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US fears irrational hackers
The Syrian Electronic Army is another. This is an activist group that has claimed responsibility for hacking the Twitter accounts of major Western media outlets. -
Oxford: Actually, Steve, it's "gif" or "jif"
Wilhite found himself in disagreement with much of Twitter and even a US government-sanctioned Tumblr account that declared the .Gif a hard g. Although credit lies with him for popularising the acronym, language evolves and much of the web is familiar with the hard g Gif, though it is still up for d -
HTC faces executive exodus
HTC’s vice president of global communications, Jason Gordon, has left the company. He announced his departure on Twitter, but did not explain how it came about. -
Financial Times hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
Pro-Assad hackers have targeted numerous news sites in the past, including parody news site The Onion, with mixed success. On Friday they managed to hack FT’s Twitter account and Tech Blog. -
Big Data could save IT careers
All the material that the prototype database search found was that his blogs and posts on Twitter suggested that he was opinionated but that was something that the company wanted. He was hired and did rather well. -
Bill Clinton overcomes shyness to join Twitter
Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, has joined Twitterwith a little help from TV funnyman Stephen Colbert. -
Assad fanboys stuff up the stock market
The hack caused "pure chaos" on the US stock exchange, briefly wiping out $136.5 billion and leaving AP's Twitter feeds suspended. -
GiffGaff network suffers outage
On Twitter, customer @miimii_Original said: "Giff gaff need to fix their bulls**t network I mean you're a part of O2 and they've been there already why you gotta go down too", while @hannah_mayhew said: "Giffgaff is a pile of w**k. Send my texts you a**hole! -
MIT researcher comes up with bargain super-database
He cross-referenced the language in the tweets with forums and message boards he knew to be Islamist to measure sentiment. He also checked the time stamps to see if Twitter activity stopped during the five daily prayers. -
Finance sector agitates against US social media privacy laws
A few states kick started efforts last year to prevent bosses looking up employees on websites such as Facebook or Twitter, however, sections of the financial industry are seeking certain exemptions - citing instances of 'red flags' where people could be misusing their personal accounts to spread co -
Greatest show off Earth launches in Big Apple
Appropriately, you can follow the event live on You ube and post questions for the organisation's top brass to answer at the event, which will be moderated by Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor at the Planetary Society, via Twitter. -
LulzSec hacker gets a year in jail
In an earlier hearing Kretsinger told a federal judge that he gained access to the Sony Pictures website and gave the information he found there to other members of LulzSec, who posted it on the group's website and Twitter. -
Pirate Bay founder indicted in hacking case
However Peter Sunde, Pirate Bay co-founder, "seriously questioning the charges" which is the polite way of saying the charges were bullshit on Twitter. -
US beefs up cyber laws
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian released a video and online petition calling for tech companies such as Facebook, Google and Twitter to oppose the bill. -
Heretic leaves Apple Walled Garden
Writing on Twitter he said that he wanted to explore the world. -
Gates and Allen recreate Microsoft history snap
The only version of the new image that has been shared so far is through Allen’s Twitter . It doesn’t compare to the quality of the original and is smaller. We guess a bigger and better one will go on display at the museum. -
Skype faces tough laws in Saudi Arabia
Over the weekend the English-language Arab News daily said Saudi Arabia may try to end anonymity for Twitter users in the country by limiting access to the site to people who register their IDs. -
Russia starts blocking suicide websites
Regulators have asked Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to take down content deemed objectionable by party officials, reports | The New York Times. YouTube resisted the effort, after authorities asked it to remove a video that supposedly promoted suicide.
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