Day: October 9, 2013

Citrix slashes Q3 outlook; shares drop after hours

Citrix’s CEO admitted disappointment but didn’t shed light on any possible changes within the company except an earnings forecast change…….


Multiple destinations lands on Google Maps

Search in Google Maps, and ye shall find more, as the service adds event calendars, personal itineraries, and multiple destination support…….


Steve Jobs action figure sports youthful ’70s mop top

This super-realistic action figure has a funky set of threads befitting a pioneering computer entrepreneur. Just don’t call it a doll…….


ALLPlayer 5.6.2 Buffer Overflow

ALLPlayer version 5.6.2 suffers from a local buffer overflow vulnerability…….


..and then the CIO said to the CMO, ‘Are you threatened by me?’

We spend 47 minutes with Dell chief information officer Andi Karaboutis, who gave us the lowdown on running technology for a company that stakes its name on it…….


Samsung Galaxy Round: Get bent, get buzz — but get real

The curved AMOLED display is eye-catching, but really Samsung, is that the only selling point? Good luck with that…….


Apache Sling 2.2.0 / 2.3.0 Denial Of Service

Apache Sling versions 2.2.0 and 2.3.0 suffer from infinite loop issues that can lead to denial of service…….


Apple’s iPhone trade-in program reportedly headed to Europe

The iPhone maker is said to be bringing its swap-in iPhone deal overseas…….


(sp)iPhone: Decoding Vibrations From Nearby Keyboards Using Mobile Phone Accelerometers

This whitepaper demonstrates that an application with access to accelerometer readings on a modern mobile phone can use such information to recover text entered on a nearby keyboard. Note that unlike previous emanation recovery papers, the accelerometers on such devices sample at near the Nyquist rate, making previous techniques unworkable. Their application instead detects and…


Gartner: ‘Back-to-School’ PC sales hit lowest point since 2008

The numbers lined up with IDC for the most part, but Gartner painted a much darker picture…….