Technology News Tuesday February 9th 2010




Electronic Arts shares dive on weak outlook
(AP: Mon, 08 Feb) A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company's slump.


Security chip that does encryption in PCs hacked
(AP: Mon, 08 Feb) Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has devised a way to break those locks.


MySpace Music experiments with audio ads
(AP: Mon, 08 Feb) Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear if they want to listen to music for free online.


Chinese police shut down hacker training business
(AP: Mon, 08 Feb) Police in central China have shut down a hacker training operation that openly recruited thousands of members online and provided them with cyberattack lessons and malicious software, state media said Monday.


PayPal halts certain payment transactions in India
(AP: Sun, 07 Feb) The online payments service PayPal has taken the unusual step of suspending many transactions in India for more than a week.


SAP CEO resigns, replaced by 2 co-chief executives
(AP: Mon, 08 Feb) The chief executive of German software company SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, has resigned after his contract was not renewed and will be succeeded by two co-CEOs, the company said Sunday.


Black Hawk Down: China Busted Hacker-Training Site
(NewsFactor: Mon, 08 Feb) The Chinese government has arrested three hackers who were running an online hacker-training business. The trio of hackers operated Black Hawk Safety Net, a company that collected nearly $1 million from more than 120,000 members.


Control Your Nokia N900 With Sony's Sixaxis Controller
(PC World: Mon, 08 Feb) We recently stumbled across a hack that allowed the Nokia N900 to run Mac OS X. Now another mod has surfaced, but this time it's all about gaming.




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