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Monkey Island makers destroy Kickstarter records

John Lister — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:12:05 +0000

The man who created games including Monkey Island has found a simple way to literally make a million dollars over night. It turns out all you need to do is ask.

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Privacy group demands government action on Google

John Lister — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:55:09 +0000

The Electronic Privacy Information Center is suing the Federal Trade Commission over Google’s decision to change its privacy policies. That may sound a convoluted way to go about things, but EPIC thinks it’s spotted an important legal loophole.

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Online dating algorithms don’t work

John Lister — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:57:50 +0000

With Valentine’s Day approaching, online dating companies aren’t feeling the love. They’ve just been hit by a scientific review that claims most of their services don’t really work as advertised.

The claims comes in a forthcoming issue of the Association for [...] Related posts:

Trendnet net admits home security cams can be viewed by all

John Lister — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:49:23 +0000

American firm Trendnet produces a range of home security cameras that let users check activity in their property while away, via an Internet connection. The problem — which the company has only just admitted — is [...] Related posts:

TripAdvisor can’t claim to be trusted

John Lister — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:52:37 +0000

TripAdvisor will not longer be allowed to tell British users that its holiday reviews can be trusted. Advertising regulators said that can’t be certain because there’s nothing to stop bogus reviews being posted.

The Advertising Standards Authority made its ruling [...] Related posts:

Facebook staff jackpot stories compelling, if not convincing

John Lister — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:09:15 +0000

In 2005, Facebook commissioned an artist to paint murals at its headquarters and cheekily offered to pay him in company stock rather than cash. They somehow persuaded him to take the stock: that decision means he’ll soon be worth around $200 million.

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What we learned from the Facebook IPO

John Lister — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:05:34 +0000

When you ask the public for at least five billion dollars, you have to start answering a few questions. And in the case of Facebook’s long-awaited filing for an Initial Public Offering, some of those answers were truly revealing.

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Microsoft on the offense over Google privacy

John Lister — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:04:36 +0000

Microsoft is launching a major advertising campaign attacking Google’s recent privacy policy changes. It’s a direct appeal for users upset by the overhaul to switch to services such as Hotmail and Bing.

Google has unveiled two main changes to its personal data [...] Related posts:

Megaupload data saved… for now

John Lister — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:01:05 +0000

If you’ve got files stored on Megaupload and you haven’t got a back-up, you need to cross your fingers. The companies that physically host the files have agreed to keep them online for two more weeks, but after that they could start hitting delete.

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Messaging and e-mail giants unite against phishing

John Lister — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:00:58 +0000

15 major Internet firms have launched a joint project to make it harder to get “phishing” e-mails through to recipients. The plan involves the firms labeling their messages in a way that is much harder for scammers to emulate.

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