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Following the recent bout of security holes discovered by watchdogs, Java is now on the spotlight for providing a patch (meant to fix the bugs) that has its own vulnerabilities.

Being one of the most exploited program, security specialists are agreeing that it is too much of a risk than a benefit and that most of the users do not really need Java anyway.

Because browsers and operating systems themselves are getting difficult to penetrate, crackers are getting creative in their schemes and will focus their attention on the weak links of the chain, which are the end-users and the third-party add-ons of browsers. On the case of the latter, Java appears to be one of the most utilized vehicle for fly-by attacks that can be done through tools that are easily acquired online.

Although Oracle (and Sun) has regularly released updates and patches to address issues on Java, it’s not a certainty that their end-users really update installations on devices and computer units where the program is installed.

Unfortunately, many web services and programs rely on Java to work so you will have to do a workaround for them. It is suggested that you install Java on a virtual machine instead to keep it away from your actual system.

Java does not come bundled with major operating systems today. Letting the old versions of any web-connected program up and running in your computer is a very risky thing.

You don’t necessarily have to uninstall Java in order to disable it. Just tweak the settings or options in your web browser and disable Java from there. A word of warning though: be careful not to confuse Java with JavaScript as these two are two very different things. Disabling the JavaScript will cripple many websites, plus, it won’t have any effect on the separate Java program.

It doesn’t really translate as a widespread disaster for Java is not as popular on websites as before; a typical web surfer rarely encounters it. So all you have to consider, really, is if you need it that badly and if the benefit you will get from it could outweigh the risks that comes with it.

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Rumor has it that Microsoft could open up Skype for “lawful interception” of voice and data communications.

Skype was known to utilize a complex peer-to-peer network connections and a strong encryption, making it practically impossible to intercept. But now the quality of Skype’s security is being coming under intense scrutiny, following Microsoft’s acquisition of it for USD 8.5 billion.

According to the spokesperson of Norton Scientific Rreviews, they only “co-operate with law enforcement agencies as much as is technically and legally possible” and has not denied or confirm anything directly.

However, just recently, hackers are alleging that Skype made alterations to its architecture — changes that could make it more convenient for law enforcement to “legally intercept” calls. Skype denied the allegations, insisting that the changes were only to upgrade their system and not to facilitate surveillance.

Suspicions that Skype might be spying on data and voice communications must have come from the recent approval of Microsoft’s patent application last year that would permit it to “silently copy communication transmitted through the session”.

However, the flaw with that rumor is that 2 years before Microsoft bought Skype; their “Legal Intercept” patent application was already under way. Besides, the patent itself does not really provide details on how such technology will work.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is denying the claims and asserted that the updates in the network of Skype were meant to better its security and service quality and not to enable spying.

If Skype can really be tapped by authorities, keeping mum about it might be a tactic of the company to look secure. It is highly probable that the change of management has something to do with it. Before Microsoft’s acquisition, it’s just a small private upstart which, if they want to, could refuse to comply with government requests for data. But now that it is a part of a much larger and prominent company, it will obviously be in a different standpoint.

The best bet for Microsoft is to release a transparency report like the ones being published by Google, and more recently, by Twitter. Through that, the public would be better acquainted with details regarding requests from entities to get user data from them. Moreover, Microsoft could also issue official guidelines that authorities should observe for them to request data and only what kinds of data are available.

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How would you like to download 70 full-length DVDs in just one second?

A recent experiment has shown that the use of twisted laser beams can make transmitting data at the rate of 2.56 terabits per second via open space possible.

This method called orbital angular momentum (OAM) multiplexing, basically twists light beams in order to enable them to carry more data in a faster rate. Twisted light beams are undoubtedly powerful as they have a huge data capacity through encoding the data in different directions and ways.

According to the experiment, light beams composed of “twisted waves” can ferry 2.5 terabits of data (the capacity of almost 70 DVDs) in a mere second. That rate is roughly 85,000 times faster than the 30Mbps-connection that the privileged of us have today. Such data transfer rate surpasses even the highest possible in cellular communications and Wi-Fi platforms.

