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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
A peek at official figures shows what BBC is missing by not supporting older Android devices The BBC iPlayer streamed 5.2m more programmes to Apple mobile devices than it did to devices running Android 2.2 “Froyo” software in July this year, figures released through a Freedom of Information request show. Viewing of the BBC’s popular on-demand service is only supported for Android devices running version 2.2 due to its Flash capability. That puts the vast majority of Android devices being used unable to play the content, despite having a version of Flash Player
A peek at official figures shows what BBC is missing by not supporting older Android devices The BBC iPlayer streamed 5.2m more programmes to Apple mobile devices than it did to devices running Android 2.2 “Froyo” software in July this year, figures released through a Freedom of Information request show. Viewing of the BBC’s popular on-demand service is only supported for Android devices running version 2.2 due to its Flash capability. That puts the vast majority of Android devices being used unable to play the content, despite having a version of Flash Player
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Apple handhelds streamed 5m iPlayer programmes in July – 6,000 on Android 2.2 devices
OpenHeatMap’s Pete Warden has created an interactive graphic of how the social network went from wannabe to gottahave – and investigates what made it happen Pete Warden, creator of the very fine OpenHeatMap , has written a guest post at Hubspot looking at the growth of Twitter. Nine months after being created in 2006, it had a few thousand users; now it’s got more than a hundred million
OpenHeatMap’s Pete Warden has created an interactive graphic of how the social network went from wannabe to gottahave – and investigates what made it happen Pete Warden, creator of the very fine OpenHeatMap , has written a guest post at Hubspot looking at the growth of Twitter. Nine months after being created in 2006, it had a few thousand users; now it’s got more than a hundred million
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The new £109 version of its e-reader has been a hit – but Amazon still isn’t specifying how much of a hit in actual numbers Amazon has sold out of its new low-priced Kindle – and says that demand has been higher than ever. According to a press release issued today, “Amazon.com today announced that more new generation Kindles were ordered in the first four weeks of availability than in the same timeframe following any other Kindle launch, making the new Kindles the fastest-selling ever.
The new £109 version of its e-reader has been a hit – but Amazon still isn’t specifying how much of a hit in actual numbers Amazon has sold out of its new low-priced Kindle – and says that demand has been higher than ever. According to a press release issued today, “Amazon.com today announced that more new generation Kindles were ordered in the first four weeks of availability than in the same timeframe following any other Kindle launch, making the new Kindles the fastest-selling ever.
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Amazon sells dramatically unspecific number of new low-cost Kindles
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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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The Technology newsbucket: virtual paper, cash and the Apple exec, 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?
Vodafone gives way after customers complain about pre-loaded, unremovable apps in HTC Desire Android 2.2 update Little more than a week since Vodafone’s customers began installing their HTC Desire Android 2.2 update, a customer backlash has forced the mobile operator to re-release the software upgrade without the garish features it chose to set as defaults. When Vodafone rolled out an Android 2.2 Froyo update last week, complete with branded “360 services” such as “People”, “My Web”, “360 Shop” and a new splash screen, customers were dismayed to find a host of pre-loaded, unremovable apps. Annoyed users were quick to take to the operator’s forums, saying things like: “The absolute last thing anyone wants is misguided Vodafone rubbish that we cannot remove”, “I feel you’ve just ruined my Desire with software I neither need or want” and “it’s OUR device that we’re paying for, WE should have the right to remove software without voiding warranties”
Vodafone gives way after customers complain about pre-loaded, unremovable apps in HTC Desire Android 2.2 update Little more than a week since Vodafone’s customers began installing their HTC Desire Android 2.2 update, a customer backlash has forced the mobile operator to re-release the software upgrade without the garish features it chose to set as defaults. When Vodafone rolled out an Android 2.2 Froyo update last week, complete with branded “360 services” such as “People”, “My Web”, “360 Shop” and a new splash screen, customers were dismayed to find a host of pre-loaded, unremovable apps. Annoyed users were quick to take to the operator’s forums, saying things like: “The absolute last thing anyone wants is misguided Vodafone rubbish that we cannot remove”, “I feel you’ve just ruined my Desire with software I neither need or want” and “it’s OUR device that we’re paying for, WE should have the right to remove software without voiding warranties”
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