Blog Archives for the tag hack

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DuckDuckGo Opens Up Its Search Platform For Plugins

I am overwhelmed with a geeky sense of joy when I search for “Philadelphia Flyers” on Google and instantly get a schedule of upcoming games as well as scores from…

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Amazon Has a Bug That Lets People Recommend Things to You

When you visit Amazon’s homepage, you’ve more than likely seen the recommended items that the company suggests you check out. It’s a really great way to get people into the…

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Tabber is The Geekiest Way to Learn Guitar And It's Awesome

When I was at SF Music Hack Day last month there were a few projects that jumped out at me. Some of them were software based and a few were…

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Google Rewards Hacker with $60k For Chrome Exploit

Google’s Chrome browser is becoming more secure as we speak, thanks to a program we talked about last week. The Chromium Security Rewards Program is sponsoring an event at the…

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Google Rewards You For Exploiting Chrome

Making sure that you have the most secure browser on the web means that you need a whole lot of people doing continual security audits and QA. While Google surely…

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Anonymous Threatens Sony Over SOPA Support

It looks like Go Daddy isn’t the only company drawing ire from the Internet over support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Sony also supports the act, and Anonymous…

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Don Draper shows off your Instagram pics

If you’ve taken a lot of photos using Instagram and are looking for a new way to share them, the Boston Music Hack Day app “Carousel” might be right up…

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Host a Spotify Party with Spartify

At a recent Music Hack Day in Boston, developers got together to play around with new technology and popular platform APIs like Spotify‘s. Some of the apps were very basic,…

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Facebook Timeline may go live Oct1 9th

Developers who activate and set up their Facebook Timeline, they are now being told that if they don’t choose to publish it now, it will go live on October 19th,…

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Fox News Twitter Account Hacked

Fox has found itself the target of a hacking campaign once again after attackers managed to compromise the Fox News Politics Twitter account and used it to spread misinformation that…

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The Life And Times Of LulzSec

It’s been a whirlwind few months for LulzSecurity (LulzSec), bursting onto the tech scene with the high-profile hacks of US TV network Fox, moving on to compound Japanese electronics giant…

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2m Honda Customer Details Compromised

Japanese car manufacturer Honda has warned its customers that personal details, which includes vehicle registrations could have been compromised by hackers. It is thought that over 2 million customers have…