http://offer.interwebsearch.org What & Were. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:19:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Security researcher takes aim at Mozilla's browser with a JavaScript-exploit framework. LAS VEGAS -- The open source Mozilla Firefox Web browser is potentially at risk from design flaws that could allegedly let attackers take whatever they want from users' computers. Radware Security researcher Itzik Kotler is alleging that he can exploit ... http://offer.interwebsearch.org/2008/08/06/will-design-flaws-flunk-firefox/ Cisco Systems capped a big day for stocks with better than expected quarterly results. Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) had good news for technology investors late Tuesday, posting better than expected earnings and revenues and suggesting that the downturn may be shorter than feared. Cisco said its July quarter sales grew a better ... http://offer.interwebsearch.org/2008/08/05/cisco-shows-no-signs-of-slowing/ With Symbian going open source and Google's Android on the horizon, the Linux-based LiMo Foundation is fighting against more than just the closed-source competition. With its open source and proprietary rivals proliferating and shoring up their positions, the Linux-based LiMo Foundation is pulling out all the stops in its bid to ... http://offer.interwebsearch.org/2008/08/05/limo-looks-to-step-up-its-game/ Yang's support was a lot weaker than originally believed. Yahoo Inc on Tuesday released a recount of the vote for its board that sharply altered the results, revealing a strong protest vote against five of nine directors including CEO Jerry Yang. The Internet company said revised vote tallies showed 33.7 percent of ... http://offer.interwebsearch.org/2008/08/05/new-yahoo-election-tally-reveals-big-protest-vote/ Big Blue fires double-barrel action against Microsoft. IBM is expanding its Linux solution set today with a new initiative together with Red Hat, Novell and Ubuntu for Microsoft-free PCs. After 10 years of supporting Linux, IBM (NYSE: IBM) continues to challenge Microsoft on multiple fronts and aims to push Linux even further ... http://offer.interwebsearch.org/2008/08/05/ibm-linux-and-the-microsoft-free-pc/ Google Gadgets are supposed to be easy-to-use components that enable users to put content and small applications wherever they want them. According to Tom Stracener a Cenzic Senior Security Analyst, Google Gadgets can also potentially be used as a platform for user exploitation. In a presentation to be delivered at the ... http://offer.interwebsearch.org/2008/08/05/google-gadgets-under-attack-at-black-hat/ Lawmakers send letter calling on nearly three dozen Internet service and content provider to detail their behavioral targeting practices. A key House committee is expanding its probe into the privacy implications of the behavioral targeting of online advertising, calling on more than 30 leading Internet companies to detail how they collect ... http://offer.interwebsearch.org/2008/08/05/house-committee-broadens-online-privacy-probe/ While some shareholders took issue with Yahoo's recent decisions, its leaders stood fast -- though they said they're still puzzled why Microsoft walked away. SAN JOSE, Calif. -- TV cameras and other media massed outside the Fairmont hotel before the start of Yahoo's shareholder meeting here today. But they weren't huddled ... http://offer.interwebsearch.org/2008/08/05/yahoo-board-faces-down-critics/ Can a revamped Pentium core really give nVidia and ATI a run for their money? We'll find out with Larrabee. Intel has taken the wraps off its entry into the graphics processor market, offering up the first technical hints of "Larrabee," its attempt to take on nVidia and ATI/AMD in the ... http://offer.interwebsearch.org/2008/08/05/intel-reveals-first-details-on-its-gpu-entry/ The company says it doesn't plan to put the squeeze on others, but the Slashdot natives are restless. Netizens have uncovered a Dell trademark for the term "cloud computing," uncorking fears of another attempt at co-opting a popular industry term. In 2006, for example, CMP Media and publisher Tim O'Reilly acquired ... http://offer.interwebsearch.org/2008/08/05/dells-trademark-for-cloud-computing-raise-ire/