At least 10,000 Twitter users fell for a scam that spread like wildfire across the social networking site early today.
Quick action by link shortening service bit.ly – as well as thousands of people retweeting warnings – brought the scam attack under control in a few hours.
Graham Cluley of security company Sophos raised the alarm …
Should Apple own the exclusive rights to the term “App Store”? Microsoft sure doesn’t think so, and Apple’s latest trademark filings couldn’t resist taking a jab or two at its biggest, longest-standing competitor.
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On Monday evening, Apple filed its newest round of …
Nothing like stirring the pot between two tablet makers, eh? That’s just what Laptop did by calling the attention of HP and BlackBerry to the similarities between both companies’ upcoming tablets.
According to Laptop:
“Both tablets render open programs as cards that you can easily swipe through for multitasking, and you can close
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Not that this should dissuade anybody considering that we’ll have the full details of Apple’s new iPad this afternoon, but Cult of Mac is reporting that “an Apple staffer” has apparently said that the iPad 2 won’t be a huge improvement over the first version.
Know what will, though? The iPad 3. It’s apparently due in time for the …
Buying shoes over the web is rather like running your first marathon: painful.
The problem with buying shoes (or any kind of clothing) online is that you can’t be certain that they will fit.
The result is a lot of trial-and-error, and millions of dollars spent every year shipping returned goods (and their replacements) between …
In order to lure away wide-eyed PC users, one of Apple’s more popular breadcrumbs has been Mac OS X’s ability to resist pesky malware, or so Justin Long’s boyish gaze would have you believe. But as aluminum-clad unibodies become more common than not, how will Apple respond when the viruses inevitably come?
(More on TIME.com: Want …
Good morning! Here are some of today’s top tech stories so far. We’ll cover a few of these throughout the day but feel free to get a head start.
Apple Staffer: iPad 3 Is The One To “Make A Song & Dance About”
Link: Cult of Mac
An Apple employee allegedly told Cult of Mac that the iPad 2 being announced today may not live up to …
An Orlando man faces charges for planting a virus in the popular Whac-A-Mole game and other titles, effectively shutting down machines all around the world. The best part: He plotted this scheme so he could have a steady stream of repairs and a constant paycheck.
Marvin Wimberly created a program that shut down Whac-A-Mole machines …
If you have a computer and listen to anything other than your “new message” alert noise on it, you probably take advantage of one of the many online music services. But each one has its own vibe and constituency; which one is most appropriate for you? Take our quiz and see!
Whose taste in music do you trust the most?
A. I used to …
Demand Media, the soul-crushingly prolific supplier of SEO-friendly link-bait, has convinced celebrity chef Rachael Ray to join its fold. This is quite the coup for the company, which recently went public and which has also been battling all those newly-menacing Google algorithms aimed at lowering the rankings of content farms on search …
Google Street View isn’t going to let the “street” part define it anymore. That’s right, Google Maps wants to include more than just a view of the roads–it’s going off-roading, on… a tricycle.
Despite a variety of complaints and lawsuits that claim Google Street View is an invasion of privacy, the company is forging ahead into new …
With traditional television subscribers up during the last quarter of 2010, you might think that the idea of cord-cutting in favor of the internet is losing its luster for investors. But the dream is alive for Boxee, which has just picked up an additional $16.5 million in funding with which it plans to woo more content providers and …
