Many
Americans seem ready to spend again, at least for the holidays. The
National Retail Federation says the four-day Thanksgiving holiday
weekend including Black Friday netted just over $54 billion in sales.
That’s up 16-percent from last year. The trade group estimates that
226million shoppers hit the stores in the four-day period. Source Link
NBA
fans are waiting for players and owners to give them an early Christmas
present with ratification of a new labor agreement that would allow the
2011-2012 basketball season to begin on December 25th. Nearly two
months worth of games were cancelled by an owner’s lockout. The
tentative deal splits revenue 50-50 between players and owners. Source Link
Android
is the leading platform for smartphones and the biggest target for
hackers too. A new report shows the latest malware threats are almost
exclusively aimed at Android devices. Some collect personal information
and steal money from the user by sending text messages. Other malware
can record phone conversations and send them to the attacker. Source Link
