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Xbox 360 players spend 1 billion hours each month using Xbox Live, Microsoft revealed today. Microsoft currently has over 25 million Xbox Live members worldwide. And according to the company, those folks are averaging over 40 hours of use each month. Although that figure also includes playing games on the service, the tech giant said that 42 percent of its Xbox Live Gold members watch one hour of television or movies per day on Xbox Live. Over the past year, the amount of time people spend watching television and movies on the service has increased by 157 percent, Microsoft said. All told, over 18 million people have either used Facebook, accessed Twitter, watched content on Xbox Live, or accessed one of the other entertainment services offered. At its peak, Xbox Live has been used by 2.4 million people at the same time. continue reading

Kaspersky introduced an anti-malware protection system, which includes eight new and refreshed products. The line-up of products supports the latest versions of operating systems and popular business applications. The programs also support virtualization and hierarchical data storage. The Anti-Malware Protection System is designed to work from endpoint and mobile device protection to file server, mail server, network storage and gateway protection. The core of the system is Kasperky’s centralized management system, which includes automated deployment, monitoring, updating, and multi-platform management, maintenance and reporting. Continue reading

MOST people have a hobby. Some are into photography, others collect stamps or coins. You must have even heard of people who collect butterflies. There's a wide variety of different things to do as a pastime. And so it should come as no surprise that Eugene Kaspersky as a youngster loved to collect viruses. And this love for these creepy things gave him his calling in life which, today, has resulted in a highly successful and fast-growing company called Kaspersky Lab. It should be clarified here that Mr Kaspersky, CEO of the Moscow-based company, was, and still is, interested in viruses of the electronic kind, which infect a computer. Kaspersky Lab is a fast-growing anti-virus company which has acquired quite a reputation for itself with its popular anti-virus products both for consumers as well as enterprises. Continue read the; Full story

Mozilla is advising fans of Firefox to update the stable version of the browser after it released a patch for a security bug marked "critical" today. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Firefox 3.6.12 patches a heap buffer overflow that could allow for remote code execution. Mozilla notes that the bug affects the current version 3.6 branch of Firefox, the legacy version 3.5 branch, and could potentially affect Thunderbird users who load Web pages in the RSS reader. The bug has not been found in the upcoming version 4, currently in beta development and behind schedule. Firefox 4 beta 7 was originally due in the middle of September, then pushed back to the end of September because of a stability bug. Mozilla has since initiated a code freeze on the next generation of its browser but has yet to update the schedule because of multiple critical bugs. It's expected that Mozilla's updated JavaScript engine will land in the seventh beta. Called JaegerMonkey, it's curre...

The security researcher who found and reported this critical buffer overflow and memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla’s Firefox browser is none other than Alex Miller, a 12-year-old boy who earned a $3,000 bounty for his discovery. According to the San Jose Mercury News, Miller (right) was motivated to search for Firefox security holes after Mozilla increased its bug bounty from $500 to $3,000. The seventh grader, described as a “Firefox loyalist,” had previously reported a Firefox vulnerability but that one did not qualify for the cash payout. Continue reading

Sori revealed a shocking “Star Pictorial” which ditched her homely image as the newest G7 member. Titled “Hip Girl”, the pictorial was shot at Phuket, Thailand. Shedding her usual boyish image, Sori exhibited her curves and feminine appeal. She also tackled a variety of looks for the photos, ranging from a darker, charismatic side to her cute, relaxed self in pink. The main photographer praised, “It was a great opportunity to show Sori’s natural appeal of her lean body and seductive eyes.” via; Allkpop

Apple has rushed out a Java for Mac update to fix multiple security vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw discussed three months ago at Summerc0n by researcher Dino Dai Zovi. The Java for Mac update rolls up fixes for extremely critical security holes in Java 1.6.0_20. The most serious flaws allows an untrusted Java applet to execute arbitrary code outside the Java sandbox. These could be exploited to launch drive-by download attacks. Apple also fixed two additional remote code exection issues, including one that was publicly released by Dai Zovi in June (see slides - PDF). Continue reading

