Monday 5 July 2010

Apple App Store and iTunes Accounts Hacked, say Reports

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July 5, 2010
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Apple App Store and iTunes Accounts Hacked, say Reports According to multiple reports customer Apple iTunes accounts have been hacked to purchase an e-book application.
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Google Acknowledges YouTube Hack Google acknowledged that malicious hackers exploited a vulnerability on YouTube on Sunday.
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Mystery iPhone Book Apps Disappear from Store An app developer may have successfully, if temporarily, gamed the iTunes Store rankings, other developers say.
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LG Announces Plan to Jump on Android Tablet Bandwagon Do LG plans to develop a tablet on the Android 2.2 mobile OS mean the death of the Windows 7-based UX10 tablet prototype LG has been showing off?
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Natural Disasters and Global Warming Fuel the Malware Flames AppRiver analyzes malware and spam from the first half of 2010 and finds that earthquakes, volcanoes, and carbon credits are prime targets for malware.
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Who Really Runs Facebook? Who are the investors, directors, and executives gathered around 26-year-old CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and which ones have a hand in steering the ship?
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Google's China License Problem Remains Unresolved After five days of waiting, Google is still in the dark about whether the company’s operating license in China will be renewed.
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Indian ISP Offering Cloud Computing to Masses Indian ISP Sify Technologies is targeting cloud based applications; delivered through cyber cafes; at people who don’t own computers
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Taiwanese Companies Join on Cloud Computing for Asia Taiwan's biggest telecom and laptop manufacturer agreed Monday to jointly develop software, services and hardware for cloud computing.
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