CYBERWORLD
02/22/12
NEW ZEALAND:
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom released on bail
02/21/12
ANOTHER iPHONE FLAW:
Paperclip access to SIM card poses security threat
02/15/12
iPHONE FLAW:
Allows apps access to your contacts
02/10/12
LINKEDIN
LinkedIn surges, setting the tone for social media
02/07/12
VERIZON:
To set up streaming service with Redbox
02/06/12
3 STUDIES CONCLUSION:
Facebook can take a toll on your mental health
01/30/12
LIARSCHEATERSRUS.COM
Lawyer sues ex-girlfriends over their online postings about him and their breakkups
01/30/12
FEDS:
Megaupload user data could be gone by Thursday, 02/02/12
Many users stored data on site, including photos and legal documents
At least 50-million users may be affected
01/30/12
NASA:
Launches Facebook space trivia game
An image from NASA's new Space Race Blast Off game on Facebook. It's a multi-player
format and described as having a Space Camp "Jeopardy" theme.
(Photo grab from NASA Facebook page)
01/30/12
TWITTER CENSORSHIP UPDATE:
Company's CEO says new policy is for transparency
Says there have been over 4,000 cease-and-desist notices issued since 2010
Twitter censorship outrage, now in cartoon form
01/26/12
TWITTER:
To censor user content in some countries
01/19/12
GOOGLE:
Earnings results fall short; rare miss hurts shares
01/19/12
YAHOO:
Co-founder Jerry Yang resigns from company
01/19/12
WASHINGTON:
Congress withdraws anti-piracy measures
Bill withdrawn after Web blackout
'Nerds' affect lawmakers' support for SOPA
In protest of SOPA in US, Wikipedia pulled plug for 24 hour Wednesday blackout
Web site's traffic surged during SOPA blackout
01/19/12
FEDS:
Shut down popular file-sharing website Megaupload on piracy charges
UPDATE: Megaupload exec's homes raided, luxury cars seized
01/19/12
HACKERS ATTACK US GOVERNMENT SITES:
"Anonymous" knocks out FBI, DOJ sites
01/17/12
ZAPPOS:
Site is hacked: 24 million accounts at risk
Shut down popular file-sharing website Megaupload on piracy charges
Megaupload exec's homes raided, luxury cars seized
01/10/12
KING OF VIDEO GAMES:
'Modern Warfare 3' most sold game in 2011
WARNING:
'New Android Trojan poses as detection tool
SPRINT:
Shows off first 4G LTE phones
VERIZON:
Motorola/Verizon unveil Droid 4, purple Razr and Razr Maxx
REBOOT:
Online holiday gift returns to hit record
VERIZON:
Drops $2 'convenience' fee after consumer outrage
Hit by yet more data outages, both 3G & 4G this time
GO DADDY:
Boycott forces Web hosting giant to stop backing Stop Online Piracy Act
WARNING:
Phishing email seeks Apple billing info
ITALY:
Apple fined for misleading Italian customers
XBOX LIVE:
Drops avatar guns
SAMSUNG:
Disappoints 10 million Android customers
Drops plans to update Galaxy S phones with Google's Ice Cream Sandwich
FACEBOOK:
New 'Timeline' available worldwide; users have 7-day review period on upgrade
VIDEO GAME SALES:
"Modern Warfare 3" fastest-selling entertainment product of all time
Hits $1 billion in sales in only 16 days
VERIZON WIRELESS:
Experiencing 4G network service disruption
YAHOO:
Awarded $610 million in case against email spammers
PC-friendly version of Android released
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STUDY:
Millions of printers open to hack attack, researchers warn
US OFFICIALS:
Seize 150 website domain names being used to sell counterfeit goods
AUTHORITIES:
Inmates harass victims via Facebook
"CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3"
New video game sets sales record: $775 million in 5 days
GOOGLE
Launches suite of music services, including a store
FACEBOOK:
Investigates gore and porn
REPORT:
US would meet cyber attack with force
UPDATE:
22-year-old co-founder of social network Diaspora apparently committed suicide
FBI:
6 Estonian nationals arrested in Internet fraud ring that infected millions of computers
FACEBOOK:
600,000 accounts compromised every day
Hackers infiltrated Nasdaq's systems; installed software to spy on directors
Bible's authors decoded by computer algorithm
Supercomputer predicts civil unrest
Pre-orders for iPhone 4S set 1-day record with more than 1 million units ordered online
YAHOO: Co-founder Jerry Yang considering taking the company private
SONY: Hacker tried to access 93,000 online accounts
Steve Jobs dies at age 56...suffered from a rare form of pancreatic cancer
APPLE STATEMENT: "Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius"
"Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations"
''The world has lost an amazing human being''
Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs, dead at the age of 56.
