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Mozilla Inadvertently Leaks 44,000 Users’ Passwords

What can only be described as a large mistake by someone, Mozilla somehow accidentally left a partial database of user accounts on a public server. This breach in security went on for some time, until on December 17 after Mozilla was notified by a security researcher of the issue.

The leaked database contained 44,000 inactive accounts for addons.mozilla.org that had passwords hashed using md5 technology. This leak only affected accounts created before April 9, 2009, as since then up through now Mozilla uses a SHA-512… Read More

2010
12/28
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Americans Can’t Live Without High Speed Internet

High speed Internet was the largest technological impact of the decade and that is more needed to Americans, according to a new research.

Zogby International interviewed 1,950 adult Americans, 24% of which affirm that high speed internet had the greatest impact on their lives. In the second and third place were Facebook with 22% and Google with 10%. Technologies that people claim cannot live without, high speed internet ranked first with 28% of responses and email is second with 18%. When asked about what… Read More

2010
12/22
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Google, Yahoo, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube Top Ten Trends in 2010

Google annual tradition continues; Zeitgeist 2010 is released, a picture of search queries that the world sought in the year 2010. Zeitgeist 2010 page is entirely created with HTML5 that lets compare the popularity of terms commonly sought throughout the year with the help of a global map and interactive graphics.

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  1. Chatroulette
  2. iPad
  3. Justin Bieber
  4. Nicki Minaj
  5. Friv
  6. Myxer
  7. Katy Perry
  8. Twitter
  9. Gamezer
  10. Facebook

Following the Google trend, Yahoo, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube also… Read More

2010
12/20
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UK Govt. Wants to Block Porn Websites

UK Government wants to combat the exposure of sex to children on the Web. In a meeting should be held shortly, Govt. must ask the broadband providers to increase the restrictions to all porn websites, keeping them locked to any user.

According to information from The Guardian, the measure includes an application to consider automatically block access to these pages to any Internet surfer, regardless of age. Individuals who wish to access them would opt for unlocking, for example, can trigger filters that prevent access… Read More

2010
12/20
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Facebook Will Automatically Identify Faces

Facebook is going to introduce a new feature that will allow automatic facial recognition in published photos. The resource is controversial, since it involves issues of privacy. The function will operate through comparative system. When the user or contact upload new images, the algorithm will compare the faces with other already tagged photos.

The feature will work by suggestion, i.e. identification will depend on the user’s approval to be published. The user also has the option to delete their name from the list of identifiable… Read More

2010
12/16
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Gmail Creator: Chrome OS Is As Good As Dead

Former Google employee, Gmail creator, and FriendFeed founder Paul Buchheit has come right out and said what many people are thinking (or hoping for). On his FriendFeed page, Buchheit made a post titled “Prediction: ChromeOS will be killed next year (or “merged” with Android).” In it, he bluntly says that Google’s netbook-centric Chrome OS is as good as dead.

“Yeah, I was thinking, ‘is this too obvious to even state?’, but then I see people taking Chrome OS seriously, and Google is even shipping… Read More

2010
12/15
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