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Apple has a new version of its recently released Security Update for OS X posted online. The previous version provided in Snow Leopard for problems with Rosetta, the compatibility layer for PowerPC applications. The update for OS X that Apple last week released, had 52 vulnerabilities, close. So were other holes in SquirrelMail and PHP…

Firefox 11, available as a b lwa ta-release, will have the possibility to get add-ons and settings to sync. Also will Firefox in the background updates to retrieve it, though a restart is necessary. The ‘add-on-sync’ should make it possible to not only the installed add-ons but also the corresponding settings via the sync option…

The release of the PlayStation 3 game, Twisted Metal is again delayed. The game will be with a few weeks delay on 1 march will be released. If for some reason calls the developer adjustments for the European market. Originally, Twisted Metal, according to Sony on February 17, on the market, but the PlayStation 3…

The United States and Sweden successfully under pressure, able to put in the harder to tackle piracy and more specifically The Pirate Bay. New legislation in Sweden was found focused on the removal of such websites. That reports the website Falkvinge on the basis of a Wikileaks cable. In this post is to read that…

The gpu of the economical Trinity apus with a tdp of 17W, according to AMD itself is twice as high score in 3DMark as a Intel Core i5 with 17W-tdp. Also scores the gpu according to AMD’s expected 56 percent higher than the igp of Ivy Bridge. According to AMD scores the next fuel-efficient A6-apu…

Apple has the conditions in his e-booktool iBooks Author hear rewritten, after fierce criticism came on. According to the company, are the authors actually the owner of the digital books with the software. In a new version of the eula is no longer reported by the authors of their content exclusively through Apple’s distribution channel…

The German government is still in the first half of 2012 to decide on the introduction of a so-called two-strikes model, in which internetpiraten two warnings. Closing the internet connection then follows. The German ministry of Science and Technology has a study to the anti-piracy policies in various European member states and the consequences of…

According to market research firm Canalys, there are in 2011 more smartphones were sold than pc’s, something that has not previously occurred. Several smartphonefabrikanten posted quarterly results with record sales in the past year. Canalys claims on the basis of his figures that there are almost a half a billion smartphones were sold in 2011,…

Microsoft and Kaspersky to make known that the Kelihos botnet, which was used for sending spam, not again brought to life, in spite of media reports about this. Would a variant rigged by spammers. Published this week in media reports that the Kelihos-spambotnet active again. This would be a blamage for Microsoft and Kaspersky, as…

Nokia would reportedly only completed. n Symbian model in development. Thereafter, the mobile operating system is no longer used for new devices. Therefore, it seems that the platform faster phased out. According to The Register, there are only a successor to the Symbian device N8. There would be more smartphones with Symbian have been in…

The ceo of Micron, is Friday, died after his small Lancair plane crashed. Steve Appleton has led the American memory manufacturer since 1994 and is 51 years old. Coo Mark Durcan takes over temporarily the position of ceo. Appleton was a very important man within Microns, has worked since 1983 with the company and held…

All iPhones and iPads with 3g come again to purchase through the German website of Apple. The manufacturer appealed and the ban on sales is suspended. Motorola would be its 3g patent does not, under reasonable terms and conditions in the license. Friday afternoon had Apple on the order of the German court, the sale…

Mozilla is working on the possibility for websites to give users push notifications to send. Therefore, it can webmaildienst, for example, users notify you of any new e-mails, even if the website does not open. Developer Jeff Balogh of Mozilla writes on his blog. The push notifications have both the desktop browser and the mobile…

D66 has Questions asked about the storage of passport data. Because a company with American branches, the data is processed, can the American government as possible, with the biometric data for the passport. According to D66 Mp Gerard Schouw, there is the danger that the U.s. government request for data from the database of the…

The Polish premier has the ratification process for the controversial antipiraterijverdrag Acta halted after the country’s massive protests had broken out. According to the minister, is a wider debate on the treaty would be necessary. According to the Polish premier Donald Tusk the Polish parliament decide the treaty, not to ratify if it is in…

A large-scale, nationwide dns failure at KPN ensures that fixed internet connections, digital television and digital telephony, not or bad to use. The interference can be circumvented by an alternative dns server to be set up. On Twitter KPN has compared to a customer confirmed that it is a nationwide dns failure. So the fault…

KPN has prepaidgebruikers to the allowance to buy. The credit is valid per day, week or month. The prepaid data plan can soon with a new application to be upgraded. For 1,50 euros, users on one day 20MB devoid. The allowance that a week and a month will cost respectively € 3.50 and € 10,…

Anonymous has compromised on a conference call about cybercrime that the FBI is organized. On the call names of cybercrime investigators from the U.S. and Great britain lwa part. The hacktivists, intercepted the invitation. It is still unclear as to how Anonymous, that the intrusion on the conference call on Twitter reported, the invitation and…

Asus released a video card based on AMD’s Radeon HD 7970, but as many manufacturers did, gave Asus the card with standaardkoeling. The company now has a version with a proprietary cooling released. The DirectCU II series from Asus, also known as DC2-series or Direct Copper II, is characterized by the large drieslotsuitvoering of the…

The French DotEmu has a re-release of the classic horror-puzzle game The 7th Guest and its sequel The 11th Hour placed on the market. Both games are now run under the current form of Windows, and for 10 dollars on sale. The polished versions of The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour are available on…

The encryption of satellite phones can easily be cracked, claim two German researchers. The GMR-1 and GMR-2-certifications were by reverse-engineering broken with a test computer of no more than 1500 euro. Benedikt Driessen and Ralf Hund from Ruhr Universität in Bochum have an explanation about how a satellite connection is to be intercepted and the…

The first benchmarks of Intel’s Ivy Bridge-EP processors are turned in with a chip with ten cores, while the predecessor, the Sandy Bridge-EP series, must still be ge lwa site. The tests were carried out on an engineering sample is rotated. With probably still about a year to go before the introduction of the Ivy…

In addition to the introduction of the Pentax K-01-ilc-camera on Thursday, Pentax has also a new roadmap for Pentax DA lenses released. In 2012, the manufacturer three lenses released in 2013, followed by another four lenses. Pentax goes in 2012, two Pentax DA zoom lenses and a -primelens release. It would be according to PhotoRumors…

The Article 29 Working Party, in which European privacywaakhonden are connected, Google has asked its new privacy policy not to implement. According to the organization, the effects of the policy are examined. Google is planning to make its new privacy policy on 1 march, but as the Article 29 Working Party, is that still delayed…