| Cybercrime costs more than illegal drugs, security firm hallucinates Posted: 08 Sep 2011 04:53 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE A security firm claims that the total cost of cybercrime each year exceeds the market for marijuana, cocaine and heroin. And if you find that meaningful, you’re probably smoking something. As per usual with these thing, Symantec (the company behind Norton) has carried out a survey and then cranked up the extrapolation to 11. To [...] |
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| From a trickle to a torrent, iPhone 5 production ramps Posted: 07 Sep 2011 10:00 PM PDT 
Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE The worldwide supply chain and global machinery complex that is the iPhone 5 is now in motion, says a fresh rumor from the Silicon Isle. The initial numbers are impressive with daily production already at 150,000 units and shipments for this month alone to hit up to 6 million. Nevertheless, it won’t be enough. Somewhere [...] |
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| Hot .XXX action arrives on the Web Posted: 07 Sep 2011 07:40 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE You know you want to click on me, big boy. Go on, click away. My shiny new domain means I’m hot, wet, and ready for action… Too far? It’s nothing compared to what you’re likely to see on websites sporting the .XXX domain, set aside just for pornographic and adult-themed websites. And today has seen [...] |
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| iPod touch 3G: I’d like a couple Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:00 PM PDT 
Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE Why on earth would anyone want an always connected iPod touch or, for that matter, why would anyone want a really big iPod touch (a.k.a. iPad)? Hmm, now that I put it that way, the issue fades from “why” directly to how many? Let’s see, I’d love to throw our last feature phone, and I [...] |
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| Microsoft and Twitter look forward to a future together Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:00 PM PDT 
Categories: VISTA.BLORGE What can you say when the largest software company in the world expresses its ongoing fondness for one of the major social media players. Well, you could say "Get a room, you two!" which is what one twitter follower did say. Microsoft’s search engine BING and social media service Twitter announced their ongoing partnership through [...] |
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| No one else will, but I already miss Bartz Posted: 07 Sep 2011 10:20 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Even if only a tiny bit. Here’s a case where the board can claim victory by telling the CEO who didn’t kill the golden goose or steal all of the eggs to go home. I suppose it could be argued that she saved the company by not driving it into the ground, which is something [...] |
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| Quad-core tablets are on the way Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:40 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Nvidia has confirmed its quad-core chips will appear in Android tablets before the end of the year. It follows reports that a quad-core Windows 8 tablet will be available in prototype form this month. Multi-core chips are set up in a way that means they work as if they were two or more separate processors, [...] |
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