(File photo)
App turns Windows Phone into Xbox 360 controller
Sprint to sell iPhone with unlimited data service
SPRINT: Will reportedly spend $20B on iPhones
FACEBOOK: Will launch iPad app at Apple's iPhone 5 event October 4
U.S. Internet rules to take effect November 20
FACEBOOK CHANGES:
Unveils Timeline; changes profile pages into virtual scrapbooks
Real-time music listening comes to Facebook
Facebook changes News Feed, users get angry
NETFLIX: To split DVD, streaming services
Microsoft previews 'bold' new Windows 8
POLL: Google & Facebook rule Android use
Intel, Google unveil Android mobile partnership
Facebook 'If I Die' app kills your computer
FACEBOOK:
Americans spend most online time on Facebook
Threats posted on White House Facebook page
TechCrunch founder Arrington calling it quits
CAROL BARTZ: Ex-CEO leaves Yahoo with more than $10 million in severance
BARTZ: 'Yahoo 'f---ed me over'
Google gobbles up restaurant reviewer Zagat
Verizon and Motorola finally launch Droid Bionic
Google's +1 for Chrome follows your Internet travels
Group hacked Texas law enforcement sites
WIKILEAKS: Unredacted US embassy cables available online after WikiLeaks breach
Confirms it lost control of unredacted US diplomatic cables; security breach
More ads coming to Facebook and Twitter
FACEBOOK: Set to launch music service at F8 conference on September 22
Beyonce's baby news sets Twitter record
SPRINT: To start selling iPhone 5 mid-October
MICROSOFT: Fixes 22 security bugs
Almost half of us are on a social network
Skype WiFi global access app available for iOS
CYBERATTACK: Hackers hit 70 US law enforcement websites
MCAFEE: US was chief target of major cyber attacks
Creepy Android malware records your phone calls
Apple iCloud pricing starts at $20 a year
UK to legalize private copying of CDs, DVDs
STUDY: Internet Explorer 6 users have low IQs
Google plans to debut platform for social games that would compete with Facebook offerings
ANALYSIS: Mac OS X Lion; yes, it's worth the upgrade
GOOGLE: Malware problem, will alert some users that their computers may be infected
FBI: FBI arrests 16 in probe of Anonymous hackers
Murdoch's Sun newspaper hacked by LulzSec; posts fake article saying he killed himself
Screen image from hacked Sun web site "reporting" the faked death of
Rupert Murdoch.
