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It looks like a nefarious cyber-attack which affected several federal websites in the United States was a little more far-reaching than initially thought. The attack — which started on the 4th of July — targeted websites in both South Korea and the United States, including the Treasury Department, Federal Trade Commission and Secret Service. Various problems were still being reported days later, and while there’s no official word on who the attackers were, those “people familiar with the matter” we know and love seem to be pointing their fingers at North Korea. So far as we know, no irreparable damage has been done, but we’re not sure anyone would tell us if it had.

Filed under: Internet

Mysterious cyber-attacker hits at federal websites, crisis averted? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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So much for exclusivity, eh? Sprint is staying toe-to-toe with Verizon in the race to get the BlackBerry Tour to market, launching the consensus hottest RIM device to date on July 12 for $199.99 on contract after rebates. It’s awfully refreshing to see an ominous statement like “later this summer” morph into “early summer” instead of slipping into the “dead of winter” as is all too often the case with hotly-anticipated phones, and we have a sneaking suspicion the Tour’s gonna sell like a remastered Bonnie Tyler live album (that’s a good thing, by the way). Who’s in?

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Sprint matches Verizon’s pace, launching BlackBerry Tour on July 12 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s already out in Japan and a few select countries in Europe, now Toshiba’s skinny TG01 is hitting London on Thursday, July 9th. Presumably the invite will be met with an official UK launch of Tosh’s deftly skinned Snapdragon handset with a Windows Mobile 6.1 core. Then again, it could be a lot of tech reporters eating mini triangular sandwiches slathered with pickle spread discussing the HTC Hero for four hours. We’ll let you know next week.

Filed under: Cellphones

Toshiba’s TG01 stepping out in London on July 9th originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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	Firefox 3.5 arrives Mozilla is saying its new browser is more than two times faster than Firefox 3, but what has us more excited is the support for plugin-free “open codec” video and audio playback		Wii MotionPlus impressions: it works, but so far the games aren’t worth the fuss At first glance it’s a little difficult to understand the necessity of another motion-sensing add-on.
	Pirate Bay acquired by Global Gaming Factory, going legit like Napster We’ll have to wait and see how this pans out but it certainly smacks of a Napster v2 like situation at first blush.	Other news of import Verizon’s BlackBerry Tour coming July 12th, pre-order page now live Microsoft outs educational, inspirational Windows 7 tour videos NVIDIA Tegra smartphone due from a “top five” manufacturer before 2010? Sony placing PS3 slim manufacturing orders for delivery in July?
	Top ten rationales for illegally downloading HDTV shows We’re not saying we’ve ever downloaded anything off the internet that wasn’t 100% on the up and up, or that we’re here to judge those who have.		Video: Palm Pre caught playing with GSM SIM in Vietnam Having the Palm Pre on Sprint might be good for Americans driving their pick ‘em up trucks down the CDMA data highway, but it doesn’t do Europeans (or Palm’s bottom line) any good over in the Old World.
2009 British Open broadcast confirmed in standard def on TNT & ABC Oppo BDP-83 pre-orders now open for all (in North America)		Nokia N97 getting firmware 1.1 on July 1 BlackBerry Tour emerges in Alltel livery for those non-Sprint, non-Verizon types

The Daily Roundup: here’s what you might’ve missed originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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