Archive for October 2014

October 1, 2014

· Google ups bounty reward to $15,000
· Ebay and PayPal are going it alone in 2015

October 2, 2014

· Delta Airlines scam email making the rounds

October 3, 2014

· JP Morgan Chase breach may spark phishing attacks
· Google sued over nude celeb photos
· Mac botnet using Reddit to spread infections

October 4, 2014

· Rovio (Angry Birds) profits drop in half, layoffs coming
· Bend Test: Strong hips, fake gluteus maximus versus the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (Video)
· JP Morgan not the only one suspected of being hacked
· Samsung paid Microsoft $1 billion in royalties last year
· Apple's Tim Cook honors Steve Jobs on 3 year anniversary

October 5, 2014

· Facebook 'poke' leads to real life death
· Chase Bank posts update regarding the recent hack of their servers

October 6, 2014

· This brand new “rare” Apple iPhone 6 prototype can be yours for $62,000+
· NetCompetition's Scott Cleland explains why you should fear municipal fiber and love Comcast (Video)
· AT&T insider breaches security
· HP splitting into two companies

October 7, 2014

· T-Mobile’s John Legere answers the iPhone 6 Plus bending issue perfectly (Video)
· Russian cybercriminals steal data from five big US banks
· Adobe spies on ereaders

October 8, 2014

· Star Wars style drone racing (Video)
· Adobe busted spying on their customers e-book history
· Sapphire company CEO sold shares days before iPhone 6 announcement
· Man offers to trade home for iPhone 6 (Video)
· AT&T fined a whopping $105 million for "cramming" charges
· Computer security firm Symantec rumored to split into two companies

October 9, 2014

· Emma Watson nude Facebook video will only give you a Trojan
· Leaked ATM manual allows hackers to steal millions
· Apple Now the World's No. 5 PC Maker

October 10, 2014

· Google Now Tops Siri, Cortana
· Diary Queen stores hacked
· Kmart latest to be hacked

October 11, 2014

· Interstellar - official trailers (3 Videos)
· Founder of Liberty Reserve extradited to the U.S.

October 12, 2014

· 7 Plus 8 Equals 10 - Hands On With The Windows 10 Technical Preview

October 13, 2014

· Improve iPhone battery life by disabling ‘Background App Refresh’
· New battery technology could revolutionize the industry
· Thousands of fake apps flood the social networks

October 14, 2014

· Dropbox: We were not hacked, third party services compromised
· Zuckerberg joins Gates in donating $25 million to fight Ebola
· Smartphones could be used to collect data on Cosmic rays

October 15, 2014

· California woman rescued by her Find My Phone app
· Apple and Facebook add "Egg freezing" to their employee perks

October 16, 2014

· Google announces Android 5.0 Lollipop (Video)
· Is Microsoft sending out Copyright Strikes against YouTube users bashing Windows 8.1?
· The FBI wants direct access to your phone
· Apple Pay rolls out Oct. 20th

October 17, 2014

· AT&T customers eager to snap up cramming refunds
· Copper users to see faster broadband speeds
· Foxfire Hello offers free voice and video chat

October 18, 2014

· Obama requires government credit cards to have Chip and PIN
· Master Card adds fingerprint scanner to credit cards

October 19, 2014

· Facebook wants the DEA to promise that it won't create fake accounts

October 20, 2014

· Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare trailer released (Video)
· Obama signs “BuySecure” initiative to speed EMV adoption in the US
· What happened to Google Glass?
· MIT's App Inventor used to create malicious apps
· U.K wants to increase the penalty for trolls to two years

October 21, 2014

· Adobe and Nielsen team up to track online viewing

October 22, 2014

· CryptoWall being spread by malvertizing
· Android ransomware, Koler, spread via SMS messages
· Microsoft warns of security leak with PowerPoint

October 23, 2014

· Marvel's "Avengers: Age of Ultron" - Teaser Trailer
· Vintage Apple-1 computer sells for $905,000
· The newest favorite gadget seems to be the Chromebook

October 24, 2014

· Backoff POS malware spreading

October 25, 2014

· Google exec Dr. Alan Eustace breaks sound barrier, sets sky-diving records (Video)

October 27, 2014

· IBM dedicates computing power to fight Ebola
· Hungary proposes a tax on internet usage

October 28, 2014

· Lowe's employes new help - Robots (Video)
· FTC: AT&T guilty of throttling unlimited data customers

October 29, 2014

· iPhone or Android? Here's an honest perspective
· Facebook offering $300,000 for ideas to make the web safer
· White House network hacked

October 30, 2014

· Lead Secret Service prostitution investigator resigns, caught on surveillance at brothel
· Pirate Bay co-founder to be sentenced in Denmark
· Apple CEO Tim Cook comes out of the closet

October 31, 2014

· Russian MP wants to ban Tim Cook
· Zuckerberg to host a Q&A session on Thursday
· White hat hacker finds vulnerability in OS X