Users who signed into third-party Web or mobile applications using their Twitter accounts might have given those applications access to their Twitter private "direct" messages without knowing it, according to Cesar Cerrudo, the chief ...
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Indicted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom launched a new file-sharing website today, promising users amped-up privacy levels in a defiant move against the US prosecutors who accuse him of facilitating massive online piracy. The colourful ...
HP TippingPoint, the long-time organiser of the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest, announced on Friday that it will offer cash awards exceeding half a million dollars for this year’s competition, more than five times the amount paid out ...
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The weekend saw Dropbox users frustrated by issues with syncing and uploading files, as well as creating shareable links. The issues became so severe that the stability of Amazon Web Services (AWS) was called into question. According to a ...
Raspberry Pi interface board PiFace will be shipping to the public in the next few weeks. The board adds eight output and eight inputs to Raspberry Pi, as well as various LEDs, switches, and a couple of relays. Most ...
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IDG News Service-President Barack Obama,currently on the campaign trail ahead of the upcoming November elections,c,a popular online discussion site,on Wednesday. The president appeared on a forum entitled"I am Barack Obama,President of ...
Steven Sinofsky Computerworld - Steven Sinofsky, the former Microsoft executive ousted as the head of its Windows group five weeks ago, yesterday said he would teach at the Harvard Business School this spring. Sinofsky, 47, announced the ...
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Using its country-specific content-blocking tool for the first time, Twitter has shut down access to a neo-Nazi group's account in Germany. "Never want to withhold content; good to have tools to do it narrowly & transparently," Alex ...
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Computerworld - Twitter is basking in the Olympic spotlight, with athletes tweeting about the games and fans around the world offering their support on the social network. Social networks from Facebook to Google+ are seeing numerous users ...
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STOW, OH, July 21, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- BestUnlockiPhone.com Team reveals that its new SafeRa1n software can iOS 5.1.1 Jailbreak/Unlock iPhone 4S, 4, 3Gs, iPad 2, iPad 3, also enabling video chat on the 3GS iPhones. This also allows ...
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Images courtesy of Bright Eyes Kickstarter Page To understand technology is to not only the rapidly changing world, but to understand ourselves and our abilities. If people could get over the initial intimidation of learning to program, ...
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Images courtesy of Bright Eyes Kickstarter Page To understand technology is to not only the rapidly changing world, but to understand ourselves and our abilities. If people could get over the initial intimidation of learning to program, ...
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The Mars Curiosity Rover, a robot sent to Mars by Nasa principally to investigate the possibility of extra-terrestrial life on the planet, uses many technologies which will be familiar to those in the tech industry. It landed in a crater ...
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Today, search engine Metro5 has announced the launch of it's open BETA program. The idea behind Metro5 is to deliver a set of up to 50 relevant results for each web search query, while taking social influence into account when ranking these ...
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Online retailer www.WorkingPerson.com recently launched a new program just in time for the holidays that rewards customers for participating in online social media activity and product reviews.Like traditional rewards programs,customers ...
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