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Bad day for Apple (and its end users):

http://www.cloudhub.uk.com/2548/17m-cos ... our-outage

and consecutively:

http://www.cloudhub.uk.com/2997/cloud-m ... le-scandal

and watch PlayStation kill itself off!:

http://www.cloudhub.uk.com/2059/playsta ... loud-based

Hi Swarf,

I advised my oldest brother recently about using cloud services, I hope he gets to t read this too!.

I personally will never ever not in any lifetime use any cloud services, they are open to abuse/attack from all sorts of weirdo's out there!.

Always backup your data to an external USB device and also on another safe partition. (Create at tleast two backups in case one goes "Doolally".

Excellent advice Wolfman - sadly some of us at work don't get to choose! (Office 365! )

Not only our data is in the cloud but also our money is there.

http://yle.fi/uutiset/nordea_online_ban ... ht/7917636

Some day it can also be disappeared like these news from Nordea tels. Where we can backup our money, it is more complicated. I hope that it works opposite way so that suddenly there were lot of money in the cloud.

Excellent advice Wolfman - sadly some of us at work don't get to choose! (Office 365! )

Hi Swarf,

if the Company I work for say use it, then I don't have a problem; because it is their problem when things go wrong!.

I, like I said above, won't use it and I would advise my boss against it too!.

Remember last Xmas when someone hacked Xbox/PlayStations server, millions of people couldn't get their game fix because of a DOS attack on cloud server access (lack thereoff!).

ɘƨɿɘvɘЯ algo attack cracks Belkin router WPS PINs: researcher
SOHOpeless: all you need is the MAC and the serial number

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2f06

China weaponizes its Great Firewall into the GREAT FIRE CANNON, menaces entire globe
You've got censorship – you've all got censorship now

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eZH

Sprint fined $16m for sticking it to The Man: Telco 'overcharged' Feds for phone wiretaps
I gouged the law and the law won

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eZE

Wi-Fi hotspots can put iPhones into ETERNAL super slow-mo
'Phantom' hack sends your iThings into a tailspin of torpor

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eZc

All Mac owners should migrate to OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 ASAP
Unless you're happy with an odd root 'backdoor' lurking on your machine, that is

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eZ1

iOS, OS X apps sent into infinite dizzy DoS by this one weird kernel bug
Apple patches OOB **** to stop API noobs being duped

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eYn

Oh no, Moto! Cable modem has hardcoded 'technician' backdoor
SOHOpeless router tosses your internet connection into the DMZ for max p0wn potential

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eYk

Denial of service attacks pour through rift in Network Time Protocol
Mismatched clocks allow poison packets to prevent synching, and sink you

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eYb

LG monitor software quietly kills UAC, dev says
Life's Good for malware

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eY6

DARPA-funded team says it can SMELL Android malware
There once was a racehorse called 'Hoof-Hearted'

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eY4

Fsck those new emojis! Install iOS 8.3, OS X 10.10.3 NOW to squash all these security bugs
Stop cooing over smiley faces – there are RCEs to fix

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eY3

Using Office 365 at work? It's dangerous to go alone! Take this...
Microsoft touts new weapon to fend off Exchange email exploiters

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eXT

Dell System Detect update vulnerability exposed
Cool down, the issue has been ‘remediated’ says PC biz

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eXw

A MILLION Chrome users' data was sent to ONE dodgy IP address
Chocolate Factory stays silent as infosec bods reveal badness

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eXm

Google Ads go NUCLEAR, foist exploit kit
Choc Factory puts boot into hacked ads

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eXe

Most top corporates still Heartbleeding over the internet
Australia crowned global head-in-sand champion

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eX3

Aw, snap! How huge HTML links can crash Chrome tabs in one click
Watch out for drive-by browser bombs – for now, at least

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eWX

Can't patch this: Mozilla pulls Firefox encryption feature after just a week
Stop right there. This thing ain’t ready

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eWF

E-commerce enterprises gently told to update those protocols ... or
else
Response to Heartbleed, Shellshock, Poodle really kicks in

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eWt

Linux Australia hacked, warns personal details exposed
Linus Torvalds was at hacked event, but organisers say payment details safe

http://go.reg.cx/ml/773ff/5553e57f/2b0e0e02/2eUY

Analysis of a cybercrime infrastructure
A detailed and rarely seen inside view of the infrastructure, tools and techniques that enabled a cybercrime group to infect over 500,000 PCs.

http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/d/ ... week_sec_e

YLE interviewed Nokia CEO Rjeev Suri on the Alcatel-Lucent deal. Impact on jobs still open.

http://yle.fi/uutiset/video_nokia_ceo_r ... al/7936577

German car manufacturers BMW, Audi and Daimler are interested in buying Nokia's HERE map and navigation business. HERE is already widely used also in ready installed cars' navigators. Nokia has launched a tender in order to get a better price than the book value of 2 billion euros of HERE business.

http://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehm ... 29790.html

I was puzzled to see Daimler - I thought they went belly up with Chrysler? (Daimler Chrysler?)

Ooops:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/ ... 2U20150423

Ooops:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/ ... 2U20150423

That is one of the reasons I left a certain Credit Card Company in the UK having been a customer for ... (since I was a teenager) due to rigging and potentially fraudulent staff in Customer Services!

I will never use a credit card, if I cannot pay for something, I wait until I have the money, why pay 10 or more procent on top of the price!.

Well it actually doesn't work like that in all circumstances. For example, when I worked in a different job, many years ago in Accounts, the Finance Manager would not allow a certain Credit Card for payment unless the holder agreed to pay the 4% that the business would be charged for allowing that Card to be used! Interest on my current account is better than the retailers - and only ever had charges applied if I had a memory lapse but 99.9% of the time bills are always paid off - not a good customer for the Credit Card people!

