A kindhearted cop in Redmond, Washington, came to the rescue of a family after the mother and father were allegedly caught trying to shoplift essential items for their children. The Redmond Police Department officer stepped in after managers at a Target store decided not to press charges against the couple,…
US National Security Agency quietly launches its Twitter account
While not as yet verified by Twitter, it appears the National Security Agency — the United States Spy agency recently revealed to be at the heart of an international electronic Monitoring program by whistleblower contractor Edward Snowden — has activated an official Twitter account at @NSA_PAO. Called out by @DellCam of the @DailyDot, the account started…
Facebook denies file-sharing vulnerability, then quietly fixes it
Facebook has apparently fixed a vulnerability in its social-networking site after insisting it wasn’t a weakness and didn’t need to be remedied. Nathan Power, who works for the technology consultancy CDW, updated his blog on Tuesday to reflect that the flaw had been fixed. The problem allowed a user to…