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Xoom Tablets Sold with User Data on Woot: Privacy Oops!
Privacy alert! Motorola Mobility admitted that some refurbished Motorola Xoom tablets were shipped still containing the previous owners’ data because they failed to wipe the slate clean. It was reported that in the period of Otober-December 2011, some 6,200 Motorola Xooms were sold at Woot, the online retailer, and out of the total Xooms sold, ...
Micron: New CEO and Analyst Conference
After the tragic death of Steve Appleton, Micron’s CEO and chairman, the company was quick to name Marc Durcan, Micron’s president and COO, as temporary CEO. Appleton died when the small plane he piloted crashed in an airport in Boise, Idaho where he was based. The late CEO was known for performing stunts in airshows. ...
Apple Blocks Momo’s Ban Amidst Security Flaws
Though Motorola Mobility moved to enforce the Mannheim Regional Court’s ruling to ban some Apple products from being sold in Germany due to patent infringement, Apple was able to temporarily block Motorola’s efforts. “All iPad and iPhone models will be back on sale through Apple’s online store in Germany shortly,” Apple said in a statement. ...
Anonymous’ #F*ckFriday Taunts the FBI
It’s #Friday, Friday, #FuckFBIFriday, everybody’s lookin’ forward to the leakend, leakened… #FFF – @AnonymousIRC Yeah, Anonymous used Rebecca Black’s song to taunt the FBI. And the authorities must be outraged by now as Anonymous not only targeted the FBI but also police departments from different cities as well as banks in foreign countries. F*ck FBI ...
Wave Systems Beefs Up Data Protection With WES
Aside from getting your data wiped from the face of the earth if your cloud storage provider suddenly drops out from the face of the virtual world, data security is still the number one issue that plagues both personal and enterprise level of data storage. Putting your files in the cloud makes it easier for ...
Bail Denied Again, Dotcom to Remain in Jail Until Extradition Hearing
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom appeared in court today in a hearing to appeal North Shore District Court’s earlier decision that denied him bail because he was considered as a flight risk. Unfortunately, the High Court in Auckland, New Zealand agreed with the earlier decision and rejected his appeal. Dotcom appeared before the court citing his ...
MoMo Wins Against Apple, Samsung Confident In EU Probe
Motorola Mobility won a second German patent ruling against Apple over their iCloud service. The Mannheim Regional Court found Apple had infringed a patent used to synchronize e-mail accounts. Presiding Judge Andreas Voss stated that “The court has come to the conclusion that the wording of the patent does cover functioning that were at issue ...
Sony Suffers Massive Losses while Apple Lands in Third for Smartphone Manufacturing
Incoming Sony Corp. CEO Kazuo Hirai better buckle up: he is in for one bumpy ride, as the company reports that they are headed for a greater than expected $2.9 billion annual loss. In the period of October-December, Sony reported a $2.1 billion net loss, though it was expected that the company would be doing ...
How to Keep and Recover Files Amidst Megaupload’s “Delete Party”
Cloud Storage is a service provided by third party hosting companies to store your files. Simply put, cloud storage is like having an external hard drive where you can store all your files, but you don’t actually see it and someone keeps the external hard drive for you, giving you little to worry about? Or ...
Facebook IPO: What Happens When Users Leave?
The much awaited filing for the initial public offering of Facebook finally happened late Wednesday when they filed the 197-page prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In their filing, Facebook showed their massive revenue in 2011 of $3 billion with net income of $1 billion. But aside from the impressive numbers, the social networking ...