Microsoft To Introduce Web-Based Outlook; Brian Hall Comments
Microsoft Corp. will introduce a free and web-based email portal under the Outlook brand, Bloomberg reports. Microsoft’s Windows group general manager Brian Hall said Hotmail will likely be phased out in the next year. The web-based Outlook service will feature sorting of emails according to contacts, social media updates and newsletters. Hotmail users also have the [...]
Nokia has suspended its developer forum website after it discovered a recent attack that resulted in members’ data being compromised. The database tapped by hackers included member e-mail addresses and, in some cases, personally identifiable information such as birthdates, homepage URLs and screen names from messaging services such as AIM, Skype and Yahoo. Before the [...]
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Yahoo Research launched an online study this week to test the well-known social theory that says any two people can be linked through six degrees of separation. To pull off the Small World Experiment, Yahoo is asking for help from the the nearly 750 million Facebook users. Any Facebook user can sign up to participate [...]
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LulzSec Releases Massive Data Dump, Shuts Down Thousands of Australian Sites
June 17, 2011 No CommentPrankster hacker group LulzSec has steered its Lulz Boat and quest for mischief toward “down under,” breaking into Australian domain registrar and web host Distribute.IT, and crippling access to thousands of websites, according to media reports. The Register reports that the among the Australian data dump were details from Australian universities and government departments, including [...]
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Wired magazine calls it the “nerdiest holiday ever” and the “biggest geek party since Pi Day,” but around the world, some are taking World IPv6 Day very seriously. “Granted it isn’t up there with the World Cup final, or the opening ceremony of the Olympics, but today many of the key players, including Google, Facebook, [...]
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Hackers, mark your calendars. NASA, Google, HP, Microsoft, The World Bank and Yahoo! are inviting techies to participate in the worldwide event Random Hacks of Kindness to help solve global problems and build a community of innovation. Held June4-5, RHoK is a hackathon that brings together the best hackers to use their skills and volunteer [...]
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NASA, Google Invite Techies to Contribute with ‘Random Hacks of Kindness’
November 23, 2010 No CommentAre you a hacker and want to make a difference? Look no further: NASA, Google, Microsoft, The World Bank and Yahoo are inviting software developers, computer experts and students to participate in the Random Hacks of Kindness event Dec. 4 and 5 in various locations around the globe. RHoK is an international event that will [...]
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A new report submitted to Congress by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission expresses concerns over China’s alleged ability to control and manipulate Internet traffic, Computerworld reports. The report highlights two incidents earlier this year, where actions taken inside China directly impacted web traffic in the United States and in other other countries. In [...]
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Recently, a reported phishing attack using Twitter unknowingly compromised user account information. Users received tweets or direct messages using phrasing such as “This you?” or ” LOL is this you” which then sent the Twitter user to an account which asked for identification verification. Then the user is directed towards the Twitter fail whale. Most [...]
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Security researchers with NetWitness Corp. have discovered a massive botnet which includes at least 75,000 infected computers at 2,500 companies and government agencies throughout the world. The Kneber botnet has been used by cyber criminals to acquire login credentials for email systems, financial and social networking sites. The Kneber botnet is named after the username [...]
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