Day: September 19, 2013

Ballmer: I’m long on Microsoft and remain a big believer

In his last appearance at Microsoft analyst gathering, Steve Ballmer offers full-throated endorsement of the company he’s led during a time of transition…….


Apple promises to fix iOS 7 lockscreen hack

A lockscreen vulnerability in the new iOS 7 leaves users’ e-mail, photos, Twitter, and other apps open to being used without permission…….


The best (unofficial) Instagram apps for Windows Phone

Facebook has yet to bring Instagram to Windows Phone, but there are four apps available now that help you take and share selfies and food pics with your Instagram friends…….


To Boldly Go Nowhere, For Now

An anonymous reader writes “A recent Slate article makes the argument that manned space exploration is not useful and we should concentrate on Robots. The article makes the claim that manned space exploration was never popular and by diverting money to robotic space exploration we can get more bang for the buck. From the article:…


Microsoft’s new financial structure shows off enterprise strength

The goal of Microsoft’s financial structure is to show data center expenses and commercial vs. consumer licensing revenue…….


Twitter gunning to go public before Thanksgiving, says report

The social network reportedly wants to raise more than $1 billion before the US holiday, which is just two months away…….


Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-239

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-239 – Updated wordpress and php-phpmailer packages fix security vulnerabilities. wp-includes/functions.php in WordPress before 3.6.1 does not properly determine whether data has been serialized, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering erroneous PHP unserialize operations. WordPress before 3.6.1 does not properly validate URLs before use in an HTTP…


Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-238

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-238 – The dissect_nbap_T_dCH_ID function in epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c in the NBAP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.10 and 1.10.x before 1.10.2 does not restrict the dch_id value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted packet. epan/dissectors/packet-assa_r3.c in the ASSA R3 dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.10…


Elon Musk tweets invite to work on Tesla’s self-driving Model S

Within the next three years, the electric car company plans to put autonomous driving cars on the road…….


Unlocked Moto X Developer Edition already sold out

In less than 24 hours, Motorola has run through its initial stock of a CDMA Moto X and Droid Maxx that come with unlocked bootloaders…….