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Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto ‘linked’ to the Silk Road
The mysterious entity that is Satoshi Nakamoto is best known as being the person (or persons) behind the creation of the Bitcoin digital currency, but now a new report suggests that he (or she) may have also helped to fund the online drugs marketplace known as the Silk Road. The accusation comes from a couple ...
Silk Road owner ‘Dread Pirate Roberts’ accused of two new murder attempts
Ross Ulbricht, AKA Dread Pirate Roberts, the man accused of being behind the infamous Silk Road online black market, has been charged with ordering an additional four murders on his enemies, according to a report in Forbes. This means that Ulbricht stands accused of a total of six murder-for-hire attempts, though prosecutors do not have ...
Stuxnet’s evil twin highlights the very real threat of cyber-warfare
Knowledge of the deadly Stuxnet worm that wreaked havoc with Iran’s nuclear infrastructure has been public for more than three years now, but cybersecurity experts continue to stumble upon new revelations – with the latest one being that Stuxnet had an older, and far more evil, ‘twin’. An in-depth report from Foreign Policy’s Ralph Langner ...
Future tech: Implantable brain chips could help unlock memories
Imagine a world wherein you can just download information right into your brain? Just stick a jack into the back of your head, hit the ‘download’ button and away you go! It would be AWESOME, right? You could absorb the entire works of Shakespeare in an instant, and never have to worry about forgetting even ...
Ballmer hits out against Xbox & Bing naysayers
Steve Ballmer is keenly aware that more than a few investors have the knives out for ‘under-performing’ divisions like the Xbox and Bing, but he’s determined to shut them up. In his last-ever shareholder meeting, the outgoing Microsoft CEO reiterated his belief in the company’s search engine and games console, saying that both divisions are ...
Salesforce’s Benioff explains grand vision behind Salesforce1
If your electric toothbrush comes with GPS and Wi-Fi enabled, Salesforce wants to be the company that manages the data it creates, keeping your dentist informed about your teeth brushing habits. That is the vision behind Salesforce.com’s new strategy announced by CEO Marc Benioff during his keynote at Dreamforce 2013 yesterday. Benioff gave the example ...
vBulletin forums hacked: Inj3ct0r Team tries to sell zero-day flaw
It’s come to light that the makers of the popular web forum software vBulletin have admitted a major security breach last Friday, which saw their network successfully hacked and breached, with the hackers gaining access to customers’ IDs and passwords. vBulletin said that it reacted immediately to the breach by resetting its users’ passwords automatically, ...
Death by Bitcoin: Say hello to the anonymous, crowd-funded Assassination Market
Would you be prepared to kill for a small fortune in Bitcoin? Well, that’s the reward on offer over at a new website called the Assassination Market, a sick and twisted take on crowd-funding that lets people donate the cryptocurrency anonymously to bring about an early demise for various political leaders. The existence of Assassination ...
Bitcoin value hits $649, you can blame it on China!
Bitcoin is spiraling out of control – the cryptocurrency soared to a record high of $649, before tailing off slightly to $640 at the time of writing, on the Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange. This comes as the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs gets ready for a major hearing this Monday morning ...
Salesforce swoops on the Internet of Things with Salesforce1
On Monday, Salesforce is set to announce its next-generation CRM platform called Salesforce1, which is envisaged as providing a way for software vendors, developers and customers to integrate third-party services like as Dropbox and Evernote with applications and sensors. Salesforce1 is a ‘mobile-first’ environment that underlines Salesforce’s determination to be one of the first platform ...