A new faction of hacktivist collective Anonymous appears to be setting its crosshairs not on NATO or government contractors but on a much fatter (or is it fatuous?) target: celebrities.
UPDATE: A class action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington, accuses Microsoft Corp. of collecting geolocation information from photos taken with phones running its Windows Phone 7 operating system, even without the user’s consent.
History has taught us that monopolies are bad for consumers. It was true in the first decades of the 20th century with Standard Oil, and in the final decade of the same century with Microsoft. Its been true, in recent years, with social networking behemoth, Facebook, also. But now, with Google’s Plus network showing signs of being a legitimate Facebook competitor, Mr.
A federal court in New York has dismissed a case in which the plaintiff claimed that a third-party advertiser had violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) by sniffing her browser history and using flash cookies, ruling that the plaintiff didn’t prove that the actions were harmful enough.
In response to work by Stanford University researchers who found that Microsoft and several other high-profile companies were using a controversial technique to keep persistent cookies on users’ PCs to track their movements, Microsoft says it has discontinued the practice of using so-called “supercookies.”
After a string of controversies over promiscuous data sharing and account takeovers, social networking giant, Facebook, has released a 13 page guide for users who want to secure their Facebook account. Among other things, the 700 million strong social network is warning its users to only “Friend” people they know.
Samsung Mobile has hired the prolific and well-known Android hacker, Steve Kondik, perhaps better known by his Web-persona, Cyanogen.
By B.K. DeLongWith this morning’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility, Google has made the move to bring in a solid hardware component for their Android mobility platform and fired another shot across the bow of Apple. But one big questions remains: What does this acquisition mean for those trying to better secure the Android platform for their users?
HED: Google Device Maker Motorola MobilityDEK: The company will double down on the mobile space with its $12.5b purchase of Motorola MobilitySearch giant Google announced a major move into the mobile device space on Monday with a $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings. The deal, announced Monday morning, puts Google into the mobile handset manufacturing game and gives the company an arsenal of valuable patents for its mobile handsets and tablets. Google said it would pay $40.00 per share in cash, for a total of about $12.5 billion for the company. Motorola Mobility spun off from parent company Motorola Inc. in January. The transaction was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies and represented a premium of about 63% to the closing price of Motorola Mobility shares on Friday, August 12, 2011, Motorola said in a statement. (http://mediacenter.motorola.com/Press-Releases/Google-to-Acquire-Motorola-Mobility-3797.aspx)Motorola Mobility is a Google partner that makes the Droid and Defy smartphones which run Google’s Android operating system. In a statement, the companies said that the deal will “supercharge the Android ecosystem” and improve competition in the mobile computing marketing. Google said that it will continue to offer Android as an open operating system after the deal, wich Motorola Mobility operating as a separate entity within Google and continuing as a licensee of the Android operating system. In a statement, Google CEO Larry Page said that Motorola Mobility was a good fit for Google because the company had “bet big” on Android and had a “total commitment to Android in mobile devices.” “Together, we will create amazing user experiences that supercharge the entire Android ecosystem for the benefit of consumers, partners and developers everywhere,” Page wrote. The deal is Google’s largest to date by a factor of four. In 2007, Google spent $3.1 billion to acquire ad network DoubleClick, the company’s largest acquisition to date. Search giant Google announced a major move into the mobile device space on Monday with a $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings.
LinkedIn is responding to user complaints about its new social advertising model, which asked its 100 million users to ‘opt-out’ if they didn’t want advertisers to pair their message with content – including photographs – from users’ profiles.
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