AMD has said that upcoming chipsets will feature support for USB 3.0, otherwise known as SuperSpeed USB.

USB 3.0 has been seen on motherboards for quite a while now, but USB-IF this week announced that the A75 and A70M Fusion chipsets from Advanced Micro Devices will be the first certified ‘Superspeed USB’ chipsets. USB 3.0 offers transfer rates of up to 5Gbps, quite an upgrade from the speeds offered by the ten-year-old USB 2.0.

“The integration of SuperSpeed USB into AMD’s Fusion Controller Hubs demonstrates AMD’s commitment to providing the industry’s latest, most innovative connectivity technologies,” said Chris Cloran, AMD Corporate Vice-President and General Manager, Client Group. “AMD Fusion Controller Hubs will provide competitive performance while consuming low power with active USB 3.0 traffic for high definition video and fast connectivity with the latest SuperSpeed USB devices.”

The announcement makes AMD the first company to integrate a USB 3.0 controller into its silicon rival Intel has yet to take the same step of integrating USB 3.0 into its own chipsets and according to The Register, doesn’t have plans to do so until 2012. This almost definitely has something to do with Intel’s new baby, the Thunderbolt standard (previously known as Light Peak). Thunderbolt was unveiled at the same time as the new MacBook Pros which support the interface, and though Intel has said it can exist alongside USB 3.0 the company definitely seems to have a favorite at the moment.

Apple is out with OS X 10.6.7, fixing flaws exposed during pwn2own, as well as numerous others. Pwn2own is an annual challenge sponsored by HP TippingPoint in which security researchers are awarded cash and prizes for demonstrating vulnerabilities.

All exploits are given by HP TippingPoint to the affected vendor and kept under wraps until a patch is available. “OS X 10.6.7 is out, fixes our pwn2own bug, but bug is still in latest iOS for a while longer,” security researcher Charile Miller tweeted.

Apple’s iOS operating system for iPhone and iPad is derived from OS X. Miller successfully exploited iOS at pwn2own this year, a feat he also accomplished in 2009 and 2010.

Among the fixes in OS X 10.6.7 is one for Apple’s AirPort Wi-Fi. According to Apple’s advisory, when connected to Wi-Fi, an attacker on the same network may be able to cause a system reset.

Apple’s ATS (Apple Terminal Services) is being patched for at least four flaws which could have led to arbitrary code execution.

The ImageIO system is being patched for at least five flaws for image handling issues that could potentially have enabled an attacker to terminate an application or run arbitrary code.

Additionally, the CoreText system is being patched for a memory corruption issue in how the system handled font files.

The 10.6.7 release also updates Apple’s use of multiple open source components, including the Apache web server, PHP, Ruby, ClamAV and Subversion.

In addition to the security fixes, the 10.6.7 update also provides stability fixes for the MacBook Air that could have triggered a kernel panic.

Apple’s release notes also indicate that the 10.6.7 updates improves brightness on external displays and projectors.

Looking forward Apple has its next generation OS X now in development. OS X 10.7, known as Lion is now available as a developer preview with availability expected to come this summer.

AllFacebook, a blog devoted to Facebook-related news, first reported that a second search box had begun to appear on Facebook interfaces, right next to the legitimate site search bar.

The mysterious Web search box appeared perfectly integrated into the Facebook page layout, as if it were a native Facebook feature. However, Facebook is now saying that it didn’t put that second search box there and that it could be a sign of malware infection.

“We are not testing the placement of a separate web search field and have no plans to do so. We believe the second search field or ‘Search the Web” box appeared on peoples’ accounts as the result of unknown actions by a third party targeting the browser — potentially a browser plugin or malware — unrelated to Facebook,” a Facebook official told technology news blog Search Engine Land.

As Facebook members, users who think they might be affected by this situation have access to a free, browser-based virus scanning tool from McAfee, according to the company.

As the most popular social network and one of the world’s largest sites, Facebook is in a constant battle against malicious hackers and online scammers who want to take advantage of its massive user base to commit fraud and spread malware.

At this point, it’s not clear whether the sinister search box is the result of an external malware exploit or the work of a rogue Facebook application.