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Washington Post: Yesterday during a speech announcing the Pentagon’s new cybersecurity policy, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn II revealed that the Defense Department lost 24,000 files to “foreign intruders” in an incident in March. The files were taken from a defense contractor’s systems. In addition, Lynn said hackers have stolen data relating to “our […]

Mobiledia: South Korean law firm Mirae Law has filed a class action lawsuit against Apple over unauthorized tracking of iPhone owners. The firm has already obtained a payout worth approximately $1,000 for attorney Kim Hyung-suk who works at the firm. “I never agreed that my location can be tracked through iPhone,” Kim said. “That means […]

Digital Trends: Google CEO Larry Page today announced that his company brought in $9.03 billion in the second quarter, a 32 percent increase compared to a year ago. “We have substantially increased our velocity and execution this quarter–a key goal of mine since taking over as CEO,” Page said. “It’s why I created a new, […]

PCMagazine: Microsoft has posted a website at Socl.com that briefly displayed a welcome page for a service called ‘Tulalip.’ The site read, “With Tulalip you can find what you need and share what you know easier than ever,” and it contained buttons for signing in through Facebook and Twitter. The site has since been replaced […]

FOSS Patents: As part of the ongoing lawsuit about Android’s use of Java, Oracle has filed a request to depose Google CEO Larry Page and three other Googlers. Oracle claims that Page was involved in the licensing talks. In one notice, the judge in the case wrote that it “appears possible that early on Google […]

Wall Street Journal: People familiar with the matter say that Amazon.com plans to release its own tablet PC sometime before this October. Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has also been hinting about the company’s tablet plans in his public appearances. The tablet will reportedly run the Android operating system and feature a nine-inch screen. However, […]

Computerworld: Because of its low electricity costs, Quincy, Washington, has long been a favorite location for data centers. However, local residents in the town of 6,000 are now growing concerned about pollution from the diesel backup generators used by the data centers. Dell has filed for permission to add 28 new generators, which would bring […]

eWeek: Reports from IDC and Gartner show that HP and Dell continue to lead in the PC market, with 17.4 percent and 12.3 percent of worldwide PC shipments, respectively. Gartner says the market as a whole grew 2.3 percent quarter-over-quarter, less than the 6.7 percent growth the company had predicted. Most manufacturers shipped fewer PCs […]

Washington Post: On Thursday, the Pentagon will unveil its plans for a new domain of warfare — cybersspace. Officials are working hard to emphasize the defensive nature of the U.S.’s efforts in this area. “Far from militarizing cyberspace, our strategy of securing networks to deny the benefit of an attack will help dissuade military actors […]

InformationWeek: Security experts say the Zitmo trojan has begun showing up on Android phones. “The malware poses as a banking activation application,” blogged Axelle Apvrille of Fortinet. “In the background, it listens to all incoming SMS messages and forwards them to a remote web server.” Many banks now send one-time use online banking passwords via […]

CIOInsight: A new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds that 35 percent of all Americans now own a smartphone. Unsurprisingly, smartphone ownership is more common among younger people. In fact, the majority (58 percent) of people aged 25-34 owned a smartphone, while only 11 percent of those 65 or older did […]

Bloomberg: Apple has filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC) claiming that HTC’s phones and Flyer tablet infringe on five Apple patents. The patents in question cover software architecture and user interfaces in portable electronic devices, hardware for touch screens, and movement sensors. The ITC has the power to halt U.S. imports of […]