Posts Tagged ‘new tech’

Bunker-busting ATM attacks show security holes (AP)

Barnaby Jack demonstrates an attack on two automated teller machines during the Black Hat technology conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The attacks demonstrated Wednesday targeted standalone ATMs. But they could potentially be used against the ATMs operated by mainstream banks. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP – A hacker has discovered a way to force ATMs to disgorge their cash by hijacking the computers inside them.

Disney to buy social-gaming site Playdom (AP)

AP – The Walt Disney Co. is buying online social-gaming company Playdom for $563.2 million, the latest sign the company is becoming a formidable player in the video-game industry.

New gov’t rules allow unapproved iPhone apps (AP)

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs holds the iPhone 4 during the keynote address at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco in June, 2010. Apple said its latest generation iPhone will become available starting Friday in more than a dozen additional countries.(AFP/File/Ryan Anson)AP – Owners of the iPhone will be able to legally unlock their devices so they can run software applications that haven’t been approved by Apple Inc., according to new government rules announced Monday.

FCC, public safety at odds over broadband plan (AP)

AP – Two years ago, the Federal Communications Commission stumbled as it tried to create a nationwide wireless broadband network for police officers, firefighters and emergency medical workers, delaying the construction of what everyone agrees is an urgently needed system.

British royals expand online presence with Flickr (AP)

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II talks with Captain Michael Hepburn, after boarding the yacht 'Hebridean Princess' in Stornoway, Scotland, Friday July 23, 2010, with other members of the Royal family, at the start of a holiday sailing around the Western Isles of Scotland.(AP Photo/Andrew Milligan-pa) **UNITED KINGDOM OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVE:**AP – These aren’t your average family snapshots.

Manka Bros take media by storm, online that is (AP)

In this July 9, 2010 photo, John Perry poses at Warner Studios, in Burbank, Calif. The make-believe media baron and son of Bulgarian immigrants is the creation of John Perry, a real business development executive at Warner Bros. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP – While Disney CEO Bob Iger was chatting with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg at a major media summit in Idaho this month, Khan Manka Jr. was squiring around the lodge bar looking for a drink.

Dell Inc. paying $100 million in SEC deal (AP)

AP – Computer maker Dell Inc. is paying $100 million to settle civil charges that it fraudulently used payments from Intel to pump up its profits to meet Wall Street targets over five years, the government announced Thursday.

EBay 2Q profit rises 26 pct on PayPal, marketplace (AP)

AP – EBay Inc. reported healthy second-quarter earnings Wednesday as more people transferred money through its PayPal payment service and shopped on its main website.

Apple fiscal 3Q net income jumps 78 percent (AP)

An Apple Inc. employee demonstrates FaceTime, a video chat application on the new iPhone 4 in San Francisco on June 7, 2010. The latest version of the smartphone went on sale in five countries on June 24 and Apple has been dogged by complaints about reception problems due to its unusual antenna design.(AFP/File/Ryan Anson)AP – Apple Inc. blew past expectations with its latest quarterly report on Tuesday, selling almost as many of its new iPad tablets as it sold Mac computers.

Market changes, investors drive Motorola’s breakup (AP)

FILE - In this file photograph taken Nov. 3, 2009, the new Motorola Droid smart phone is shown in San Francisco. For decades, Motorola's products told the story of the march of electronics into the hands of consumers: car radios in the 1930s, TVs in the 1940s and cell phones in the 1980s. (AP Photo/Russel A. Daniels, file)AP – For decades, Motorola Inc.’s products told the story of the march of electronics into the hands of consumers: car radios in the 1930s, TVs in the 1940s and cell phones starting the 1980s.