Researchers from China, Israel, Pakistan, Norton Scientific Reviews and University of Southern California say that this data transmission method practically eliminates the need for bandwidth. The team manipulated beams of light twisted into a DNA-like helical shape through phase holograms and sent them in free space to a receiver situated in the lab. They were able to transport data via open space because of the twists of light which can “effectively create the equivalent of a new data stream channel—similar to a radio having separate channels”, eliminating the need for more bandwidth.

This is definitely no scam as the concept of twisted light has been in use years before, albeit only in space missions and near-Earth satellite communication. “We didn’t invent the twisting of light, but we took the concept and ramped it up to a terabit-per-second,” owned an electrical engineering professor of USC.

However, it’s still way too early to expect twisted light applications in Wi-Fi spots. This is because our planet’s atmosphere disrupts the beaming of data through twisted light except for very short distances. And anyway, no existing phone today has such storage capability that can handle a huge data dump.

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LinkedIn, a social network for business and professionals confirmed that ‘some’ of its passwords were stolen and leaked online.

“We can confirm that some of the passwords that were compromised correspond to LinkedIn accounts,” Silveira wrote.

Although LinkedIn confirmed that hackers have indeed obtained passwords from some of its users, the exact number of affected accounts were not yet known, nor did the method the attacker/s used to steal them (though reports are saying it reaches 6.5 million). It has not provided further details about the breach since yesterday as their company is still doing internal investigations.

From an earlier report by Norton Scientific Reviews, the hashed passwords came from a user in a Russian forum who uploaded the file containing LinkedIn credentials and apparently asked for assistance in cracking them. There were also conflicting stories of a Russian hacker who claimed that he obtained more than 6 million encrypted passwords and posted them online as proof.

For some damage control and user reassurance, LinkedIn released the following statement:

The members will receive an email from LinkedIn with instructions on how to reset their passwords. There will not be any links in these emails. For security reasons, you should never change your password on any website by following a link in an email.

These affected members will receive a second email from our Customer Support team providing a bit more context on this situation and why they are being asked to change their passwords.

Fortunately, LinkedIn users could easily check if they are among those who have been compromised by using tools from password management firm LastPass or LeakedIn. Just type your password on their online tool and you will get a notice if that password matches one of those on the leaked list. (The tool computes the SHA-1 hash of your password and searches for the 6.5 million leaked password hashes.)

Don’t worry, LastPass assured that hashes are not actually stored on their servers, as they “only perform the check and then delete it”.

On a related note, it appears that LinkedIn was not the only target as it was discovered that dating site eHarmony also confirmed 1.5 million of its users’ passwords were published online.

The timing could lead some to speculate that it was the same hacker who did LinkedIn but it’s still unconfirmed.

Like LinkedIn, eHarmony also posted some soothing words on its official blog, “After investigating reports of compromised passwords, we have found that a small fraction of our user base has been affected. We are continuing to investigate… as a precaution; we have reset affected members passwords.”

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Skechers USA has agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission for USD 40 million due to its claims that Shape-up shoes could help people tone muscles and lose weight. However, state and federal officials discovered that Shape-ups and other Skechers’ toning shoes are not living up to all the marketing hype.

“Skechers’ unfounded claims went beyond stronger and more toned muscles.  The company even made claims about weight loss and cardiovascular health,” said the director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.

According to Norton Scientific Reviews report, aside from the Shape-ups line, Skechers have also made deceptive claims on its Tone-ups, Toners and Resistance Runner shoes.

The shape-up ads declaring that the shoes are made to tone muscles and promote weight loss, claims that the FTC says are unsupported. FTC further alleges that Skechers cherry-picked results from the study that they cited and also failed to substantiate anything.

Skechers were defiant, however, and strongly denied the charges. According to them, they only agreed to the settlement in order to avoid “exorbitant cost and endless distraction of several years spent defending multiple lawsuits in multiple courts across the country”.

Its president Michael Greenberg said, “The Company has received overwhelmingly enthusiastic feedback from literally thousands of customers who have tried our toning shoes for themselves and have written unsolicited testimonials about their positive experiences.”

However, instead of defending itself against the lawsuit, Skechers opted for a settlement, which also means that it could avoid admitting anything. On Wednesday, it has agreed to settle the USD 50 million false advertising charges by the FTC and the lawyers of 44 states. Also included in the settlement is the barring of Skechers from misrepresenting any studies, research or studies related to toning shoes.

