judgecorp writes “NHS Surrey, part of Britain’s health service, has been fined £200, 000 when a computer holding more than 3000 patient records was found for sale on eBay. The system was retired, and given to a contractor who promised to dispose of it securely for free, in exchange for any salvage value… but clearly just put the whole system up for sale.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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NHS Fined After Computer Holding Patient Records Found On eBay
msm1267 writes “A researcher is expected to release Tortilla, an open source tool that anonymously routes TCP and DNS traffic through Tor, at the upcoming Black Hat conference. Tortilla provides a secure, anonymous means of routing traffic through Tor regardless of client software and without the need for a VPN or secure tunnel.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Open Source Tortilla For Tor To Be Released At Black Hat
The iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2 rumor mills have been buzzing since late 2012 with reports of delayed devices and thinner hardware, and we’re rounding up all of the rumors here. [Read more]
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Police remain baffled about a woman who walked into staff areas of a Boca Raton, Fla., Apple store, a mystery object strapped to her, and claimed she needed help. [Read more]
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Woman in Apple store with device strapped to chest a mystery
In talks with Sharp and LG, Apple plans to expand energy-saving IGZO displays to the iPad and MacBook, says Korea’s IT News as cited by PatentlyApple. [Read more]
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The latest stage in their content arms race, Netflix extends its agreement for classic and recent CBS shows, after Amazon Prime starts streaming “Under the Dome” days soon after they air. [Read more]
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Netflix keeps eyes on wider library with extended CBS pact
otaku244 writes “Since 1998, Microsoft TechNet has been a the mainstay for all system developers attached to the Microsoft Platform given the ease of access to almost every product the company has produced. Unfortunately, the days of a cheap, unlimited Microsoft development stack are coming to an end.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Microsoft To Shut Down TechNet Subscription Service
The software giant’s cloud storage service infringes the trademark name of BSkyB, one of the largest broadcasters in Europe, the U.K.’s High Court in London rules. [Read more]
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SkyDrive trademark ruling goes against Microsoft
Billly Gates writes “The latest beta drivers for the Catalyst drivers control suite only list Vista as the lowest version they will support. We still have almost a year before Windows XP support finally ends. Will NVidia follow? So if you own a AMD system you will not receive audio, chipset, video, or any other drivers for your XP system and must upgrade or use an outdated legacy version. Looks like another death knell for this very long lasting platform.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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AMD/ATI Drops Windows XP Support
An anonymous reader writes “Remember AltaVista from the late ’90s? Yahoo is finally pulling life support and letting Altavista die a noble death after over 15 years of hard service.” You can only take so many years of being a running gag. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Yahoo Puts AltaVista To Death