clearly states that they're trying to win back customers who've moved to much more environmentally friendly means of sending letters. But hey, who are we to put such a move down, there's nothing more classic in this country than the pony express! Read The Full Story

Netflix slurps 32% of peak internet bandwidth

Shane McGlaun, Oct 27th 2011 Discuss [1]

Netflix may be losing subscribers and trying to decide on renting games to its customers, but the service still consumes a ton of bandwidth on the internet. A new report that was published recently called the 2011 Sandvine Internet Phenomena Report found that the streaming video service gobbles up a full 32% of the peak internet bandwidth. That is a lot of bandwidth despite losing 800,000 subscribers. Read The Full Story

Ford and Gogo in-flight connectivity offer access to Mustang Customizer in-flight

Shane McGlaun, Oct 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

If you are flying on an commercial jet that has Gogo in-flight internet, you can access the Ford Mustang Customizer page and customize your own Stang while you are in the air. The customizer allows you to pick any of the Mustang models including the V6, GT, Boss 302, and Shelby. Access to the Mustang Customizer is free. Read The Full Story

Anonymous takes on child pornographers

Chris Davies, Oct 24th 2011 Discuss [22]

Hack collective Anonymous has turned its attention to child pornography, claiming to have brought down a webhost alleged to be hosting more than forty sites on which the illegal content was offered. According to the loosely-affiliated group's statement, Freedom Hosting was challenged by evidence of the pornography stored on its servers but refused to delete it; Anonymous then "infiltrated the shared hosting server of Freedom Hosting and shutdown services to all clients." Read The Full Story

Halloween theme stations hit Pandora

Shane McGlaun, Oct 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

I used to work with a woman that had to have music for whatever the season was playing in her office constantly. During Halloween, it was stuff like the Monster Mash constantly. I also live in a neighborhood where some of the people go all out for decorating on the holidays with smoke, flames, and spooky music. If you are the all out sort, there isn't any need to buy a CD this year if you are on Pandora. Read The Full Story

Yahoo and ABC News partner for news and information online

Shane McGlaun, Oct 4th 2011 Discuss [0]

Yahoo is taking a beating on the search market today with its traffic falling and CEO drama ongoing. Last month Yahoo fired its CEO Carol Bartz, who was vocal about how Yahoo treated her and eventually left the Yahoo board with $14 million in hand as a severance package. Yahoo is said to be considering purchase offers as well and one of the users is said to be Microsoft. Read The Full Story