http://news.cnet.com/ Tech News First en-us 2009 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:10:11 PST Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:10:11 PST CNET News CNET http://www.news.com/2009-1090-980549.html 20 http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/ne/gr/prtnr/rss_logo.gif http://news.cnet.com/ 88 31 http://news.cnet.com/2300-1041_3-10000116.html?tag=rsspr.6248665&part=rss&subj=news Led by VP Phil Schiller, the Jobs-less presentation included a 17-inch MacBook Pro and DRM-free songs in iTunes. http://news.cnet.com/2300-1041_3-10000116.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:26:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10132941-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1009_3-0-10 Beware links on the network purporting to offer nude shots of Knowles, Beckham, Ricci, Dunst, Hayek, and Hudson; they lead to malware, security researchers say. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10132941-83.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:03:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10132749-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1009_3-0-10 Mischievous Internet forum 4Chan appears to have hacked into the popular Apple blog just as executive Phil Schiller took the stage at the Macworld Expo. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10132749-36.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:13:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10129012-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1009_3-0-10 Underwriters Laboratories recently updated UL 634 to address the insecurity of current magnetic switches that are used in alarm systems. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10129012-83.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:05:38 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10130566-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1009_3-0-10 Beware this bogus direct message: "Hey! check out this funny blog about you..." http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10130566-2.html Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:04:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10130499-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1009_3-0-10 German security researcher has demonstrated a denial-of-service attack that could affect Symbian-based smartphones made by Nokia and others. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10130499-83.html Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:33:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10130225-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1009_3-0-10 Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon, and others are getting ready for an expected boom in federal outlays to protect government computer networks. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10130225-83.html Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:46:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10129693-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1009_3-0-10 Key piece of Internet technology that banks and e-commerce sites rely on to keep transactions safe suffers from a serious security vulnerability, an international team of researchers reports. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10129693-83.html Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:15:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10129682-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1009_3-0-10 Software giant says flaw is a "reliability issue with no security risk to customers" and criticizes researcher for not contacting the company. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10129682-83.html Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:20:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10129313-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1009_3-0-10 A network administrator will stand trial for allegedly hijacking the network he designed and maintained for the city of San Francisco. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10129313-83.html Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:55:00 PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10127617-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1009_3-0-10 RSA chief scientist Ari Juels explains why classical literature has a place in IT security, and what to make of security in radio frequency identification. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10127617-83.html Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:00:00 PST