Facebook has confirmed the spam attack over the last few days, but said it limited the damage. The highly offensive imagery was reported as part of various users’ Facebook news feeds. The giant social networking site said that the spam attack exploited a browser vulnerability. New spam on Facebook, which displays pornographic and violent imagery, [...]
Tech
November 19th 2011 | Posted by Keshav
“It has become one of the places where students and most of the rest of us now are getting much of our core information,” said analyst Rob Enderle. “It is a crowdsourced kind of effort and it is not advertiser-supported. The only way it survives, much like any public effort, is through public support.” Even [...]
Tech
November 18th 2011 | Posted by Keshav
The Linux world looked ahead to a future without mobile flash — some with joy, others not so much. “Flash was potentially great technology, but Adobe messed it up by keeping it as a moving target and never getting it right,” said blogger Robert Pogson. Blogger hairyfeet, on the other hand, sees a darker future [...]
Gaming
November 17th 2011 | Posted by Keshav
The Run is impressive in many ways, though none of them are the obvious ones. Much has been made of the ‘interactive cutscenes’ and the story in general, but these are actually the weakest elements. The strongest – thankfully – lie in the racing itself. These cars and roads are exciting, sexy and fun. Turns [...]
Automotive
November 16th 2011 | Posted by Keshav
TOLEDO, Ohio — Chrysler Group plans to invest at least $500 million into its Toledo North Assembly Plant and hire a second shift of workers in late 2013 to build a new Fiat-based SUV for Jeep, as well as other vehicles. Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, visiting the plant for this morning’s announcement, said the automaker [...]
Tech
November 15th 2011 | Posted by Keshav
Mirasol’s reflective display is being tested by device manufacturers, and could appear on shelves next year. Even as the processing power and download speeds of mobile devices surge, one component still lags behind: the screen. LCD panels use significantly more power than any other component of a phone or tablet because of their need to [...]
Tech
November 15th 2011 | Posted by Keshav
In the wake of rising scam reports, the company has launched new protective measures and released statistics on attacks. Facebook is countering reports about scams affecting its users—and a rising user perception of insecurity—with new security tweaks and the release of statistics suggesting that most of its 800 million active users experience few problems. The [...]
Tech
November 15th 2011 | Posted by Keshav
Jack Dorsey says Square’s real mission is to turn the humble receipt into a lucrative new publishing platform. Jack Dorsey, known to his 1.7 million followers at @jack, is trying to invent a new form of publishing again. The last time he did that, he helped to create Twitter. For a few years now, Dorsey [...]
Tech
November 13th 2011 | Posted by Keshav
Although Apple is being declared the winner in its throwdown with Adobe over mobile Flash, its victory could increase competition in the market for the company. That’s because resources formerly devoted to Flash applications now can be redirected at developing HTML 5 apps — a development that could be good for HTML 5, but not [...]
Tech
November 13th 2011 | Posted by Keshav
It totally fixes the problem. It makes things worse. It does nothing. There was never a problem in the first place. Those are some of the various general reactions users are having to iOS 5.0.1, Apple’s update to its mobile OS is designed to address the complaints some users were having about battery drain in [...]
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