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HP teases with details of the new webOS-based HP TouchPad
HP has made the long awaited announcement of exactly what tablet device it will be releasing – the webOS-based HP TouchPad. Earlier last year the HP Slate looked set to take on the tablet heavyweight champ, the Apple iPad, but was unfortunately killed off within a few months of its announcement. Now HP is teasing us with [...]
Hackers spread fake “dislike” button for Facebook
Facebook users are being warned to avoid a fake “Dislike” button that is used by hackers to install malware onto PCs. Following on from the popularity of the genuine “Like” button that the social network installed, hackers have decided install an application pitched as the “Dislike application. Once a user grants access to said application, [...]
Facebook finally agrees to launch panic button to protect young users
Rosie Khdir looks into the safety agreement made between Facebook and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) following months of discussions.
Dell reaches out to customers through social media
Ever since Dell set up its social media and community department in 2006, it has always been an advocate of using social media to reach customers. It has been revealed that 1.5 million people follow Dell on Twitter and more than 3.5 million people have communicated with the company via Twitter and Facebook. Dell’s Internet, [...]
Top 5 online scams of the week
Rosie Khdir gives you a run down on the five best (or should it be five worst?) online scams of the week!
New Facebook bug may leave you with no friends!
The latest in Facebook news is the revelation of a bug that allows hackers to delete your friends from your profile. A student in the US reported the flaw, a code that uses publicly available data from Facebook to delete every friendship connection a user has. Facebook official have stated that the flaw has been [...]
Facebook users suffers a “sexy” malware attack
Many Facebook users have been tricked by a video that is being advertised as “the sexiest video ever”. There have been two recent attacks featuring a ‘sexy video’ which lures the user into clicking on a fake FLV Player upgrade message which then downloads adware onto the PC. Security firms have now called for Facebook [...]
AVG: we detected and blocked massive malware assaulton Facebook
Tomas Mowlam reports on news from AVG that they 'identified and blocked' a substantial malware threat, running from an ad on Facebook.
Why the tablet will never replace the PC…
The two most popular words in the tech industry at the moment seem to be tablet and slate. Rosie Khdir looks a bit further into the fad, and champions the reign of the faithful PC.
