28th July 2012 Archive

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• Zynga faces legal probe over senior management share sales

  Lawyers claim $516m cashed in before stock tanked

  Zynga's plummeting stock price has brought the attention of lawyers, who have started an investigation into the recent stock dealings by the senior management of the gaming company. At issue is the sale of 43 million shares of stock by Zynga top brass, netting them $516m in profit. The sales were carried out a couple of months …

  Law 28 Jul 00:34

• OAuth 2.0 standard editor quits, takes name off spec

  Says the protocol is enterprise-grade rubbish

  The lead author and editor of the OAuth 2.0 network authorization standard has stepped down from his role, withdrawn his name from the specification, and quit the working group, describing the current version of the spec as "the biggest professional disappointment of my career." Eran Hammer, who helped create the OAuth 1.0 …

  Developer 28 Jul 00:37

• Ten monster tellies to suit all budgets

  Product Round-up Olympic winners

  If you’re gearing up for the London Games, a gargantuan new TV should be top of your shopping list. The good news is that there’s plenty of choice if you want to go large, with prices to suit most pockets: our Top Ten kicks off at a modest £480, before reaching a wallet-busting £7,000. The cheaper end of the market has become a …

  Hardware 28 Jul 07:00

• Anonymous releases sample of Australian telco's data

  Video offers motive for attack, data release, threatens further action

  A campaign using the name and much of the iconography of activist group Anonymous has released data it hopes will embarrass the Australian Government into backing away from even considering data retention laws. Data has been posted to a number of file sharing sites and appears to have been released at around 2:00AM Sunday AEST …

  Security 28 Jul 21:58