Wednesday, January 30, 2013

[Technology] NY Times: China hacked us for past four months

NY Times: China hacked us for past four months
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57566810/n.y-times-china-hacked-us-for-past-four-months/
BEIJING The New York Times says Chinese hackers repeatedly penetrated its computer networks over the past four months, stealing reporters' passwords and hunting for files on an investigation into the wealth amassed by the family of one of China's leaders ...

Facebook moving fast on mobile, and spending tons on everything
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2013/01/30/facebook-moving-away-from-web-but-no-plans-to-build-a-phone/
The social network showed for a second time that mobile can be a major cash cow. Too bad it takes money to make money. Jennifer Van Grove.

Meet Your New BlackBerry Global Creative Director: Alicia Keys
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2013/01/alicia-keys-blackberrys-official-creative-director-really/
Waterloo, ON - At the close of its BlackBerry 10 launch event today, BlackBerry (NASDAQ:RIMM, TSX: RIM) CEO Thorsten Heins introduced 14-time GrammyƂ® Award winning singer, songwriter and entrepreneur, Alicia Keys, as BlackBerry's new Global ...

Wii U's weak sales hurt Nintendo earnings
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/news/nintendo-chief-rules-out-price-cuts-for-wii-u-324550
In an admission that the launch of its new Wii U console has been slower than hoped, Nintendo Co. slashed its earnings forecast on Wednesday.

Apple trademarks its Stores to deter copycats
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/technology-news/apple-trademarks-design-of-its-retail-stores-20130130-2djsd.html
Summary: Apple has been granted a trademark on the design of its Apple Stores by the US Patent & Trademark Office. Sam Shead. By Sam Shead | January 30, 2013 -- 16:58 GMT (08:58 PST).

iPhone users have highest phone bills, majority pay over $100 a month
http://www.complex.com/tech/2013/01/survey-iphone-users-have-the-highest-cell-phone-bills
Racking up the most expensive monthly service bills, U.S. consumers that own an iPhone are spending slightly more each month than Android smartphone owners.

Acer Sees Success in Chrome PCs as Windows Fails to Drive Sales
http://www.wired.com/reviews/2013/01/samsung-chromebook-3/
Acer Inc. (2353), the Taiwanese computer maker that's suffered two consecutive annual losses, posted strong sales of notebooks using Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Chrome platform after the release of Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft dev tools to add Linux-style source code versioning
http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/30/visual-studio-git-microsoft-development-tools-now-support-open-source-version-control-system-git/
Microsoft's developer tools division has taken another step closer to the open source community, with the announcement that both Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio will soon incorporate support for decentralized source code version control using Git ...

Microsoft's Windows Phone to add support for Google sync protocols
http://www.itproportal.com/2013/01/31/google-to-keep-windows-phone-exchange-activesync-on-life-support-until-july/
Summary: Windows Phone users are getting built-in support for Google's CalDAV and CardDAV syncing protocols some time before July 31.

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