Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Google Alert - technology

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FBI Investigating Gawker.com Hack
Fox News
NEW YORK – Investigators from the FBI were expected to meet with Gawker
Media CEO Nick Denton Monday following the massive weekend hack by a group
called Gnosis that paralyzed the media company's website and temporarily
forced it to stop publishing. ...
<http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/14/fbi-investigating-gawker-gizmodo-hack/>
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Government warned on web attacks
BBC News
The UK's national security adviser Sir Peter Ricketts has warned that
government websites could become the next target for pro-Wikileaks hackers.
He told civil servants that websites used to file tax returns or claim
benefits could be the most ...
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11990288>
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Does Android's growth spell the end of BlackBerry?
FierceDeveloper
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is now activating 300000 new Android powered devices
each day, up from 200000 in August 2010, according to a Twitter update
posted last week by Google vice president of engineering Andy Rubin. Think
about that: Google is activating ...
<http://www.fiercedeveloper.com/story/does-androids-growth-spell-end-blackberry/2010-12-14>
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Facebook connections map the world
BBC News
Facebook intern Paul Butler has been poring through some of the data held
by the social networking firm on its 500m members. The map above is the
result of his attempts to visualise where people live relative to their
Facebook friends. ...
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11989723>
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Privacy and the Web's 'signal-to-noise ratio'
CNN International
By Mark Milian, CNN Privacy concerns have led people to be more careful
about what they post online and who they choose to share it with. Editor's
Note: This is part of CNN's "End of Privacy" series. Join the conversation
on Twitter by following ...
<http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/12/14/controlling.privacy.online/>
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Apple accused of selling pirated Japan novels online
AFP
TOKYO — Publishers in Japan demanded Tuesday that Apple stop selling
pirated digital copies of novels by Japanese authors, including Haruki
Murakami's "1Q84", in its online book store. "We have no choice but to deem
it illegal that Apple Inc. ...
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Microsoft to Launch Windows Phone 7 in China in Late 2011
PC World
By Michael Kan, IDG News The release date was announced during a speech on
Monday by Yang Tianyang, Microsoft's communications sector director for the
Greater China region. The company is also in discussion with Chinese
handset manufacturers Lenovo, ...
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