Archive for June 2014
June 1, 2014
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· Pod thief attempts to 'friend' victim on Facebook
June 2, 2014
· Google to spend $1 billion launching 180 satellites for global internet service
· Right to be forgotten spurs 12,000 requests to Google
· Linkin Park Facebook fanpage hacked and rolled
June 3, 2014
· Google Glass tries to go chic
· "What a piece of junk!" - Leaked behind the scenes photos of Star Wars VII (7 Photos)
· Phishing scam a keylogger
· 'Operation Tovar' disrupts GameOver Zeus botnet and Cryptolocker
June 4, 2014
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· Call to arms by comedian John Oliver breaks FCC site (Video)
June 5, 2014
· Amazon to release 3D holographic phone June 18
· Reset the Net: One year anniversary of Snowden leaks
· Japanese researchers develop the best robot ever
· Sprint, T-Mobile Move Closer to a $32 Billion Deal (Video)
June 6, 2014
· Hoax: Charles Manson Granted Parole
· Vodafone reveals global government surveillance via "secret wires"
· Army loses info on 16,000 personnel
· Yahoo gives one last access to Flickr via Google, Facebook logins
June 7, 2014
· CIA now on Twitter, follow them or be followed....
· Malvertising becoming a serious threat
· Video collection on the auction block - 11,000 titles
June 8, 2014
· Google Chrome surpasses Microsoft Internet Explorer for top US web browser spot
· US government issues hacker attack warning, "defensive measures" needed
June 9, 2014
· Tesla considers giving away its technology to speed up development
· Russian computer passes Turing Test for the first time
· Illinois man convicted of robbery via facial recognition technology
· Apple CEO Tim Cook and the iMac running Windows tweet SNAFU
June 10, 2014
· Verizon sends cease and desist to Netflix. Netflix: LOL
· Pair of teens hack into ATM using online manual and a default password
· Short film by District 9, Avatar VFX artist gets tap for feature length production
· Kaspersky Labs provides real-time cyberstats
· CrowdStrike finds a second Chinese hacking group
· Hackers taking thousands with Cryptowall ransomware
June 11, 2014
· Feedly and Evernote hit with DDoS attack
· Google to buy Skybox
· Russia arrests two in iPhone ransomware attacks
· Twitter temporarily pulls TweetDeck due to security issue
June 12, 2014
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· Facebook to allow users to alter their ad profiles starting today
· Microsoft takes a poke at Google by promising not to scan email to sell ads
· Solar storm may bombard Earth on Friday the 13th
· HP developing new architecture of computers
· When and how smartphones are stolen
· TweetDeck shutdown was due to a teen's errant heart
June 13, 2014
· US Marshals auction off Silk Road Bitcoin
June 14, 2014
· How to opt out of targeted ads on your smartphone
· Apple 5W USB power adapter may overheat, exchange offered
· AT&T wireless users data exposed in security breach
· Cloudfare to offer DDos attack protection
June 15, 2014
· Navy's stealth destroyer designed for the video gamer generation (Video)
June 16, 2014
· The Daily Show weighs in on Google Glass (Video)
· East and West Coasts start up the drone wars (2 Videos)
· Domino's Pizza: Hacked in 30 minutes or less
· Top 7 Geek Books for Summer 2014
· Facebook and Twitter blocked in Iraq
June 17, 2014
· Interactive real-time cyberthreat map from Kaspersky Labs (Video)
· Squadrone System HEXO+: No operator needed for this drone (Video)
· US Department of Transportation urging Congress to regulate in-car navigation aids
· Paid web priority may be banned
June 18, 2014
· "NullCrew" hacker arrested by FBI
· Here are all the new emoji coming soon (2 Photos)
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· Robotic snacking device for gamers - major BETA (Video)
· The FBI has a Twitter cheat sheet
· Twitter will now support GIFs
· New scam slithers onto Facebook: "Huge snake eats man alive!"
June 19, 2014
· Harley Davidson's electric bike project "LiveWire" (Videos)
· Facebook trojan mines for Bitcoin
· Kill Switch makes a big dent in phone theft
· Brief outage at Facebook
June 20, 2014
· Facebook's outage cost $500,000 in lost ad revenue
· .trust coming to a web site soon
June 21, 2014
· Kid's letter causes heart bleed at Google
· Google Gesture app: Translates sign language into speech (Video)
· Would opening your Wi-Fi connection enhance your privacy?
June 22, 2014
· Chinese company fined for selling signal jammers
June 23, 2014
· 300k servers remain vulnerable to Heartbleed
· ala Seinfeld - rhymes with mulva; American stuck in massive female stone sculpture
· Harley-Davidsons electric bike goes on tour
· New Facebook scam: [SAD VIDEO] Her head was beat in and she died during this fight!
June 25, 2014
· Octopush wants you to suck it on Kickstarter (Video)
· Montana gets hacked
· Massive malware network used by cops
· Supreme Court demands police get a warrant to search phones
· Netgear's new Nighthawk X6 router offers 6 antennas, 3 Wi-Fi radios, 802.11ac and looks killer (Video)
June 26, 2014
· "Tracy Morgan is dead"
· "Right to be forgotten" requests pour in
· FIFA security fail
June 27, 2014
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· Tech to the rescue! Hi-tech protection for safety minded geeks
· Mountain Lion found at shopping center (Video)
June 28, 2014
· Verizon billing service goes offline
· MonkeyParking in hot water in San Francisco
June 29, 2014
· FDA approves ReWalk robotic exoskeleton (Video)
June 30, 2014
· Facebook's secret "feeling manipulation" experiment results in angry feelings
· California removes ban on cyber currency
· Panasonic ventures into the classroom






