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Archive for February, 2012
Hidden dangers of Facebook
Feb. 29 | Over the last few years, Facebook’s growth has been phenomenal. The world’s no. 1 social networking site also sometime back beat Google to become the most visited Web site in the US for an entire week at a stretch. However, the site has...
Hack Chrome browser, get $1M
Feb. 29 | Internet search giant Google has announced that it would pay up to one million dollars in prizes to hackers who can expose bugs and vulnerabilities in their Chrome browser. Calling it a “big learning opportunity,” Google staffers Chris Evans...
Apple loophole gives access to users private photos
Feb. 29 | The private photos on your phone may not be as private as you think. Developers of applications for Apple’s mobile devices, along with Apple itself, came under scrutiny this month after reports that some apps were taking people’s address...
Android users most vulnerable to hacking say Analysts
Feb. 29 | Cyber criminals are sneaking a soaring number of malware into smartphones to steal data or even money, with those running on Google’s Android most exposed to security threats, analysts said. While the Android open concept has gained the hearts...
Apple to launch iPad 3 on March 7
Feb. 29 | Apple Inc, the world’s most valuable company, will hold a product event on March 7 in San Francisco, where it’s said to be releasing the third generation of its best-selling iPad tablet computer. “We have something you really have to...
Google bypassed IE privacy settings too
Feb. 29 | In the wake of reports that Google had sidestepped privacy settings in Apple’s Safari browser, Microsoft announced today it had discovered that the Web giant had done the same with Internet Explorer. “When the IE team heard that Google had...
Microsoft goes to EU against Google+
Feb. 29 | Microsoft and several other companies have complained to EU antitrust regulators about Google’s social networking tool, two people familiar with the matter said, but they declined to provide the names of the other firms involved. The complaints,...
Microsoft to unveil test version of Windows 8
Feb. 29 | Microsoft Corp unveils the first widely available test version of Windows 8 on Wednesday, giving the public the first chance to try out the slick, new-look operating system it hopes will restore the company’s fading tech supremacy. Windows 8, as...
Android 5.0 Will Launch In Fall Of 2012
Feb. 28 | Android is force that will not be stopped. Google’s Andy Rubin announced yesterday that there are 850,000 daily Android activations, excluding devices like the Kindle Fire that don’t use Google services. Now, even though only one handset is currently...
