Posted on May 31st, 2011 by ElectroGeek
According to unpublished estimates from the International Energy Agency (IEA), we humans emitted a historically high level of carbon last year, pushing our output to 30.6 gigatonnes (up 1.6 gigatonnes from 2009). This estimate debunks the rumors flying around that the global recession would aide in the mission to reduce carbon emissions, and has scientists [...]
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Posted on May 27th, 2011 by ElectroGeek
‘Cookiejacking’ also threatens Gmail, Twitter A security researcher has devised an attack that remotely steals digital credentials used to access user accounts on Facebook and other websites by exploiting a flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. Independent researcher Rosario Valotta demonstrated his “cookiejacking” proof of concept last week at the Hack in the Box security [...]
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Posted on May 27th, 2011 by ElectroGeek
Google announced Thursday Google Wallet, a near field communications (NFC) payment system that will turn an Android device into a mobile payment system. Wallet is being introduced in San Francisco and New York City as test markets, and it was developed with Citibank, Mastercard, Sprint and First Data. Wallet will allow users to pay for [...]
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Posted on May 26th, 2011 by ElectroGeek
Google Maps 5.5 for Android is being upgraded to include check-in and rate and review buttons. Meanwhile, Google Places gets a “People Like You” recommendation feature. Google is looking to make it easier for Android phone users to check in, as well as rate and review places they visit in their travels. Google Maps 5.5 [...]
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Posted on May 24th, 2011 by ElectroGeek
After taking heat for not helping users, Apple takes major step by owning up security problems in Mac OS, says expert Apple on Tuesday promised an update for Mac OS X that will find and delete the MacDefender fake security software, and warn still-unaffected users when they download the bogus program. The announcement — part [...]
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Posted on May 22nd, 2011 by ElectroGeek
Hit your data caps faster than ever! The wireless carriers in the U.S. love throwing around terms of 4G this and 4G that, but the real excitement is still just a little ways away. AT&T is currently trialing its Long Term Evolution network at its Foundry space in Plano, Texas. Stacey Higginbotham of GigaOM got [...]
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Posted on May 19th, 2011 by ElectroGeek
Thousands of PayPal Virtual Terminal customers are finding themselves without a way to process their customer’s credit cards. Merchants are outraged. As thousands of customers shop at merchants at online stores across the web they are being greeted with this message, “Check your information Some of your information may be missing or incomplete. Please check [...]
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Posted on May 19th, 2011 by ElectroGeek
Big-box computer sales decline after six quarters of growth According to research firm Gartner, global shipments of PCs came to 84.3 million in the first quarter. However, after six quarters of growth, that figure marked a 1.1% decline. (Keep in mind that Gartner was projecting 3% increase). What happened? There are several reasons for the [...]
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Posted on May 18th, 2011 by ElectroGeek
Netflix video streaming is now the single largest source of peak downstream Internet traffic in the U.S., according to a new report by Sandvine. The streaming video service now accounts for 29.7 percent of peak downstream traffic, up from 21 percent last fall. That puts Netflix above HTTP websites (18 percent), BitTorrent (11 percent), and [...]
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