REPORT: 1 in 4 parents say cyberbullying is familiar to their kids
PENTAGON: Discloses one of the largest-ever cyber attacks
Amazon tablets expected by October
Booz Allen confirms data breach
MICROSOFT: Says it has fixed 22 security holes
90,000 military email addresses shared in hack
Facebook video of Anthony 'confessing' is fake
Porn infiltrates Microsoft anti-scam help site
FACEBOOK: Adds Skype video calling
Fox News twitter accounts hacked; several false tweets released
WIKILEAKS: Suing Visa, MasterCard
Internet domain company Go Daddy sold to private investment firms for $2.25 billion
Hackers hit Arizona law enforcement third time
IOWA: Hackers steal $680,000 for homeless from Des Moine Church
REPORT: Google in talks to purchase Hulu
President Obama to hold first Twitter town hall on July 6 at 2 pm ET
Hacker attack cripples al-Qaida on Web
Specific Media agrees to buy Myspace
Pope Benedict XVI launches new Vatican site, issues first tweet
MasterCard.com website is back up after alleged attack by 'hacktivists'
Anonymous hacker group shuts down Orlando Chamber of Commerce site
Myspace expected to lay off at least 150 employees on 06/29/11
Hacker group LulzSec claims: After 50 days of chaos, we quit
LulzSec claims to have released Arizona law enforcement data in retaliation for immigration law
FTC to subpoena Google in antitrust probe
President Obama starts tweeting under his own name
NETFLIX: Streaming service back online after outage
Hacker group LulzSec attacks UK police website
LulzSec teams up with Anonymous
Dating site bans 30,000 'ugly' members
Sega says 1.3 million users affected by cyber attack
FTC: OKs Microsoft-Skype deal
PENTAGON: Expands cyberwar fight, but can't keep up with attacks
CITIGROUP: Cyberattack hit some 360,000 accounts, almost twice what was first reported
Hackers again break into U.S. Senate website but blocked from sensitive data
Hacking group LulzSec clamis to have taken out CIA website
Turkey detains 32 suspected hackers
NYT: Hackers found Citigroup site easy to penetrate
Officials say the I.M.F. has been hit by a sophisticated cyberattack
Experts: Nation-state behind IMF cyber attack
SPAIN: 3 suspected hackers, alleged members of group "Anonymous", arrested
Dying teen's 'bucket list' goes viral
Top court rules against Microsoft in patent case
CITI: Confirms data for thousands of bank card customers may be compromised
UK: Phone-hacking scandal widens to include Kate Middleton, Tony Blair
SECURITY FIRM: Mobile apps for LinkedIn, Netflix, Foursquare store passwords unencrypted
GREECE: Teen arrested for hacking US government & Interpol sites
NINTENDO: Unveils new game console: Wii U
Nintendo's new Wii operating system, featuring a touch screen. The Wii U is designed
to be compatible with existing systems. Bummer? It won't be available until next year
in April at the earliest.
(Image courtesy Nintendo)
APPLE: Jobs unveils iCloud media service and iOS 5
Apple's Steve Jobs looked gaunt and frail as came off sick leave to announce
the creation of iCloud and iOS5.
Lockheed hack attack used stolen SecurID data
Microsoft reveals 'Halo 4,' revamps original game
Sony unveils PlayStation Vita for $249 to $299
Hackers claim they have again compromised Sony's computer systems
Sony seeks to reassure players, game industry
Sony Pictures confirms hacking of its websites
Hacking group says it infiltrated Iran email server
Hackers attack Nintendo's servers in United States
REPORT: Hotmail, Yahoo Mail users being targeted in cyber attacks
06/02/11: Hacker group LulzSec releases about 1 million Sony usernames, passwords
US weighs security after 'serious' Google allegation
Google says hackers try to crack email of senior US officials, activists, journalists
Google announced on 06/01/11 that hackers, likely based in Central China, tried to access
Gmail accounts of hundreds of U.S. government officials, military personnel, journalists and
Chinese activists be stealing passwords. Google said it interrupted the hacks and notified the
intended victims and their governments.
