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Jun 08
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Mozilla has set up a page so you can monitor the Guiness World Record attempt real-time. Click the screenshot below to visit:
More than 7 million downloads so far and counting… (Opera 9.5 used 5 days to reach 4.7 millions…)
Jun 08
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A demo of an experimental UI for Mobile Firefox by Aza Raskin, Head of UX for Mozilla Labs.
See azarask.in/blog/post/firefox-mobile-concept-video for more information.
Jun 08
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Acer recently announced that they’ll be pushing Linux aggressively on its laptops and netbooks.
The company is already heavily promoting Linux for its low cost ultra-portable netbook range out later this year, but senior staff have said that Acer will also push Linux on its laptops.
Acer has already started selling Linux in its Media PC business but this should now spread, according to Gianpiero Morbello, vice president of marketing and brand at Acer.
“We have shifted towards Linux because of Microsoft,” he said. “Microsoft has a lot of power and it is going to be difficult, but we will be working hard to develop the Linux market.”
Acer sees two killer apps with Linux on computers: operation and cost. Its flavour of Linux will boot in 15 seconds compared to minutes for Windows, and the open source operating system can extend battery life from five to seven hours.
At the same time, the company expects that the price differential of Linux will make the offering attractive for consumers at the low-cost end of the market.
“Microsoft’s operating system typically costs around £50 per unit,” said David Drummond, UK managing director at Acer. “On a £1,000 PC that is peanuts, but on a £199 computer it is a major issue.”
Acer is currently the second-largest notebook producer in the world, behind HP.
Jun 08
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Google announced Wednesday 28th May that they are unveiling the Google Earth API and browser plug-in. As the latest member of Google’s Maps API family, the Google Earth API allows web developers to quickly and easily turn their web pages into 3D map applications.
Developers can now use the Earth as their canvas and apply their creative vision to a geographically rich, 3D environment, leveraging the same technologies Google use in the desktop Google Earth client. For consumers this means that they will probably soon see Google Earth in many more places around the web — perhaps even their favorite web site.
The Google Earth Browser Plugin is now live at code.google.com/apis/earth. Download it, learn from the online Developer Guide and samples, build something cool, and share it with the world!
Note! The plugins is currently only available for FF2, IE6 and IE7 running Windows.
May 08
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Finjan recently reported (MPOM report) on a Crimeserver hosting 1.4G of unprotected stolen data, including passwords, medical data, emails etc. A few days ago they found yet another.
To demonstrate how easy it is to access the data and how vulnerable the data are once stored on an unprotected Crimeserver, the following examples should raise some eyebrows.
As Finjan disclosed in their Q3/2006 Trend report, malicious code is hosted on caching servers of leading Search Engine Providers. This time they reported in their recent MPOM that stolen end-user data is also stored on these caching servers. Yes, your passwords, Social Security numbers, Online banking information… no data is safe, as the image below illustrates.
So if you are looking for some stolen login credentials… Google it!
Finjan claims they share their experience and findings to increase public awareness of the growing cybercrime problem.
Finally, please don’t blame Google - they just indexed the unprotected Log files found on the Crimeserver as they do with any other public file their crawlers find on the Web. Scary isn’t it?
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