Adobe Systems was set to announce at the Black Hat conference that it will soon be adopting Microsoft's model of sharing information about software vulnerabilities with security vendors before the companies release security updates. Read more »
Barnaby Jack, director of security testing at Seattle-based IOActive, hauled two ATMs onto the stage at the Black Hat conference and demonstrated to a rapt audience the fond daydream of teenage hackers everywhere: pressing a button and having an automated teller machine spew out its cash until a pile of paper lay on the ground. Read more »
Just before the Black Hat security conference begins, Google has patched seven security holes in its stable version of Chrome and begun an effort to speed up the software industry's response to such vulnerabilities. Read more »
Jailbreaking your iPhone or other mobile device will no longer violate federal copyright law, the US Copyright Office ruled on Monday. Read more »
The New South Wales Government Chief Information Office has asked the public what data it wants opened up in an upcoming refresh of the state's public data catalogue. Read more »
The autofill option in Apple's Safari browser can expose personal data without the user's consent, a security researcher reported on Wednesday. Read more »
Want the ability to print preview in Chrome? You'll have to wait, because it's one of the features that didn't make the Chrome 6 cut. Read more »
Google has opened up a key data stream coming out of Google Buzz that gives developers access to content as it's published. Read more »
Google's resolution of its net presence in China seems to have reached a stable point, at least for the time being. Read more »
Adobe Reader will soon have an additional layer of protection against the many attacks that target the popular PDF viewer. Read more »
Symbian, the Nokia smartphone operating system that's been languishing outside the limelight hogged by Apple's iOS and Google's Android, announced a significant move on Monday to try to reclaim some of its lost relevance. Read more »
Should Google be required to disclose how its secret recipe for organising the internet is put together to assure regulators and internet publishers that it isn't gaming the results? Read more »
Google's second-quarter revenue was up 24 per cent compared to last year, but the company missed analysts' targets for earnings. Read more »
There are US$13 million open-source hardware companies, but there have been no standards governing what defines the still nascent field. Until now, that is. Read more »
The most exploited vulnerabilities tend to be Adobe Reader and Internet Explorer, but a rising target for exploits is Java, according to a report to be released on Wednesday in the US by M86 Security Labs. Read more »
Microsoft had planned to end the Windows XP downgrade option for those buying new PCs once Windows 7 Service Pack 1 started to ship, which entered beta on Monday. Read more »
Google's developer relations have generally catered to the tech-savvy, but a new tool, Google App Inventor for Android, is for those just getting started. Read more »
In a move that could keep ties with online games programmers strong, Adobe Systems is adding 3D graphics support to a coming version of its widely used browser plug-in. Read more »
Samsung will host two developer days (one in Brisbane and one in Sydney) to show off the unique opportunities for developers on its new Bada operating system. Read more »
It's hard to remember the iPhone without the App Store. When the App Store turns two years old on Saturday, it will still stand as the undisputed king of the consumer mobile-applications world. Read more »
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx makes a debut
Canonical releases Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Lucid Lynx, Apple slams Flash in an open letter and more in this week's Roundup Read more »
A hack brings Android to iPhone
Apple was put in the spotlight this week, with iPhone news dominating the scene. Read more »
Google Chrome increases printer voodoo
Google today revealed its plans for printing from within cloud-based Chrome OS, and every printer you have ever owned, used or sneered at from afar, has been rendered outmoded. Read more »
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