Apple patches "shellshock" bash vulnerability

OS X 10.7+ gets an update for bash shell.  Users should upgrade soon.

iOS 8.0.2 released

To fix battery problems and other bugs.

Facebook 747 sized drones

"engineering director of Facebook’s Connectivity Lab, said Monday at the Social Good Summit in New York City. Instead he refers to them as "planes," seeing as they will be "roughly the size" of airplanes "like a 747," although much, much lighter..They also will have to be powered by the sun to continuously provide Wi-Fi coverage.."

More on the ShellShock bash vulnerability

Linux, Unix, and OS X operating systems may be vulnerable to the bash shell being exploited.  If bash scripts can be run, via ssh login or web cgi url, then a system may be vulnerable.  All users should upgrade ASAP.  Major Linux distros have released updates.

The Pirate Bay exists "in the cloud."

21 hosted VMs all "around the world."

iPhone 6 prelim benchmarks

In short, it's pretty fast...

You cannot charge your iPhone 6 in a microwave oven.

Yes, someone fell for that.

New Gmail accounts no longer require Google+

You can create a Gmail account without having to have the corresponding Google+ stuff.

Apple Patches OS X, Safari

Along with iOS 8, Apple has released patches for OS X and Safari.  Users should patch soon using software update.

Home Depot, up to 56 million users affected

Krebs has the details on one of the largest breaches ever.

iFixit tears down iPhone6

They say it's easy to fix.

iOS 8 Review

Ars Technica does a full review.

Adobe Reader/Acrobat Patches

Adobe has released patches for Reader and Acrobat that were scheduled to be released last week.  Update as soon as possible.

Serious bug in Android "Browser"

A vulnerability has been found in the default web client, named Browser, for all versions of Android < 4.4.  You should not use Browser and switch to Chrome or Firefox for your Android surfing.

Back to Space? NASA annoucement at 4PM EST

What is up w/NASA?

NFC on iPhone 6 limited to Apple Pay

At launch no other sales system will be usable (google wallet etc.) but that is unsurprising to most.

You can now play DOOM on a printer.

Canon printer with an LCD of almost the same resolution required by the original game.

Minecraft costs Microsoft $2.5b

Microsoft buys the popular Java based "lego like" game for $2.5b.

Google's Android One

Trying to get more Android phones into budget markets like India.

Yahoo was fighting for customer privacy

US Govt threatened $250000 daily fines if Yahoo didn't comply with "digital wiretaps."

Google offers Startups $100000 of free server hosting

You must already have a "partnership" with Google, less than 5 years old, less than $500k in yearly profit.

ChromeOS now can run Android Apps

Google will be "porting" selected apps.

Microsoft Onedrive can now handle file sizes up to 10GB.

2GB was the old limit.

Is U2's new album on your iDevice w/o your permission

Depending upon the settings, you might already have the free album on your device.

Tabnapping:New phishing using Javascript and Google's fame

" When they click back to the fake Gmail tab, they’ll see the standard Gmail login page, assume they’ve been logged out, and provide their credentials to log in. The attack preys on the perceived immutability of tabs."

Google:We weren't compromised, usernames/passwords from phishing

Google denies that it was hacked and the 4.7 million username/password combos came from other sources.  Less that 2% of the logins worked.

Adobe Patch Tuesday

Adobe has released patches for Flash Player, update as soon as you can.

Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has released patches, time to update.

Comcast injecting ads via Javascript on its Public WiFi

On Comcast WiFi routers with "free WiFi" enabled Javascript is being used to inject ads.

Bing Apps No More? Rebranded as MSN...

In another mind boggling move (history lesson: playsforsure->zune, metro interface, etc.) Microsoft seems to be rebranding Bing Metro Apps to the "retired" MSN. 

Windows 9 is just Windows

Microsoft might just call it Windows from now on.

Google Chrome's new password maker

Chrome will now suggest "strong" passwords for you.

More on Home Depot breach

Same malware used during Target breach that attacks Microsoft Windows powered POS systems.

Apple to post more security warnings

More emails when account changes occur and wider deployment of 2 factor ID tech within the "Apple Cloud."

New CTO for USA

Megan Smith, mechanical engineer degrees (undergrad,master) from MIT, ex-Google/Apple employee, will be the next CTO for the US.

Home Depot security breach

Home Depot may have lost credit card numbers.

4chan to use DMCA to remove suspect materials

After the celebrity photo leak, 4chan will start using the DMCA to keep clean.

Chattanooga to provide Free WiFi in city owned buildings

Buildings first phase, parks and open areas second phase.  No dates yet.

Mozilla patches Firefox,Thunderbird

All users of Firefox and Thunderbird should update those products.  New versions autoupdate, but check to be sure.

Apple's Two Factor authentication doesn't protect iCloud backups

Or your PhotoStream.  It only protects your logging into your account, iTunes and related purchases, and support related to your ID.

Flaw in "Find My iPhone" could have lead to Celebgate

The large release of nude celebrity photos first posted on 4chan could have been made possible by a flaw in Find My iPhone.  Apple has since fixed the problem.