A recap of the past week in IT security news features Microsoft patches, a hack of Gawker Media and allegations against the FBI. – It was a busy week in IT security, starting with news that Gawker Media had been compromised.
The hack on Gawker Media’s servers exposed e-mail
addresses and passwords belonging to users of Gawker Media Websites,
including Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Deadspin, and obviously Gawker.com
itself. The incid…
On Friday, WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange — No. 3 on TIME’s list of the year’s Most Influential People — appeared in an interview with The TODAY Show’s Matt Lauer, where he argued that “Something is wrong in Sweden and the US†regarding the manner in which investigations against him and his website are being conducted. [...]
A WABC/Good Morning America meteorologist was arrested this week after perpetrating the ultimate snow job — falsely claiming to cops that a man tried to rape her while she was jogging in Central Park. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Police say the avid fitness buff and long-distance sprinter [...]
Hours after Liz Hurley revealed she had separated from her tycoon husband Arun Nayer, cricket legend Shane Warne admitted that he has parted ways with his wife. The dad of three released a statement on his website saying he was no longer with Simone Callahan, reports the Sun. Liz, 45, had revealed how she had [...]
One of Tween Hollywood’s most enduring and endearing couples have called it quits after four years of dating. Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens are kaput…. The love affair that was Zanessa ended earlier this month, according to various news outlets. Zac, 23, and 22-year-old Vanessa were a couple both onscreen and off and began dating [...]
A CNN anchor was left bewildered after the diarrhea scene from the 1994 movie Dumb & Dumber was broadcast to introduce a story about a digestive disease. Video of the awkward moment has since gone viral, appearing on Twitter and even several news websites. After reading a short piece about a student protest in London, [...]
The continued twists and turns regarding WikiLeaks joined Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday and IE9 privacy plans as some of the top news stories of the past week. – Cyber-attacks and other twists and turns tied to the WikiLeaks
controversy continued to dominate the news this past week.
The story of the whistle-blower site has taken a number of twists and turns.
The week started with the arrest of WikiLeaks
founder Julian Assange in the U.K.
on sexual assa…
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Welcome back to our digest of the top stories to hit JamBase in the past week paired with a little bonus stimuli.
1. Leftover Salmon Schedule Mini-Tour in February
2. Summer Camp 2011 Set For Next May
3. Sno.down 2011 Initial Lineup Announced.
4. Hot Buttered Rum & Friends Headed to Africa
5. Initial Lineup and Dates for the Suwanee Springfest Announced
6. Eric Clapton Kicks Off World Tour in February
7. Judas Priest Announces Farewell Tour in 2011
Trek 2000 International (5AB.SG) surges, +6.0% at $0.440 vs flat at $0.415 midday after it says won ruling in US court that ThumbDrive trademark entitled to full registration with US Patent and Trademark Office; means Trek world’s only manufacturer that can sell flash drives under ThumbDrive brand.
A look back at the security news of the past week touched Facebook, Gmail and exploit code for a vulnerability exploited by the infamous Stuxnet worm. –
The week may have been cut short for some due to
Thanksgiving, but the security news machine kept churning nonetheless.
A report by security firm BitDefender highlighted the
challenge of malicious links and malware on Facebook. According to BitDefender,
more than 20 percent of the people usin…
One of Russia’s most respected journalists, Leonid Parfyonov, has launched a stinging attack on the state of television news in his country.
He said that Russian TV correspondents were no longer journalists, but bureaucrats serving the state.
According to a proposal of the ruling Hungarian party, the Hungarian Civic Union (Fidesz), the state media could broadcast the “same news” after New Year.
The Fidesz proposal envisages that all news programs of the state media should prepared by the national news agency MTI, and then forwarded to TV and radio stations.
Apple and News Corp are reportedly prepping an iPad-only newspaper, The Daily, for launch in the near future. It could change the dynamics of the e-reader market. – Apple CEO Steve Jobs and News Corp magnate Rupert Murdoch
are planning on launching a tablet-only newspaper, according to online reports.
Should such a development prove true, it could further alter the dynamics of a
publishing world already in flux thanks to e-readers and other electronic
media…
New revelations about the Stuxnet worm as well as a report about Internet traffic being rerouted through servers in China led security news during the past week. – Cyber-security took a political bent this past week due to discussions of
Stuxnet’s true target and allegations that a Chinese company had caused
Internet traffic to be rerouted through servers in China.
The allegations
against China Telecom were aired in a report to Congress by the
U.S.-Chin…
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Welcome back to our digest of the top stories to hit JamBase in the past week paired with a little bonus stimuli.
1. Dark Star Orchestra To Recreate Legendary 12/31/76 Grateful Dead concert on NYE
2. Trombone Shorty & Los Amigos Tour in 2011
3. Neil Young Tribute Concert at Carnegie Hall in February.
4. Robert Plant U.S. Tour in Early 2011
5. Brian Wilson To Tour Canada & U.K. in 2011
6. Jeff Beck Tours In Honor of Les Paul Next Spring
7. From Good Homes To Play Reunion Shows In December
On Friday, the cast of NBC’s The TODAY Show wrapped up its weeklong “TODAY Goes Viral” series by creating their own version of the Black Eyed Peas’ 2009 hit “I Got a Feeling,” with a little help from almost every member of the 150- member TODAY staff, former First Daughter Jenna Bush-Hager, and NBC Nightly [...]
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Sorry Leonardo DiCaprio, there’s a new uber-hippie in Hollywood. Mad Men’s Vincent Kartheiser is our new green-living hero. On Wednesday, the actor dropped by MSNBC in celebration of “Green Week” to chat about how he’s able to live car-free in Los Angeles, a [...]
It’s official: Punk pop princess Pink’s got a bun in the oven. The “So What” star will confirm recent rumors that she is expecting her first child with tattooed racer hubby Carey Hart on Wednesday’s edition of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “I’m eating for two these days,†Pink said, finally putting the rumors to rest [...]
News Analysis: Competing products give consumers other choices, many of which are not tablets, cost less and are capable of doing as least as much as the Apple iPad. – The Apple iPad gives the impression of being invincible.
If you believe Apples propaganda and the clamor of the iPad partisans, the one
true religion is the iPad, and its prophet is written in the “Book of Jobs.”
The truth is, the iPads overwhelming market share has nowhere to go but
down.
Th…
