Sony faces further security woes

A Web site set up by Sony to allow users to reset their passwords following last month's hack attack is itself subject to a security alert, reports BBC News.

A Sony user discovered an exploit on the site that could have been used by hackers to impersonate users. Password resets have been necessary following the exposure of 77 million Sony PlayStation users' personal details.

"We temporarily took down the PSN password reset page. Contrary to some reports, there was no hack involved. In the process of resetting of passwords there was a URL exploit that we have subsequently fixed," Sony said in a statement.

A fake security program for Apple computers called MACDefender has racked up a significant number of victims, reveals the BBC.

Hundreds of people who installed the software have turned to Apple's forums for help to remove it. The program's tactic of peppering screens with pornographic pictures has made many keen to get rid of it.

MACDefender seems to have been successful because of the work its creators did to make it appear high up in search results.

A little more than three years after opening Pioneer Studios, a skunkworks operation to develop consumer electronics and experiences, Microsoft has closed the unit, according to Cnet.

Pioneer was the brainchild of J Allard, the executive behind the original Xbox release and chief technology officer of the company's entertainment and device division before leaving the company a year ago.

A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed Pioneer no longer occupies its sleek design office near downtown Seattle, and that many of the Pioneer employees have moved to other Microsoft businesses. Others have left the company.

There is good news for those who thought their copies of Playboy were gone forever when their moms found them and threw them away, writes the Associated Press.

Playboy unveiled a Web-based subscription service yesterday called i.Playboy.com that allows viewers to see every single page of every single magazine - from the first issue nearly 60 years ago, that featured Marilyn Monroe, to the ones hitting the newsstands today.

“They no longer have to store 57 years - 682 issues - of Playboy under their mattress,” said Jimmy Jellinek, Playboy's chief content officer.