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Facebook group “hacking” proves overblown

John Lister — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:32:17 +0000

Recent reports that a gang hacked into dozens of Facebook groups appear to be somewhat overplayed. Instead those involved have exploited a flaw in the way such groups work which could cause embarrassment rather than a security risk.

The issue affects common interest groups set up [...]

Firefox leads in browser vulnerabilities

Dave Jeyes — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:02 +0000

Surpassing long-running leader Internet Explorer, the browser with the most security vulnerabilities is now Mozilla Firefox according to application security company Cenzic.

In its latest report, Firefox accounts for 44 percent of all browser vulnerabilities. Safari ranks number [...]

Google tries not to be creepy

Michael W. Jones — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:53:26 +0000

Despite a great deal of consternation by users of their myriad services about the huge amounts of data gathered on users by Google, their founder and CEO says that they are trying hard not to [...]

IBM exec leaves over insider trading scandal

Mike Ferro — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:16:11 +0000

A promising executive at IBM was recently placed on leave following insider trading charges brought on earlier this month. The charges involved five other individuals. The scandal involved companies like Google, [...]

Court orders spammer to pay $711 million to Facebook

Mike Ferro — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:58:47 +0000

One of the most annoying things about Facebook is the amount of spammers attacking the social media site. As popularity in social communities rise, spammers have started to target these sites aggressively. [...]

Amazon’s new PayPhrase system utterly redundant

John Lister — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:00:14 +0000

Amazon has launched a Web payments scheme that allows shoppers to use a memorable phrase and a PIN code in place of a user name and password. It seems utterly pointless, particularly given the lack of participating sites.

The concept of PayPhrase is simple: [...]

White House goes open source

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:08:51 +0000

The Obama team campaigned partially on technology matters and have kept more than a little of their attention there. Now they have revamped the White House Web site and have done it using open source!

For those of [...]

Six charged with insider trading involving Google, Intel and IBM

Mike Ferro — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:23:41 +0000

Six individuals will be facing charges by Federal prosecutors for insider-trading. The insider-trading scheme involves some of the biggest tech companies in the world such as Intel, Google and IBM. [...]

Microsoft’s Sidekick cloud outage gets worse

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:18:58 +0000

Microsoft’s cleverly named “software plus services” strategy would probably work better with users if their cloud computing centers would stop turning into smoke and mirrors.

A week or so ago, Microsoft’s Danger server farm, which holds [...]

Cisco builds in new filters for Dark Websites

Michael W. Jones — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:11:46 +0000

Major router hardware player Cisco Systems is talking aim at sites in the Web that corporate managers would like to keep employees out of but have been unable to with conventional technology.

Every day, [...]