ITworld News

Overseas, Twitter cites access, privacy and Kakao among its biggest challenges

IDGNS staff — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 20:58:48 +0000

Twitter doesn't seem to have a problem attracting users in international markets, but it definitely has problems making money off them.

Facebook networking chief: No more secret ASIC commands

IDGNS staff — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 20:53:16 +0000

Facebook's head of network operations has great expectations for software defined networking (SDN), though he may not be relying on commercial hardware vendors to bring SDN to the social networking giant's own infrastructure.

Wall Street Beat: Business as usual for tech, but gov't crisis casts shadows

IDGNS staff — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 20:41:57 +0000

The tech sector appears to be going about business as usual in the face of the U.S. federal government shutdown, but some industry insiders are nervous about a long-term stoppage or, even worse, the possibility of a debt default if a political compromise on the budget is not reached.

Apple's Schiller, Forstall set to testify in retrial over Samsung damages

IDGNS staff — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 19:29:49 +0000

Apple and Samsung Electronics will return to a Silicon Valley federal court on Nov. 12 for a retrial of their billion-dollar 2012 patent battle, and Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller may come back to testify.

Report: NSA has little success cracking Tor

IDGNS staff — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:23:01 +0000

The U.S. National Security Agency has repeatedly tried to compromise Tor, the government-funded online anonymity tool, but has had little success, according to a new report in the U.K.'s Guardian.

Apple's 64-bit A7 chip making big improvements to audio and video in apps

jimlynch — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:19:17 +0000

Apple's 64-bit A7 chip is already causing big improvements in apps and games. Plus: iPhone 5S and 5C top carrier sales charts. And OS X Mavericks golden master released to developers.

Should Microsoft fire Bill Gates too?

jimlynch — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:10:29 +0000

Steve Ballmer is out as CEO, should Microsoft remove Bill Gates from its board? Plus: Android beats Apple in tablet sales. And check out five fun Linux racing games.

Shutdown affects government sites, but Weather.gov remains up as storm looms

IDGNS staff — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 16:11:34 +0000

As a tropical storm and possible hurricane bears down on the Gulf Coast of the U.S., the National Weather Service's website was churning out weather alerts Friday, despite a partial U.S. government shutdown that has affected citizens' access to other online resources.

Turns out pretty much everybody is cheating on Android benchmarking tests

IDGNS staff — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 16:00:48 +0000

Shameful stuff from some of the biggest names, plus further skullduggery from Samsung, possible specs for the Nexus 5.

Web hosting firms at risk from critical vulnerability in WHMCS billing and support system

IDGNS staff — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:29:31 +0000

The developers of WHMCS, a popular client management, billing and support application for Web hosting providers, released emergency security updates Thursday to patch a critical vulnerability that was publicly disclosed.

Apple seeds 'gold master' of OS X Mavericks to devs

IDGNS staff — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:09:53 +0000

Past practice hints that Oct. 23 is the upgrade's likely launch date.

Chip makers advancing in-car entertainment

IDGNS staff — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:23:58 +0000

Chip makers like Broadcom and Renesas Electronics are ramping up in-car entertainment with faster processors and networks for wireless HD movies and navigation, aiming to keep drivers informed and passengers entertained.

Amazon could be in the streaming set-top box game by holidays

pasmith — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Push aside your Roku, Apple TV and Google TV and make room for the Amazon FireTube.

What’s an unemployed spook to do? [CARTOON]

Phil Johnson — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 10:00:00 +0000

The government shutdown has forced the NSA to furlough a lot of people. What’s an unemployed spook to do?

Samsung execs may have peeked at secret Apple info

IDGNS staff — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 06:40:54 +0000

Samsung's lawyers may have provided their clients access to highly confidential information such as Apple's patent licensing agreements with Nokia, Ericsson, Sharp and Philips, according to a court document.