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Google Makes the Cloud Cheaper
Gmail used to offer a gigabyte of storage to new users, but now it offers at least seven gigs. Picasa comes with…
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Hacking Ring Indicted For $9 Million Fraud
A federal grand jury in Atlanta has indicted eight East Europeans on charges of hacking into a computer network operated by the credit card processing company RBS WorldPay, the U.S. Department of Justice said today. The 16-count indictment alleges the group used sophisticated hacking techniques to compromise data encryption used by RBS WorldPay to protect customer data on payroll debit cards. Payroll debit cards are…
Spam is Getting More Malicious
Symantec has released two new reports for the month of November - the State of Spam, and the State of Phishing (both PDFs). The reports highlight a dramatic increase in spam that contains malware. On top of that, junk and malicious email now accounts for close to 9 out of 10 email messages.
Google Street View Hits Hawaii, Mexico
Attention all Street View fans: another update's been announced, and this one could be considered especially significant. Images of Hawaii were released, meaning Street View now has coverage of all 50 U.S. states. Street View's come a long way since its early days of functioning as a fun little distraction/curiosity. It's now a useful resource for travelers, an advertising aid for businesses, and even a…
Bing Maps Gets an Upgrade
Microsoft announced that it has made some changes to Bing Maps. Changes include the color of the navigation bar, draggble routes, zoom bar changes, command parsing, embedding, dynamic computing, new navigation, speed, and Bing Maps will no longer stop at the international date line, but will wrap around the world continuously.
Amazon Kindle For PC Now Available
Amazon.com has released its free Kindle for PC application that allows users to read books on their personal computer without having to own the e-reader device. The move comes as Amazon aims to make it s Kindle content available on a broader range of devices. Kindle books can now be read on the iPhone, iPod touch, Kindle DX and now a PC.
