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Google wants hackers to hammer on Chrome for $1 million
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Google has withdrawn support for TippingPoint's annual Pwn2Own hacking competition following rule changes. Previously, entrants were required to reveal all the details about exploits used to compromise security. That stipulation no longer exists and folks are allowed to enter 2012's Pwn2Own without divulging their methods. Google called the practice "worrisome," noting that it's willing to pony up for vulnerability information.
Among other benefits, Pwn2Own is typically a source of positive PR for Google with Chrome surviving past events completely unscathed. Fortunately, hackers will still have an opportunity to try their hand at Google's robust browser during the same conference (CanSecWes...
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The Mozilla Marketplace is officially open for HTML5 app submissions
Like UnlikeJust as we heard last week, the Mozilla Marketplace is now open for developers to submit their HTML5 apps. In a blog post today, Mozilla expanded on where it expects the Marketplace to go, noting that for starters, the platform will focus on "mobile apps" that will run in any HTML5 equipped browser — it sounds like Mozilla might be focusing on mobile phones rather than desktop apps. Mozilla's really playing up the interoperability angle with this new Marketplace, noting that HTML5 apps can look and feel the same as native apps, without having to rewrite for target platforms. To go along with that spirit, Mozilla's also highlighting what it calls a "new identify system" for the internet that ...
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Google offers hackers a total of $1 million to defeat Chrome and more
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Each year the Pwn2Own hacking contest takes place where security researchers from around the world are offered the chance to hack web browsers and other software for prize money. Over the last three years, the only browser to come out of the contest without being hacked has been Google’s Chrome. While Chrome has made it through the contest three times now, Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer have all been hacked.
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PS Vita hits 1.2 million sales worldwide
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Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that worldwide sales of its PlayStation Vita handheld console have now exceeded 1.2 million units. In addition, more than 2 million pieces of software for the device have been sold, both at retail and on the PlayStation Network.
Of course, it will have to go some to top the sales figures of its predecessor, the PSP, which has sold more than 71 million units in just over seven years. But Sony can be reasonably proud of its initial results, considering that the PS Vita is a high-performing, high-quality piece of kit, launched during a global monetary recession.
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Intel roadmap teases 14nm mobile chips in 2014
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Intel showed off its mobile chip roadmap today at MWC 2012, featuring an ambitious plan that Intel CEO Paul Otellini believes will “light a fire under” Apple, Samsung, and LG. For this year, the company has set 32nm architecture chips with its Medfield Atom Z2460 processors. (Make sure to check out our hands-on with the Intel Orange “Santa Clara” Medfield phone). But next year, it’s shrinking its chips down to a new 22nm process and then further to 14nm by 2014.
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Download APKs from the Android Market with a Chrome extension
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APK Downloader is a Chrome extension that does exactly what its name advertises -- download APKs from the Android Market site. Getting the tool up and running takes quite a bit more work than your average browser add-on, requiring you to edit the Chrome shortcut to disable SSL error warnings, but it's hardly rocket science. This should make sideloading apps much easier and give you a chance to try software yourself, even if a developer seems to think its app wont work with your device. There is, of course, room for abuse and it does violate the Market's ToS -- so try it at your own risk. If you're unfazed, hit up the source link for complete instructions.
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Is uTorrent Coming to Android?
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There are plenty of things iOS can do that Android can't—Siri and Facetime, for example. However, Android may soon be getting its own exclusive feature: P2P file sharing courtesy of uTorrent, the most-used torrent client in the Western World.
BitTorrent, the parent company of uTorrent, is reportedly developing a mobile P2P file sharing client for the Android platform. Such an app would allow uTorrent's 140 million users to trade files over any wireless connection without the need for a desktop or laptop intermediary. "Like any software company, we know a mobile experience is really important to our users," a BitTorrent spokesperson told TorrentFreak.
