Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Facebook blocks access to hidden iPad app — Full-blown iPad app could be activated on ‘jailbroken’ tablets, said researchers — Computerworld – Researchers over the weekend uncovered a Facebook app for Apple’s iPad, and showed how “jailbroken” tablets could run the still-unreleased software.
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Iran confirms massive Stuxnet infection of industrial systems — Nation’s atomic energy experts met last week to discuss ways to eradicate worm, say reports — Computerworld – Officials in Iran have confirmed that the Stuxnet worm infected at least 30,000 Windows PCs in the country …
Gregg Keizer / PC World:
Microsoft, Mozilla, Google Trade Barbs Over Speed Moves — With Microsoft set to launch the first beta of a significantly faster Internet Explorer Wednesday, wrangling for pride of place in hardware acceleration is heating up, and getting some rivals hot under the collar.
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Tech worker testifies of ‘blue screen of death’ on oil rig’s computer — Crucial drilling monitoring and control system crippled by crashes, says rig’s chief electronics technician — Computerworld – A computer that monitored drilling operations on the Deepwater Horizon had been freezing with a …