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ITWorld report on the specifics behind the recent Google security issue. The attack is very reliable on Internet Explorer 6 running on Windows XP, and it could possibly be modified to work on more recent versions of the browser, Marcus said. "The game really changes now that it's hosted publicly," he said.
Technology is being used for good in Haiti. Meanwhile, mobile-phone users in the U.S. donated more than $10 million to earthquake relief within 36 hours by texting "HAITI" to the short-code 90999 from their phones. By late Friday, more than 900,000 people had donated $10 per text message, according to mGive, which is operating the donation drive for the American Red Cross. Verizon Wireless and other service providers will fast-track the funds to the relief effort, and 100 percent of the money donated goes to relief, according to mGive. Aid organizations have also successfully solicited donations via social-networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook.
Australia Post recently asked people to turn in their old mobile phones for recycling. "Recycling mobile phones is easy," Ms Snelleman said. "All you need to do is collect a satchel from your local Australia Post outlet, place the phone with the battery connected in one section of the satchel and accessories in the other section, and post it in any street posting box."
XbitLabs have a roundup of 2TB 7200rpm HDDs. It looks like we have just got another proof of the world progress theory. First we discussed 2 TB hard drives with 5,400 RPM spindle rotation speed. And today we are going to look at six solutions with faster rotating platters from Hitachi, Seagate and Western Digital.
They also checked out Intel's Pine Trail mobile platform. Intel revised their netbook and nettop platform and released a refreshed version for it. Now it is built on an energy-efficient Intel NM10 Express chipset and Pineview processor with the integrated memory controller and GMA3150 graphics core. These are pretty serious changes, but what do they actually mean for regular users?
MadShrimps have a mainstream showdown between Intel's clarkdale and AMD's Phenom II on 785G. With the launch of Clarkdale by Intel, they have finally released a Nehalem for the masses, the Core i3 and i5 variations with integrated graphics are a direct competitor to the market segment currently held by AMD Phenom and Athlon CPUs. In this article we compare the performance of the IGP on the Intel Core i5 661 to and AMD system with 785G chipset.
From Ben: Those who are concerned about internet business method and computer software patents being improperly granted should join the prior art search over at Peer-to-Patent Australia. The project, which runs for the next 5 months allows people to put forward prior art that will be considered during the patent examination of participating patents.
Today's timewaster is first person tetris, thanks mcrow5!
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