Also my mother-in-law asked a big brand shop if they were prepared to do a discount for cash - they would only accept Credit Card/ Debit Card!

There is a mess with the unreliable news what Nokia is going to do with its phone business. Only few days ago there was some very reliable looking news that it will come back to phone business and use Android os. It also had that N1 Android tablet on the Nokia's internet page and presented it on Nokia's stand in China. Nokia has huge amount of phone related patents and wants to get income of those. People want also to buy preferably Nokia instead of Microsoft branded devices. So, never know whether this was the "final news" related to that business. My best guess is that if Microsoft fails with phones, there will finally come a Chinese or Taiwanese "Nokia" phone and Nokia sells or licences all ip. rights to that manufacturer.

http://yle.fi/uutiset/nokia_were_not_ge ... ss/7957770

Microsoft closes its outlet in Helsinki

http://yle.fi/uutiset/microsoft_closes_ ... et/7968792

New high end Lumias Talkman and Cityman now "specified" according to Nokia's first mobilephones from 80s.

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/05/specs- ... s-rumored/

Mihail Gorbatshov talking with the original Cityman 900 in Helsinki year 1989 (pic. and news, Iltasanomat)

Now the rumored Lumia phones' characteristics are "a little" more modern. "Cityman" has a 5.7-inch screen, 8-core processor, 3 gigabyte working memory, 32 gigs of storage, 20-megapixel camera and a 3300 mA battery.

"Talkman", in turn, is said to have 5.2-inch display, 6-core processor, 3 gigabyte working memory, 32 gigs of storage, 20-megapixel camera and a 3000 mA battery. These Lumias will also be the first Windows 10 preinstalled phones.

Cyberattack, target the radio station

http://yle.fi/uutiset/cyberattacks_targ ... es/7983088

Promising news that there will be a real GNU/Linux open source based mobile os., Sailfish, competing with Google's Android.

http://www.jollausers.com/2015/05/sailf ... or-mobile/

That os. is developed for and used in Jolla phones and tablets but ported also to many other Android devices.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2bUlhfU708
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3ZadrSlScY

Let's hope they don't make similar mistakes with their tablet as they did with their mobiles - no 'Home' Button!

Talking of Android, I tried out the OS recently, I would not recommend it to a serious Linux user as it sucks imo!. I would rather sit naked in a public place using Windows 8 to be quite honest!.

Let's hope they don't make similar mistakes with their tablet as they did with their mobiles - no 'Home' Button!

Jollas marketing message is:
"The world doesn't need yet another smartphone – it needs a new way of thinking. That's why Jolla was born. Meet the Jolla smartphone powered by Sailfish OS".

Lack of Home-Button is not a mistake, Jolla phone and Sailfish os.' user interface has been on purpose made differently so that it is easy to hold and navigate just using one hand (without any buttons). That is not so valid feature with tablets, due to bigger size, you have to use there both hands (if you hold it with one hand).

Hi Henriolavi, What you have to remember is some people get stuck in their ways (in much the same way some people have difficulty in migrating to GNU/Linux) because it is what they are accustomed to = "familiarity breeds contempt".

Henriolavi >
How many pictures did it take you to figure out Marc Dillon is handicapped ....and that's how the phone evolved !!!! [ One Handed ]
Why would someone want that garbage....when they can have the real thing [ Windows 10 Phone ]
At least Ubuntu Phone's was kept original in design !!!!
Some people are just plain lazy...thinking they can change this and that around...and we won''t tell the difference.
That phone has Windows Mobile characteristics all over the blooming thing !!!!

I admit that Marc Dillon had his personal reason to develop a better navigation solution than just copying Android- Windows- and iPhone's Back- and Home-Buttons to Sailfish. That is just the positive thing how designs evolves.

I admit that Marc Dillon had his personal reason to develop a better navigation solution than just copying Android- Windows- and iPhone's Back- and Home-Buttons to Sailfish. That is just the positive thing how designs evolves.

The fact is...there is no development/design here.
Nothing but changing someone's ideas around and calling them yours.

Ultra high speed 5G network opens for testing in Oulu

http://yle.fi/uutiset/5g_test_network_o ... lu/8008788

Subject that is currently hot !!!!

[ Cyanogen ]

Link : http://www.cnbc.com/id/102596601

"Is SourceForge up to its old tricks?" - quote from the headline article in Linux Format issue 200.

"...In a blog post Gordon Lyon (http://bit.ly/SFHijacksNmap) the program's author has alleged that the original download page has been made blank, and a new page hosting the download - along with many other download links that will install unwanted programs - has been created by SourceForge. Although Lyon has confirmed that as of yet no additional software has been included with the Nmap installer, he's understandably annoyed at SourceForge hijacking his account, and he's wary that it might include Trojan installers in the future. SourceForge is likely to defend its actions as a legitimate way of offering its users choice, while gaining advertorial money to keep the site going, but for now we would suggest not downloading anything from SourceForge until we find out more."

Stay tuned!

"Is SourceForge up to its old tricks?" - quote from the headline article in Linux Format issue 200.

"...In a blog post Gordon Lyon (http://bit.ly/SFHijacksNmap) the program's author has alleged that the original download page has been made blank, and a new page hosting the download - along with many other download links that will install unwanted programs - has been created by SourceForge. Although Lyon has confirmed that as of yet no additional software has been included with the Nmap installer, he's understandably annoyed at SourceForge hijacking his account, and he's wary that it might include Trojan installers in the future. SourceForge is likely to defend its actions as a legitimate way of offering its users choice, while gaining advertorial money to keep the site going, but for now we would suggest not downloading anything from SourceForge until we find out more."

Stay tuned!

I remember going to that site and not finding what I needed to download. Way too many other downloads that I didn't want or need. So I quit going there all together.