Computerworld – With the launch of Facebook Places, users need to figure out if this service is a cool new tool or an overbearing feature best avoided. The social networking site’s new location-based feature, dubbed Places, was unveiled last week. The smartphone-based service is designed to let users tell their friends where they are,...
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Facebook on Friday afternoon was investigating what appeared to be a new spam scheme that results in users getting messages from friends over Facebook chat that have malicious links. The messages say “LOL is this you?” and are accompanied by a link that looks like it leads to a video on Facebook, one victim...
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ITunes accounts linked to Paypal have been targeted in a scam with a number of users complaining that they have been cleaned out. Apple and Paypal refused to discuss the details of the incident. Experts told the BBC that victims had most likely fallen for an e-mail scam, rather than being targeted via a...
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Apple has released a security update to its Mac OS X operating system, fixing a number of critical security issues in the software. The update, released early Tuesday afternoon, Pacific time, fixes 13 bugs in various OS X components, including core components such as Apple Type Services and CFNetwork. It’s Apple’s fifth OS X...
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Intel announced a definitive agreement to buy all of McAfee’s common stock fo $7.68 billion, in a move unanimously supported by the board of directors of both companies. The deal, which is part of Intel’s new strategy to focus on security as much as it does on energy efficiency, has still to get the...
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