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Anonymous targets Monsanto, oil firms

Military contractor Booz Allen Hamilton today confirmed that it was the victim of an "illegal attack," one day after hackers posted what they said were about 90,000 military e-mail addresses purloined from a server of the consulting firm. Hackers also today said they were targeting Monsanto and oil companies in their protests.

"Booz Allen Hamilton has confirmed today that the posting of certain data files on the Internet yesterday was the result of an illegal attack. We are conducting a full review of the nature and extent of the attack. At this time, we do not … Read more

Hackers claim they exposed Booz Allen Hamilton data

Hackers flying the AntiSec banner claimed today that they compromised a server at consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and have released internal data, including about 90,000 military e-mail addresses.

"We infiltrated a server on their network that basically had no security measures in place. We were able to run our own application, which turned out to be a shell and began plundering some booty," the hackers wrote in a message on the Pastebin file storage site. "Most shiny is probably a list of roughly 90,000 military emails and password hashes (md5, non-salted of course!). We … Read more

Seattle Seahawks home to add Solyndra solar panels

The Seattle Seahawks stadium, Qwest Field Event Center, is adding solar panels to its roof.

The solar arrays from Fremont, Calif.-based Solyndra are racks of thin-film CIGS (copper, indium, gallium, and selenide) solar cells shaped like tubes. The racks will cover approximately 2.5 acres, about 80 percent, of Qwest Field, Solyndra announced yesterday.

Solyndra is known for its tube-shape solar cells that capture direct, diffuse, and reflected sunlight throughout the day without the need for a rotating mechanism, the method often used to maximize the efficiency of flat solar panels.

The arrays for Qwest Field will come from Solyndra's state-of-the-art solar manufacturing plant in California, which was built in part with a $535 million federal loan guarantee from the Department of Energy. The plant is a showcase for U.S. green-tech manufacturing: It employs over 1,000 people operating robotics manufacturing tools as a way to curb production costs and compete against inexpensive solar panels from China while keeping jobs in the U.S.… Read more

Report: Woz tells Paul Allen to stop trolling

It's like Batman's Robin getting upset with Holmes' Dr. Watson.

For it seems that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak isn't entirely happy with the behavior of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and decided to tell him so. Not to his face, it seems. But almost.

The Register reports that Wozniak dedicated some pointed, if not poignant, remarks toward Allen at the Embedded System Conference Silicon Valley in San Jose, Calif., last week.

He reportedly declared: "That patent-troll thing...the other night Paul Allen was speaking at the Computer History Museum and I had four tickets. And I decided … Read more

Paul Allen: Ballmer doesn't dispute facts in memoir

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who portrays the company's current chief executive, Steve Ballmer, as scheming in his new book, says that Ballmer, in a conversation two weeks ago, confirmed Allen's account of the events.

"Steve said, 'Yeah, those things did happen' that I recount," Allen said during an appearance at the Town Hall Seattle speakers series. Allen was interviewed on stage by GeekWire's Todd Bishop, a longtime technology reporter in Seattle.

In his book, "Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft," Allen writes that in 1982, he overheard Ballmer and Bill … Read more

Paul Allen's book an unabashed bid for computing industry credit

review Much like Paul Allen's current publicity tour, his new book, "Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft," feels as though as Allen is yearning for credit he has yet to receive. He seems to want so much to be something more than "the other Microsoft founder."

Allen creates the construct early in the book, which hits bookstore shelves today. He was the guy who came up with the big breakthrough ideas, according to Allen's telling of the story. Gates' role in those early days was largely pushing Allen's thinking, refining … Read more

Paul Allen talks Gates, guitars on '60 Minutes'

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen gave a wide-ranging interview on "60 Minutes" tonight that offers a peek into the life of the more reclusive of the software giant's co-founders.

Allen has penned a book, due out this week, that focuses on Microsoft's early years, as well as Allen's efforts as a philanthropist and entrepreneur. "Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft" is also a book that has been criticized as taking cheap shots at fellow Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, whom he accused of trying to take ownership stakes from Allen's share … Read more

Paul Allen says new book isn't revenge on Gates

The controversy over Paul Allen's new book, which hits stores next week, has taken a different turn, with Allen playing defense against critics over the memoir's sometimes negative portrayal of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.

In an interview with "60 Minutes," which airs this Sunday, Allen rebuffs criticisms from last month, saying the book is not an act of revenge against Gates, and is instead meant to serve as a record of what happened.

"It's not about [revenge]," Allen told Lesley Stahl in the interview. "I just felt like it's an important … Read more

Buzz Out Loud 1438: Microsoft and the crushing anvils of irony (Podcast)

Microsoft tries to poke the European antitrust bear and point them in the direction of Google--ok, guys. Just, you know, beware of karma. Also, Google cracks down on the Android chaos (and hopefully the crapware, too), the +1 button points to, yet again, the all-consuming importance of recommendations, and Samsung did not--I repeat, did NOT--install keylogger software on its laptops. Plus, introducing our new app, Smart Fart. (Sigh.) --Molly

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