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Windows 7 Security Holes Plugged in Massive Microsoft Patch Tuesday

October 13th, 2009 | No Comments

Microsoft releases its biggest Patch Tuesday update ever, bundling fixes for 34 vulnerabilities in a baker’s dozen of security bulletins. Most of the bulletins deal with security issues in Windows, including six bulletins affecting Windows 7.
– Microsoft issued a massive
Patch Tuesday update Oct. 13 to address 34 vulnerabilities across its
products.
The vulnerabilities are covered by 13
security bulletins, and span Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office,
Silverlight, Forefront, Developer Tools and SQL Server. Eight of the bullet…

IBM’s M2 Project Taps Hadoop for Massive Mashups

October 2nd, 2009 | No Comments

IBM is using Hadoop to enable ad hoc analytics at Web scale, in a project called Massive Mashups.
– NEW YORK IBM
is using Hadoop to enable ad hoc analytics at Web scale in an effort called Massive Mashups, or
M2.
In other words, IBM is making Hadoop
accessible to business professionals to enable them to gain access to analytics
on the fly and presenting the results in an easily accessible way…

Massive weather control planned for China’s 60th: report

September 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

China will make its biggest-ever effort to control the weather and prevent rain washing out festivities marking the 60th anniversary of communist rule, state media said Wednesday. China’s air force will deploy 18 aircraft to spray cloud dispersal chemicals into the atmosphere around Beijing,

Gonzalez Pleads Guilty to Massive Retail Hacks

September 11th, 2009 | No Comments

The hacker who help mastermind cracking into the networks of TJX Companies, BJs Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes Noble and Sports Authority faces a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of 25 years in prison. The hacks netted more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers.
– Albert
Gonzalez pleaded guilty Sept. 11 to hacking into the systems of major U.S.
retailers including TJX Companies, BJs Wholesale Club, OfficeMax,
Boston Market, Barnes amp; Noble and Sports Authority. More than 40
million credit and debit card numbers were stolen as a result of the hacking ac…

Gilaniâ€™s massive bureaucracy reshuffle reeks of nepotism, say Pak civil servants

September 5th, 2009 | No Comments

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has revamped the top bureaucratic posts, replacing over a dozen federal secretaries in several ministries with over 50 civil servants, a move being called by many civil servants as reeking of nepotism and favouritism.
In what is being touted as the single largest grade-22 promotion in many years, secretaries of [...]

BB 10 winner plans to have massive boob job and pink, fluffy vagina!

September 5th, 2009 | No Comments

Big Brother 10 winner Sophie Reade plans to use the prize money on her boobs and vagina.
After winning the reality show, the hottie, who already wears a 30GG bra, was questioned if she wanted to have even bigger assets.
She replied: “Iâ€™m going to, yes. Go bigger? Why not, just for a change, go massive,” reports [...]

Hacker Agrees to Guilty Plea in Massive Data Breach Case

August 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Notorious hacker Albert Gonzalez agrees to plead guilty to having a role in the theft of data from millions of credit and debit cards. Gonzalez, who has been tied by authorities to a cyber-crimewave that hit companies from Heartland Payment Systems to Hannaford Bros., now faces up to 25 years in prison.
– Reputed hacker Albert
Gonzalez, the

Miami man tied by investigators
to several major data breaches, has agreed to plead guilty to a
variety of charges, according to reports.
Under the plea agreement,
Gonzalez, 28, will face a maximum of 25 years in prison. According to
authorities, he is…

Massive Attack: New EP
Features TVOTR Tunde & More

August 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Massive Attack Set To Release New EP October 6

Followed By New Album In February

Massive Attack

Legendary trip-hop duo Massive Attack has announced the release of their first new material in three years – an EP of four new tracks due for release October 6. The lead song “Splitting The Atom” features Robert Del Naja (3D), Grant Marshall (Daddy G) and Horace Andy, while TV On The Radio frontman Tunde Adebimpe guests on “Pray For Rain.” The EP also has remixes of two new tracks: “Psyche” and “Bulletproof Love.”

Massive Attack will release their much anticipated fifth studio album In February, 2010. This time around sees collaborations with Damon Albarn, Hope Sandoval, Martina Topley-Bird, Guy Garvey and Tunde Adebimpe.

Massive Attack will headline this year’s Bestival on Friday, September 11 ahead of their first full U.K. tour in three years that begins on September 17 in London.

EP Track Listing:

1. Splitting The Atom
2. Pray For Rain
3. Bulletproof Love (Van Rivers and The Subliminal Kid Remix)
4. Psyche (Flash Treatment)

Massive Attack Tour Dates:

09/17/09 Thu Brixton Academy London, GB

09/18/09 Fri Brixton Academy London, GB

09/19/09 Sat Brixton Academy London, GB

09/21/09 Mon Sheffield Academy Sheffield, GB

09/22/09 Tue Birmingham Academy Birmingham, GB

09/24/09 Thu Leeds Academy Leeds, GB

09/26/09 Sat Manchester Apollo Manchester, GB

09/27/09 Sun Manchester Apollo Manchester, GB

09/28/09 Mon Glasgow Academy Glasgow, GB

09/29/09 Tue Glasgow Academy Glasgow, GB

09/30/09 Wed Newcastle Academy Newcastle, GB

10/02/09 Fri De Montfort Hall Leicester, GB

10/03/09 Sat Oasis Centre Swindon, GB

10/06/09 Tue Olympia Theatre Dublin, IR

10/07/09 Wed Olympia Theatre Dublin, IR

10/22/09 Thu Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt, GER

10/23/09 Fri Palladium Cologne, GER

10/27/09 Tue Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam, NL

10/30/09 Fri Tempodrom Berlin, GER

11/10/09 Tue Zenith Paris, FRA

11/11/09 Wed Zenith Paris, FRA

11/25/09 Wed Eishalle Deutweg Winterthur, SWI

Android Phone Redux Is a Massive Upgrade

July 27th, 2009 | No Comments

Product: T-Mobile myTouch 3G Manufacturer: HTCWired Rating: 7Hey, this Android thing may take off after all!

After wowing virtually no one with the hacker’s delight T-Mobile G1 (one of the most egregiously ugly phones ever to hit the market) T-Mob…

Innovation@Intel: Massive Cache for 8-core Xeon Processor

July 20th, 2009 | No Comments

Intel recently presented details at the 2009 VLSI Circuits Symposium in Kyoto, Japan about an innovative 24MB cache for an upcoming 8-core Xeon® processor for servers. The design features that enable this cache will in turn enable a very high performance Xeon processor, which is at the same time extremely energy-efficient. See blog: “Massive cache for 8-core processor designed for high performance, low power, high yield” for more of the details behind how Intel is making this happen to bring you tomorrow’s low power microprocessors!