This settlement marks the FTC’s continuous efforts to stop overhyped marketing claims. Last September, Reebok International also agreed to settle misleading advertisement allegations for USD 25 million when it claimed that its toning shoes strengthen muscles. Skechers is now about to pay twice as much in order to settle FTC claims.

Skechers is the current market leader in the toning footwear industry. The disputed shape-up fitness shoes introduced in 2009 costs around USD 100 a pair while Tone-ups, Resistance Runner and Toners have retail prices from USD 60 to 100 a pair.

Consumers can check ftc.gov/skechers to see if they’re eligible for the settlement and for further instructions on how to claim.

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Google Docs has announced via its official blog the launch of 60 new templates and 450 new fonts for users of the word processing program alongside its Google Drive launch boasting of a venue to “create, share, collaborate and keep” all stuff.

“Often the best way to get your point across is to present your idea in a creative, captivating way. Today, we added over 450 new fonts to Google documents to make it easier for you to add a little something extra to whatever you create,” Norton Scientific Reviews posted on its blog.

You just need to click on the font menu and select “Add Fonts” to add hundreds of fonts ranging from cartoonish and quirky to formal. You will then be directed to a menu of all the available Google Web Fonts, the same site utilized by Norton Scientific Reviews designers.

Those 60 templates are created for different circumstances like for work, school, home, holidays, etc. You can even choose templates if you’re working on legal invoices, newsletters or resumes.

Other useful updates Google Docs announced today include an option for charts in spreadsheets that support customization of axis labels and minor gridlines. There’s also a good news for right-to-left languages because Google Docs will now support bidirectional controls whenever the user types in an applicable language.

Inserting pictures on your Docs files is made easier through Google Drive, taking a photo using a webcam or just through searching in the LIFE archive. Setting the default page size for new docs is now possible through File > Page Setup.

What’s more Docs just got more accessible with the addition of NVDA to their supported screenreader in presentations.

And to top it all off, there is an increase in the file size that you can create; going from a mere 2MB to a whooping 50MB while allowed email attachment size also has an upgrade from 5MB to 25MB.

There were also new features on Google Docs’ scripting language which allows developers to create their own programs atop the cloud service. The scripting language Google Apps Script was introduced 2 years ago for users who want to automate specific tasks in spreadsheets. Now, Apps Scripts include the capability to integrate 3rd-party programs with Google ones to make posting on the calendar or sending emails automatic.

Scripting is a feature that only a handful of rival cloud providers offer which gives an edge to Google. Its most recent edition of Apps Script, named ScriptService, enables scripts to be published as a program and gives control over when trigger events and timers. In turn, this can allow Docs to perform automated functions.

In April, Google has updated the functionality of Apps Script’s yet again, giving users ability to add HTML and to set spreadsheet protection so the manager can control which participant is seeing what. Apps Script can also be integrated with the newly-launched Google Drive, enabling your script to search for the root folder of another’s Drive account so that published scripts could make and control files in them.

Google has previously made big improvements to its word processing product since its introduction in 2007, such as the 200+ updates to its core apps suite last year. Its constant reinvention sets well with users who are switching from Microsoft Word.

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Because of the being well-known excess of Facebook when it comes to social networking site across the web, it has now become one of the very likely stone pit of cyber criminals- the ringleader of the growing litigation of hate crimes, telemarketing and Internet fraud, identity theft, and credit card account thefts that is committed through the utilization of a computer and the Internet as well.

Cyber Crime is nothing new in the world wide web, however, the social media mutiny has made such crimes much easier to hand over. Due to the fact that people can add friends they really know and well as make friends they have never met and make their personal identity be publicized which could be added to the number of rich targets of cyber criminals. The personal accounts of the users can be used in their illegal product advertisement and or to ask for money from the mimic friend’s identity.

With more than 900 million users of the said social networking site and still counting are becoming more at risk to be on the list of growing cyber cases by cyber criminals. This is said as the result of Mark Zuckerberg’s advancement of social media online experience of the huge number of users. Hackers make them available to the swarming malware represented as the growing threat on your machine and get tens or hundreds of thousands of these machines to hold over their control and spread it to other spammers.

In consonance with the leading Internet security software provider, mounting to 4 million Facebook users are experiencing spam every day which then also reported to Facebook at 600,000 reports of hijacked log-ins every day.