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.6.11 with patches for a dozen security holes, some serious enough to launch attacks if a user simply surfs to a booby-trapped website. In all, the open-source released nine bulletins documenting 12 security vulnerabilities. Five of the bulletins are rated “critical,” meaning that those vulnerabilities can be exploited to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing. Here’s the raw information on the critical updates: MFSA 2010-71 Unsafe library loading vulnerabilities: Mozilla developer Ehsan Akhgari reported that a function used to load external libraries on Windows platforms was using a relative path to a DLL-loading application and was thus vulnerable to binary planting if an attacker was able to place an executable of the same name in the current working directory or any of the other locations that Windows searches for executables. Continue reading

Google has shipped another Chrome browser update to fix multiple security security vulnerabilities. Some of these security holes can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks, bypass certain security restrictions, and potentially compromise a user’s system, according to this Secunia advisory.Secunia rates this a “highly critical” update. According to this basic documentation, there are a total of 11 vulnerabilities in this patch batch. Google is withholding details on most of the serious vulnerabilities until the majority of Chrome users are fully patches. Some of the flaws affect Linux users only. Here’s what we know: [48225] [51727] (Medium-risk) Possible autofill / autocomplete profile spamming. [48857] (High-risk) Crash with forms. [50428] (Critical) Browser crash with form autofill. Credit to the Chromium development community. Continue reading

According to data from Microsoft’s malware protection center, there has been an “unprecedented wave” of exploits against vulnerabilities in Oracle Sun’s Java software in 2010. Microsoft’s Holly Stewart notes that there has been a dramatic spike in Java attacks in the third quarter this year, mostly against these three vulnerabilities: Continue reading

Oracle has issued a massive Java SE and Java for Business update to fix 29 security vulnerabilities that could be exploited to take complete control of vulnerable computers. According to Oracle, 28 of these vulnerabilities could be remotely exploitable without authentication (over a network without the need for a username and password). The patches are available for Windows, Linux and Solaris users. Apple’s Mac OS X is also vulnerable but security updates for that operating system is usually delayed for several months. According to Oracle’s advisory, 15 of the 29 vulnerabilities carry the maximum 10.0 CVSS severity rating. Continue reading

Seeking to address the problem of cellular phone theft in the Philippines, mobile handset manufacturer Sony Ericsson announced that it will be installing security software on some of its smartphone handsets, starting with the recently launched Xperia X8 model, which runs on Google’s Android operating system. While previous models can be installed with third party security applications, Sony Ericsson tapped McAfee for the Xperia X8’s security software, which is called WaveSecure . In an interview, Sony Ericsson General Manager Dennis Manzano said the inclusion of a security application was a “natural progression” as the company sees growth in the smartphone handset, which has become a target for both phone thieves as well as cybercriminals looking to steal valuable data from the phones when it is connected to the Internet. Manzano said mobile phone security is nothing new, though people have a tendency to actually forget that their phones are very unsecured against phone thieves. But m...

Valve, the game developer behind such best-selling franchises as Counter-Strike and Half-Life, has officially announced Defense of the Ancients (Dota) 2, a sequel to the popular custom scenario for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. In a brief press release, Valve states that Dota 2 will be coming to both Mac and PC sometime in 2011. Valve also notes that Dota 2 will take the blend of online RTS and RPG action that made the original Dota a success, and expand upon it in every way. Continue reading

Microsoft dropped its largest ever batch of security patches today to cover a record 49 security vulnerabilities, including several browser flaws that could expose Internet Explorer users to drive-by malware downloads. The Internet Explorer bulletin (MS10-071) fixes a total of 12 vulnerabilities and because of the risk of zero-click drive-by download attacks, Microsoft is urging Windows users to apply this patch immediately. Windows users should also pay special attention to MS10-076, which covers a serious flaw in the way the operating system handles embedded OpenType (EOT) fonts. This update is rated “critical” for all versions of Windows (including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008) and can be exploited to launch remote code execution attacks if a computer user simply surfs to a booby trapped Web site. Microsoft also urged system administrators to treat these bulletins with the highest priority: * MS10-077: Addresses a vulnerability in .NET Framework that could allow remote code ex...

