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Gang Exploits Citigroup E-Payments Flaw, Makes Off With $1 Million
The FBI has charged fourteen people with stealing more than $1million by taking advantage of a loophole in the way Citigroup processes its electronic payments. Criminals are alleged to have stolen the money from Citibank using cash advance kiosks located in Nevada and Southern California casinos. According to the FBI, the gang exploited a gap ...
Halloween? There’s An App For That As Well…
Whether its finding a costume at the last minute, keeping an eye on the kids while they’re out and about trick-or-treating, or simply creating ‘spooky’ effects on your smartphone, there’s a Halloween app to help you out. For anyone in a panic over what they’re going to where later on tonight, a free app called ...
Apple Puts A Stop To Siri’s Whoring
Apple has clamped down on randy Chinese punters using Siri to help locate hookers, just days after the app’s more frivolous side was revealed. According to the China Daily, Siri was previously more than willing to assist horny iPhone owners in their efforts to ‘engage’ with the local ‘community’. All one had to do was ...
Hurricane Sandy’s Golden Opportunity For Big Data Startups
Yesterday we reported how Google was playing its part in the Hurricane Sandy relief effort, with the launch of an interactive crisis map displaying pertinent information such as the locations of evacuation centers and the likely path of the storm. But Google wasn’t the only big data company keen to show off its expertise in ...
AMD To Launch ARM-Based Opteron Chips by 2014
AMD has just announced details of its first ARM-based server chips, which it says will be released sometime in 2014 under its Opteron brand. According to the US firm, the move will allow it to increase both the capabilities and energy efficiency of its product line. The development is significant because, along with Intel, AMD ...
Religious Hacktivists Deface French Euromillions Site
Hackers yesterday defaced the French language version of the Euromillions website, taking down the homepage and replacing it with a passage from the Koran that condemns gambling as the “Devil’s work”. The message was posted in both French and Arabic by a mysterious group calling itself the “Moroccanghosts”. It goes on to describe in details ...
Gawker Drowned And Out In Hurricane Sandy Chaos
Amidst all of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy, there’s some good news on the horizon – or at least, it is if you happen to be a celebrity with a predilection for getting caught with your pants down. A host of the nation’s top celebrity-hounding media sites, mostly Gawker, but also Huffington Post and ...
Google Tracks Hurricane Sandy with Interactive Crisis Map
With Hurricane Sandy on a collision course with the United State’s eastern seaboard this morning, Google has just launched a dedicated crisis map to assist those affected by the storm. The Hurricane Sandy crisis map will track the path of the storm as it smashes into the mid-Atlantic coast later today. It provides several layers ...
Schmidt Seeks Talks With French President Over Google Copyright Row
More details have come to light regarding Eric Schmidt’s ‘French connection’ planned for this week. It’s been revealed that the Google is so concerned about the possibility of France introducing a bill that would make it pay for content, that its executive chairman will meet with none other than President Francois Hollande himself. SiliconANGLE reported ...
Kim Dotcom Announces “Raid-Proof” Megaupload Plans
Kim Dotcom has just revealed plans to relaunch a new and improved, “raid-proof” successor to his Megaupload service, exactly a year after the original site was shut down by US authorities. Rumors surrounding Megaupload’s second-coming have been doing the rounds for some time, but now the New Zealand-based entrepreneur has finally lifted the lid on ...