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Researchers: Android Wallpaper App Shows “No Evidence Of Malicious Behavior”

blogger — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:50:28 +0000

Yesterday, mobile security firm Lookout announced at the Black Hat security conference that it had discovered a seemingly benign wallpaper application for Android that had been downloaded millions of times — and allegedly harvested user data like text messages and browsing history, which was being sent to servers in China. At least, that’s what was reported . Turns out, it looks like the press jumped the gun on reporting this as a major security issue, and the company has posted a clarification to its blog

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Google’s Latest Search Story Makes Having A Baby Seem Really Depressing

blogger — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:07:53 +0000

Launched during this year’s Super Bowl with its inaugural “Parisian Love,” Google’s Search Stories campaign is meticulously engineered to be relatable and tug at your heartstrings. Their latest offering, “New Baby,” portrays the joys and costs of parenting a little too well, heavy on the latter. So you’re clueless, your wife is pregnant and crazy and you have to sell your precious vinyl collection to be able to afford twins, which are an “expensive proposition”

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Po Bronson: “That’s why academics are so boring” [VIDEO]

admin2 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:47:53 +0000

There are few more creative writers than the San Francisco-based Po Bronson . The author of four best-selling non-fiction books, two novels, a book of short stories and many articles for Newsweek, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, Bronson’s work has been translated into 19 different languages and his 2005 bestselling What Should I Do With My Life , social commentary about the meaning of work and identity was on the New York Times bestselling list for 10 months.

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Hacker Proves Facebook’s Public Data Is Public

user — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:22:21 +0000

Security specialist Ron Bowes has once again proven how easy it is to glean valuable user information from Facebook , by spidering Facebook’s online directory and compiling it all into one neat little torrent that could be downloaded off his site, SkullSecurity.com. Bowes created a torrent containing over 171 million entries with links to profiles that provide access to the names, addresses and phone numbers of 100 million users, one fifth of Facebook. Bowes accessed Facebook’s directory , which has the default dictum “Anyone can opt out of appearing here by changing their Search privacy settings.” Yeah, but should they have to? These kinds of security breaches will only encourage more hackers desperate for attention

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The Mouse Is Dead. I Just Killed It. Now Can We Move On?

user — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:40:45 +0000

This morning when I wrote a post about Apple’s new Magic Trackpad , I knew it would be a little controversial. After all, I basically said that it was the beginning of the end of the mouse — a device that everyone reading the post probably still uses for a good chunk of their computing on a daily basis. But I didn’t expect what I said to be that controversial.

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The Mouse Is Dead. I Just Killed It. Now Can We Move On?

Enterprise Software Is Sexy Again

Administrator — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:59:13 +0000

This guest post was written by Aaron Levie , CEO and co-founder of Box.net . Box.net was founded in 2005 with the goal of helping people and businesses easily access and share information from anywhere.

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Twitter Opening Its Own Custom Data Center In Utah Later This Year

bestcbstore — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:14:36 +0000

As you may have noticed, Twitter has had some reliability issues over the past few months. Part of this was related to the World Cup , part of it is because they just continue to grow at a fast pace — 300,000 new accounts are created a day now

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As Facebook Looms, Meebo’s Bar Gets A Big Speed Boost, Shares Strong Growth Figures

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:34:57 +0000

To most people, online chat service Meebo is best known for its multiprotocol webchat, but for over a year now its primary focus has been the Meebo Bar — a persistent toolbar that third party websites can embed on their pages to facilitate sharing through services like Facebook, Twitter, and email. That bar now reaches nearly 150 million people per month through dozens of large third party integrations

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Microsoft Giving Away Windows Phone 7 Handsets To All Employees

blogger — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:28:50 +0000

Microsoft is in a giving mood. Just last month they gave out hundreds of Xbox 360s to E3 attendees — even sent one to the TechCrunch office for no particular reason. Now they’re going to be giving away Windows Phone 7 handsets to every Microsoft employee, if we are to believe what we read on Twitter

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Conan O’Brien’s Love/Hate Relationship with the Internet

kram412 — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:26:14 +0000

Back in January Conan O’Brien was supposed to come to San Francisco for a SF Sketchfest Tribute and Q&A about his career.

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