Archive for January, 2008

Mozilla security chief confirms data leakage bug in Firefox

Posted on January 24th, 2008 in Tech News | No Comments »

Help on the way

Mozilla’s chief of security has confirmed a vulnerability that could cause fully patched versions of Firefox to expose a user’s private data.…

MPAA admits movie piracy study is 29% full of @$#%

Posted on January 24th, 2008 in Tech News | No Comments »

Exaggerated case used to push legislation

A 2005 study by the Motion Picture Association of America claimed that illegal downloads from college students accounted for an enormous 44 per cent of the industry’s domestic losses.…

Sun’s JavaFX tools to interop with Adobe

Posted on January 24th, 2008 in Tech News | No Comments »

Rich-media darrrlings

Java mobile & embedded developer day Sun Microsystems is working on interoperability between design tools from Adobe Systems and its upcoming JavaFX tools for application developers building rich application interfaces and rich-internet applications (RIAs).…

eBay’s CEO throws in the three kitchen towels in a jute bag - $4.99

Posted on January 24th, 2008 in Tech News | No Comments »

Successor has big pricing changes ready

Ten years of hawking Britney Spears’ used undies and Hummel figurines proved enough for Meg Whitman. The eBay CEO today announced her departure plans, as her company dished out solid fourth quarter figures.…

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International tradewinds fill Symantec’s Q3 sails

Posted on January 24th, 2008 in Tech News | No Comments »

Time to rename it ‘Symaunteuc?’

Symantec should be thankful for a healthy year’s worth of publicized data pratfalls an ocean away. International sales rose 21 per cent in its third fiscal quarter, bolstering a strong quarter for the security software firm and a cheery outlook for Q4.…