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Facial Recognition, Social Networks Threaten Privacy

At Black Hat, a researcher showed how facial-recognition could link passers-by to Facebook profiles

13 years ago

FBI Arrests Facebook Spam King

Facebook spammer Sanford Wallace has turned himself in to the FBI after a July indictment in the US

13 years ago

Microsoft Researcher Slams Google+ Real-Name Policy

Google+'s real-name policy is an abuse of power and harms privacy, according to Microsoft researcher Dana Boyd

13 years ago

Street View Trike Captures Bletchley Park Images

Google has hosted a garden party and used its Street View cameras to raise funds for Bletchley Park

13 years ago

Cloud Usage Models Could Get Organisations Started

Anyone looking to move to the cloud would do well to look to the ODCA cloud usage models for guildance

13 years ago

Byte Night 2011 Will Help Young People Again

The UK's IT industry will sleep rough for one night in October to raise money for Action for Children

13 years ago

Mayor Boris To Address Digital London Event

Boris Johnson will use a March event to push London's Tech City as the digital capital of Europe

13 years ago

Don’t Just Whine, Google: Oppose Software Patents!

Google has complained about "bogus" patents used against it. It should join the campaign against software patents, says Clint Boulton

13 years ago

Skype Adds Video For More Android Phones, Tablets

Skype new Android app has added video calling support for 17 new smartphone and tablet devices

13 years ago

Google Exec Slams ‘Bogus’ Apple And Microsoft Patents

A Google executive has lambasted Apple, Microsoft and Oracle for allegedly plotting against Android

13 years ago

A Million Users Hit By Android Malware In 2011

Android phone users are regularly being hit by numerous malware varieties, according to a Lookout report

13 years ago

Chrome 13 Stabilises For Launch With New Features

Google's Chrome 13 browser declared stable with Instant Pages, print preview, better Omnibox and bug fixes

13 years ago

DoJ Wades In To Android Patent Attacks

Microsoft and Apple are being questioned about Nortel's former wireless patents and Android-bashing

13 years ago

Is Apple Trying To Beat Android… Or Destroy It?

Apple and Google may need each other, but Clint Boulton believes Steve Jobs wants to kill Android to settle scores…

13 years ago

Sony Features Strongly At Pwnie Awards Ceremony

Nominations for the Black Hat Pwnie Awards celebrate Sony, for poor security, and cyber-mayhem makers

13 years ago

Yahoo European Search Results Moving To Bing

Yahoo, transferring its European organic search results to Microsoft Bing, warns firms to check keywords

13 years ago

Research Uses Face Recognition To Find Personal Data

Researchers have shown off the ability to discover personal data using simple face recognition software

13 years ago

Recession Saps Data Centre Power Growth

Data centre power usage has expanded significantly less than expected - due to the economic crisis

13 years ago

Google Buys Local Deals Provider The Dealmap

Google has acquired offers aggregator The Dealmap as an alternative to its failed buyout of Groupon

13 years ago

Polycom Closes HP Visual Collaboration Acquisition

Polycom has completed its acquisition of HP's visual collaboration business and signs a webOS deal

13 years ago

Chrome Beats Firefox To Becomes UK’s No. 2 Browser

Google's Chrome browser has jumped ahead of Firefox in the UK following a massive advertising campaign

13 years ago

Google Overhauls Tablet Search

Google has refashioned its search interface and ads on iPad and Android 3.1 'Honeycomb' tablets

13 years ago

HTC Gingerly Launches Android Update For Desire

Gingerbread update finally arrives for HTC Desire handsets, but there's a very big health warning

13 years ago

Google Looks To Boost Gmail With ‘Interventions’

As Microsoft berates Google's Gmail, Google is getting more aggressive with a new tool to bring in non-Gmail users

13 years ago

Google Buys More Than 1,000 IBM Patents

Google has acquired hundreds of patents from IBM, giving it protection against possible litigation

13 years ago

Facebook Offers Bug Bounties

Facebook has followed Mozilla, Google and others in offering cash for the disclosure of security flaws

13 years ago

Eric Schmidt Called To Defend Google’s Position

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt will testify to the US Senate in an antitrust hearing in September

13 years ago

Video Unified Comms Device From Ricoh And Vidyo

Ricoh is partnering Vidyo to bring its slim, portable Unified Communications System P3000 to market

13 years ago

Facebook And Vodafone Launch Social Mobile Phones

The mobile and social networking giants have teamed up to produce a Facebook-dedicated, pre-pay handset

13 years ago

Google Maps Catches The Bus

Google has integrated London's public transport system into Google Maps, alongside a handful of updates

13 years ago