Wednesday, May 4, 2011

The FBI warns against e-mails claiming to show the death of bin Laden

The intelligence the FBI warned Internet users against unsolicited emails that claim to show pictures or videos of the assassination of Osama bin Laden. In a statement released on Tuesday 3 May, the U.S. federal police said that these e-mails may actually contain an attachment, the virus that can steal personal information or infect a computer.

According to the FBI, these malicious e-mails can be sent by friends or relatives who do not know they contain a virus. The Federal Bureau also urges users to update their privacy settings on social networking sites to limit the release of unwanted links on their profile page. SEVERAL TYPES OF SPAM The computer security company Sophos has also warned that other risks exist to spread malware by e-mail.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Apple Announces New iMac

The rumor had spread through the web yesterday, but today we get official confirmation, Apple has confirmed its new members to its line of All-in-one (iMac). Among the major new features we can highlight the inclusion of Thunderbolt, but was expected after the start of the new MacBook Air, the laptop line.

Among other interesting points that will have the graphics all the line AMD Radeon HD Series 6 processors and Intel Core i7 line. The new iMac, like its predecessors, will come with LED backlit screens of 21.5 and 27 inches. Processors will be Intel Core line, you can opt for the Intel Core i5 with Sandy Bridge to the powerful Intel Core i7.

Next, rather than pen and paper

The tablets are gradually making the gadgets market, the numbers recorded by brands such as Apple are amazing, although we all know they still have a barrier to overcome, writing. To overcome that barrier marks submitted endless solutions, such as bulky attachable keyboards, although Nextbook seems to have found a solution a bit more enjoyable.

Nextbook has announced its new Next 5, a tablet that comes with a new digital pen. While not the best solution of all let us take notes or write texts draw extensive (if you are not of those who hates writing without a keyboard). In terms of technology does not stand out too much but has a respectable level.

Bullying on Facebook accounts closed for students guilty

Students who have been convicted of harassment against fellow on Facebook will have their account terminated under a partnership between the Minister of National Education and social network, announced Tuesday, May 3, by the Minister Luc Chatel. "The solution we developed is simple: we will post those students who have always been convinced of harassment on the network, and they will see their Facebook account closed," said the minister in his closing speech seated against harassment school.

Twitter wants to buy Tweetdeck for $ 50 million

The micro-site will buy TweetDeck Twitter messages, a management services of the most popular accounts, reports Techcrunch, Monday, May 2 The amount of the transaction amount between 40 and 50 million dollars (between 27 and 33.7 million euros), as the specialized site, announcing that the formalization should take place "in the coming days." A few weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal had reported talks between the two companies.

Sony's new hacker attack targeted 26 million users

ROME - A new hacker attack to Sony and the PlayStation Network, the network you are connecting users of the Japanese console to play online and download content. In this second attack, have been compromised data from other 24.6 million customers of Sony Online Entertainment Sony forced to suspend their services.

For the PlayStation Network is the second hacker attack in recent weeks, raising the compromised data to over 100 million accounts. Sony does not believe that the data on credit cards have been violated in the second attack, but the hackers may have stolen data from credit cards to 12,700 accounts and 10,700 non-US bank account numbers from a database of 2007 dated.

New smart phones: Blackberrys are leaner and faster

The reviews for the Tablet PC Playbook have been disappointing - with new smart phones and new operating system will make the Canadian Blackberry manufacturer better. But perfectly happy Blackberry fans will not. Hamburg - That sounds pretty good at first: the new Blackberry Bold 9900 and 9930 models are the thinnest Blackberry yet, there is.

Only 10.5 millimeters thick are they. By comparison, the previous model Bold 9700 is just four millimeters thick, Apple's iPhone 4 an inch thinner. In addition, the new Blackberry faster than their predecessors, have a 1.2-GHz Prozesor, high-speed network technologies such as HSPA + and also eight gigabytes of memory on board.