Archive for September, 2009

German Online Banks Attacked: €300.000 in 22 days!

German Online Banks Attacked: €300.000 in 22 days!

BBC.co.uk wrote: Cyber-criminals have developed sophisticated ways to remain undetected, a new report finds. The report, from security firm Finjan, describes how one gang, based in the Ukraine, stole €300,000 euros in 22 days. It used a sophisticated piece of malicious software which fool

09.30.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Google invites users to join Wave

Google invites users to join Wave

BBC.co.uk wrote: Google Wave, which combines email, instant messaging and wiki-style editing will go on public trial today. The search giant hopes the tool, described as "how e-mail would look if it were invented today", will transform how people communicate online. It will be open to 1

09.30.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Man Could Face Up to 9 Years in Prison in Texting While Driving

Man Could Face Up to 9 Years in Prison in Texting While Driving

A Southern California man accused of killing a pedestrian while driving and text messaging has been ordered to stand trial for gross vehicular manslaughter. Superior Court Commissioner James Odriozola denied a defense motion Monday to lessen the charge to a misdemeanor after determining there was

09.29.2009 | Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Vodafone enters UK iPhone market

Vodafone enters UK iPhone market

BBC.co.uk wrote: The announcement follows news that network operator Orange had secured a similar agreement with Apple. The deals mark an end to the exclusive UK arrangement between O2 and the US technology firm, which has been in place since 2007. Vodafone says users can register an intere

09.29.2009 | Business, Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Apple's App Store Top 2 Billion Downloads

Apple’s App Store Top 2 Billion Downloads

Michelle Megna from InternetNews.com wrote: Apple's App Store today surpassed 2 billion downloads, proving that the iPhone maker still reigns supreme in the mobile app world. The company, which started a cultural and technological phenomenon when it opened the App Store in July 2008, shows

09.29.2009 | Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Reddit Attacked By Javascript

Pete Cashmore from Mashable.com wrote: Reddit fans beware: a very effective XSS (cross site scripting) attack is currently live on the site: even hovering over a comment will cause your account to post scores of rogue comments. Turning off javascript before visiting may prevent the attack, or you

09.28.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Brain Scans Reveal What You’ve Seen

Wired.com wrote: Scientists are one step closer to knowing what you’ve seen by reading your mind. Having modeled how images are represented in the brain, the researchers translated recorded patterns of neural activity into pictures of what test subjects had seen. Though practical applicat

09.27.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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How Would Einstein Use E-mail?

Cellular-News.com wrote: You're not as different from Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin after all, at least when it comes to patterns of correspondence. A new Northwestern University study of human behavior has determined that those who wrote letters using pen and paper - long before electron

09.26.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Twitter confirms major cash boost

BBC.co.uk wrote: Social networking website Twitter has confirmed that it has closed a "significant round of funding". Co-founder Evan Williams said in a blog post that the site had secured money from five investment firms. However, he did not confirm earlier reports that suggested the firm

09.26.2009 | Business, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Facebook Now Testing New Ad Manager

Over the past few days Facebook has been pushing out a new version of their ad manager to a select group of advertisers. One of those advertisers, Tradimax, was kind enough to forward over screenshots of the latest ad manager. While we’ve previously written that Facebook has been working on a new

09.25.2009 | Marketing, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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