Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Tech News Today

WikiLeaks to continue to publish sensitive documents
The Pentagon is demanding that WikiLeaks cancel plans to publish classified military documents. But a WikiLeaks spokesman says the site will continue to publish secret government documents. It denies that publishing such documents puts lives at risk

How long will Microsoft support XP, Vista, and Windows 7?
How long is your favorite version of Windows going to be supported? Maybe longer than you thin

Craigslist reportedly used for child prostitution
Craigslist is facing a new controversy. A Washington Post ad alleges that the site is being used for child prostitution. The allegations come from two women who say they were trafficked on the site. One says she was prostituted at age 11

Mark Hurd to Oracle? Don't be surprised
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison defends Mark Hurd and says HP's board just made the worst personnel decision since Apple booted Steve Jobs. Will Ellison hire Hurd to run Oracle's hardware business?

HP stock falls after CEO ousted
HP's CEO Mark Hurd was forced to resign last week. Hurd was accused of falsifying expense reports to hide a relationship with a contractor. Following the news, HP's stock fell 7.6 percent. Hurd is credited with expanding the company's offerings

Net neutrality crusaders slam Verizon, Google
Supporters of Net neutrality legislation and regulation lambasted Verizon and Google for leaving wireless networks out of a proposal for new Net neutrality rules

Windows hit with new zero-day flaw
A new zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in Windows. It can be exploited to elevate a user's privileges. The bug affects Windows 7 and XP SP3. Microsoft is investigating the flaw

Note: Cross posted from ComputerNutz.

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