Archive for October 2013
October 1, 2013
· Amazon to hire 70,000 seasonal workers in US warehouses
· Wearable Wireless Device Revenues to Exceed $6 Billion in 2018
· GTA V Online launches with expected problems
· NASA will no longer warn of "near earth" asteroids via Twitter
October 3, 2013
· NY Obamacare site bombarded by possible DDoS attack?
· Walmart bringing more affordable LED bulbs to the masses
· Silk Road owner charged in second assassination plot
October 4, 2013
· Meet Susan Bennett, the original voice for Siri (VIDEO)
· McAfee: Obamacare is a hackers 'special' dream (VIDEO)
· Smell-o-Vision for your smartphone (VIDEO)
October 6, 2013
· Lavabit complies with NSA order, then shuts down
October 8, 2013
· AVG, Whatsapp sites breached by Palestinian hackers
· Google's Schmidt claims Android is more secure then the iPhone, then avoids explaining how
· FBI unable to access Silk Road founder's Bitcoin treasure
· Blackhole exploit kit author reportedly arrested, changes already noticeable
October 9, 2013
· Confirmed: Grand Theft Auto 5 breaks 6 sales world records
· NSA can spy without oversight during shutdown
· Google rolls out its bug bounty program
· Plans to create Silk Road 2 in the works
October 10, 2013
· Best Buy will give you at least $100 towards a new iPhone 5s or 5c when you trade in your current smartphone
October 14, 2013
· ATM's vulnerable to new malware via CD
· App maker Onavo swallowed up by Facebook
October 19, 2013
· Watch Dog game release makes IT security folks nervous
· Bitcoin trader subjected to massive DDoS attack
October 20, 2013
· Dick Cheney altered implanted heart device to prevent terrorist hack attacks
· Illinois court throws out 'Amazon tax' online sales law
· Faulty SSDs force 2012 MacBook Air recall program
October 21, 2013
· GarageBand for iOS 7 to Become Free with In-App Purchases
October 22, 2013
· Apple to offer live video stream of today's media event
· iPhone 5S puts Apple back on top in the US as Samsung slips in September
· The 216th anniversary of the very first parachute jump celebrated in a Google Doodle
· The NSA isn't the only one to play the game.
· Half a million US ID's traded
· Facebook to allow beheading videos, elbows still banned
October 24, 2013
· Rent-To-Own dealer settles consumer spying allegations
· CougarLife.com ad banned in Australia for being too sexy and violent (Video)
· Netgear urges patch
· The UK is looking for a few good hackers
October 26, 2013
· NSA site down, possible DDoS attack from Anonymous
October 27, 2013
· 12 year old admits exchanged "Anonymous" hacking for video games
October 29, 2013
· Previously unseen Star Wars blooper reel found (Video)
October 31, 2013
· Commander of new US Navy destroyer.....Captain James Kirk (Video)
· Google Glass receives first "award" from San Diego PD
· FAA to Allow Airlines to Expand Use of Personal Electronics
· Minds of Google and Apple Team Up to Create Play-i, a Robot for Children that Teaches Programming
· NSA and the UK tap into fiber-optic transmission cables
· Lavabit and Silent Circle to create email serves that is hack proof
· Facebook eyeing cursor tracking technology






