[Medianews] Zeus Trojan found on 74,000 PCs in global botnet

2010-02-18 Thread Williams, Gregory S. (Oak Ridge)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10455525-245.html?tag=newsEditorsPicks Area.0 More than 74,000 PCs at nearly 2,500 organizations around the globe were compromised over the past year and a half in a botnet infestation designed to steal login credentials to bank sites, social networks, and e-mail

[Medianews] Canada: Bell offering à la carte T V in Quebec

2010-02-18 Thread George Antunes
[Note that this offer is limited to Quebec. Subscribers in other parts of Canada cannot get this deal.] Bell offering à la carte TV in Quebec Last Updated: Friday, February 12, 2010 | 6:20 PM ET CBC News http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/12/bell-television-quebec.html Bell's TV

[Medianews] Astronauts unveil phenomenal new window on world

2010-02-18 Thread George Antunes
Astronauts unveil phenomenal new window on world Feb 17, 2010 12:44 PM (ET) By MARCIA DUNN Associated Press http://apnews.myway.com//article/20100217/D9DU2LU00.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - In a highly anticipated grand finale to their mission, astronauts opened the shutters on the

[Medianews] Google donates $2 million to Wikipedia

2010-02-18 Thread George Antunes
Google donates $2 million to Wikipedia Wikimedia is now beyond its $10.6 million revenue target for its fiscal year By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press updated 3:37 p.m. CT, Wed., Feb. 17, 2010 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35445680/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets SAN FRANCISCO -

[Medianews] Malicious Software Infects Corporate Computers

2010-02-18 Thread George Antunes
February 19, 2010 Malicious Software Infects Corporate Computers By JOHN MARKOFF NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/technology/19cyber.html?ref=businesspagewanted=print A malicious software program has infected the computers of more than 2,500 corporations around the world, according

[Medianews] Skype in a Struggle to Be Heard on Mobile Phones

2010-02-18 Thread George Antunes
February 18, 2010 Skype in a Struggle to Be Heard on Mobile Phones By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/technology/18voip.html?ref=businesspagewanted=print BARCELONA, Spain — Josh Silverman, the chief executive of Skype, the voice-over-Internet phone service, could

[Medianews] Retirees Trade Work for Rent at Cash-Poor Parks

2010-02-18 Thread George Antunes
[All you folks thinking about retiring to live in an RV, take note.] February 18, 2010 Retirees Trade Work for Rent at Cash-Poor Parks By KIRK JOHNSON NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/us/18campers.html?ref=businesspagewanted=print ROMA, Tex. — A cold wind whipped down the Texas

[Medianews] HBO GO, the Best Online Video Service I Cannot Use

2010-02-18 Thread George Antunes
February 17, 2010, 6:08 pm HBO GO, the Best Online Video Service I Cannot Use By NICK BILTON NY Times http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/hbo-go-the-best-online-video-service-i-cannot-use/?pagemode=print HBO’s latest venture, HBO GO, looks like a great new product, streaming more than

[Medianews] DIRECTV: Sub Growth Dropping Like a Rock

2010-02-18 Thread George Antunes
DIRECTV: Sub Growth Dropping Like a Rock By Phillip Swann TVPredictions.com http://www.tvpredictions.com/dsubs021810.htm Washington, D.C. (February 18, 2010) -- DIRECTV announced today that its net subscriber additions dropped roughly 60 percent in the fourth quarter compared to its 2008

[Medianews] Small Nuclear Reactors Generate Big Hopes

2010-02-18 Thread George Antunes
FEBRUARY 18, 2010 Small Reactors Generate Big Hopes By REBECCA SMITH Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703444804575071402124482176.html?mod=WSJ_business_whatsNews A new type of nuclear reactor—smaller than a rail car and one tenth the cost of a big plant—is

[Medianews] Booking a Flight the Frugal Way

2010-02-18 Thread Monty Solomon
Booking a Flight the Frugal Way By MATT GROSS February 16, 2010 It used to be so simple. You wanted to go to Paris, so you called a travel agency, gave them your dates and budget, and with any luck, you soon had in your hands a real paper ticket with a real dollar value. Even in the early days

[Medianews] Comcast offers data sharing, backups

2010-02-18 Thread George Antunes
Comcast offers data sharing, backups By Hiawatha Bray Boston Globe Staff February 18, 2010 http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/02/18/comcast_offers_data_sharing_backups/ Even as it rebrands and upgrades its broadband products, Comcast Corp. is rolling out a new product