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Morning Xtra: Kanye Rages on Twitter, Hackers Target PowerPoint Users

by Chad Mumm on May 13, 2009 at 11:57 AM



Virgin America Brings Web to Entire Fleet
There's a race going on between U.S. air carriers to be the first to offer airborne Internet service across an entire fleet of planes, and it looks like Virgin America will be first across the finish line -- the company has announced that all of its planes will feature the Gogo Inflight Internet service by May 31st. Congrats Virgin America, you've taken jetsetting to another level. [From: Gadling]

Kanye's Rages Over Twitter Impersonator
Ladies and gentlemen, Kanye West does not have Twitter account. The Grammy-winning artist recently unleashed an all-caps, rage-filled blog post about his frustration that someone was impersonating him on Twitter. Needless to say, the site immediately took down false account. Check out Kanye's Twitter-bashing post in all its loud glory, here. [From: Business Insider]

Hackers Targeting PowerPoint, Microsoft Releases Patch
According to a Reuters report, Microsoft has announced that hackers are targeting PowerPoint users by sending them a tainted .ppt file that contains malware. Apparently, Mac users of PowerPoint are vulnerable as well, although Microsoft has only seen hackers target Windows users thus far. Fortunately, there is now a patch available to protect PCs and according to Microsoft, a Mac patch is on the way too -- so stay tuned. [From: Reuters]


Guatemala Protesters Stream Live Video Feed
Gautemalan protesters recently took to the web in an unprecedented way, streaming their protest live over the Internet from laptops in the streets of Guatemala city. The protesters are demanding justice for an assassinated lawyer that many believe was killed by the government. Supporters have been rallying on Twitter, and although the live video feed is down now, you can follow the story as it develops, here. [From: BoingBoing]

Disks Still Top Video Sales
Although we have many more choices for home video media these days (DVDs, streaming video, on demand, Blu-ray), we are still choosing disks over all the other options. According to a recent study by NPD Group, nearly 90-percent of our home video purchases and rentals are either Blu-ray or DvDs. We don't know about you, but we don't much like having our movie purchases tied down to a device or taking up a lot of space on our hard drives. [From: Business Insider]

Apple's Newest Leopard Update
Apple has released its newest update for OS X Leopard, and, according to Macworld's Rob Griffiths, it's one of the biggest ever. What does this mean? Well first off, it's going to take a while to download and install (if you're as excited we are about the update's new X11 Unix programs and new Python/Ruby frameworks, it'll feel like Christmas Eve). In actuality, Griffiths couldn't spot any overtly noticeable changes, but it's always a good idea to keep your OS up to date. We suggest starting the update while you go look for your white hat because those new Perl libraries are just waiting to be played with. [From: Macworld]

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