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Anonymous Raises $54,798 To Launch Official “Your Anon News” Site
The hacktivist collective Anonymous is to launch dedicated website for its crowdsourced news platform, Your Anon News, following a successful Indiegogo campaign that saw it raise exactly $54,798. The Your Anon News title is already used by several of the collective’s social media accounts, for example its popular Twitter and Tumblr accounts, but the success ...
FBI Uses Big Data & Crowdsourcing To Hunt The Boston Bomber
As the FBI knuckles down with its investigation into Monday’s deadly Boston bombings, the agency is hopeful that an extraordinary amount of data, in the form of smartphone photos and videos, combined with the most modern analysis techniques available, will help it to catch whoever was responsible. CNN reports that FBI special agent in charge ...
Last Year Saw Less Spam, But Only Because Hackers Are Getting Smarter
The latest Internet Security Threat Report from Symantec brings both good news and bad news for internet users, revealing that while most people are seeing less spam, we’re actually facing an increased threat from targeted attacks and mobile malware. Over the course of the last year, spam accounted for ‘only’ 69% of all emails sent ...
Intel Remains Stupidly Optimistic Despite Q1 Disaster
Intel published some tough numbers this morning as it announced its first quarter results, recording a stark 25% drop in profits on the back of another decline in microchip sales. Yet the world’s largest chipmaker remained as arrogant as ever, confidently predicting a “low single-digit increase” in its revenues by the end of the year, ...
More Enterprises To Be Seduced By Security-as-a-Service Option
Gartner is predicting good times ahead for the security-as-a-service market, with the industry set to be worth as much as $4.2 billion by 2016 as businesses strive to reduce IT security costs by shifting these products into the cloud. The forecast comes from Gartner’s newest report, Demand for Cloud-Based Offerings Impacts Security Service Spending, which ...
Augify Launches “Data-Science-as-a-Service” Visualization Tool
Few will deny that these days we’re all feeling pretty much overwhelmed by Big Data, even if it’s really only a ‘little’ bit of data. Every day, we’re bombarded with Facebook updates, tweets, emails, YouTube videos, comments, news feeds and so on. The list is endless. Most people cope with this Big Data jungle simply ...
Great Idea Microsoft, Let’s Turn Windows 8 Into… Windows 7!
Unbelievably, or so it may sound, that really does look like the best response Microsoft can come up with as it desperately tries to boost sales of its failing Windows 8 operating system. Basically, Microsoft has decided to allow users to ‘revert back’ to Windows 7 in its upcoming Windows Blue update, pegged to arrive ...
Explosion of Boston Bombing Scams: Beware The Fake Domains
Despicable, shameless behavior. There can be no other words to describe those looking to quickly cash in on yesterday’s tragic Boston marathon bombing. Within minutes of the two explosions taking place, dozens of new internet domains were registered in what looks likely to be a scam targeting people wanting to donate money to victims. Domains ...
EU Ready To Accept Google Anti-Trust Proposal, But It Doesn’t Amount To Much
European regulators are apparently ready to accept a solution proposed by Google following long-running investigation into its alleged search engine bias and anti-competitive advertising practices. The details of Google’s offer haven’t yet been made public, but sources told the New York Times that the search engine giant will make changes to the way its results ...
The Netbook Is Dying, Killed By The iPad
Remember the trusty old netbook? Those snappy little machines that were supposed to be the “bridge” between smartphones and the traditional PC? Well, if you don’t that’s not really a surprise, given how these devices are likely to be all washed up within the next couple of years. According to the research firm HIS iSuppli, ...