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Why The Facebook Phone Is Destined To Be A Flop
Facebook has stirred up some interest once again following its invitation to “come and see our new home on Android” this Thursday, April 4. Rumor has it that the social media giant is finally set to unveil its much-vaunted ‘Facebook phone’, most likely in collaboration with HTC, but just what can we expect from such ...
New Malware Goes For The Money, Infects ATMs & Cash Registers
Most consumers understand the need to take precautions when it comes to money matters online, but soon they could be faced with an even more troublesome threat to their financial security. According to a report from a Russian security company, hackers have developed a new kind of malware that ignores PCs and mobile devices, going ...
Nuance Launches Voice Ads For Mobile, But How Annoying Will They Be?
If adverts could talk, would you be more likely to pay attention to them? Most people would probably say no, but Nuance Communications, known for making some of the best voice recognition around, begs to differ. It’s no secret that mobile advertising is a bit of a problem for ad agencies. Indeed, it’s fair to ...
Russia Begins Censoring The Web
Not to be outdone by the likes of China and Iran, it looks like Russian censors are making the most of new internet laws that allow them to block websites containing content deemed “illegal or harmful to children”, according to a report in the New York Times. Since the law was introduced last November, Russian ...
Lenovo Eying Up NEC’s Smartphone Unit
Lenovo’s determination to buy up a mobile phone company shows no signs of abating, or at least it doesn’t if all of these rumors flying around are anything to go by. Having been linked with a buyout of BlackBerry earlier this year, it’s reported that the PC maker has now turned its attention to NEC’s ...
Microsoft Increases Transparency with New Patent Tracker Tool
About a month ago, Microsoft’s general counsel and executive vice president Brad Smith made a pledge to publish the details of each and everyone one of the patents held by the company, so that anyone could research them online. Today, the company has fulfilled that promise, with the release of its new Patent Tracker Tool ...
Bitcoin Under Attack? Dwolla & Mt. Gox Both Hit With DDoS Attacks Overnight
Another day, another DDoS attack. This time round, it’s the turn of alternative online payments provider Dwolla, which saw its website taken offline for a brief period of time. The site has since come back online, but the company said in a statement that the some users may still experience issues as the attack remains ...
Google Makes Patent Pledge, Promises It Won’t Sue Open-Source Developers
Google has come out with an interesting promise that might just be the start of something big. It’s made a public pledge not to sue any user, developer or distributor of open-source software on ten specified patents, unless it falls under attack first. For now, the pledge relates to a mere 10 patents linked to ...
Did CloudFlare Lie To Us About The Spamhaus Cyberattack?
The headlines yesterday were earth-shattering, with tech blogs and news agencies screaming in unison about how the “Largest ever cyberattack slows the internet for millions”, or the “Global Internet slows after biggest attack in history”. Even I was caught off guard with my own report, “CyberBunker Launches World’s Largest DDoS Attack, Slows Down the Entire ...
Egypt Arrests Divers “Trying To Sabotage Undersea Cables”
In one of the more ‘hands on’ examples of cyber-espionage we’ve seen in a while, Egypt’s military has reported that it’s managed to arrest three scuba divers in the process of trying to sever an undersea cable that connects the country to the World Wide Web. Speaking on the Egyptian armed forces Facebook page, Colonel Ahmed ...