Chinese military denies role in reported U.S. hacking

(GNN) - China's Defense Ministry on Friday denied that it had anything to do with a cyber attack on Register.com, a unit of Web.com, following a report in the Financial Times that the FBI was looking into the Chinese military's involvement.

"The relevant criticism that China's military participated in Internet hacking is to play the same old tune, and is totally baseless," the ministry said in a fax to Reuters in response to a question about the story.

According to the Financial Times, hackers apparently have had access to Register.com's network for about a year, but the attack did not disrupt or result in theft of client data.

It is not clear what the Chinese military would be looking for or what it would gain from Register.com's data.

Register.com says on its website it manages more than 2.5 million domain names, and also provides web management and design services.

China and the United States regularly accuse each other of hacking attacks.

State news agency Xinhua, citing a report from the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China, said that last year, 4,761 IP addresses in the United States controlled 5,580 Chinese websites through backdoor programs, allowing remote access to a computer.

It did not provide an on-year comparison.

The ministry repeated the government's standard line that China is one of the world's biggest victims of hacking.

"The Chinese government has all along resolutely opposed and dealt with in accordance with the law Internet hacking and other relevant criminal activities, and the Chinese military has never been involved in or participated in any activities to steal commercial secrets online," it added.

The United States needs to "give a clear explanation" to the world of its theft of secrets and online surveillance "and not make thoughtless remarks about other people", the ministry said.

(Reuters)(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Jeremy Laurence and Himani Sarkar)

Aereo 'pauses' streaming TV service in wake of Supreme Court loss

That didn't take long. Now that the US Supreme Court has ruled that Aereo's antenna-to-cloud TV service is violating copyright, the company is telling customers that it will "pause" service as of 11:30AM Eastern; after that, it's lights-out for both live and recorded streaming. As compensation, Aereo is refunding subscribers' last paid month of service. The startup is adamant that the shutdown is temporary, and is talking to the lower court that previously ruled in its favor (and which has to deal with Aereo's case again) about the "next steps."

We wouldn't count on Aereo resuming service, at least not with its original business model. The Supreme Court ruled that Aereo is putting on a performance like a cable provider, and that's at the very heart of broadcasters' allegations -- they believe it's retransmitting TV without the appropriate permissions and fees. If the company's offering returns at all, it may carry significantly different pricing or usage rights.(BY JON FINGAS / SOURCE: Aereo)

Limit teens' web access to two hours a day, parents told

Many parents are said to be 'clueless' about the effect of excessive internet exposure on their children

Dr Victor Strasburger of the University of New Mexico says all 14-year-old boys with internet in their bedroom are looking at pornography Teenagers should spend no more than two hours on the internet each day, doctors warned as they advised parents to remove laptops and gadgets from their children’s bedrooms.

Many mothers and fathers remain “clueless” about the impact excessive media exposure can have on their children and need to “get with it”, it was suggested.

Dr Victor Strasburger of the University of New Mexico, the lead author of a new policy document from the American Academy of Pediatrics, claimed that all 14-year-old boys with an internet connection in their bedroom would be looking at pornography online.

Under the advice, a two-hour limit should be imposed on using the internet for entertainment, including Facebook, Twitter, television and films.

The recommendation came as a poll suggested almost two in five babies have used a mobile phone or tablet computer before they can even string a sentence together.

Some 38% in that age bracket were found to have used devices such as iPhones or Kindles for playing games or watching films, up from 10% in 2011.

They typically spend an hour a day in front of screens, including television and computers, according to the survey of 1,463 parents for the report Zero to Eight: Children's Media Use in America, 2013.

Vicky Rideout, the report’s author, said: “I was blown away by the rapidity of the change.

iPhones and tablets are game changers, because they are so easy to use.

While there was a floor on how young you could go with computers and video games, a young child can touch a picture, can open an app, or swipe the screen.

Shortcut Key To Search By Voice In Google Chrome

S already know the name search by voice ? Yoi ... This is one of the new features of Google's search engine to perform searches with your voice through a microphone attached to the PC or through a gadget / your smart phone.

This features a mic icon is installed on a Google search box, but this just apply to Google's Chrome browser.

Well it turned out to have a feature that makes it easy shortcut key to activate without having to click the mouse icon mic with your company. We just need to press CTRL + SHIFT +.  (point) on the keyboard in the Google search page and it will automatically appear by voice search feature is like the picture below. And this also applies if you find a blog that uses this feature in the search box.

Easy is not it? Good luck ...