Tech & web

Thousands of Windows Live Hotmail passwords have been leaked online, Microsoft has confirmed. The news was first reported by Neowin. According to Microsoft, it “learned that several thousand Windows Live Hotmail customers’ credentials were exposed on a third-party site” at some point over the weekend. Neowin originally reported that the credentials were posted to a ... Read more

Looking for nudity in the App Store? Well, it exists. Contrary to what hundreds of application denials might have implied, it seems that Apple’s perfectly okay with showin’ the goods within an application – so long as said goods are shown in itty-bitty (though zoomable) thumbnails. Before we dive too deep, we should make it ... Read more

Security Essentials takes its full public bow Microsoft has officially announced the arrival of its eagerly awaited free anti-virus software, Microsoft Security Essentials. The software giant is keen to ensure that computers are better protected worldwide, and its solution is to release a free application that will be available for everyone. “Consumers have told us ... Read more

Competition may be heating up in the search marketplace: Google is testing a new Fast Flip format, and Bing is looking at offering image-based search results. Microsoft is certainly putting its money where its mouth is with its Bing search engine, spending untold millions to develop the technology and more untold millions to promote it ... Read more

The tussle between Skype’s founders and eBay just went nuclear: JoltID is suing eBay and an investor group for damages of up to $75 million a day. The legal tussle between Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis and online auction house eBay looks like it’s going to turn into a shooting war: Skype’s founders, ... Read more

Intel has begun producing 32-nm “Westmere” chips, the focus of the company’s Intel Developer Forum in two weeks. Intel plans to announce on Sunday night that is has begun manufacturing its 32-nm shrink of its Core microprocessor line, which the company refers to by the umbrella code name of “Westmere”. Those chips will be spearheaded ... Read more

Integrated Mobile Broadband gets the seal of approval from the GSM Association The GSM Association is getting behind the emerging mobile broadcast technology IMB (Integrated Mobile Broadcast), it said on Wednesday. The technology opens the door for more mobile TV channels and better picture quality, according to chip maker IPWireless. The GSM Association (GSMA) got ... Read more

Being an accountant is hard. You have to deal, in general, with people who can’t count, can’t save receipts, and then expect you to bail them out from all their troubles. So please consider the plight of Vicki Walker, an accountant with ProCare Health in Auckland, New Zealand. According to the trusty New Zealand Herald, ... Read more

Top executives from Microsoft and Nokia elaborated on their new alliance in a conference call this morning. The takeaway? First, the partnership is aimed initially at Research in Motion and loosening the hold that its popular BlackBerry e-mail software and service has on business customers. Second, Microsoft is unbundling its strategy in the cellphone market, ... Read more

At the Computex trade fair in Taipei, Taiwan, Intel Corporation introduced four new processors, including a low-power version and a value chipset, to usher in mainstream “ultra-thin” laptops. Intel® ultra-low voltage (ULV) processors will enable new sleek consumer laptop designs less than an inch thick, weighing 2 to 5 pounds, and at mainstream price points. ... Read more

Experts estimate that Internet data center power requirements are rising as much as 20 percent a year, which in total consume as much electricity as some countries, including Iran, Mexico, Sweden and Turkey. The industry hopes to reverse the trend by revisiting the design of cooling systems, power supplies and server architectures. In servers, the ... Read more

So-called reputation services can weed out suspicious IP addresses and behaviors. Security breaches continue to plague organizations, causing CIOs to question whether their traditional network security solutions are adequate for protecting against increasingly sophisticated cybercriminals. Recently, it was reported that foreign hackers broke into the Pentagon’s $300 billion fighter plane weapons program, a security breach ... Read more

This young tech weds the ease of Wi-Fi and the range of cellphone towers. When most people hear “wireless Internet,” they think “Wi-Fi.” The technology has allowed millions of computers and mobile devices to browse the Web without the snarl of cords. But there’s another wireless standard out there – one that’s arguably more tempting ... Read more

Perhaps more than any other U.S. high-technology company, IBM Corp. has been subjected to intense media scrutiny in the aftermath of a string of recent under-the-radar layoffs. Much of that unwanted attention is a direct result of union activism that has taken on a decidedly “we’re mad as hell and we’re-not going to take it ... Read more

As power plants go green, Japan’s solar cell panel developers are expanding their focus from residential applications to deployments on a grander scale, targeting 1GW-class production within a few years. Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd and Nippon Oil Corp. have jointly launched Sanyo Eneos Solar to target the solar power plant market. The parent companies are ... Read more

Amimon Inc. has announced the immediate availability of the second generation transmitter and receiver chips (AMN 2120/2220) designed for the Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI) standard. The device is the first chipset capable of wirelessly delivering full uncompressed 1080p/60Hz high-definition content throughout the entire home. The chipset is based on video modem technology operating in ... Read more

0 Small company wins long-running legal battle 0 Microsoft says patent is flawed, will appeal SOFTWARE giant Microsoft has been ordered to pay $US388 million ($547.9 million) for infringing an anti-piracy software patent. After a long-running legal battle, a US grand jury said Microsoft – a company known for its tough stance on piracy – ... Read more

UFO experts were left baffled after claims that ET was finally tracked down on Google Street View. A misty shape, bearing a distinct similarity to the movie alien, was captured behind a bush next to a mysterious beam of light. The spooky snap was caught by Google image cameras in the town of Berkeley Heights ... Read more

Google has updated its Google Mars service to show more details of Mars both in its history and the present day. By Chris Hastings Users can access images from the Themis camera on the Mars Odyssey spacecraft. They can also view antique maps of Mars from over a century ago, as well as the latest ... Read more