Archives for May, 2009

SanDisk and Samsung end flash row


Flash! A-ah! It’ll save every one of us!
Flash chip supplier Samsung and flash memory product supplier SanDisk have kissed and made up. They are renewing an existing cross-licensing agreement for another seven years from August 14th this year.…

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SanDisk and Samsung end flash row


Flash! A-ah! It’ll save every one of us!
Flash chip supplier Samsung and flash memory product supplier SanDisk have kissed and made up. They are renewing an existing cross-licensing agreement for another seven years from August 14th this year.…

Smart-map battle network for footsoldiers gets $12m demo


Covert special-ops smartphone version also offered
Weaponry globocorp Raytheon has announced the inking of a $12m deal with the US Army, under which the firm and its subcontractors will demonstrate nifty networked smart-map computers for use by American footsoldiers in combat. Troops will be able to see enemies and each other on the digital maps even [...]

Critical Windows vulnerability under attack, Microsoft warns


Drive-by web exploits possible
Microsoft has warned of a critical security bug in older versions of its Windows operating system that is already being exploited in the wild to remotely execute malware on vulnerable machines.…

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Judge throws the book at phishing fraudster


100 months of solitude
A fraudster has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison after copping to a series of phishing scams that affected 7,000 victims and netted an estimated $700,000 in illicit income.…

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Super computer innovator preps for asset sale


Cash is king for SiCortex
SiCortex, an innovative maker of MIPS-based massively parallel supercomputers running Linux, has hired intellectual property managers to sell its assets.…

Jobs sighted, reality distortion field primed for WWDC?


Miraculous use of Apple HQ main door
Evidence has surfaced that Steve Jobs may be hale and hearty enough to put in an appearance during Apple senior vice president of worldwide product marketing Phil Schiller’s keynote presentation at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 8th.…

EMC lashes another to its systems management vision


Learns from Victor Kiam
You could call it the Victor Kiam strategy. EMC liked systems management company Configuresoft so much it OEMed the products, and now its bought the the whole company.…

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Apple raises retail stakes against Microsoft


Genius growth
Apple plans to refurbish 100 of its retail stores this year, just as Microsoft prepares its first tentative moves into the bricks-and-mortar sector.…

Hiding secret messages in internet traffic: a new how-to


Covert messages exploit TCP
Researchers have demonstrated a new way to hide secret messages in internet traffic that can elude even vigilant network operators.…

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