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Jonathan Stray / CNET News:
Web browser flaw could put e-commerce security at risk — But the SSL certificate is issued by MD5 Collisions Inc. — BERLIN—A key piece of Internet technology that banks, e-commerce sites, and financial institutions rely on to keep transactions safe suffers from a serious security vulnerability …
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MD5 considered harmful today — Creating a rogue CA certificate — Jacob Appelbaum, Arjen Lenstra, David Molnar, Dag Arne Osvik, Benne de Weger — We have identified a vulnerability in the Internet Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) used to issue digital certificates for secure websites.
Ed Felten / Freedom to Tinker:Researchers Show How to Forge Site Certificates
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Ryan Naraine / Zero Day:SSL broken! Hackers create rogue CA certificate using MD5 collisions
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The Register
Matthew Lasar / Ars Technica:
Martin drops porn filtering from FCC free wireless broadband plan — Kevin Martin, the Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, called Ars Technica today to let us know that he has revised his proposal to roll out a free (and smut-free) wireless broadband service.
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Digital Daily, Silicon Alley Insider, DSLreports, AppScout, The Register, Phone Scoop, isen.blog and Broadcasting & Cable
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Brightkite Integrates with Facebook — Do you want your Facebook friends to know where you are and what you're doing at all times? That's now possible thanks to mobile social network Brightkite and its recent integration with Facebook. Through the addition of Facebook Connect …
Don Reisinger / The Digital Home:
Why Sony needs to (but can't) drop the price of the PS3 — In a report that could send shock waves through the video game industry, market research firm iSuppli has detailed the real cost and new savings found in Sony's second-generation Playstation 3. — iSuppli's report, issued Monday …
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Farhad Manjoo / Slate:
What does the “netbook” craze tell us about the future of laptops. — There isn't much mystery to why a little-marketed computer known as the Eee PC has lately seized the top spot on Amazon's laptop best-seller list. The machine, a three-pound ugly duckling made by the Taiwanese company Asus …
Emil Protalinski / One Microsoft Way:
The Windows 7 build 7000 leak and Microsoft's reaction — This past weekend, Windows 7 build 7000 leaked to torrent sites. It's not the first build of Windows 7 to leak, but it definitely is the most important one so far. You see, the first 7xxx build marks the entrance of Windows 7 into beta phase …
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Lockergnome Blog Network
Ben Kunz / Business Week:
A Modest Blogging Proposal — If “pay per post” lets online writers shill for cash, why not go all the way and sell real-life opinions, too? — It all started with a simple question from Forrester Research (FORR) analyst Jeremiah Owyang late in the afternoon on Friday, Dec. 12.
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The Noisy Channel
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Content Sites Bracing For 50% Revenue Slowdown — The U.S. economy has likely been in recession for a year, and tech companies have been bracing for a big slowdown in growth. But the fact is that revenues for most Internet-based companies haven't dropped yet.
InfoWorld:
Windows 7 takes shape — We all knew it was coming, but now it feels real. With its debut to select developers in November, Windows 7 is no longer just a label but a real OS. And the public beta is expected this spring. — Those expecting a radical redo of Windows will be disappointed …
TOP 20 MSI News:
The World's First Hybrid Storage Netbook- MSI U115 Hybrid — Taipeiã€' MSI today announces U115 Hybrid. The very first notebook computer in the world that is capable of operating both SSD and HDD hard drives simultaneously, combining all the features of SSD and HDD in the U115 Hybrid for your enjoyment.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Netflix, Adobe, Google Rated Best Places To Work. AT&T, eBay, RadioShack Among the Worst. — Where are the best and worst places to work? Glassdoor, the site that surveys employees about workplace conditions in great detail, has issued lists of the best and worst 50 companies as rated …
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Tough Love For Microsoft Search — Back in June, I spoke at Microsoft as part of a regular series for those involved with its webmaster tools group and anyone generally interested in search. My talk was called “Tough Love For Microsoft Search,” and I covered various reasons why I felt …
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Network World
APC:
Apple prepping a quad-core MacBook Pro? … Apple's mid-October refresh of its notebook line left a curious gap at the top end of the card, with the 17 inch MacBook Pro missing the make-over of its 15 inch cousin and the 13.3 inch MacBook. — That could be about to change next week …
Joanna Stern / LAPTOP Mag:
A Bundle of Joy Arrives: BenQ JoyBook Lite U101 First Impressions — The holiday season may be nearing the end, but it doesn't mean the gifts have stopped coming. This morning the netbook stork dropped off a little bundle of Joy (puns haven't been this good since the MSI Wind first blew into town) - the BenQ JoyBook Lite U101.
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Amazon Wins an Award It Didn't Give Itself: Tops in Customer Satisfaction — Amazon's data-free claim that it posted its “best ever” holiday season this month has gotten a deservedly skeptical reception. But here's one vote in favor of Jeff Bezos's e-commerce giant: A customer satisfaction poll …
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Daniel Lyons / Washington Post:
The iPhone's Golden Touch — Ge Wang never dreamed of becoming a high-tech Silicon Valley entrepreneur. He's an assistant professor at Stanford, a specialist in computer science and music whose biggest passion has been organizing nerdy “laptop orchestras” composed of 20 people each “playing” a notebook computer.
Dan Zarrella:
How ReTweets Spread: The Epidemiology of Viral Messaging on Twitter — Now that my ReTweet mapping system is functioning, I'm able to start compiling more granular data on the actual dynamics of the spread of ReTweet streams. — First, I'll start with some simple averages.
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Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
Apple's Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter Has Periodic Distortion Issues — We've been waiting a few months for the Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adapter in order to hook up our 30-inch Dell 3007WFP monitor, but when it got here, it was periodically unusable.
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
It's Time For An Apple Tablet: Where's My iPod Touch HD? (AAPL) — Apple's (AAPL) iPod touch is a hit, and PC makers like Dell (DELL) and Asus are doing good business selling cheap, small “netbook” laptops. It's time for Steve Jobs to smash them together into a killer multi-touch tablet.
