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Facebook Says 600,000 Accounts Compromised Per DayIn a blog entry on Thursday, Facebook stated that about 600,000 log-ins every day are compromised. The factoid, first noted by security site Sophos, was in the context of an entry introducing new security features for the social network. The figure was extrapolated by a stat showing 0.06% of 1 bi... Top 7 Scary Video Games to Play This Halloween1. Resident Evil The whole survivor horror genre partially owes itself to Resident Evil, which when released in 1996, was possibly one of the most influential games, and kickstarted a “survival horr... HP Announces It’ll Stay in the Tablet Business, One Way or Another“We need to be in the tablet business,” said HP CEO Meg Whitman in a conference call with analysts, just after she announced HP would keep its PC business rather than spinning it off. Even though the company killed off its TouchPad tablet that ran the webOS software it acquired along... Ireland Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Tech’s Elite [PICS]Kicking It Off With a Panel f.ounders, an intimate conference for 150 of the world's most prominent technology and startup founders, kicked off the first night with drinks, appetizers and a panel that included Bebo co-founder Michael Birch and Angry Birds co-founde... The Architect of #OccupyWallStreet Praises the Power of “Magical Hashtags”The #occupywallstreet movement didn’t spring up out of nowhere. It was very deliberately conceived by the creators of a title you may have seen on the newsstand: Adbusters. As digital marketing agency iCrossing recently outlined, the movement started with a tweet from Adbusters on July 4. ... HP to Stay in PC Business, Apple Sales Spike in Asia and More: Today’s Top StoriesWelcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on three particular stories of interest today. HP to Stay in PC and Tablet Businesses On a conference call with analysts T... 7 Creative Tributes to Steve JobsSteve Jobs Made from Old Macbook Pro Mint Foundry put together this portrait of Jobs by tearing apart and laying out an old Macbook Pro.Click here to view this gallery.Many mourned the death of Steve Jobs, the often-controversial, often-brilliant mind behind Apple.... Steve Martin to Turn Tweets Into BookSteve Martin’s not going to let his one-liners on Twitter go to waste. Instead, he’s going to recycle them for a for-charity book. The actor/comedian announced the move on his Twitter feed on Thursday: The title of the book: “The Ten, Make that Nine, Habits of Very Organized Pe... Apple’s Asia-Pacific Sales Up 174% This YearApple’s net sales in the Asia-Pacific region have risen to $14.3 billion in 2011, up 174% from the same period a year ago. The Asia-Pacific market now accounts for 21% of Apple’s net sales, compared to 13% in 2010 and 7% in 2009, the company disclosed in a 10-K filing uncovered by All... Samsung Galaxy Nexus Coming to Europe Nov. 17The Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone to run Google’s next-generation Android OS, Ice Cream Sandwich, is arriving in Europe on Nov. 17. The news comes via a tweet from Samsung’s official mobile account. A pre-order page has also appeared on amazon.co.uk, which lists the dev... |