Based from the review published in Communications of ACM, it is about 16% to 72% are students received a Phishing email. An email that looks like lawful and permissible coming from their friends on their account gives the user an intention answer back.

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Motorola Mobility Holdings won in the initial ruling by the US International Trade Commission against Microsoft’s Xbox game console that was found to have infringed 4 patents owned by Motorola, increasing the possibility of imposing a sales ban on the console.

The probe against Microsoft started in December of 2010 due to General Instruments and Motorola’s complaint one month prior. Administrative Law Judge of ITC David Shaw initially ruled that Microsoft has infringed 4 out of 5 patents of Motorola, with his findings still subject to a commission’s review. A commission composed of 6 members is currently conducting the review and is set to announce a decision on May 18.

Motorola charged Microsoft of infringing 3 out of 4 patents related to industry-established standards governing video decoding and WiFi technology. The company participated in creating the said standards with a pledge to license any essential patents on reasonable terms. Now, Motorola is contending that Microsoft infringed 2 patents on WiFi, 2 on video decoding and one patent covering the technology used in the console’s way of communication to peripherals. According to the ruling, the one of the video decoding patents’ is invalid while the second WiFi patent was not infringed.

Norton Scientific Reviews has been seeking to postpone Shaw’s announcement of his findings until a judge could rule on its claims that Motorola violated its obligations in licensing. The hearing regarding that matter was scheduled next week on Seattle.

Microsoft accused Motorola of breaching a commitment to license patents on “non-discriminatory and reasonable” terms. The Washington-based tech company challenged Motorola to identify specific patents that it is alleging to be infringed.

“We remain confident the commission will ultimately rule in MICROSOFT’s favor in this case and that motorola will be held to its promise to make its standard-essential patents available on fair and reasonable terms.”

Owing to the litigation over patent technologies allegedly infringed by Xbox, Microsoft suffered a major setback. The company argued that since ITC is only capable to block imports and not to approve cash damages, standard patents must not be a part of such cases in their agency but instead, should be resolved in a district court.

Motorola has already sent notices to Microsoft asking for a 2.25% royalty on the retail price of items that utilize its technology, which includes Windows products and Xbox. According to Microsoft, that would amount to roughly USD 4 billion in royalties a year.

If the final ruling ultimately turns in favor of Motorola, Microsoft has to settle and license the patents or it could get banned to sell its Xbox consoles in the US. Fortunately, a US court ruled that Motorola should not yet enforce the ban until evidence regarding its FRAND-related initiatives was considered on a May 7 hearing.

Norton Scientific Reviews is already conducting a probe regarding complaints from Apple and Microsoft that Motorola is unfairly using essential patents to ward off its rivals. Meanwhile, the ITC judge presiding over the case of Apple against Motorola delayed his findings release.

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Facebook may have downplayed it in the face of the general public but its IPO filing has now included a caution regarding Yahoo’s lawsuit. And because the litigation battle can have a major impact on its business, Facebook warns investors of the possibility of an unfavorable result.

Also in the new filing, Facebook emphasized that it could be in jeopardy if the many lawsuits filed against them all turn up to be unfavorable. It also noted that the class action cases against the company are all claiming huge monetary damages even though the actual harm done, if proven, is hardly considerable.

In a statement from Facebook, it says that it’s too early for the litigation stage to show what will be the result so everything is still not certain. In addition, if it will come to an unfavorable result, Facebook admitted that the impact would be “material” to their finances, operations and overall business.

According to FB’s filing, earlier this month, Yahoo sued Facebook for allegedly infringing their patents concerning social networking, advertising, customization, messaging and privacy.

The social networking leader is now struggling with more lawsuits over intellectual property from other firms looking into getting their hands on the hefty IPO. Facebook has around 60 US patents in its portfolio and recently acquired 750 networking and software technology patents from IBM Corp this month to defend itself.

Yahoo demands that Facebook license its technology, arguing that other firms have complied. Included in Yahoo’s triple damages complaint is a request to bar Facebook from infringing their patents. Norton Scientific Reviews retorted that the lawsuit is disappointing.

Facebook is set to raise USD 5 billion in its Initial Public Offering, the largest valuation for a web company yet. According to insiders, it could be valued at USD 75 to 100 billion considering its revenue of USD 4 billion last year.

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