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One of the foremost names in location based social networking services, Foursquare, has for some time now been a vital tool for travelers, as they are now able to check in to their preferred restaurants and hotels via a simple mobile website, text message or a device specific application. However, just like any other software or service, Foursquare [...]

If you pay any heed to warnings released by Microsoft Corporation, then this one will surely make you think twice before you open Internet Explorer. As per Microsoft, its default web browser, Internet Explorer has been found to have yet another flaw and this time the discrepancy could lead to unauthorized access to hackers and attackers to your the [...]

TechCrunch, the popular Internet, Social Networking and Technology related site was hacked 3 times by unknown assailants who might have made use of the vulnerabilities of WordPress 2.8.4. The first time it was hacked, there was just a “hi” message, and the second time it was hacked, there was a link to a site with illegal content and the third time [...]

Numerous software companies across the globe have gone into damage control overdrive ever since a major flaw was detected in the technology that enables the transferring of important and confidential information securely over the web. The software bug has been located in the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol that allows users to conduct financial [...]

In a statement released by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the FBI officials have announced and stated a warning for all small- and medium-sized organizations to be on their toes as there has been an increase in the number of cyber attacks on such businesses. Hackers that are perpetrating these cyber crimes are also siphoning off millions [...]

Research and Development Corporation or RAND in its recent report on cyber terrorism, has stated that the United States’ best option as of now to avoid a cyber attack on its infrastructure is to keep it cyber anti-terrorism efforts on the defensive, instead of searching for offensive opportunities. The U.S has already designated a special military [...]

Experts believe that there is an ‘industry-wide phishing scheme.’ Based on the ‘more than 30,000 account details’ that have been posted online, it looks like phishing may yet be the current Internet scourge, and we are well-advised to change our online passwords every three months as well as not use the same log-in details for multiple sites. [...]

Last year, at the same time in that Georgia was under a military attack from Russia, also was attacked by hackers that dropped many of their sites suffered also. American researchers published a report recently affirming that those attacks came from internet users and from Russian gangs, all civil and without any involvement with the government. According [...]

If only computer hacking was bad enough, scientists fear that one day even your brain might be invaded by an outsider. The past year had some researchers develop a technology to make human thoughts control a computer, a wheelchair and even use Twitter – all without lifting a finger! And along the same plane, one can say that as neural devices [...]

A team from the English site Asobitech combined new and old technology in a product that promises to please any fan of videogames. The creation, named aaSNES1, is a netbook Acer Aspire One A150 mounted inside the “shell” of a Super Nintendo (European model). More than a simple casemod, in which case just “take the old parts, put [...]