Friday, August 13, 2010

Tech News Today

Virus steals $1 million
A Trojan virus called Zeus v3 is stealing banking information. It can initiate money transfers from an infected computer. More than 3,000 British banking customers have been infected. And over $1 million has been stolen so far.

Firefox update includes multi-touch support
The new Firefox 4 beta adds some enhanced features to the browser. These include multi-touch support on Windows 7 computers. This benefits users with touch screens. The beta also improves speed and stability

Oracle sues Google over Android and Java
Google's Android software infringes on several patents related to Java, which Oracle acquired from Sun earlier this year, Oracle says in suit filed Thursday

Companies pick sides on Net neutrality
Tech companies are responding to Google's and Verizon's proposed Net neutrality rules. The proposal would create tiered Internet access with no regulation of wireless Internet. AT&T favors the proposal, but Facebook is against it

Google defends Net neutrality proposal
The company has taken a lot of heat for its joint proposal with Verizon Communications for drafting Net neutrality rules. And now the Internet giant says it wants to set the record straight.

Note: Cross posted from nutzworld.com.

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