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Adobe abandons Flash on mobile

• http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/11/interactive-technology
• moving to HTML5-based solutions instead
• Steve Jobs won
• Emory cheers

U.S. Justice Department indicts Russian and Estonian hackers

• http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-10/hackers-hijack-millions-of-computers-in-massive-fraud-case.html
• more than 4 million computers infected in 100+ countries
• routed machines’ DNS entries to rogue servers
• end result was billions of dollars in ad revenue via click hijacking
• operation shut down, defendants face up to 30 years in prison

Steam gets compromised

• http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/11/10/steam-database-hacked-encrypted-credit-card-information-and-passwords-compromised/
• some forum accounts compromised
• emails, salted passwords, purchase history, encrypted credit card information

Barnes & Noble’s new 7” Nook tablet

• http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/07/BUBE1LROEC.DTL
• similar to the Kindle Fire, but sells for $50 more at $249
• has double the storage (16 GB) and longer quoted battery life
• how is B&N suddenly in the consumer electronics business?

music CDs are going away

• http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57321531-1/will-music-cds-be-dead-in-14-months
• Billboard’s Glenn Peoples calls the reports of the CD’s demise “dubious.”
• “Record labels have shown no desire to ditch the CD,” Peoples writes. “The format still accounts for most sales revenue, and labels have been able to encourage the development of new digital business models while enjoying–not relying on–the considerable revenue CD sales provide.”

Emory’s new PC experiences

• hackintosh results
• others