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3rd September 2011 Archive

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  • Dutch CA banished for life from Chrome, Firefox

    Game over for DigiNotar and its PKIoverheid fiefdom

    The network breach in July that forged a near-perfect replica of a Google.com credential minted more than 200 other SSL certificates for more than 20 different domains, a top manager for Mozilla's Firefox browser said. In stern rebuke of substandard practices at Netherlands-based certificate authority DigiNotar, Director of …

    Enterprise Security 3 Sep 04:20

  • Sea eagles menace Scottish children

    Clergyman attacked, kiddies next on the menu

    The Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) has had a bit of a Daily Mail moment by claiming reintroduced sea eagles pose a serious threat to children, and that there should be an "exit strategy"* to deal with the menace from birds of prey should they decide to dine on Caledonian kiddies. The warning comes after a white-tailed …

    Biology 3 Sep 09:00

  • Apple gives green light to Eton solar cell iPhone case

    IFA 2011 I'm talking on sunshine...

    At IFA in Berlin, Eton set a shining example among the iPhone 4 portable chargers with its Mobius battery case that features a solar panel on the back. As is the norm with portable solar products, the panel keeps a secondary battery topped up that then offloads its power into the rechargeable battery of the attached product …

    reghardware 3 Sep 09:28

  • Hands on with the Samsung Galaxy Note

    IFA 2011 Definitely a big phone, not a small tablet

    Samsung's Galaxy Note Android Gingerbread-based device is undoubtedly an oddity. The South Korean giant claims it brings the best of the smartphone world - cellular comms, a relatively compact casing - with the best the tablet offers: a big (ish) screen. Whether you agree will depend on whether you see the value in a notepad- …

    reghardware 3 Sep 11:13

  • Hands on with Toshiba's 'world's thinnest' Android 3.2 tablet

    IFA 2011 Skinny by numbers, not by feel

    Toshiba didn't give us the chance to do much more than hold its new Android 3.2 tablet, the prosaically named AT200, but it was enough to see that this is a very thin tablet. Yet 7.7mm thick it may be, but because its sides are flat, with only a very small curve at the edges, it doesn't feel much thinner than a tablet with …

    reghardware 3 Sep 11:37