Facebook security flaws revealed

A security researcher has discovered a major security hole affecting the most popular social networking site, Facebook, states ZDNET.

Basically, the researcher found a way to upload executable files - such as those most commonly used by malicious software - on the social network site for potential sharing. Needless to say, the potential for abuse by malicious attackers is pretty evident.

Is the ultimate distribution of executable files the cornerstone for distributing malware across the social networking sites? Not at all. Cyber criminals often rely on innocent-looking links that redirectto client-side exploits serving domains for achieving their objectives. The researcher notified Facebook on 30 September and received confirmation of his findings on 26 October.

Running a marathon is gruelling work, but Asics is hoping to make the upcoming New York Marathon, on 5 November, just a little bit easier with RFID chips, according to Yahoo news.

Marathoners who sign up for Asics' "Support Your Marathoner” will get an RFID tag they can attach to their shoes. That tag will then trigger messages of love and support specific to each of the runners on an LED screen as they run past it. There will be three screens in total placed at miles nine, 12 and 22.

Support Your Marathoner actually started at last year's marathon, but Asics has added networks such as Facebook to collect support messages, videos and images.

Japan's videogame maker reported sluggish sales and forecast its first annual loss in three decades, says The Wall Street Journal.

Once dominant in the living room with its Nintendo Wii console, Nintendo is now struggling to keep pace with a “technological sea change” that has more consumers playing games on their smartphones - games priced considerably lower than what Nintendo is willing to sell theirs for.

Last February, Nintendo released the 3DS handheld, but slow sales for the device led the company to cut prices by 40% in August. The move boosted sales, but not enough to generate device software sales that met company forecasts. The Wall Street Journal notes the profit margin is considerably larger on software than on game systems.

After Hewlett-Packard made it official today that it is staying in the PC business, it also went on the record with its entry into the Ultrabook market, reports Cnet.

Ultramobile is a notebook category of sub-17mm notebooks. We're very focused on having a suite in that ultra-mobile space. And you'll see that very soon," Todd Bradley, executive VP of HP's Personal Systems Group, said in a conference call today.

HP (along with Dell) will be one of the last major PC makers to enter the market for these sub-0.8-inch, three-pounds-and-under laptops that compete with Apple's MacBook Air.