Visual kei group the GazettE have officially announced their new single, “Pledge,” which will come out on December 15th. This is the third single of the year for the group, but it definitely stands apart from their other releases. “Pledge” will be the first ballad style single from the band since “Guren” back at the beginning of 2008. The song will set the mood for the winter season, and is being described as a new classic for the group. Continue reading

AKB48 will be releasing a calendar for 2011 titled “PRESENT ~Kamisama karano Okurimono” on December 14th. 14 out of the 48 members have been selected for the calendar: Ohshima Yuko, Maeda Atsuko, Shinoda Mariko, Itano Tomomi, Watanabe Mayu, Takahashi Minami, Kojima Haruna, Kashiwagi Yuki, Miyazawa Sae, Matsui Jurina, Kasai Tomomi, Takajo Aki, Minegishi Minami, and Sashihara Rino. The calendar will come with many special bonuses, which include 12 clear files, a special 3-D trading card, and brilliant seals. Released by Shogakugan, you can find a making-of video on their home page, available sometime in the middle of October. Check out the photos below for a sneak peak of the ‘clear files’ bonuses. More photo; tokyohive.com

Microsoft will unveil handsets running its new Windows Phone 7 (WP7) operating system for the first time today at an event in New York. Some experts predict this will be a make-or-break product launch. Analysts say Microsoft's success with WP7 is important to its mobile initiatives, as well as to the overall future prowess of the software giant, which is best known for its desktop operating systems and office productivity software. Analysts regard the WP7 announcement as important to the entire company. "On a scale of 1 to 10, this announcement is an 11," said Ramon Llamas, an IDC analyst. "This is where the rubber meets the road. It's huge." Microsoft must prove it has overcome its dismal performance with the current Windows Mobile OS and the failure of a youth-focused Kin phone line that launched in the spring but was killed two months later. Continue reading

A jailbreak from someone who said he was retiring last July was released today. The twist is that the comeback release was supposed to be issued Monday, October 11, now it is ahead of another jailbreak release from another competitor. George Holtz, more known as “Geohot”, released Limera1n ahead of Greenpois0n by Chronic Dev Team. The latter is scheduled for release morning of Sunday, October 10. Limera1n will work with version 4.0 or higher of the iOS operating system. However, only a Windows version is available. Mac and Linux versions will be coming up soon. Continue reading

All-girl rock band SCANDAL have announced the release of a mini-album of cover songs. The album, called R-GIRL's ROCK!, will be released on November 17th and will feature popular cover songs from the last thirty years. It will include a cover of the hit song secret base -Kimi ga Kureta Mono, originally released by ZONE. Further information regarding the tracklist is expected to be revealed soon. Read more: http://www.jame-world.com/

A Firefox Trojan has been found to force the Internet browser to save user passwords and then use those passwords to create a new user account on the infected computer. Most security researchers recommend that users tell Firefox not to remember their passwords, since saved ones are so easily extracted by malware. The Trojan-PWS-Nslog malware discovered by security company Webroot, however, gets around user preferences altogether by actually deactivating the Firefox code that asks if it should save those passwords when the user logs into a secure site. "Before the infection, a default installation of Firefox 3.6.10 would prompt the user after the user clicks the Log In button on a Web page, asking whether he or she wants to save the password," Webroot researcher Andrew Brandt explained in a blog post on Wednesday. "After the infection, the browser simply saves all login credentials locally, and doesn't prompt the user." Continue reading