(Logo courtesy Google)
CHINA: Military admits cyberwarfare unit exists
BRITISH INTEL: Hacks al-Qaeda website, replaces bomb instructions with cupcake recipes
Microsoft gives first look at Windows 8
Twitter used by 13 percent of online Americans
New DroidDream malware infects 24 Android apps
SONY: To restore PlayStation Network by weekend except Japan, S. Korea, Hong Kong
Hackers hit PBS, post 'Tupac still alive' story
CYBERCRIME: US goes on offense against digital piracy
US seizes websites' domain names
REPORT: Hackers broke into Lockheed Martin
PayPal sues Google over smartphone pay service
Google unveils pay-by-phone system
Google acts fast to fix Android data leak
Microsoft retracts Ballmer's claim that Windows 8 is due in 2012
Axe app gives you 999 Facebook girlfriends
WARNING: Converting currency on Google can lead to malware
MICROSOFT: One out of 14 downloads is malicious
STUDY: 99% of Android phones vulnerable to attack
Satisfaction with Microsoft software hits new high
Winklevoss twins lose federal appeals court bid for a rehearing in Facebook case
SONY: To begin phased restoration of PlayStation Network Sunday country-by-country
Hackers leak Fox.com employee info
Closed file-sharing company LimeWire to pay music labels $105-M to settle lawsuit
STUDY: 1 in 25 teens addicted to Internet
LinkedIn share price soars in market debut
Google acts fast to fix Android data leak
SONY: PlayStation Network gets hacked again
Apple approves prostitution-friendly app
Facebook flaw leaked millions of account access tokens
7.5 million kids lie to get on Facebook
Google officially launches its music service, Google Music Beta
Apple, Google defend smartphone privacy practices in Senate hearing
Microsoft confirms acquisition of Skype for $8.5 billion in cash
Xbox Kinect could be Skype killer app
Group of hackers says it's planning another wave of cyberattacks against Sony
Intel redesigns transistors for faster computers
Security issues loom over online backups
Apple iOS 4.3.3 update: location-tracking fixes
New Apple iMac: Faster, with powerful graphics
Two sleek new models of Apple's updated iMac desktops. The company says new Intel
quad-core processors make them 70% faster. They feature what Apple calls "Thunderbolt"
ports, similar to USB ports. Apple claims the ports, introduced earlier this year on its
MacBook pro laptop line, are 20-times faster than older technology.
(Photo courtesy Apple)
Amazon.com's new tablet would be the anti-iPad
Amazon is stepping up the tablet wars with a new Android model,
said to be coming on the market later this year.
(Photo courtesy Amazon.com)
Barnes & Noble plans new e-book reader
Osama Bin Laden malware goes viral on social networks
Sony hires firms to clean up after breach
Sony blames hacker group Anonymous
Sony Online hacked, some credit card info taken
Sony Online Entertainment servers shut down
Bin Laden death brings malware explosion
Malware attack specifically targets Mac users
Royal wedding sets Web video viewing record
Hacker blames Sony arrogance for breach
Verizon's 4G network goes down
Amazon's cloud crash destroyed customers' data
iPHONE TRACKING UPDATE: Apple's Steve Jobs says "we made mistakes," fix coming
MICROSOFT: Issues phishing security breach alert for Xbox live game, Modern Warfare 2
PLAYSTATION HACKING UPDATE: Sony sued, could bleed billions following breach
MEGA-BREACH: Hackers stole personal data from 77-million PlayStation Network users
SONY: Hackers stole birthdates, passwords and other sensitive data
ANALYSIS: Why the PlayStation Network breach is scary
Facebook launches 'send' button for more selective sharing
STUDY: iPhone tracks you even after location feature is disabled
OFFICIALS: Pornography raid underscores Wi-Fi risks
REPORT: iPhones, Android phones send user data back to companies
Debt collectors trolling Facebook
Amazon servers take down Reddit, Foursquare
Apple to ship new iPhone 5, with faster processor, in September
Your iPhone is secretly tracking you all the time
(Video report courtesy ABC News)
How to disable creepy tracking feature
Lawmakers to question Apple on iPhone tracking
Gadget gives cops quick access to cell phone data
British nuclear sub secrets posted in online blunder
Woman sues Match.com, says date assaulted her
Match.com to screen users against national sex offender registry
'Creepy' new software is a stalker's dream
Cybercriminals prey on Epsilon data breach victims
How to back up your Facebook data
Skype Android app can expose personal info
FEDS: Shut down operation that used malware to steal $100 million
US targets ring infecting 2.3 million computers
AOL, Huffington Post sued by unpaid writers
Sens. Kerry, McCain introduce 'privacy bill of rights' to fight data-collection abuse
iPad and iPhone go 3-D: No glasses required
Personal ID info of 3.5 million Texans exposed online
COURT: 2 Harvard classmates of Facebook founder Zuckerberg can't undo settlement
Many sharing more on Facebook than they know
HUGE SECURITY BREACH: Hackers steal tens of millions of email addresses from Epsilon
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