MIT student’s smart hack lets you teleport around the world at the click of a button – virtually We’ve had ChatRoulette , and then its much more fabulous successor GuardianRoulette (and Daniel Vydra, who did the Guardian one, also created one for those arrivistes, the New York Times ). And now for your viewing pleasure we bring you StreetViewRoulette : taking you randomly anywhere in the world
MIT student’s smart hack lets you teleport around the world at the click of a button – virtually We’ve had ChatRoulette , and then its much more fabulous successor GuardianRoulette (and Daniel Vydra, who did the Guardian one, also created one for those arrivistes, the New York Times ). And now for your viewing pleasure we bring you StreetViewRoulette : taking you randomly anywhere in the world
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Chatroulette, GuardianRoulette, and now.. StreetViewRoulette!
Kirstie Allsopp among those affected as spammer exploits weaknesses in passwords and in Facebook code to try to tempt people to ‘free’ gadgets A spammer has exploited a serious vulnerability in Facebook’s photo upload system to spam both Facebook and Twitter with photos promising “free” iPads and iPhones. The photos, which were posted to peoples’ walls by exploiting a flaw in which it was not checked whether a photo could be posted to someone’s profile, pretended to be from the profile owner and promoted schemes promising cheap or free gadgets – particularly iPhones and iPads. Among those affected were a friend of Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg – who responded, says the security company Sophos; Zuckerberg responded to the picture by asking his friend “Is this real or did your account get hacked?” Robert McMillan for IDG was the first with the detail, which he says let the spammer post “thousands” of messages on peoples’ Walls.
Kirstie Allsopp among those affected as spammer exploits weaknesses in passwords and in Facebook code to try to tempt people to ‘free’ gadgets A spammer has exploited a serious vulnerability in Facebook’s photo upload system to spam both Facebook and Twitter with photos promising “free” iPads and iPhones. The photos, which were posted to peoples’ walls by exploiting a flaw in which it was not checked whether a photo could be posted to someone’s profile, pretended to be from the profile owner and promoted schemes promising cheap or free gadgets – particularly iPhones and iPads. Among those affected were a friend of Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg – who responded, says the security company Sophos; Zuckerberg responded to the picture by asking his friend “Is this real or did your account get hacked?” Robert McMillan for IDG was the first with the detail, which he says let the spammer post “thousands” of messages on peoples’ Walls.
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Facebook and Twitter user accounts hacked with ‘free iPad’ scams
Gmail’s latest feature is arguably the biggest innovation since the service launched in April 2004.
Gmail’s latest feature is arguably the biggest innovation since the service launched in April 2004.
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Read this! Gmail now prioritises your inbox
Plus tweeting from anywhere and iTunes fights A quick burst of 5 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Paper.li: Guardian Technology – now available as a newspaper, online! > > PDA blog We’ve got paper.li working for us.
Plus tweeting from anywhere and iTunes fights A quick burst of 5 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Paper.li: Guardian Technology – now available as a newspaper, online! > > PDA blog We’ve got paper.li working for us.
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People who have seen thousands of dollars taken from their PayPal accounts apparently via the iTunes Store should look closer to home for evidence of hacking Phishers have figured out a new way to transfer themselves loads of money and make it look legit: make it look like the charges are coming from the iTunes Store. Problem is that they seem to have gotten greedy, which has made their greed surface. There’s a scattering of reports that iTunes accounts have been hacked – hello TechCrunch, with ” Fraudsters Drain PayPal Accounts Through iTunes “, which says (a trifle breathlessly) that “Reports are appearing this morning about a major security hole in iTunes accounts linked to PayPal.
People who have seen thousands of dollars taken from their PayPal accounts apparently via the iTunes Store should look closer to home for evidence of hacking Phishers have figured out a new way to transfer themselves loads of money and make it look legit: make it look like the charges are coming from the iTunes Store. Problem is that they seem to have gotten greedy, which has made their greed surface. There’s a scattering of reports that iTunes accounts have been hacked – hello TechCrunch, with ” Fraudsters Drain PayPal Accounts Through iTunes “, which says (a trifle breathlessly) that “Reports are appearing this morning about a major security hole in iTunes accounts linked to PayPal.
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iTunes hasn’t been hacked, though your PayPal might have been phished
Plus what Intel’s McAfee acquisition is about A quick burst of 4 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team. World’s biggest computer makers of 2009 – if we include smartphones > > Tomi Ahonen From April, a perspective on “market share” if you define smartphones as “personal computers”, from a former Nokia executive. Non-Windows OSs make up about 24% by his numbers.
Plus what Intel’s McAfee acquisition is about A quick burst of 4 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team. World’s biggest computer makers of 2009 – if we include smartphones > > Tomi Ahonen From April, a perspective on “market share” if you define smartphones as “personal computers”, from a former Nokia executive. Non-Windows OSs make up about 24% by his numbers.
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The Technology newsbucket: real ‘PC’ share, weak PC sales?, CSS3 made easy and more
Foursquare and Gowalla may fear Facebook’s new geo-location service – but perhaps it’s really aimed at classified ads Facebook’s geo-location service has finally arrived – ladies and gentlemen, Facebook Places . It mimics the “checking-in” functionality made famous by Foursquare and Gowalla, and allows Facebook users to see where their friends are, and when .
Foursquare and Gowalla may fear Facebook’s new geo-location service – but perhaps it’s really aimed at classified ads Facebook’s geo-location service has finally arrived – ladies and gentlemen, Facebook Places . It mimics the “checking-in” functionality made famous by Foursquare and Gowalla, and allows Facebook users to see where their friends are, and when .
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Facebook Places: should Craigslist be worried?
Foursquare and Gowalla may fear Facebook’s new geo-location service – but perhaps it’s really aimed at classified ads Facebook’s geo-location service has finally arrived – ladies and gentlemen, Facebook Places . It mimics the “checking-in” functionality made famous by Foursquare and Gowalla, and allows Facebook users to see where their friends are, and when
Foursquare and Gowalla may fear Facebook’s new geo-location service – but perhaps it’s really aimed at classified ads Facebook’s geo-location service has finally arrived – ladies and gentlemen, Facebook Places . It mimics the “checking-in” functionality made famous by Foursquare and Gowalla, and allows Facebook users to see where their friends are, and when
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Facebook Places: should Craigslist be worried?
New research has found out exactly what each council spends on its website.
New research has found out exactly what each council spends on its website.
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Council spending on websites: find out how much they spent. As a spreadsheet
A survey shows that Apple’s tablet device is popular among readers and gamers A study of British iPad owners shows the new tablet device is more than holding its own with people consuming news and playing games. Good news all round for Rupert Murdoch’s planned digital-only ” iPaper ” as a study by Cooper Murphy Webb of 1,034 UK iPad owners found that more prefer reading newspapers, magazines and books on their new device to any other format. Of those questioned, 31% said they prefer reading newspaper and magazine content on their iPad, 26% prefer using their laptop or computer, and 24% are sticking steadfastly to print.
A survey shows that Apple’s tablet device is popular among readers and gamers A study of British iPad owners shows the new tablet device is more than holding its own with people consuming news and playing games. Good news all round for Rupert Murdoch’s planned digital-only ” iPaper ” as a study by Cooper Murphy Webb of 1,034 UK iPad owners found that more prefer reading newspapers, magazines and books on their new device to any other format. Of those questioned, 31% said they prefer reading newspaper and magazine content on their iPad, 26% prefer using their laptop or computer, and 24% are sticking steadfastly to print.
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Study: iPad is the preferred gaming device for most UK owners
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