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Fixing antenna in white iPhone 4: will Apple admit failure?
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By RAVEN LOVECRAFT Mon 26th Jul 2010
Some are suggesting that the real reason behind the delay of Apple's iPhone 4 is because the company is looking at ways to tweak the phone's antenna. But wouldn't that mean Apple is admitting fault? To the average Joe, it sure doesn't seem like it should be a very difficult thing. I mean, the hard part is done; they already made the phone do all the phone stuff, and all they need to do now is change the color. However, Apple last week said that the white version of the iPhone 4, which should have come out very quickly after the launch of the regular, black iPhone 4, has been pushed back to later this year. This news comes after Apple already delayed the new model's availability once. Business Week, among others, posits that the delay must have to do with Apple finding some way to tweak the antenna design of the white version after the whole "atennagate" controversy that landed Apple in one of its biggest class-action lawsuits ever.
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AMD releases OpenGL ES 2 drivers
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By Lawrence Latif Mon Jul 26 2010
GRAPHICS CHIP DESIGNER AMD has released a beta driver that offers support for the OpenGL ES standard used in HTML5 for in-browser graphics rendering. The Catalyst 10.7 beta driver supports AMD's Radeon 2xxx/3xxx/4xxx/5xxx desktop graphics boards along with its Firepro workstation boards on Microsoft's Windows XP, Vista and 7 operating systems. However the company is crystal clear that it is not supporting the release as it has yet to "complete full AMD testing". As for WHQL certification, forget it. Nevertheless, frivolities such as support and WHQL compliance have never stopped anyone from installing a set of video card drivers, but given that OpenGL ES 2 support is the only feature that AMD is trumpeting with this release it might not be worth the effort. We were unable to find an Nvidia driver that supports the OpenGL ES 2 specification but at present it's a bit of a moot point. Though OpenGL ES 2 has been around for a few years now, HTML5 has yet to be ratified. With Apple in particular using the software to fight its war against Adobe, one can expect HTML5 to be ready for action soon.
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Ceglia's Facebook civil suit gaining steam in court and in media
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By John Anderson Jul 26, 2010
What a week for Facebook. First, the social network, which experts say is worth $24 billion, reached its 500 millionth user. Then, a civil suit against the company by a Wellsville man gained in credibility — in court and with the national media. Paul Ceglia’s civil suit comes complete with a two-page “work for hire” contract allegedly signed by Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg and a signed receipt from Zuckerberg after Ceglia paid him $1,000. According to terms of the contract, Ceglia’s civil suit, filed by Hornell attorney Paul Argentieri, claims Ceglia owns 84 percent of Facebook. This week, the “Today Show” featured the case, calling it a “big battle.” During an interview this past week with Diane Sawyer on “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer,” Zuckerberg answered a question about the signatures, though he did stumble and refered to the signature as “we” instead of from himself. “I don’t think that we ... that, uhh, if we said that we were unsure, I think that was likely taken out of context. Because I think we were quite sure that we did not sign a contract that says that they have any right to ownership over Facebook,” said Zuckerberg.
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Intel to Settle With FTC, Maybe Ease Up on Nvidia
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by Marcus Yam July 21, 2010
Intel and Nvidia are currently locking horns over what's fair business. Nvidia claims that Intel priced its Atom processors as prohibitively expensive when purchased not in conjunction with an Intel chipset. This deterred computer makers from pairing the Atom with Nvidia's Ion chipset, which granted the CPU access to a GeForce 9400M. According to Reuters, that sort of business behavior on Intel's part could be coming to an end, as the chipmaker is to settle with the U.S. FTC. The deal would spare Intel from the monetary penalties which it was ordered to pay AMD, but would still restrict it from certain marketing tactics. Someone close to the deal said that this could curb Intel's use of volume discounts when selling Intel CPUs together with its in-house graphics chips. The FTC declined to comment on the story, and Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy offered only, "Discussions are ongoing, and we have nothing more to add at this point."
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Fusion to have Redwood graphics
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by Fuad Abazovic July 20, 2010
The surprising part of the Fusion all-integrated chip is that it actually comes with Redwood equivalent graphics. Redwood is a group codename for Radeon 5500 and 5600 graphics and its actually a mainstream core, rather than an entry level one. Almost everyone had expected to see Cedar, an entry level Radeon 5000 core as a part of Fusion, as such cores would usually find their way into chipsets in the past. However, it looks like ATI can simply squeeze a much bigger and more powerful graphics core in this all-integrated Fusion chip. Compared to Sandy Bridge core, Redwood DirectX 11 derived core will kill Intel's all-integrated part in graphics performance. It also appears that the graphics inside Ontario and Llano only need DDR3 support, something that the Radeon 5500 generation offers, and the performance of the Fusion should be in range of 5500 series. This will depend on the clock and number of shaders enabled on the core, but it's clear that it will be quite powerful for the integrated market segment.