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Chrome now easily opens email links in Gmail, thanks to some HTML5 magic
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The next time you open up Gmail in Chrome keep an eye out for the prompt above, which uses HTML5 to finally close the gap between the way Google's browser handles mailto: links and its popular email service. Our only question about the change is what took them so long? Using extensions or simply copying and pasting email addresses as Gmail blogger and software developer Michael Davidson has been doing were available workarounds, but they won't be needed any longer -- no DRM necessary. Hit the source link for more info on what it's doing and how Chrome allows site handler requests.
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HBO Go coming to Xbox 360 on April 1st
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HBO has slowly been bringing HBO Go to a multitude of connected platforms, from Roku boxes to some Samsung connected TVs, and now we finally know when it'll come to the Xbox 360. Tonight at an HBO event in San Francisco, company Co-President, Eric Kessler, gave us the good news that Microsoft's console will be getting the streaming service on April 1st. It'll make its debut alongside the premiere of season two of Game of Thrones, so you'll finally be able to jump straight from the hills of Tamriel to the fields of Winterfell with the greatest of ease.
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ASRock Brings RapidStart, SmartConnect to H61 Platform
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Lincredible phenomenon spreads around the world! Miracles did not only happen on the new basketball star Jeremy Lin, but also ASRock, the global top3 motherboard manufacturer! By updating the latest ME8 BIOS & Driver, ASRock today proudly announced their entire Intel H61 motherboard series now support Intel Rapid Start and Smart Connect Technologies! These new technologies are targeted to be supported with Intel next gen motherboard platforms, but ASRock offers an early chance to let users to experience new techniques on current H61 motherboard with 2nd Gen Intel Core Processor (Sandy Bridge).
"High-performance functions are not exclusive for high-end motherboards. ASRock's strength is to ap...
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Google's Giving $60,000 to Whoever Can Exploit Chrome
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While both Safari and IE collapsed under the pressure from hackers at last year's Pwn2Own contest, not one person was able to crack Chrome. This year, Google's sweetening the pot with a million dollars in prizes to successful exploiters.
In fact, Chrome is the only browser in the contest's six year history to not be exploited—like, at all. Therefore Google will hand out prizes of $60,000, $40,000, and $20,000 for contestants able to remotely commandeer a fully-patched browser running on Windows 7. Finding a "Full Chrome Exploit," obtaining user account persistence using only bugs in the browser itself will net the $60k prize. Using webkits, flash, or a driver-based exploit can only earn the ...
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Samsung: "Honestly, We're Not Doing Very Well in the Tablet Market"
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Despite having a monstrously large range of tablets on offer, Samsung has never quite captured the market in the way it would like to. Its sales clearly lag well behind the iPad and the Kindle Fire—and it seems they're happy to admit it.
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Google Is Building a "Firewall" Between Android and Motorola
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When Google announced it was to acquire Motorola, it was obvious it wanted patents but unclear how Android and Motorola would interact in the future. According to Andy Rubin, who heads up Android, there's going to be zero communication.
Speaking to The Verge at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Rubin explained that, when it comes to the acquisition, he has "nothing to do with it.... I don't even know who's running it." He went on to say that Google has "literally built a firewall" between the Android team and Motorola. "I don't even know anything about their products, I haven't seen anything," continued Rubin. "They're going to continue building Motorola branded devices and it's going ...
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Yahoo threatens Facebook over patents
Like UnlikeYahoo has claimed that Facebook infringes on its patents, and is asking the social networking giant to either license its technology or face legal action.
Although Yahoo is a waning force on the global internet market it still holds some crucial IP rights; something that could prove problematic for Facebook.
In a statement Yahoo wrote: "Yahoo has a responsibility to its shareholders, employees and other stakeholders to protect its intellectual property.
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Quantum computing a step closer to reality, says IBM
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IBM is set to announce major advances which it claims will take us a major step closer to actually seeing a working quantum computer.
The prospect of quantum computers has intrigued scientists for years, but despite the potential, actually turning it into a reality has proved troublesome, with quantum decoherence caused by outside factors such as temperature and radiation.
All that could be set to change, with IBM's research arm set to announce how it has broken three records that take us ever closer to quantum computers.
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