CNET - Wall Street gave a nod to cloud computing Friday as San Antonio, Texas-based Rackspace Hosting opened for trading today on the New York Stock Exchange following its initial public offering Thursday. -- read full article
AP - Phone companies have been feeling the heat from cable companies for years, as those traditional TV providers have expanded their own phone services and fought hard for broadband Internet subscribers. -- read full article
AP - Yahoo Inc. will let its Web visitors decline ads targeted to their browsing habits, becoming the latest Internet company to break from a common industry practice as Congress steps up scrutiny of customized advertising and consumer privacy. -- read full article
AP - Want to break into the computer network in an ultra-secure building? Ship a hacked iPhone there to a nonexistent employee and hope the device sits in the mailroom, scanning for nearby wireless connections. -- read full article
Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp is
considering a sale of the Nextel wireless network it bought in
2005, but may have trouble finding a buyer for an asset whose
value has plunged about 80 percent to an estimated $5 billion. -- read full article
Macworld.com - The Infinite Kind has announced the release of Moneydance 2008r2, an update to their personal finance management software for Mac OS X. It costs $39.99, and the update is free for registered users. -- read full article
AFP - Reporters from an online French magazine were booted from the world's premier computer security conference Thursday after reportedly hacking a press room network and stealing peers' passwords.
CNET - LAS VEGAS--On the second day of the Black Hat security conference, a trio of journalists turned on other journalists within the press room. -- read full article
AP - With thousands of hackers milling around the Black Hat convention here, and widespread snooping on the public Wi-Fi network, one place was supposed to be off limits: the press room. -- read full article
AP - In an assessment that could lead to a substantial charge against its future profits, Google Inc. believes its $1 billion investment in advertising partner AOL is souring.
AP - Two unions representing 65,000 workers at Verizon Communications Inc. have set a Sunday night deadline for contract talks, saying a strike is possible next week. -- read full article
AFP - Computer security researchers on Thursday warned that online social networking websites are playgrounds for hackers who can easily take advantage of people's trust.
AFP - Typos can bedevil online political campaigns by letting evil software wizards or crafty king-makers turn misspellings into opportunities for sabotage or theft, a security specialist has warned.
Investor's Business Daily - Petite laptops with small screens and even tinier price tags may do more than shake up the computer hardware industry: They might loosen Microsoft's grip on the computer operating system. -- read full article
