12th September 2009 Archive

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• Twitter 'leaves door open' for targeted ads

  Ad2.0rhea

  Earlier this year, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said there are "no people at Twitter who know anything about advertising." But apparently, they're hiring. The micro-blogging website has updated its terms of service to allow Twitter and its partners to target ads based on Tweets, searches, and other information users provide. …

  Media 12 Sep 2009, 00:22

• Linux webserver botnet pushes malware

  Attack of the open source zombies

  A security researcher has discovered a cluster of infected Linux servers that have been corralled into a special ops botnet of sorts and used to distribute malware to unwitting people browsing the web. Each of the infected machines examined so far is a dedicated or virtual dedicated server running a legitimate website, Denis …

  Security 12 Sep 2009, 00:32

• Microsoft $358m patent violation damages tossed

  Still guilty as sin

  Microsoft has successfully dodged a court ruling that would have sent hundreds of millions of Redmond dollars to long-running litigant Alcatel-Lucent. An appeal overturned a $358m award to the telecoms equipment company, after Microsoft was found to have infringed on an Alcatel patent in Outlook. Judges heading the appeal …

  Applications 12 Sep 2009, 03:29

• TomTom UK and Ireland

  iPhone App Review The best known name in satnav finds its way to the App Store

  Apple added a true GPS pick-up to the iPhone more than a year ago, but it's taken that long for TomTom to release an application to make use of it. Even now, it's not a complete offering. The software is there, but the car kit - once the sort of add-on bundled with applications, but now sold separately - isn't available and its …

  Phones 12 Sep 2009, 08:02