Apple has updated QuickTime to version 7.7.1 for Windows. The update stuffs twelve security holes that can be exploited via manipulated video files, among other things, to inject and execute malicious code. The error put a security alert, according to Quicktime for Windows 7, Vista and XP SP2 and higher. Some of the vulnerabilities Apple [...]

A day after Apple updated its built-in image editing iLife’11 iPhoto to version 9.2.1, is now also an update to the professional image-editing and photo management software Aperture 3 is available. Version 3.2.1 fixes several bugs, but introduces no new features. A now fixed bugs could cause the program was terminated during startup on a [...]

Nokia has introduced its in-house exhibition at Nokia World in London as an alternative to touchscreen control of smart phones. The “Kinetic Nokia Device” has a flexible screen. The user takes it in both hands. He turns the pages easily against each other, for example, the unit starts to scroll through the open gallery. But [...]

The judge has postponed the start of Oracle’s lawsuit against Google on next year. Was a week ago it became known that the originally scheduled date of 31 October – Halloween also as an important holiday in the U.S. – was not to keep. In a letter dated 26 October finally announced to Judge Joseph [...]

Security researchers from Sophos have discovered and Eset, the hackers have a Linux Trojan ported to Apple’s Mac OS platform. So that they extend the reach of the pest developed by them to gain more computers for their botnet. The Trojan, called “Tsunami” receives its commands via IRC. This may include, for example, instructions to [...]

Acer has a first configuration of his 51st on the IFA in Berlin featured ultra Books Aspire S3 on the market. The base model with Intel’s 1.6 GHz faster dual core CPU Core i5-2467M (2.3 GHz with Turbo Boost) and hybrid hard disk is available now for 799 €. Three other models with core i5 [...]

Research In Motion has a report in the Wall Street Journal this year, according to a monitoring center for its Blackberry service in Mumbai, India set up. In the capital, which was called Bombay until 1996, the Strafverfolgungsbhörden allegedly take a look at the messages from RIM’s Indian customers. According to anonymous sources, the newspaper [...]

Citrix Systems has increased in the third quarter in both sales and profits. The latter amounts to GAAP at 92 million dollars, or 49 cents per share on revenues of $ 565 million (up 20 percent year on year). The non-GAAP earnings reached $ 121 million or 64 cents per share. In the same period [...]

Google has integrated Google Apps in the Google Social Network + and thus makes it possible to use the same digital identity for both services. “The users of Google Apps are the same features as every user of Google + available and even more,” said Google Product Manager Ronald Ho with a blog entry. “The [...]

The ICT industry association Bitkom warns of impending high taxes on mobile phones, the devices would increase the cost significantly. Calls up to 36 € per phone sold according to him currently the central point for private copying rights (ZPÜ), an association of collecting societies. This is the private use legal copies of copyrighted content [...]

Motorola Mobility has been written in the third quarter red ink. Compared to the previous quarter, the losses decreased by $ 2,000,000 or 6 percent to $ 32 million. Increased its sales of mobile phone manufacturers by 11 percent to 3.26 billion dollars. The revenue and also the non-GAAP earnings of $ 0.12 per share [...]

AMD has generated the third-quarter net profit of $ 97 million (68 million euros) or $ 0.13 per share. A year earlier, the balance was still a shortfall of 118 million dollars. Revenue rose 7 percent to 1.69 billion dollars (1.19 billion €). AMD, which exceeded the expectations of analysts who had predicted a profit [...]

Samsung’s attempt to prevent the sale of the iPhone 4S in Europe, has stalled: An Italian judge has postponed its decision and denied a preliminary injunction. Thus, the sale of the new Apple smartphone in Italy is allowed. The reported Agenzia Italia Giornalistica (AGI). The Milan judge wants to give the parties time to submit [...]

Samsung has for an Australian Federal Court lodged a formal complaint against the ban imposed in mid-October of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Judge Annabel Bennett had decided two weeks ago that would be of substantial harm to Apple, Samsung’s tablet would come on the market, while a lawsuit is being prepared. Bennett also appreciated Samsung’s [...]

mash-ups with Google Maps will soon be a charge. This is according to a blog entry for Web services that request on Google Maps API more than 25,000 pages per day. The decision had been communicated in April and was originally from 1 October are. Now, by “early 2012″ is mentioned – at least once [...]