Microsoft has reportedly produced the Escrow Build of the first Release Candidate for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and provided the bits for testing to a select pool of testers. Following the release of Windows 7 SP1 Beta in July 2010, the software giant has been less chatty about the first upgrade for the latest iteration of the Windows client. No plans for the development process were made public for example, but despite this, Microsoft has been hard at work on the service pack which some still believe will be finalized and offered to users by the end of 2010. The Redmond company has yet to confirm the availability of Windows 7 SP1 RC Escrow officially, and with the information coming from a third-party source, users need to take it with a grain of salt. Steven Sinofsky, President, Windows and Windows Live Division was present at the Beauty of the Web event in San Francisco in mid-September, but he wasn’t talking Windows, whether it was Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8. According to the report...

After spending the past 60 days in lockdown, Facebook engineers yesterday took the wraps off several tools that Mark Zuckerberg, the social networking sites CEO, promised would be provide users greater control over their private information. The changes came just two weeks after Canada's privacy commissioner said she was satisfied with the site's efforts in dealing with privacy complaints filed against Facebook two years ago. Top among yesterday's announcement was a new feature that will enable Facebook users to download their personal data into a Zip file. Zuckerberg said the "Download Your Information" tool allows users to get a copy of "everything" they've ever posted to the site including photos, status updates and wall posts. Facebook Bible: continue reading

Motorola has launched legal action against Apple for patent infringement in its Mac, iPod and iPhone lines. The company has launched three complaints claiming that Apple has broken 18 patents Motorola says it holds. The patents are also infringed by Apple’s App Store and MobileMe services, according to Motorola. “Motorola has innovated and patented throughout every cycle of the telecommunications industry evolution, from Motorola’s invention of the cell phone to its development of premier smartphone products. We have extensively licensed our industry-leading intellectual property portfolio, consisting of tens of thousands of patents in the US and worldwide,” said Kirk Dailey, corporate vice president of intellectual property at Motorola Mobility. Continue reading

Adobe has slapped another band-aid on its heavily targeted PDF Reader/Acrobat product line, warning that hackers are already exploiting some of these vulnerabilities to launch malware attacks. The latest mega-patch, available for Windows, Mac and UNIX users, covers a whopping 23 security flaws that could cause software crashes or remote code execution attacks. Affected Software Versions: Adobe Reader 9.3.4 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX Adobe Acrobat 9.3.4 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh The company rates these vulnerabilities as “critical” and urged users to immediately upgrade to Adobe Reader 9.4. Continue reading

FINAL FANTASY and FINAL FANTASY II For iPhone/iPod Touch Available in French and Chinese (Traditional and Simplified). Ever since its release in February, FINAL FANTASY and FINAL FANTASY II for iPhone/iPod touch have been well-received worldwide. French and Chinese (traditional and simplified) language updates are now available in addition to the existing Japanese and English language options, opening the application to more players around the globe. In commemorating the update, the FINAL FANTASY and FINAL FANTASY II applications will be available at half price for one week. The campaign will start today and end on Monday, October 5. Platforms: iPhone/iPod touch Genre: RPG Launch Date: Now Available Continue reading

Autodesk, Inc. has announced the availability of AutoCAD WS, a new free web application that uses cloud computing technology to enable AutoCAD software users to view, edit and share their AutoCAD designs and DWG files through web browsers and mobile devices. The AutoCAD WS mobile application for iOS is also now available as a free* app in the App Store for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. “Through anytime anywhere access to AutoCAD designs, the AutoCAD WS web and iOS app greatly simplifies the way designers and engineers work in the field and with multiple stakeholders,” said Amar Hanspal, senior vice president, Autodesk Platform Solutions and Emerging Business, in the press release. “Autodesk has a long history of making design more accessible, and AutoCAD WS is the latest example of how Autodesk is using cloud computing and mobile platforms to extend design beyond the desktop, while helping accelerate better design.” The AutoCAD WS web application was previously available as “Project But...