Day: September 13, 2013

What’s next for MSN.com?

As budgets tighten and priorities are realigned in the newly reorganized Microsoft, MSN.com has cut loose some of its part-time employees…….


Apple Security Advisory 2013-09-12-1

Apple Security Advisory 2013-09-12-1 – OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5 and Security Update 2013-004 is now available and addresses Apache issues, BIND issues, ClamAV issues, and more…….


iPhone 5C preorders to total 1M in first day – analyst

Apple could be on track to pre-sell half as many iPhones as it did last year, according to a new analyst report…….


Happy Friday the 13th! It’s Programmers’ Day

Why you can’t find your development team……


The 404 1,342: Where we board a flight to HEL (podcast)

Would you buy a ticket for flight 666 to Helsinki (HEL) on Friday the 13th? CNET phone Editor Lynn La gets superstitious with us and talks falling Apple shares, trading in your current iPhone, NY bagels, and a new take on the theremin…designed by Flo Rida?……


Two factors reveal Apple’s real mission with iPhone 5c

The iPhone 5c has drawn sneers because it was not the low-cost device the tech industry expected. Here’s why Apple had something different up its sleeve…….


Massachusetts Set To Repeal Controversial IT Services Tax

Nerval’s Lobster writes “Massachusetts lawmakers have agreed to repeal a six-week-old tax on computer services that generated such outrage that even the governor who proposed the tax in January now opposes it. The 6.25 percent sales tax on ‘computer system design services’ was proposed by Gov. Deval Patrick in January, but got little notice before…


WordPress Design-Approval-System 3.6 Cross Site Scripting

WordPress Design-Approval-System version 3.6 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability…….


Cold-blooded, INHUMAN visitor hitches ride on NASA moon rocket

Green-skinned creature spotted by ground cameras……


Senator halts Google’s taxpayer-subsidized executive jet fuel deal

Your tax dollars at work……