Creating The Next Big Thing (Wired) — excellent piece showing Tim’s thinking. Apple. They’re clearly on the wrong path. They file patent suits that claim that nobody else can make a device with multitouch. But they didn’t invent multitouch. They … View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary For…
Four short links: 7 December 2012
AR Drone That Infects Other Drones With Virus Wins DroneGames (IEEE) — how awesome is a contest where a group who taught a drone to behave itself on the end of a leash, constantly taking pictures and performing facial recognition, … View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary For…
Four short links: 16 November 2012
Under the Hood of Team Obama’s Tech Operation (Mother Jones) — The new platform allowed OFA to collect feedback from the ground on an enormous scale, and respond accordingly. In short, it made the flow of information bidirectional. “What it … View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary For…
Trend Micro Unearths More Links Between China and Hacker Group
Security vendor Trend Micro has been tracking a hacking campaign called Luckycat that has been linked to 90 attacks, including some aimed at Tibetan activists, and has tied it to a group based in China, the company said in a report published on Thursday. The Luckycat campaign, which has been…
Security firm links cyber spy campaign to Chinese hacker
Tokyo-based computer security firm Trend Micro on Friday said it linked a hacker in China to a “cyber espionage” campaign targeting India, Japan, and Tibetans. View full post on Security News Headlines – Yahoo! News View full post on National Cyber Security
Pirate Bay links censored in Windows Live Messenger
Microsoft has reportedly started censoring links to infamous BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay shared through its instant messaging service, Windows Live Messenger. The issue was first flagged up by TorrentFreak, which found that users who tried to paste a Pirate Bay link to their friends through Windows Live Messenger were…
Warning: Whitney Houston autopsy video links on Facebook aren’t what they seem
The death of pop superstar Whitney Houston made headlines around the world this weekend, and it didn’t take long for fraudsters and cybercriminals to cash in on the singer’s death. For instance, messages have been seen shared on Facebook claiming to link to a video of Whitney Houston’s autopsy. According…
Don’t Trust Links Sent in Email Messages
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Researcher links Stuxnet virus to Conficker
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Facebook to check outbound links for viruses, malware
After noting how its users have been targeted by phishing and malware attacks, social networking giant Facebook is now checking outbound links for viruses or malware. Using a new system developed by security firm Websense, Facebook is scanning the links as a precaution to protect its users, tech site The…