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Facebook Among Web's Worst in Customer Satisfaction
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By SAMUEL AXON July 21, 2010
The 2010 American Customer Survey Index conducted by ForeSee Results gave Facebook 64 out of 100 points in a customer satisfaction survey; that's lower than any other business in its category. However, it's not at the bottom of the social media heap; MySpace received one point less. ForeSee Results CEO Larry Freed says that "privacy concerns, frequent changes to the website, and commercialization and advertising" are responsible for the low rating. Those reasons for dissatisfaction mirror the ones revealed in previous surveys. By contrast, Google received a score of 80 (although that's seven points lower than last year's score), Bing and Wikipedia managed a 77, Yahoo pulled a 76 and YouTube landed at 73. Facebook also received a lower rating than any of the major news websites, which were led by FOXNews.com at 82. MSNBC.com and CNN.com trailed behind at 74 and 73
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Free iPhone 4 cases will cost Apple $175 million
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By Tom Warren July 21.2010
Apple said on Tuesday that the free cases for its iPhone 4 antenna issue will cost the company $175 million. Apple announced the free cases at an emergency press conference held last week. On an earnings conference call with investors today, Apple revealed the cost of the free cases. Apple said that it plans to expense the cost of the cases which will result in $175 million in deferred revenue. The figure is an estimate that Apple is accounting for on its Q4 balance sheet. Prior to the iPhone 4 launch, customers who pre-ordered their device and received it a little early, began reporting widespread reception issues when holding the iPhone 4 with their left hand. Apple eventually responded to the reception reports and said it planned to issue a software fix. This software fix (iOS 4.0.1) corrected a bad algorithm for displaying signal bars but did not address the core issue of poor antenna performance. Apple was forced to hold an emergency press conference and promised a free case for every iPhone 4 user. Apple said it has sold 1.7 million units in its first weekend of sales.
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Flaw could expose 'millions' of home routers
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By John Leyden, 19th July 2010
Millions of household routers are susceptible to a flaw that creates a handy means for hackers to hijack surfing sessions or hack into home networks. Craig Heffner, a researcher at security consultancy Seismic, is due to detail the flaw and release a proof-of-concept tool at the Black Hat conference in Vegas later this month. The DNS rebinding-related security flaw affects kit from Linksys Belkin and Dell, among others. DNS rebinding have been around for years. Heffner claims he has discovered a new variant of the theme, which initially involves luring a surfer into visiting a website containing malicious code. This code uses a "Jedi-mind trick" to circumvent the same-origin policy, thereby allowing JavaScript-based malware to penetrate private home networks supported by vulnerable hardware. The sleight of hand discovered by Heffner involves establishing an attack site which runs malicious script that means a visitor's own IP address is presented as one of the site's alternative IP addresses, thereby granting a trusted status to a malign site. Modern browsers are designed to block earlier types of such attacks but not with this particular scenario, for reasons Heffner is due to explain at Black Hat.
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Critical flaw found in Windows Shell
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by Thomas De Maesschalck July 19 2010
Microsoft announced the discovery of a 0-day vulnerability in Windows Shell that bypasses all Windows 7 security mechanisms and doesn't require administrative rights to run. The vulnerability is caused by improper handling of shortcuts, and security researchers from Sophos warn the exploit can be used to infect Windows 7 systems with a rootkit. It's still unclear when Microsoft will plug this hole, in the meantime the software giants recommends to disabling icons for shortcuts and switching off the WebClient service to prevent attacks. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in Windows Shell when parsing shortcuts (.lnk). The flaw can be exploited automatically by executing a program via a specially crafted shortcut. Certain parameters of the .lnk are not properly validated on load, resulting in the vulnerability. Microsoft says it has "seen only limited, targeted attacks on this vulnerability."
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Apple: iPhone 4 drops more calls than iPhone 3GS
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By Jessica Mintz Jul 16,2010 repost here July 19,2010
Gripes from some people about the iPhone 4's antenna design have overshadowed many buyers' comments that the newest smart phone from Apple Inc. gets far better reception than previous models. As it turns out, the iPhone 4 drops more calls than the older iPhone 3GS - "less than one additional dropped call per 100," Apple CEO Steve Jobs said during a news conference Friday. Although that doesn't sound like a big difference, a typical U.S. phone only drops one to 1.5 calls per 100, said Dan Hays, who focuses on telecommunications at management consulting firm PRTM. So another one per 100 could mean that the iPhone 4 drops nearly twice as many calls as the older model, Hays said.
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