Samsung didn't name a U.S. wireless carrier or the price for the smartphone, but said the U.S. version will run over LTE and HSPA+, an indication it could run on AT&T's or T-Mobile's network. A white version of the Galaxy S III was unveiled by Samsung's president of mobile communications, J.K. Shin, at a crowded London media event that featured a live orchestra and was also webcast.

Security vendors have discovered a new piece of malware that attacks both PCs and Macs. It uses the same Java security vulnerability exploited by the Flashback malware that infected hundreds of thousands of Macs. While the attack vector is the same as in Flashback, this Java applet checks which OS it is running on and downloads suitable malware for it.

Skype for PS Vita was released to the PlayStation Store yesterday, falling alongside other third-party apps like Facebook and Netflix and marking a notable expansion to the device's voice, text, and video chat capabilities. While the app offers many of the same features found on other platforms, it has been custom tailored to match the Vita's unique interface and take advantage of the device's gorgeous five-inch OLED display and built-in cameras.

The announcement that Samsung's follow-up to its Galaxy Tab 10.1 would be receiving some downgrades from the previous entry, filled with a mixture confusion and disappointment. Eric Franklin just couldn't wrap his head around why the sequel to one of the premiere Android tablets would launch with a less impressive spec list than its predecessor. Yesterday, Samsung revealed that the Tab 2 10.1 would be released on May 13th for $400. That's $100 lower than the original Tab 10.1's list price and it fills the logic hole he believes Samsung was falling into, he is still not 100 percent on board.

For some time now, YouTube Live has been thinking about how to move beyond a free, ad-based service. Now it's moving ahead with that plan. After tests with a handful of publishers, YouTube is offering pay-per-view options to publishers on its live-streaming service. The company said that it was in the process of rolling out live streaming to its partners.

YouTube last year allowed video creators to convert their clips to 3D. Now, they're giving ordinary viewers the chance to do so. The online video site yesterday announced that when users access certain 1080p 3D videos from the site, they'll be given a 3D option under the Quality settings pane. Upon clicking it, the video is automatically converted to 3D, which will require users to don their favorite 3D glasses to view it.

The proposed draft Data Protection Regulation were revealed by the European Commission. The document includes many suggestions like the right to be forgotten which will allow users to have their photos, details, and other data removed from websites, social networks, and search engines. Also serious violations, such as processing data without the individual’s consent, would be fined up to €1 million or 2 percent of their global annual turnover.

This Wednesday the World Economic Forum will take place in Switzerland. Facebook, Google, Apple and other Web companies are waiting to see the next version of Europe’s data protection laws that would be revealed at the forum. The document could include harsh penalties that will enable the European Commission to impose fines of up to 5 percent of a company’s global financial turnover.

Wikipedia's English-language pages went black for 24 hours to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act. The splash page displays an announcement which says that the legislation offered by SOPA could fatally damage the free and open Internet. Google and Craigslist also joined the virtual protest asking their users to contact Congress and vote against the Stop Online Piracy Act.

Until now VMware has been offering development platforms for Java and Ruby and apps for other JVM languages and frameworks. With its latest update VMware Cloud Foundry cloud platform already supports .Net. The company took this step only a day after Microsoft announced plans for supporting open-source tools on the Windows Azure cloud platform.