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Ziff Davis
Chinese authorities have broken a hacking-tool dissemination ring, according to state media. by Tom Espiner ZDNet UK...
Oracle has released a patch for a server flaw that can be exploited over a network without the use of a username or password. by Tom Espiner ZDNet UK...
Google has filed at least four patent applications for technology it is building into its Chrome browser to try to make the web a more powerful foundation for applications. by Stephen Shankland CNET N...
Energized by the debut of the Apple iPad, the global tablet market is poised to move some 50 million units in 2014, according to a new report. by Victoria Ho...
The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years. by Declan McCullagh CNET News...
Wired
Google is set to turn Gmail into a communications dashboard with rolling status updates. It's a bid to keep up with Facebook and make Gmail the place users turn to when they want to send messages, no ...
Adobe exec Kevin Lynch comments on the recent debate over whether the iPad's non-support of Flash or the rise of HTML5 will spell the death of Flash as the dominant video delivery platform on the web....
A Swiss startup has created a sleek video player that looks like Flash Player and works in multiple browsers, but uses only HTML5 and web standards. ...
Proponents of the open web are declaring Flash dead at the altar of HTML5, but we have a long way to go before we're ready to say good-bye to Adobe's enduring creation. ...
A new web-based tool from the Electronic Frontier Foundation tracks the personal data your browser leaks as you surf the web. Ironically, the geekier you are, the easier you are to identify. ...
IT Pro
NY Times Technology
The average American is expected to spend nearly $1,000 this year on services like cable, Internet and video games. ...
Publishers have managed to take some control — at least temporarily — of how much consumers pay for their content. ...
A University of Pennsylvania study found that readers of news in print and online had more exalted tastes than might be expected. ...
The chairman of SAP, the German software company, said a decision to raise maintenance fees was wrong and acknowledged that he had been partly responsible for the move. ...
Foursquare, the hip social network whose software is on the phones of many young urbanites, is branching out. ...
O'Reilly
The US government filed its Statement of Interest regarding the revised Google settlement yesterday with the District Court in New York. While the statement was signed by an attorney from the Antitr...
There's plenty of enthusiasm for local / hyperlocal projects, but the sweepstakes has yet to be won. So many of these local efforts rely on traditional information delivery through news articles or ...
Kindle Development Kit APIs -- Amazon will release a Kindle SDK. These are the API docs. (via obra on Twitter) This and more in today's Four Short Links. ...
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Apple Hot News
In its offices from Baltimore to Shanghai, international architecture firm RTKL uses iPhone to stay in touch, access apps that enable creative collaboration, and travel with ease....
Apple today introduced iPad, a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, playing games, reading e-books, and much more. Its high-resolutio...
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 first quarter. The company reported its highest quarterly revenue and profit to date and outlined new accounting standards....
Last week?s update of Logic Pro to include 64-bit support is getting rave reviews at the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade show, according to The Loop. Music industry professionals ...
A clever new infographic from gigaom.com shows how the App Store puts more than 100,000 apps at your fingertips ? and generates millions of dollars for app developers worldwide....
