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October 27, 2011 9:00 AM PDT

Facebook hijacked? Get a little help from your friends

Social network to let you set passwords for apps on Facebook and enlist friends to help log into blocked accounts. more

Anonymous invites CIA, others to its weekend party

Following its FBI shenanigans of last week, the loose-knit hacking collective claims to have taken down the CIA's Web site, along with the sites of the Mexican Senate and Interior Ministry. It also says it hacked into police and government sites in Alabama and pilfered personal info on 46,000 Alabamians. more

Posted in News - Security | by Edward Moyer
New tool cracks Apple iWork passwords

Russian cryptography company ElcomSoft has developed a tool that makes cracking iWork document passwords easier. more

Posted in MacFixIt | by Topher Kessler

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Ep. 1580: Men have little interest in Pinterest

Rafe Needleman and Donald Bell join Brian Tong on the show today to discuss all the new video-streaming options coming down the pipe. We got Amazon, Viacom, HBO, Netflix, Verizon, Redbox, and now possibly another service called Quickflix. Which one will you choose? In other news, the iPad 3 is coming in March, and we investigate who exactly Pinterest appeals to. If you are a guy you most likely have no interest in Pinterest.
February 9, 2012 12:52 PM PST
Ep. 84: Chrome finally hits Android

Chrome comes to Android with one gigantic caveat. Or maybe two. And we are joined by cell phone expert Jessica Dolcourt who gives us her personal opinion of Android.
February 8, 2012 12:45 PM PST
Ep. 209: Windows Phone 8 details leak, HTC Sense is too weak

We're excited about the new details surrounding Windows Phone 8, and then discuss whether or not HTC's Sense skin is due for a makeover.
February 6, 2012 4:20 PM PST
Breaking down the Facebook IPO

Pinterest ties with Twitter and Google for referral traffic, HTC cures security bug, and Facebook reveals finances in its filing to go public.
February 2, 2012 9:30 AM PST
Ep. 1579: Facebook goes public: The winners and losers

The Buzz crew talks about Facebook's historic IPO, and the challenges the company will face moving forward. Zynga is smiling, and so is the invite-only Pinterest. We've figured it out, and it's the new social network for girls or metrosexuals. "Into it, Not Into it" brings us vacuum-sealed couples, and that's all you need to know.
February 2, 2012 2:54 PM PST
Ep. 84: Android users' bathroom habits

A new Galaxy Nexus, a new Samsung Tab, and do you really answer your phone in the bathroom? Today we say goodbye to Antuan Goodwin who will be leaving the podcast to focus on Car Tech. We will miss you, Antuan.
February 1, 2012 3:48 PM PST
Things BlackBerry MUST Do!

2012 is the make-or-break year for the BlackBerry; here's how to make it the former.
January 30, 2012 2:58 PM PST
Facebook worth $100 billion?

Nintendo announces an online gaming network, Twitter censorship policy stirs up protests, and Facebook is expected to make its stock market launch this week.
January 30, 2012 8:36 AM PST
NY Times responds to Apple memo

On Reporters' Roundtable hosted by CNET's Rafe Needleman, New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg responds to a memo to Apple employees from CEO Tim Cook regarding working conditions in Chinese factories that make Apple products. The memo came the same week Duhigg's co-written article, "In China, Human Costs are built into an iPad," was published in The New York Times.
January 27, 2012 1:46 PM PST
Ep. 108: Apple's China problem

iPhones, iPads, and most other small electronics are assembled in vast factories in China. Reports on working conditions at these plants are not favorable. Could Apple do more to improve conditions? Could the jobs be brought to the U.S. instead? And would consumers care either way? We discuss with New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg, and the author and performer of "The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," Mike Daisey.
January 27, 2012 12:57 PM PST