News tagged with software hole

Launch of NASA's nuSTAR mission postponed

(PhysOrg.com) -- The planned launch of NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission has been postponed after a March 15 launch status meeting. The launch will be rescheduled to allow additional ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA postpones launch of X-ray telescope

NASA has postponed the launch of a new X-ray telescope to allow more time to check an issue with the rocket that will boost it into orbit.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Your smartphone: a new frontier for hackers

(AP) -- Hackers are out to stymie your smartphone. Last week, security researchers uncovered yet another strain of malicious software aimed at smartphones that run Google's popular Android operating system. ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 8

Security holes discovered in iPhones, iPads

A new security hole has opened up in Apple Inc.'s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, raising alarms about the susceptibility of some of the world's hottest tech gadgets to hacker attacks.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 6

Apple to fix security hole in iPhone software

(AP) -- Apple is planning to release a fix for a security hole in the software that runs on its iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices.

Technology / Software

created Aug 05, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Microsoft hurries out patch for Internet Explorer hole

Microsoft on Tuesday will release an emergency patch for a weakness hackers are exploiting in earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software.

Technology / Software

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Microsoft probing new hole in IE security

Fresh from patching an Internet Explorer (IE) flaw exploited in cyberattacks on Google and other firms, Microsoft is looking into a newly exposed vulnerability in the browser software.

Technology / Software

created Feb 03, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Internet Explorer a champ but Chrome a contender

Microsoft's latest version of Internet Explorer (IE) is a hit but Google's Chrome has been steadily gaining ground on the Web browsing software, according to industry figures released Tuesday.

Technology / Software

created Feb 02, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1