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The Writing on the Tablet
Walt answers a reader’s question on taking notes on tablets.Anonymous Hacks NATO, Steals Lame Documents
The hacking group Anonymous raised eyebrows today for its “daring hacker raid” on the servers of NATO. What did it take? A bunch of documents that so far seem, well, boring, really.News Byte
Apple Patches iOS PDF Vulnerability
Responding to an alert issued last week by Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security, Apple has patched a potentially dangerous PDF-related security vulnerability in MobileSafari. This morning the company issued iOS 4.3.4, an incremental update that corrects a flaw that could have been exploited by a malicious PDF file.Apps for Androids
Walt answers a reader’s question on Apple-compatible apps for Android tablets.Charting Yahoo's Q1 Search Stumble: The PDF of MicroHoo
Earlier today, Yahoo reported its first-quarter earnings, which showed revenue and earnings declines, which the Silicon Valley Internet portal said was due to its search and advertising partnership with Microsoft. Here’s more deets to peruse and numbers to crunch–in order to figure out whether to blame Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer or not.In and Out Of Office: Putting iPads To Work
A brief primer on how to get such documents into and out of an iPad, and how to view, edit and create them on the tablet.Voices
Cybercrooks Digging for Tax Data
It’s tax season, which means cyber-thieves are trawling the Web and sending counterfeit email in the hopes of snaring your personal tax data. And they’ve created websites with reasonable-seeming addresses and legitimate-seeming emails in order to lure unsuspecting citizens into clicking on the wrong link or downloading a virus-laden PDF.Voices