Kindle Fire owners have been using firmware 6.2.1 for nearly a month now. Amazon changed that, however, with the new 6.2.2 update. It isnt nearly as significant as last months UI-improving 6.2.1 update, but its rolling out now nonetheless.
This is a minor update for the Kindle Fire. In fact, the only notable change is a button in the Silk browser that lets you browse in full-screen mode.
Yet while there are numerous anti-tracking tools out there to help users avoid being tracked–both within the leading browsers and as extra add-ons–many of them are browser-specific, confusing, or just plain difficult to use, according to a Carnegie Mellon University report from last fall.
A free new tool released on Thursday was built specifically to address many of the concerns raised in that study and to go well beyond what standard private browsing modes can do.
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Microsoft has continued its assault on the Kelihos botnet, naming a former IT security professional as the controller of the malicious network.
An amended complaint US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Microsoft alleged that Russian Andrey Sabelnikov was running the botnet.
In the complaint, Microsoft said Sabelnikov was working on a freelance basis for a software development and consulting firm, and had previously been a project manager at an anti-virus provider.
Thousands of computers are still infected with its malware.
The Kelihos botnet was shut down last year, but Microsoft has continued to hunt for the perpetrators and have them prosecuted.
Microsoft had previously accused Dominique Piatti, a Czech man running the dotFREE domain hosting company, claiming his business was registering subdomains used to operate Kelihos.
Apple on Tuesday posted a massive holiday quarter with record sales of more than 37 million iPhones, 13.5 million iPads and 5.2 million Macs. Following the news, Apple executives participated in a conference call with analysts and the press, and notes of interest follow.
Participating in Tuesday’s call was Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook, Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer, and Treasurer Barry Whistler.
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