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Despite Bumpy Launch, Activision Sells 3.5 Million Copies of Diablo III in 24 Hours

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 23 at 10:29 am PT

Activision is claiming to have sold 3.5 million copies of Diablo III in its first 24 hours, setting a record for the fastest-selling PC game ever.

Voices

U.K. Report Condemns News Corp.

Paul Sonne and Jeanne Whalen, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Media on May 1 at 4:37 am PT

The U.K. parliamentary committee probing illicit voicemail interception by News Corp.’s shuttered News of the World tabloid released a final report Tuesday concluding that News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch is “not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company” and accusing several former company executives of misleading parliament.

Stealthy Shape Security Lands $6 Million From Kleiner Perkins and Eric Schmidt

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 26 at 5:04 am PT

A security start-up aims to change the economics of launching hacking attacks.

What’s This? A Mac Virus? No, Actually It’s a Weakness in Java.

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 6 at 1:57 pm PT

Chatter about a new Trojan affecting Macs fails to acknowledge where the real vulnerability lies: With Oracle’s Java and not Apple’s OS X itself.

Researchers Show How Easy a New Stuxnet-Like Attack Can Be

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 6 at 7:07 am PT

While the Stuxnet worm was seen as difficult to make, inherent weaknesses found in widely used industrial control computers make attacks like that surprisingly easy to carry out, new research says.

Government Security Gurus: All Our Networks Are Belong to Them

Arik Hesseldahl in News on March 23 at 4:45 am PT

And by “them,” they mean the bad guys: Spies, terrorists and troublemakers.

Not Lulzing Anymore: Five Hackers Charged in U.S., U.K. and Ireland

Arik Hesseldahl in News on March 6 at 6:21 am PT

Five people on two continents are charged as being members of the LulzSec hacking troupe that caused so much mayhem last summer. They are alleged to have been turned in by one of their own.

News Byte

James Murdoch Leaves News Corp. Publishing Unit

Peter Kafka in Media on February 29 at 6:16 am PT

More fallout from PhoneGate: News Corp. executive James Murdoch has “relinquished his position” as executive chairman head of News International, the conglomerate’s British newspaper unit. News Corp., which also owns this Web site, says News International chief executive Tom Mockridge will stay on and report to News Corp. chief operating officer Chase Carey. James Murdoch “will continue to assume a variety of essential corporate leadership mandates, with particular focus on important pay-TV businesses and broader international operations,” according to his father, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch.

Hackers Anonymous

Anonymous is a handful of geniuses surrounded by a legion of idiots.

– Cole Stryker, an author who has researched the hacker group

Seven Questions for RSA Security Head Art Coviello

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 27 at 6:50 am PT

A year after an attack on its widely used security system, the head of RSA Security talks about lessons learned and what the computer security industry needs to do next.