The International Monetary Fund now joins Citibank, Sony, Nintendo and other high profile targets as the latest victim of an attack by hackers. This is all starting to seem just a little ridiculous.
Senior officials told the New York Times that during the past few months, the IMF suffered "a very major" security breach. However, it was
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From their data facility cooled by seawater, to the green-friendly architects they hired to design their new offices, we here at Techland are big fans of all the sustainable initiatives Google’s been unveiling.
In the latest post on the Google blog, the company revisits its RechargeIT initiative from 2007, which aimed to cut CO2 …
Mac Rumors is reporting that Apple has quietly relaxed its controversial guidelines regarding in-app subscription pricing for developers, which most directly affects apps by magazine and newspaper publishers.
Apple’s policy had required in-app subscriptions to be the “same price or less than it is offered outside the app,” which …
It turns out Citibank was hacked in early May. Wait, you hadn’t heard? Me neither. Well, that’s just because Citibank chose to keep quiet about it until now.
We’re talking a fairly serious hack, too. The personal and account information of some 200,000 Citibank card holders in North America was breached, reports Reuters, including …
“Spectacular is an understatement.”
With those words, Cupertino Council Member Orrin Mahoney greeted Steve Jobs’ presentation to the council about his plans for a new HQ, just a few blocks down the road from the existing one located at One Infinite Loop.
Jobs replied with characteristic simplicity: “I think we have a shot at …
You may recall that last week, a group of hackers identifying itself as LulzSec were able to break into Sony’s entertainment website, SonyPictures.com, and claimed to make off with passwords and other private information belonging to over a million users.
Looks like LulzSec is at it again, and this time the group’s target is… Sony. …
China’s response to Google’s accusation that Chinese hackers broke into Gmail, the company’s free online email service, and absconded with the login details of hundreds of senior U.S. and Asian government officials, military personnel, journalists and Chinese political activists?
We didn’t do it, and your “unacceptable” attempt to …
And so it begins.
Google’s foray into the potentially lucrative world of hyperlocal Groupon-like deals was announced at the D9 conference yesterday. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt was joined by VP of Commerce Stephanie Tilenius to unveil the beta roll out of ‘Google Offers’ starting in Portland, Oregon (with New York and San …
According to multiple sources, Twitter is launching its own photo sharing service, spelling bad news for third party options like Twitpic and Yfrog that currently fill the void. Twitter is expected to make the announcement at the D9 conference this week in California.
With citizen photojournalism staking a place alongside traditional …
Remember Paul Ceglia? The wood pellet salesman from upstate New York claiming a 50 percent stake in Mark Zuckerberg’s slice of Facebook? A few months ago, Mr. Ceglia submitted purported evidence in the form of an e-mail exchange between himself and Zuck which, if legitimate, would appear to support his claim, perhaps entitling him to …
Cynics who claimed online ads would have no staying power might want to bite their tongues. Why? Turns out, online advertising spending just hit a record high in the first quarter with a total of $7.3 billion spent.
The amount represents a 23% increase from $5.9 billion in the first quarter of last year, the Interactive Advertising …
Doug has this analogy for writing about technology news that’s pretty dead on: It’s like a bunch of little kids all running after the same soccer ball. This month, that soccer ball just happens to be IPOs.
(NOTE: Credit goes to Paul Thurrott for that saying, though I’m not sure if he heard it from someone else – Doug)
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