MobileMe mail service goes down for the count again
A new batch of problems for the already plagued service seem to have started in the late morning for some, including intermittent timeouts and issues accessing the accounts on desktop mail.
The majority of the problems seemed to be for most between about 3:00 and 6:00 pm EDT Monday. During that period, a message also appeared on the MobileMe status page, saying "MobileMe members may be unable to access MobileMe Mail. Service will be restored ASAP. We apologize for any inconvenience."
New Visual C++ refresh has tools for Office, IE 'look and feel'
Download Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 from FileForum now.
This contains the latest Feature Pack for Visual C++, which updates the "refresh" of the final beta, which was released last April.
Google 'feels your pain' after the latest Gmail outage
Yesterday, many Gmail users found themselves unable to access their mailboxes, as Gmail returned a "Temporary Error (502)." Google later posted an apology in the official Gmail Blog that gave a clue as to how big the outage was.
"We don't usually post about problems like this in our blog, but we wanted to make an exception in this case since so many people were impacted," Gmail Product Manager Todd Jackson posted. About 20 million users visit Gmail daily, and there are more than 100 million accounts in total.
Visual Studio 2008 SP1, .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 released
Download .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 from FileForum now.
This is the redistributable package for Windows users to be able to run .NET programs.
This afternoon, Microsoft unveiled a slate of new enhanced releases, including an updated .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 that had been in beta only since February, and the first service pack for Visual Studio 2008 only six months after its premiere.
Commercial antivirus software rendered useless in hours
At the Race To Zero contest at DEFCON 16 in Las Vegas last weekend, seven sample viruses and three sample exploits were reverse engineered to the point where they could bypass anti-virus software. The task took one team just over two hours.
Race to Zero is a contest where a series of malicious code samples are given that must be modified to be able to circumvent five anti-virus engines, each sample more difficult than the last.
Microsoft to stop boxed sales of Money
Although it has been offering its financial suite in a downloadable version for quite some time, beginning with the 2009 version of Money Plus, it will no longer be sold through retail channels.
Microsoft pointed to the fact that last year's sales of its Money personal finance software outpaced in-store sales for the first time in the products history, and more than 50 percent of sales of Money now come from online downloads.
MIT students barred from presenting Boston subway fare loophole
The three students were set to highlight security holes in the automated fare collection system used by the city's transit service, at a security conference on Sunday.
Zack Anderson, R.J. Ryan, and Alessandro Chiesa were set to give the talk at the DEFCON Conference in Las Vegas (PDF of full presentation available here from MIT). The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority complained that the students were going to show attendees how to exploit the hole, without first giving it a chance to fix the problem.
Survey: Parents fear in-game sex, real life drugs
An informal poll conducted by What They Play, a sort of Rotten Tomatoes site for video games, recently pointed to parents' areas of concern in video game content.
The fist poll, conducted on April 4-10 of this year, asked participants to select from a list of choices which item would they find most offensive in a video game. The responses were: a man and woman having sex (37%); two men kissing (27%); a graphically severed head (25%); and multiple use of the F-word (9%). This survey had 1,266 participants.
IAC spinoffs begin early trading tomorrow
Common stock in five companies formerly under the IAC (InterActive Corp.) banner, owners of Ask.com and Match.com, will begin "when-issued" trading on the open market tomorrow under five new stock symbols.
This is the realization of an announcement by the holding company made in November 2007, when it made public its intent to spin off its properties Home Shopping Network (HSN). Ticketmaster, Interval Leisure Group (a real estate and timeshare company), and Lending Tree.
RIAA may be forced to accept reduced damages
In a Texas court case, the recording industry group may be forced to accept a lower penalty per song as part of an "innocent infringement" defense by one defendant.
Whitney Harper, a college-aged woman, had previously admitted to copyright infringement through the use of the Kazaa P2P system when she was 16. However, unlike other defendants who had plead guilty, her lawyers are providing an interesting defense.
Cablevision DVR ruling bumps Internet Radio decision to September
Last week, an appeals court determined that Cablevision wasn't liable for copyright infringement if their customers chose they programs it recorded. Could that ruling present a new loophole for Internet streaming radio?
In a completely unanticipated twist due to unforeseen repercussions, the Copyright Office of the US Library of Congress extended its hearing for public comments on the viability of copyright law for Internet radio into next month. This after it was determined that an appeals court decision last week in favor of cable TV provider Cablevision, ruling that its proposed remote DVR technology was not in violation of copyright, may have an impact on current copyright law regarding Internet streaming radio.
Sprint considers offloading iDEN, the heart of Nextel
US-based wireless carrier Sprint Nextel is contemplating future measures for its iDEN network, which could include its ultimate sale.
Though there were talks several months ago of a "unified service architecture" that would bridge the gap between CDMA, iDEN, and the burgeoning Xohm WiMAX platform, a recent US Securities and Exchange Commission filing from Sprint Nextel shows the company is examining the potential sale of its iDEN network.
Obama: Wud U like 2 kno my VP 1st?
The presumptive Democratic nominee for President said over the weekend that subscribers to his text messaging list would be the first to find out his vice presidential choice.
Alerting users of such important news via text is only the latest way Barack Obama has turned his back on political conventions. Typically, such an announcement comes during a carefully staged rally or campaign event. While such an event may still happen, it surely wouldn't have the suspense of other campaigns.
Apple claims $30 million in iPhone software sales
CEO Steve Jobs said that nearly 60 million applications have been downloaded, generating about $1 million in sales per day for the company.
Obviously with an average selling price of 50 cents -- and the minimum charge for an application being 99 cents -- a large portion of iPhone applications downloaded through the Apps Store have been free. Even so, the number is quite impressive.
Intel readies the world for 'generation 7' of its CPUs
In 1993, Intel blanketed the world with advertising that stopped just short of placing a "TM" in front of the number "5" in the public conscience. This morning, the company has sent out an advance warning: Prepare for an onslaught of "7."
In advance of its annual US Developers' Forum next week, Intel today formally announced its branding for the generation of processors we've been calling by its code-name, "Nehalem." Rather than stay the current course of emphasizing the number of cores -- in which case, it might have been "Core 4" -- Intel will formally christen its desktop version of Nehalem with the new brand nomenclature "Core i7."
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