Sarah Lucy Citigroup has declared that the hack attack that took place last month compromised no less than millions of dollars from the credit card accounts of its customers. According to CNN, Citigroup confessed that an estimated total of $2.7 million were stolen, from almost 3,400 accounts which were compromised on the 10th May. Technically [...] (Continue reading)
Alec Ronin The DEFCON hackers have made plans to spread their talent and teach their obnoxious skills to the next generation, improving the tendency of these children to become highly-reputed versions of software hackers, lock pickers and social engineers. The DEFCON Kids is scheduled to take place in Las Vegas on 6th and 7th August [...] (Continue reading)
Alec Ronin The internet-based code hosting service, GitHub, has made an announcement this week releasing a new service called GitHub for Mac, which is designed to be a free Git client for Mac OS X. It will be more interactive to mange depositaries and code-sharing features of GitHub. On the whole, Git is actually a [...] (Continue reading)
Sarah Lucy It looks like the private details of Tony Blair’s personal life were not publicized after hacking the computer system of the former British MP; instead the information was actually stolen from an email account of a former staff. Answering the queries about the wrongdoing hacker group, which has already taken responsibility of publicizing [...] (Continue reading)
Yahoo made an announcement this Thursday, showing the company’s progress in the increasingly competitive music business, releasing a new app, entitled Play by Yahoo. This new free Android app promises to deliver an amalgam of the best features from both iTunes and Shazam, especially the attribute of iTunes to make instant playlists based on a [...] (Continue reading)
Surprisingly the share prices of Research In Motion got higher to almost 10 percent this Tuesday, following the speculations that the company is finally straightening up by cutting staff and might even be on the verge of a complete takeover. The renowned BlackBerry making company, RIM, was once one of the most dominating companies in [...] (Continue reading)
Microsoft made a much awaited announcement on Tuesday, declaring that its most-interactive gaming console will now be launching the most-interactive ads using both the voice and gesture recognizing feature of Kinect. The world’s largest software company revealed that its “NUads” technology is an indication of what is going to offer in future in television advertising. [...] (Continue reading)
AT&T Inc. announced that its much controversial deal of acquiring T-Mobile USA for $39 billion will remain under study and will have a pending approval till the first quarter of 2012. The General Counsel of AT&T, Wayne Watts, disclosed on Tuesday that all the representatives of regulatory authorities reviewing this deal have been precise, factual [...] (Continue reading)
Adobe Systems Inc. published its progress on Tuesday, showing a huge 54 percent increase in its quarterly net profit, backed with an unexpected development in its sales target. A warning was also reported regarding the declining demand for its products in the region of Europe. The shares of one of the world’s largest developer of [...] (Continue reading)
The duo of ‘social games’ and a ‘good cause’ is becoming trendy because of its success in engaging game players of Facebook with the fundraising for versatile philanthropic causes. The best example of this combination was Zynga’s effort of raising funds through its record-breaking online social games to support the victims and relief efforts of [...] (Continue reading)