Identity theft is nothing new, but now social media outlets, such as Facebook, are providing a new way for thieves to hijack identities. Diane Solomon was running in the Revlon Run/Walk for Women in downtown Los Angeles when she got a message from her neighbor in Santa Clarita saying she was talking to her...
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BERLIN – A German data protection official said Wednesday he launched legal proceedings against Facebook, which he accused of illegally accessing and saving personal data of people who don’t use the social networking site. Johannes Caspar said his Hamburg data protection office had initiated legal steps that could result in Facebook being fined tens...
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Malicious hackers attacked Google’s YouTube on Sunday, exploiting a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the ultra-popular video sharing site, hitting primarily sections where users post comments. “Comments were temporarily hidden by default within an hour , and we released a complete fix for the issue in about two hours. We’re continuing...
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Sony is recalling 535,000 Vaio notebooks because they may get so hot that the cases will bend and warp. The F-series and C-Series Vaios have been sold into various markets around the world: Japan, Asia, Europe and the US, although so far Sony has only received 39 reports of overheating problems, says the Wall...
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Budapest, Hungary—ZEN Studios Planet MiniGolf is available on PlayStation®Network for $9.99 / 7.99EURO! ZEN has applied its acclaimed ball physics seen in their pinball titles to Planet MiniGolf, bringing the ultimate mini-golf experience to PlayStation. “We are extremely pleased with how Planet MiniGolf turned out. We have a title that offers everything gamers want –...
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San Francisco, CA- Nvinium Games Inc, a social entertainment and gaming network, announced today that a new list of achievements is coming to UW-Covert Ops, the ultimate undercover and tactical espionage Facebook game. As the latest High Risk Covert Ops Team recruit, players now can earn skill points money and weapons by successfully completing...
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BEIJING – Google Inc. said Tuesday it will stop automatically routing users in China to its Hong Kong site after Beijing threatened the company with the loss of its Internet license in their latest skirmish over censorhip. Google shut down its China-based search engine March 22 to avoid cooperating with the communist government’s Internet censorship...
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NEW YORK — Entertainment companies may find it harder to keep movie and TV show clips from circulating for free online after a federal judge on Wednesday threw out Viacom’s hotly contested $1 billion copyright infringement suit against Google’s YouTube. U.S. District Court Judge Louis Stanton said that the popular video website could not...
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CEA’s Shapiro to Deliver Keynote Address at China’s Largest Technology Trade Event Arlington, Va., – More than 500 global companies will debut their latest technology innovations at the upcoming 2010 SINOCES, China’s largest technology trade event, featuring advancements in 3DTV, telecommunications and connected home appliances. Co-sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, producer of...
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Comic book fans will be able to read DC comics on all PSP game machines as well as on iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads Famed comic book publisher DC Comics announced today that they are launching a roster of comic books in digital format for the first time, making super-heroic stories from the likes...
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