Surfaced 7 Hours Ago on Slashdot (+10 others)
BBC NewsJudge Overrules Jury, Acquits Lori Drew in Cyberbullying CaseWired NewsLOS ANGELES A federal judge on Thursday overturned guilty verdicts against Lori Drew, and issued a directed acquittal on the three misdemeanor charges. If you're not yet registered with Wired.com, join now so you can ....
Surfaced 14 Hours Ago on Neowin (+16 others)
Apple is trying to fix an iPhone flaw that allows an attacker to remotely install and run unsigned software code with root access to the phone. For example, malicious code could include commands to monitor the location of the phone using GPS or turn on the phone's microphone to eavesdrop on ....
Surfaced 10 Hours Ago on Hard OCP (+14 others)
Those new IE 8 ads featuring Dean Cain are pretty damn funny but it seems that the latest installment went a little too far for Microsofts taste. We're not sure if the company pulled the OMGIGP ad because of the vomit or because of what was bleeped. Either way, the ad was funnya little gross, but ....
Surfaced 5 Hours Ago on PC World (+5 others)
An anonymous reader points to Digital Daily, writing "Looks like the fireworks have begun early in Mountain View. On Thursday afternoon, the Department of Justice officially notified Google that it is investigating its book deal for violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act."Read more of this story ....
Surfaced 12 Hours Ago on News Tracker (+11 others)
An investigation of Microsoft's licensing for Windows 7 has revealed today that the company plans to introduce a Family Pack bundle for the new OS when it ships in October. Kristan Kenney has found installation rights for "qualified" Family Pack owners that give owners of that special copy the ....
Surfaced 6 Hours Ago on Beta News (+4 others)
By Tim Conneally, Betanews The largest commercial communications satellite ever has been launched. The Terrestar-1 from Terrestar Networks lifted off from the ESA (Europe's equivalent of NASA) aerospace center in French Guiana on the northern coast of South America. The satellite's network will ....
Surfaced 8 Hours Ago on Top Tech News (+7 others)
Week after week, Apple sees controversy swirl around its App Store like no other smartphone maker. Yet again, the controversy has focused on pornographic content. The latest application to attempt to make its way into the App Store is called BeautyMeter. The app lets iPhone and iPod touch users ....
Surfaced 11 Hours Ago on MacRumors (+7 others)
MacDailyNews has obtained an internal AT&T; memo promoting the record-breaking nature of the iPhone 3GS launch on Friday, June 19th.iLaunch day 2009 was one for the record books, as AT&T; customers scrambled to get their hands on the f...
Surfaced 3 Hours Ago on Arstechnica (+3 others)
An iPhone falls to the ground in slow motion and makes its first impact on a corner. You watch as the cracks branch out over the screen like a spiderweb. If it hasn't happened to you, it has happened to someone you knowand now, if the iPhone is still under warranty, Apple can fix it on the spot at ....
Surfaced 5 Hours Ago on CrunchGear (+3 others)
NASA is gearing up for a trip back to the moon and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is one of the first steps. This satellite will orbit the moon at only 50 km and send back high resolution, 3D images of the lunar surface to map out potential landing sites . And yes, it will be able to get clear ....
