LG Shows Off 5.5-inch Optimus Vu
LG introduced today today the Optimus Vu, a combo tablet-smartphone LTE device with a 5-inch display to support easier multimedia viewing and ebook reading.
Anonymous threatens to DDOS root Internet servers
An upcoming campaign announced by the hacking group Anonymous directed against the Internet's core address lookup system is unlikely to cause much damage, according to one security expert.
Google Unlikely to Back Down Amid Lawsuits Over Privacy Concerns
Google's privacy practices are under fire from lawmakers in Washington, civil liberties groups and the average Joe mobile phone owner -- the latest attack is a lawsuit from an Illinois man worried about how his personal information is used -- but don't expect the Internet search leader to back down.
Truth About the March 8 Internet Doomsday
Heard the one about the FBI shutting down the Internet next month?
Mountain Lion: Hands on with Mail
When Apple released Lion (OS X 10.7), Mail received its biggest overhaul ever, gaining many new and noteworthy features. The changes to Mail in Mountain Lion are more subtle, though there are some nice improvements--along with one significant omission.
Mountain Lion: Hands on with Safari
Though Safari didn't receive as huge an overhaul in Mountain Lion as other OS X apps have, it still got some love from the folks in Cupertino. Refined search interfaces, sharing integration, and clear-cut password storage are just three of the things you have to look forward to come this summer--here are a few brief impressions of Safari's new features.
Attackers have all they need from leaky cellphone networks to track you down
GSM cellular networks leak enough location data to give third-parties secret access to cellphone users' whereabouts, according to new University of Minnesota research.
IRS warns of Dirty Dozen 2012 tax scams
The Internal Revenue Service this week issued its annual "Dirty Dozen" ranking of tax scams the agency says tend to surface around tax season each year.
Crypto researcher Arjen Lenstra shares thoughts on paper blasting RSA cryptosystem
What a week for the RSA cryptosystem! A group of prominent researchers published a paper blasting it as woefully insecure, RSA said there's nothing wrong with the RSA algorithm, it's an implementation issue mainly with random-number key generation, and now the cryptography researcher behind the paper, Arjen Lenstra, signs off the week with a few thoughts about it all.
Top brands dominate Google+ growth numbers
The number of Google+ fans for the site's top 100 brands grew at a 1,400% pace last month, but almost all of the new followers were concentrated in the top 10 brands on the social media site, according to a new report.
The lowdown on Google's Safari tracking cookies
A grad student has caught Google with its hand in the cookies jar.
Google: Third Oracle damages report has 'fatal' flaws
Google wants a third damages report by an Oracle expert in the companies' lawsuit over the Android mobile OS to be thrown out, arguing that it is "riddled with fatal errors," according to a filing made Friday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Mountain Lion: What you need to know
Any time there's a new operating system, there's bound to be lots of questions about new features and capabilities. And when that operating system's unveiling is as surprising as this week's Mountain Lion announcement was, those questions take on a newfound urgency.
Twitter finally completes redesign rollout for all users
Twitter this week finally wrapped up the rollout of a Twitter.com redesign first announced in December.
Apple's new OS X tightens screws on some malware
Mac OS X Mountain Lion will offer users a new security model that by default lets users install only programs downloaded from the Mac App Store or those digitally signed by a registered developer.