Tag: Information
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Gadget HELP! Get Facebook photos onto Google+ via PC or Laptop (the easy way)!
The Google+ social network started accepting business and company accounts this week so we thought we’d offer up this popular Gadget HELP feature once more, so that newcomers can set themselves up quickly and easily, ready for new networking possibilities on the new social sensation. We’d imagine you’ve got yourself set up and started to have a little…
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Anonymous Threat: Facebook will fall on 5th of November
Tech and social mischief makers, Anonymous have issued video statements on clip site YouTube – making its intentions known towards Facebook and encouraging others to ‘kill’ their beloved Social Network tomorrow, the 5th of November. On the same date as their mascot Guy Fawkes threatened to topple parliament in the gun powder plot of 1605,…
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Siri voice command for Apple iPhone 4S can now control bank accounts – new potential for hacking
New voice command software Siri has been tweaked to function with bank accounts – opening up the latest cool gimmick for iPhone to a potential new threat from hacking. The iPhone 4S became publically available last Friday and Siri, like a little pocket Jeeves, has literally become to talk of the office. The modifications and…
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Facebook under scrutiny by FTC over user tracking allegations
Online human catalogue Facebook has found itself once again under scrutiny over user privacy concerns. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (abrev. EPIC) and a number of United States privacy groups have filed a complaint requesting that the popular Facebook site be probed by the Federal Trade Commission, alleging that the social network ‘tracks’ it’s users…
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MP addresses importance of Social Net in British politics and IT education
Following yesterday’s news that our Prime Minister David Cameron, his Deputy Nick Clegg and Labour Leader Ed Milliband have joined social net Google+, the Minister of State for University and Science has spoken out about the ‘crucial’ nature of social networking in today’s politics. Speaking to fellow bloggers at Pocket-Lint, MP David Willetts took time…
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USB stick containing 26,000 UK tenant’s personal details left in a pub
With society on red-alert over ”cyber-crime” we’re all concerned with the security of our personal information when using tech and gadgetry in our day-to-day life is unavoidable. With regular reports of intrusions on high profile account servers like the Playstation Network, malicious parties sneaking a peak at our comings and goings via public Wi-Fi connection and voicemail…
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Gadget HELP! Get Facebook photos onto Google+ via PC or Laptop (the easy way)!
So, you’ve decided to give this Google+ lark a go? Maybe you’ve retweeted one of our articles and earned yourself one of our invites to the much-hyped social net? If so – Thank you and welcome aboard! We’d imagine you’ve got yourself set up and started to have a little look around, but now you want…
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Lady Gaga website hacked – Names and e-mail addresses stolen
It would appear web-savvy songstress Lady Gaga is having a Bad Romance with her online presence lately, having already had her YouTube channel suspended (and thankfully restored) over a copyright row, now there are reports of her official website having been broken into with thousands of member details said to have been stolen. “Fortunately” no financial information…
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Get Facebook photos onto Google+ via PC or Laptop (the easy way) – with help from the Gadget Helpline!
So, you’ve decided to give this Google+ lark a go? Maybe you’ve retweeted one of our articles and earned yourself one of our invites to the much-hyped social net? If so – Thank you and welcome aboard! We’d imagine you’ve got yourself set up and started to have a little look around, but now you want…
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SEGA hack update – LulzSec deny but offer to “destroy” those responsible
As you may know, SEGA got whacked late last week – becoming the latest high-profile hit when the online SEGA Pass service was knocked out following an intrusion by hackers who were able to expose personal information of over a million account holders within Europe and US. However not on the scale of the attacks…
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Another bad day for Sony: Part 2 – Playstation Store customers suffer errors!
Today’s second dose of bad news for Team Sony – This one affects you gamers.. A number of Gadget Helpline blog readers have brought to our attention an error they’re experiencing when trying to get back onto the Playstation Store to grab the bountiful goodies on offer as part of Sony’s attempt to win back…
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Another bad day for Sony: Part 1 – Sony Pictures website hacked!
Just when you thought it was safe to be a Sony supporter a tag-team double-whammy of bad news comes up and ruins your day – again. Firstly.. A day after the restoration of the company’s online services seemed to be nearing its completion reports emerge that a different hacking group has managed to breach another…