Stories by Computerworld Staff

NASA gives up frozen Mars Lander for dead

NASA scientists have given up hope of finding any signs of life from the Phoenix Mars Lander, giving the robotic machine up for dead on the Martian surface.

OCZ introduces 400GB, 480GB SSDs

OCZ Technology Group, Inc. today introduced two higher capacity versions of its Vertex 2 and Agility 2 SATA II 2.5-in solid state drives SSD today.

Shuttle Atlantis launches on its last mission

NASA's space shuttle Atlantis lifted off at 2:20 p.m. EDT today, heading out on the final mission of its 25-year career.

SAP to buy Sybase for $US5.8B in all-cash deal

SAP has announced it will buy mobile and database vendor Sybase for roughly $5.8 billion.

The 8 best iPad apps -- so far

1Password encrypts, stores and organizes your passwords and other private information, and automates logins for Web sites and other Internet services.

NASA's Mars rover starts to think for itself

After seven years of working on the surface of Mars, NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has been upgraded to allow it to make some of its own decisions.

Hackers exploit latest IE zero-day with drive-by attacks

Hackers are exploiting the just-disclosed unpatched bug in Internet Explorer (IE) to launch drive-by attacks from malicious Web sites, security researchers said today.

NASA: Millions of tons of water discovered on moon

A NASA radar system onboard India's lunar orbiter has spotted evidence of water -- a lot of water -- on the moon's north pole.

Is the iPad 'iBad for freedom'?

Defective by Design.org has <a href="http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ipad">slammed the iPad</a> just hours after its release, saying its "iBad for freedom".

Hackers used IE zero-day, not PDF, in China-Google attacks

Hackers exploited an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browser to break into some of the firms targeted in a widespread attack that compromised Google's and Adobe's corporate networks last year and earlier this month, McAf...

Large-scale attacks exploit unpatched PDF bug

A week before Adobe is scheduled to patch a critical vulnerability in its popular PDF software, hackers are actively exploiting the bug with both targeted and large-scale attacks, a security researcher said today.

iMac firmware update fails to fix flickering problems

Owners of Apple's 27in iMac have reported that the firmware update released earlier this week has not solved their flickering display problems, according to Apple's own support forum.

In Pictures: Realising Our Broadband Future summit

Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, opened the Realising Our Broadband Future conference in Sydney and was joined by a host of notable speakers.

Reports: Computer glitch causes flight delays in U.S.

A computer system used by airline pilots to file flight plans in the U.S. was not working properly this morning, according to news reports by CNN and ABC News.