By Gregg Keizer, Jun 16, 2009
A URL-shortening service that condenses long Web addresses for use on micro-blogging sites like Twitter was hacked over the weekend, sending millions of users to an unintended destination, a security researcher said today. After Cligs, a rival to the better known TinyURL and bit.ly shortening services, was attacked Sunday, more than 2.2 million Web addresses were redirected to Kevin Saban's blog, which appears on the Orange County Register's Web site. Noticing a dramatic upswing in traffic, Saban -- who uses Cligs in his Twitter messages to shorten URLs -- contacted Pierre Far, the creator of Cligs. Twitter, by far the biggest micro-blogging site and user of short URLs, should be doing more to keep users safe, Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant with security company Sophos said. "There's an option to expand the link view when you search Twitter," he said. "Why don't they offer that in the regular stream?"
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Nvidia: Future Chips Will Enhance Video on Mobile Devices
By Agam Shah, Jun 16, 2009
Nvidia hopes to develop chips that enable applications such as image recognition and video search on mobile devices like smartphones and low-cost laptops, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said on Tuesday. More Web sites are posting high-definition video, and thousands of hours of video are continuously added to the Web, so such applications could allow users to search for specific images in videos and enhance the Web for mobile device users, Huang said during a speech at Nvidia's analyst meeting that was webcast. However, those applications require heavy graphics processing capabilities that are mostly seen on high-performance PCs like workstations, Huang said. Nvidia hopes to develop mobile graphics chips that ultimately enable those applications to work on mobile devices, he said.
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Nvidia hopes to develop chips that enable applications such as image recognition and video search on mobile devices like smartphones and low-cost laptops, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said on Tuesday. More Web sites are posting high-definition video, and thousands of hours of video are continuously added to the Web, so such applications could allow users to search for specific images in videos and enhance the Web for mobile device users, Huang said during a speech at Nvidia's analyst meeting that was webcast. However, those applications require heavy graphics processing capabilities that are mostly seen on high-performance PCs like workstations, Huang said. Nvidia hopes to develop mobile graphics chips that ultimately enable those applications to work on mobile devices, he said.
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What will MySpace become after a 30% headcount reduction?
By Scott M. Fulton, III June 16, 2009
The question financial analysts are asking this afternoon in the wake of News Corp.'s layoff of 30% of MySpace employees is not, "Will this help?" Or even, "Does this make things better." It appears to be, "Will this be enough?" In a frank statement this afternoon demonstrating he hasn't lost his touch since leaving AOL, News Corp.'s Chief Digital Officer Jonathan Miller pronounced the deed done, saying, "MySpace grew too big considering the realities of today's marketplace. I believe this restructuring will help MySpace operate much more effectively both structurally and financially moving forward. I am confident in MySpace's next phase under the leadership of [CEO] Owen [Van Natta] and his team."
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The question financial analysts are asking this afternoon in the wake of News Corp.'s layoff of 30% of MySpace employees is not, "Will this help?" Or even, "Does this make things better." It appears to be, "Will this be enough?" In a frank statement this afternoon demonstrating he hasn't lost his touch since leaving AOL, News Corp.'s Chief Digital Officer Jonathan Miller pronounced the deed done, saying, "MySpace grew too big considering the realities of today's marketplace. I believe this restructuring will help MySpace operate much more effectively both structurally and financially moving forward. I am confident in MySpace's next phase under the leadership of [CEO] Owen [Van Natta] and his team."
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