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Hackers Exploit Security Lapse to Impersonate Google+
Google, Microsoft and Mozilla have all rushed to update their web browsers after it emerged that cyberthieves were exploiting a security loophole that allowed them to impersonate the Google+ social network.
French ISP Free Says “Au Revoir” To Online Ads
There’s a bit of a storm brewing in France this morning after it was revealed that one of the country’s leading ISPs quietly released a firmware update this week, throwing in an ad-blocking option and apparently switching it “on” by default. Rude Baguette says that “Free” pushed out the update on Wednesday morning but it’s ...
Fake Big Data: Deceiving Hackers With Tons of Crap
We’ve seen some interesting ideas to thwart cybercrime in our time – for example Kaspersky’s supposedly ‘unhackable’ operating system comes to mind – and most of them inevitably involve the use of super-complex algorithms, ciphers and other encryption methods. So given this technological trend, it’s a bit of a surprise to learn that a number ...
Google’s Great Escape: FTC Rules It “Isn’t Biased”
For months there was speculation that the government would come down on Google like a ton of bricks over its alleged anti-competitive practices, but instead the search engine giant scored an impressive victory, with the FTC finding it not guilty of bias in its search results. However, Google did agree to some voluntary concessions, including ...
Should Twitter IPO or Sell? Who Would Buy?
Twitter is in the news again this year, and once again there’s been mounting speculation regarding the future of the social media company and the possibility that it may launch an IPO in the next year or two. The speculation comes following a report in Forbes, which says that analyst firm Greencrest Capital now projects ...
Judge Throws Apple’s Bid to Trademark the Term “App Store” Into the Garbage
Apple has suffered a setback in one of its legion of court battles, with a judge ruling that that iPhone maker cannot bring a case against Amazon on the basis of ‘false advertising’. According to Reuters, US district Judge Phyllis Hamilton told Apple it could not proceed with its rather spurious complaint that Amazon uses ...
Microsoft Exec: Google is “Scroogling” Windows Phone
Google has been attacked yet again over its alleged anti-competitive practices, this time by a leading Microsoft executive who accuses the search giant of trying to impede the development of Windows Phone. In his blog post yesterday, Microsoft’s Vice President & Deputy General Counsel Dave Heiner argues that Google’s stance is not just hurting Microsoft, ...
Ubuntu’s Mobile OS Offers a Glimpse of The Future, But Ubuntu Won’t Be In It
The battle for control of the smartphone universe is shaping up to be a very interesting one, with not one, but two new operating systems about to pit themselves against the likes of Android and iOS. Earlier this week we learned that Samsung was set to throw its weight behind its new Tizen operating system, ...
Will HP Dump Its Under-Performing Assets This Year?
HP has in mind some streamlining measures for the New Year, with a new report suggesting that it’ll be evaluating the performance of its various business divisions and assets, and perhaps dumping those that fail to meet the firm’s “objectives”. The news was revealed by Bloomberg, citing a statement by HP CEO Meg Whitman in ...
Bye Bye, Free News! Belgian Publishers Plan to Intro “Digital Content License” To Make Readers Pay
Just weeks after successfully forcing Google to pay for linking to their sites, it looks as though Belgium’s newspaper industry is about to crap all over its readers, with reports suggesting publishers will collaborate on introducing a so-called ‘digital content license’ that would force people pay to read their articles online. The story was broken ...