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AntiSec released data on U.S. law enforcement officers in retaliation for arrests related to hacking attacks. LAS VEGAS--In retaliation for arrests, the AntiSec hackers say they've released their "largest cache yet" of data stolen from law enforcement agencies in the U.S., including personal information, private e-mails, passwords, training files, data from informants, Social Security Numbers,

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Perhaps you failed to see the J.J. Abrams/Steven Spielberg movie "Super 8." It is 82 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, so it must be good.This might explain why there is some enthusiasm for pirated versions of it online.Interestingly, Torrent Freak reports that there exists one especially high-quality version that has reportedly appeared in several very fine P2P groups. However,

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Mac OS X is being cited in a new suit against Apple. Apple has been sued for the Mac OS X startup process.Operating Systems Solutions, a Florida company, recently sued Apple in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, alleging that the Mac maker's desktop operating system violates a patent it owns for quickly booting an OS. The patent was originally issued to LG

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Here's something you can't get with an iPad: 250GB of internal storage. Archos' upcoming Android "Honeycomb" 3.2 tablet will pack a 250GB hard disk drive that's been tweaked to perform more like a flash drive.Archos G9 combines a 250GB hard disk drive with a 4GB flash drive.(Credit: Archos)The Archos G9 will sport a 250GB Seagate Momentus Thin 

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Following this morning's news about Apple winning a preliminary injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe, Samsung has responded by saying that not only did the company never hear about the filing in the first place, but that it also never had the chance to present its side.In a statement released to CNET this afternoon, and which has since been added to our original story

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BrightSource solar thermal power plants can be equipped with a two-tank molten salt storage system, as shown on the right side of this image.(Credit: BrightSource Energy) BrightSource Energy today announced molten salt energy storage for its heat-driven solar power plants, touting the advantages over flat solar photovoltaic panels. With the storage, BrightSource solar power plants can

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A widespread cyber-espionage campaign stole government secrets, sensitive corporate documents, and other intellectual property for five years from more than 70 public and private organizations in 14 countries, according to the McAfee researcher who uncovered the effort. The campaign, dubbed "Operation Shady RAT" (RAT stands for "remote access tool") was discovered by Dmitri Alperovitch, vice

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Editors' note: This story was originally published June 17, 2011. The number of hacking events of late is making our heads spin at CNET. There have been scores of computer attacks, network intrusions, or data breaches over the last several months. And they seem to be a daily occurrence. In previous coverage we've noted that it seems to be open hacking season, written about some of the hackers

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Every time there dawns a new era of airport safety, we the citizens and passengers of the world bow in wonder at the latest new technology that will save us from our fellow man. So it was at Australia's Sydney Airport yesterday, where the well-meaning authorities launched a shiny new full-body scanner that would not only ensure that you are not armed, but could also tell what you had for

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commentary If you're thinking about picking up one of those fancy new BlackBerrys, let me explain for a minute or so why that may not be a very good idea. AT&T will sell the BlackBerry Torch 9810, one of several BlackBerrys coming out in the coming weeks.(Credit: AT&T) Research in Motion finally answered the pleas of the BlackBerry faithful for a new device with a promotional

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Samsung has already begun revving up U.S. consumers eager for more details about its popular Galaxy S II smartphone. With the GS II set to launch in the U.S. in August, Samsung has set up a sign-up page where potential buyers can fill out a form to receive more info on the phone and learn about special offers. Consumers are invited to submit their name, e-mail address, mobile phone number,

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Despite last month's $4.5 billion sale of Nortel's patent portfolio wrapping up this week, government scrutiny over what its buyers intend to do with the patents continues, a new report says. The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Department of Justice is "intensifying" an investigation of the portfolio buyers to see whether they plan on launching litigation against competitors,

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Despite concerns over the major carriers switching to limited data plans, most smartphone users don't consume nearly as much data as expected, according to a Consumer Reports story yesterday. Analyzing information obtained from 23,000 consumer cell phone bills, Consumer Reports found that the average bill from February 2010 to February 2011 did show a fair amount of data consumed per

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Last year, Oracle completed its acquisition of Sun Microsystems. At the time there was much speculation regarding the future of Sun's server and storage hardware business and I heard a number of well thought out opinions. But two seemed to stand out, both in opposition to one another: 1. Sun's hardware business doesn't return the same high net profit margin as Oracle's software business,

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Intel said today that former chief financial officer Andy Bryant will become its new chairman in May 2012. Intel's Andy Bryant will become chairman next May.(Credit: Intel) In preparation for this move, Intel's board of directors elected Bryant as vice chairman of the board, a new position. He will serve alongside the current chairman, Jane Shaw, until she retires from the board next May,

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Mozilla programmers have achieved a goal to build a PDF reader out of Web programming technology, the "pixel-perfect" rendering of a particular file. The file, a research paper on fast execution of JavaScript (PDF), contains formatted text, graphics, tables, and graphical diagrams. With the high-quality rendering, programmers Andreas Gal and Chris Jones declared the pdf.js mature enough

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Oracle released its first full version of Java yesterday, but developers have reported bugs that can crash virtual machines, corrupt data, and cause errors in applications. Java Standard Edition 7 (SE7) is the first milestone since Oracle bought Java's creator, Sun, which at the time prompted fears from some community members about the future of Java. The release includes improved support for

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Twelve organizations have concluded that Google's VP8 video encoding technology violates their patents, according to a group called MPEG LA that's considering offering a license to those patents. "Patents owned by 12 different patent holders have already been found to be essential to VP8," MPEG LA said in a statement to CNET yesterday. This is a concrete data point in a debate that's lasted

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Ultrabook devices will be rolled out in roughly three phases, with both USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt technologies as key features, according to an Intel blog item posted Thursday. Intel and PC makers are staking a big part of their laptop and hybrid device future on Ultrabooks. The Asus UX21 Ultrabook.(Credit: CNET) The blog item, which begins by referring to a "strategic inflection point"--a

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If a house of cards makes you think of old-fashioned aces, jacks, and diamonds, you obviously haven't heard of B-Squares. A pair of Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates has developed a unique electronics construction kit comprised of the palm-size squares, which snap together via magnets embedded in the corners. There are a number of different types of B-Squares, including one

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The Web, ever more sophisticated, is feeble as a publication medium when it's compared to what can be done with layout software such as Adobe Systems' InDesign. But that's beginning to change. The change is significant: digital publishing is moving to the Web, but the array of new devices such as iPads and Kindles pose a challenge. Should those overseeing the designs create native

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Crashes and their potential to harm productivity and personal data are the bane of many computer users, but the ability to diagnose and prevent them has arrived in the latest version of Soluto (download), available exclusively today from CNET Download.com. Soluto 1.12.113 beta sees two major new features, crash protection and browser add-on management, form a tripartite attack on

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When we hear "File-Sharing,", we tend to think of P2P, Torrenting, or even cloud services. Services like DropBox, Fetch.IO, and MegaUpload all support file storage and sharing in some way or another but require a number of steps, such as registration, browsing files, labeling... a process that can easily become messy and time-consuming. Instead, Carl Hu and John Xie strive to remind us of the

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