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Chinese attackers have been hijacking the Gmail accounts of hundreds of politically active users. Northrup Grumman may just be the latest in a series of cyberattacks against US defense contractors.…
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Erin Rose is a Bay Area ex-pat now geeking out in New Mexico, home of the atom bomb, the Spaceport, and other technological marvels. You can chat her up @rosieate.
Erin Rose’s Tech Links
The World Health Organization says cell phone radiation can increase the risk of cancer. The federal government is finally catching up with the rest of the country, tech-wise. A slew…
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Win-win: Microsoft receives 5 times more income from Android phones than Windows phones after winning a copyright infringement case. The teen who sold white iPhone kits recounts how Apple hunted…
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Why their email services are crucial to Google, Microsoft & Yahoo. Twitter says it’ll inform you before it hands over your info to the authorities. Thanks? A bunch of major…
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An interview with Apple’s first CEO (no, it wasn’t Steve Jobs). The NY Times replaces its twitter cyborg with a person. Google cools their latest data center entirely with ocean…
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An explosion at a Foxconn plant, the Chinese iPhone manufacturers, kills 2. IBM is now (shockingly) worth more than Microsoft. EFF says: Apple should defend its developers. 95% of spam…
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Ack! Android phones vulnerable to attack. Netflix streaming is now the single largest source of Internet traffic in America. The US government sayz: hack us and we might bomb you.…
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Microsoft is buying Skype. The Department of Justice wants wireless providers to store your personal info. Violation of privacy, anyone? Um, in case you work at a computer & haven’t…
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Anonymous, the group that hacked Mastercard & others in defense of Wikileaks, is probably behind the attacks on Sony’s network. A (beautiful) visualization of how information spreads via twitter. Two…
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Sony chats with Congress about the large-scale hacks of their PS3 network that accessed user data & credit card numbers. Obama’s “Situation Room” photo is well on its way to…
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The raid on Osama Bin Laden’s compound has yielded a bunch of computer data. For the first time in 20 years, the number of US homes with television sets has…
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Evidently, good grammar is profitable: Mechanically proofreading users’ online reviews and correcting errors increases sales. Apple says they aren’t tracking the location of iPhones. India is putting strict limitations on…