Archive for August 2011
August 1, 2011
· U.K. police arrest teen with alleged LulzSec ties
· (More) Rumors about the Apple iPhone 5 release
· Google Chrome Share Hits 13.5%, Apple at 8%, Firefox at 21.4%, IE at 52.8%
· Google buys about 1,000 IBM patents
· PayPal hands over 1,000 IP Addresses to the FBI, look out Anonymous
August 2, 2011
· Android takes almost 50% share of worldwide smart phone market
· Windows XP's share falls below 50%
· Driver: San Francisco trailer shows off the multiplayer
· Skype for iPad Hits App Store (For Real)
August 3, 2011
· The "New Twitter" Coming Soon
· McAfee Report Shows Hackers Compromised 72 Organizations Since 2006
· That 'Internet Explorer Users Are Dumber' Study? Bogus.
· Android Trojan Can Spy On Your Calls
· HP Research Reveals 56 Percent Rise in Cost of Cybercrime
· Research In Motion Introduces New BlackBerry 7 Smartphones
August 4, 2011
· New SlimCleaner Software Now Features IntelliCookie Cleaning Tool to Protect Online Privacy
· Facebook facial recognition software violates privacy laws, says Germany
· Survey Finds One-Third of Americans More Willing to Give Up Sex Than Their Mobile Phones
· Seeking Arrangement: College Students Using 'Sugar Daddies' To Pay Off Loan Debt
· AT&T and Blink-182's Up All Night Fan Montage
August 5, 2011
· Symantec says Shady RAT not sophisticated or advanced
· Profile pics on social media sites pose privacy risk, researcher warns
· Wanted Facebook spammer surrenders to FBI
· Microsoft Announces 'Blue Hat' Security Contest
· This is GoogleÂ’s first self-driving car crash
August 8, 2011
· Amazon Taking Pre-Orders for HP TouchPad 4G
· Windows Phone market share falling fast
· IOS Features Voice Recognition, Hearing Aid Software
· Apple unveils $999 iMac for colleges
· Verizon has 45,000 jobs up for grabs
August 9, 2011
· Get $500 Each Time Sprint Called You After You Said Stop
· 10-year-old hacker finds zero-day flaw in games
· Apple releases tool to create external Lion recovery drives
· AOL posts first gains since 2008
· Amazon's Social-Networking Site Doesn't Do Most Needed Thing
· Google+ Account Name Guidelines Updated
August 10, 2011
· Vudu uses new web streaming service to avoid sharing loot with Apple
· Hacker group vows to 'kill Facebook'
· China Hit by 480,000 Trojan Horse Attacks in 2010
· Apple to Launch iOS 5 Beta 6 on August 17
· Angry Birds developer Rovio gets into baby products
· Most Mobile Apps Fail Password Security Test
· THE DVD IS DEAD: Here's How To Carry Around Your Entire Movie Collection In Your Pocket
· Amazon Kindle Cloud Reader Launched
August 11, 2011
· High School Pals Targeted In FBI Hacktivist Probe
August 13, 2011
· Yahoo! Search and Bing achieve highest search rate for July 2011
· Samsung's iPhone Killer (Yawn) Is Coming: Galaxy S II Due This Month
· Angry Birds maker Rovio could be valued at $1.2bn
· What the Rise of Google+ Says About Facebook (Uhhh, that Facebook is better?)
August 15, 2011
· Google Buys Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion
· Kunming Fake Apple Store Changes Its Name to “Smart Store” (updated)
· Samsung appeals against European tablet sales ban
· Apple hikes iPhone orders to over 56 million units
· Firefox 6 leaked for download Saturday, 3.6.20 released today
· Sons of AnarchyÂ’s Kurt Sutter Quits Twitter, Says We Are Nation of Soundbites
· Apple vs. Google: Who Will Own the Tech World?
August 16, 2011
· Microsoft Launches 'Building Windows 8' Blog
· Adobe releases public beta of "Muse", a WYSIWYG web site design program
· XXX domains are almost ready for purchase
· FTC Busts App Maker For Collecting KidsÂ’ E-mail Addresses
· 13% Use Cell Phones to Avoid Human Contact and Other Interesting Statistics
· IE9 with SmartScreen Continues to Lead Malware Protection
· No iPad 3 this year
August 17, 2011
· Sysinternals updates Suite, ProcDump Process Monitor and ProcessExplorer
· Samsung reconsiders software “competitiveness” after Google Motorola deal
· HP looking to bring webOS to appliances and cars
· 27K South Koreans sue Apple for $26M over iPhone privacy concerns
· Microsoft To Reveal Windows 8 Details
· Nintendo announces packed 2011 line-up of upcoming games
August 19, 2011
· Guide to Facebook Security Available for Free Download
· Microsoft's Hand Caught in 'Supercookie' Jar
· Australian retailer stops selling HP TouchPad
· Rumor: iPad 3 With Retina Display in Early 2012
· Sexting, Retweet and Cyberbullying Added to Dictionary
· Facebook stops letting drug companies disable their Walls
· AT&T streamlining individual messaging plans August 21st, leaving unlimited as the sole survivor
August 22, 2011
· Google gets 18 key patents from $12.5 billion Motorola deal
· TouchPad fire sale sets off flurry of purchases
· Microsoft Wooing WebOS Developers With Free Phones And Training
August 23, 2011
· Download.com Now Wraps Downloads In Bloatware (Majorgeeks, NEVER)
· Report: Apple to Launch Cheaper 8GB iPhone 4
· RIM announces three new BlackBerry Curve smartphones (Keep that model confusion going guys)
· US Mac Sales Spike 26% After Apple Relseases New MacBook Airs, OS X Lion
August 24, 2011
· Facebook to finally simplify privacy settings for its users
· Tweaking.com launches with 2 new apps
August 25, 2011
· Windows 8 File Management Gets a Face-Lift
