French and Greek elections: Lessons for U.S.
The French and Greek election results are being viewed as a smackdown on austerity. In France, Socialist Francois Hollande won the presidential election, defeating incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy, who supported the compact to increase fiscal discipline in the Eurozone. And the makeup of the next Greek government remains unclear after the
Pot-smoking teddy bear a hit at CinemaCon
Universal brought Snow White, Bourne and a battleship to CinemaCon on Thursday in the hopes of astonishing theater owners, but all it really needed to pack was a pot-smoking teddy bear. With a reported budget of $65 million, Seth MacFarlane's 'Ted' was made for a fraction of what it cost to blow up half the Navy in 'Battleship,' but the
Apple readies Flashback malware removal tool: but how big is the risk?
Apple says it will develop a tool to remove the Flashback malware reckoned to have infected more than 600,000 Macintosh computers worldwide, most recently via a flaw in Oracle's Java software, following the worst attacks against the platform in the past decade. But in a brief document posted on Wednesday, the company did not offer any
The Chef, the Puppet, and the Sexy IT Admin
Web giants like Google and Amazon have long used software that automatically configures the vast collection of machines driving their online services. But these tools were never available to the outside world. In 2005, Luke Kanies set out to provide Google-like IT automation for the rest of us, founding an open source project he called
Apple works on Mac malware fix but takes heat
The cybersecurity community raked Apple Inc over the coals on Wednesday, saying the company had dragged its heels on eradicating malware that experts say may have infected up to 600,000 Macintosh computers and can be used to ferret out sensitive user information. The consumer electronics company said it was working on finding and ridding
Abbott wins EU approval for new use of Humira drug
Humira, the best-selling arthritis drug that forms the cornerstone of Abbott Laboratories' pharmaceutical business, has been approved in Europe for ulcerative colitis, the U.S. drugmaker said on Wednesday. The green light from the European Commission follows a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency in February and marks the
Flashbacks Mac Malware Mess
The Trojan is being planted on the Macs by owners who've been lured to infected Web pages that send a malware downloader to their computers as soon as they land on the page. 'It's not about the operating system anymore; it's about the browser,' Trend Micro (Nasdaq: TMIC) Threat Research Manager Jamz Yaneza told TechNewsWorld. 'Browsing
Crackdown on prescription pain killers widens to Walgreens
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said on Friday it is inspecting six Walgreens Co pharmacies and its distribution center in Florida, after the agency noticed a jump in purchases of the highly addictive pain killer oxycodone. The DEA issued inspection warrants on Wednesday to Walgreens' distribution center in Jupiter and to retail
Samsung comes out top in battle of the smartphones
The battle for smartphone supremacy between Asia's largest handset makers has left profits at Taiwanese firm HTC plummeting as South Korea's Samsung Electronics rakes in the rewards. HTC on Friday reported a 70% year-on-year profit drop, its biggest since listing a decade ago. First quarter net income after tax was 4.46bn New Taiwan
Flashback Infection Hits 700,000 Mac Users
The Flashback Trojan, which plants an executable file on a Mac that fetches additional malware, was uncovered earlier this week by Doctor Web. The infection has reached 700,000 computers, but its growth has slowed down, Doctor Web CEO Boris Sharov told MacNewsWorld. 'If the current numbers are correct, this would be largest infection
Report: Apple investigating Wi-Fi issues with new iPad
Apple is investigating several issues with its new iPad's Wi-Fi connectivity, according to an internal AppleCare document unearthed by MacRumors. According to the document, symptoms include 'intermittent connectivity, slow Wi-Fi speeds' and 'Wi-Fi network not seen' -- all of which sound quite
Apple, two publishers hold out against settlement: report
Apple Inc and publishers Pearson and Macmillan are reluctant to agree to terms sought by U.S. and European antitrust authorities investigating possible electronic-book price-fixing, the Wall Street Journal cited sources as saying on Wednesday. Apple and some of the world's biggest book publishers are suspected of colluding to push up
HTC And Sprint Officially Unveil The New EVO 4G LTE
It's hardly a surprise anymore (as is usually the case) but here it is anyway - Sprint CEO Dan Hesse and HTC President Jason Mackenzie have just taken the stage at their collaboration event in New York, and just officially unveiled the new EVO 4G LTE. For all my moaning about design (more on that later), my mother always taught me that
Foxconn work placement proves grim experience for one Chinese student
Last January a 23-year-old student of industrial-machine design was attracted to work at Foxconn's Longhua plant by what he understood would be a month long 'work placement' during which he would earn good money. In fact, he says, he was exposed to a dangerous chemical without adequate protection, worked 10 days without a break, and got
AI robot: how machine intelligence is evolving
'I propose to consider the question 'Can machines think?'' Not my question but the opening of Alan Turing's seminal 1950 paper which is generally regarded as the catalyst for the modern quest to create artificial intelligence. His question was inspired by a book he had been given at the age of 10: Natural Wonders Every Child Should Know
Faster than 50 million laptops -- the race to go exascale
A new era in computing that will see machines perform at least 1,000 times faster than today's most powerful supercomputers is almost upon us. By the end of the decade, exaFLOP computers are predicted to go online heralding a new chapter in scientific discovery.
Testing row delays delivery of Raspberry Pi machines
Confusion over how much testing Raspberry Pi computers need has caused fresh delivery delays. UK suppliers of the Raspberry Pi machines are only willing to send out the gadgets once they have undergone electromagnetic testing. Before now Raspberry Pi's creators believed it did not need these checks because it was a 'development
