Tuesday 21 September 2010

Will the 'Facebook Phone' Become a Privacy Nightmare?

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September 21, 2010
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Will the 'Facebook Phone' Become a Privacy Nightmare? Rumors are swirling that Facebook is getting into the smartphone business. If true, that could be bad news for you and me.
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RIAA, MPAA Websites Pummeled By 4chans Wrath Users of the 4chan internet forum launched a series of DDoS attacks on the RIAA and MPAA websites over the weekend, temporarily forcing the sites offline.
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Super Mario Oddities 25 years of wackiness inspired by the legendary Nintendo game, from lost levels to breakfast food to pop art.
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Nokia Says N8 Smartphone Not Delayed Nokia rebuffs claims its iPhone-killer N8 smartphone is being delayed and insists it will ship third quarter 2010.
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Update: Twitter Mouse-over Flaw Spawns Potentially Dangerous Links Twitter is working fast to put an end to a security flaw that allows third-parties to create mouse rollovers that trigger links to Websites.
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Microsoft to Bring Zune Software to a Larger World Audience Zune's software, Marketplace and music service will be available in more than 20 countries this fall in anticipation of the Windows Phone 7 debut later this year.
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Apple, Adobe Patch Critical Bugs Adobe and Apple released security updates for Flash Player and Mac OS X on Monday.
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The Five Pros and Cons of a Facebook Phone The persistent rumors of a Facebook phone are are dream come true for some people. For others, it's an utter nightmare.
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Facebook: We Don't Build Phones Facebook squelches rumors it has an Android smartphone on tap.
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Was Stuxnet Built to Attack Iran's Nuclear Program? Iran's nuclear program may have been the target of the Stuxnet worm, security researchers say.
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Verizon iPhone Bad News for AT&T and Android A new survey doesn't bode well for AT&T or Android, finding that almost a quarter of AT&T's iPhone users, and eight million current Verizon customers would anxiously embrace the Verizon iPhone if it were available.
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Droid X Users Anxiously Await Froyo Update Verizon originally planned to roll out the Froyo update to Droid X users in "early September", but that timeframe has come and gone and Droid X users are still left wondering when the update will finally arrive.
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Internet Explorer 9 Beta Takes Off The initial reception of the Internet Explorer 9 beta has been an overwhelming success, with more than two million downloads in the first 48 hours it was available.
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Microsoft Pushes Zune Expansion Outside the US Microsoft plans to offer elements of its Zune music and movie services throughout Europe and other countries this fall.
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Linux Kernel Exploit Gives Hackers a Back Door Users of 64-bit distributions of Linux need to patch to prevent attacks using an aggressively exploited flaw.
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Sony Adds Blu-ray 3D Support to PlayStation 3 Sony began pushing out a firmware update for the PlayStation 3 that will allow the consoles to play 3D Blu-ray Disc titles.
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Why Google Docs will be a 'Killer App' for Tablets Google says it will introduce a tablet-friendly version of Google Docs that will be compatible with the Android mobile operating system as well as Apple's iOS4.
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Will Apple iPad Change Streaming Media? Report speculates that users may eventually be able to stream any video asset from an iPad to a big screen television.
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