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Submission + - Samsung Sends In Inspectors After Child Labor Claims (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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on Thursday August 09, 2012 @08:41AM

twoheadedboy writes: "Samsung is dispatching a team of inspectors to China to investigate claims that one of its suppliers, HEG Electronics, has been hiring underage workers. The accusations came as a result of a report by US campaign group China Labor Watch (CLW), which claimed it found children under 16 working at the HEG factory. CLW said it carried out three investigations between the months of June and July 2012. During this time, the investigators found seven children working in the same department, one of them just 14 years old. Now Samsung wants to know what is going on."

Submission + - Nokia Sells Off Qt Platform (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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on Thursday August 09, 2012 @08:39AM

twoheadedboy writes: "Nokia's restructuring continues with the selling off of the Qt platform to Digia. Qt has been used by more than 450,000 developers in more than 70 industries to power mission critical applications and UI. Digia said that once the acquisition is completed, it will quickly enable the platform on iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Nokia will be hoping such moves improve financial results. In its latest set of results, Nokia recorded losses of £1.1 billion"

Submission + - Google Blacklisting Jumps 150 Percent In Only Three Months (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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on Thursday August 09, 2012 @08:37AM

twoheadedboy writes: "Google has been clamping down hard on malicious websites as blacklisting of the most popular domains jumped 150 percent between May and July, according to data from security vendor Zscaler. From an average of 400 blacklisted sites in May, Google blocked access via its Safe Browsing service to over 1,000 in July, largely because they contained malicious code. Zscaler looked at the top 1 million sites based on number of visits according to ranking service Alexa. Most websites were cleaned up within a few days, although the average number of days a site was blocked over the three months stood at seven."

Submission + - Facebook Adds App Adverts For Mobile Revenue Boost (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @11:27AM

twoheadedboy writes: "Having introduced mobile adverts in March in an effort to monetise its mobile user base, Facebook has now opened the doors for developers to add advertise their apps on users' feeds. The social network will hope the announcement will appease those concerned about advertising revenues. Although more than half of Facebook’s 900 million users access the site through a mobile device, none of its $3.15 billion (£2 billion) in advertising revenue comes from mobile adverts."

Submission + - WikiLeaks Under DDoS Again (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @07:30AM

twoheadedboy writes: "After being hit by a "72-hour" DDoS in May, WikiLeaks is claiming to be under attack yet again. All its sites appear to be down and fingers have already been pointed at government entities. WikiLeaks, posting on Twitter, said it had its suspicions of why it was being targeted. It was either because of its ongoing releases related to Stratfor and Syria, or because of an upcoming release, Julian Assange's organisation speculated. The fact that everyone is currently engrossed in the Olympics may have given attackers good reason to target the websites right now, WikiLeaks said."

Submission + - Facebook Enters Gambling Market With Bingo Friendzy (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @12:46PM

twoheadedboy writes: "Facebook has launched its first ever cash gambling app — Bingo Friendzy, developed by the London-based Gamesys. The move is widely seen as an attempt by Facebook to find new revenue streams, following a less-than-impressive quarter and slipping advertising sales. Facebook said it was supporting the game as "money gaming is a popular and well-regulated activity in the UK". But Christian groups have slammed the game for using appealing imagery to get children involved in gambling."

Submission + - Alleged Mariposa Botnet Mastermind On Trial (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @10:46AM

twoheadedboy writes: "Remember the Mariposa botnet? It was thought to have control over 11 million machines at the height of its power. Two years since it was shut down, Mariposa's alleged mastermind is on trial. Meanwhile, Spanish men believed to be part of the Mariposa operation are yet to face trial. However, one of the security researchers who led the charge against Mariposa expects their time will come later this year."

Submission + - Former Lloyds Bank Security Chief Pleads Guilty To £2.4m Fraud (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @10:36AM

twoheadedboy writes: "Proving that the insider threat is something to be scared of, a former IT security chief at Lloyds Bank has pleaded guilty to committing fraud worth over £2.4 million against the financial institution. Jessica Harper, who was in charge of fraud and security for digital banking on an interim basis, was accused of submitting false invoices to claim payments over a four year period. She now faces a lengthy jail sentence, even though she is close to paying £1 million of the money back. Customers are not believed to have been hit."

Submission + - Tesco Launches Virtual Store At Gatwick Airport (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @10:31AM

twoheadedboy writes: "Tesco has launched the UK’s first interactive grocery store, located in the North Terminal of the Gatwick airport, aiming to help travellers fill their fridges for the day they return home. The store consists of ten displays showing a selection of food products that can be bought and paid for through a smartphone app. The store has was set up after Tesco launched what it claimed to be the world’s first virtual store in South Korea last year."

Submission + - Acer: Microsoft Surface Will Have 'Huge Negative Impact' (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @07:01AM

twoheadedboy writes: "Acer has yet again talked about its concerns over Microsoft's Surface tablet, which is due to launch alongside Windows 8 on 26 October. JT Wang, chairman and chief executive of computer maker Acer, said the device would have a “huge negative impact” for the Windows 8 ecosystem. "It will create a huge negative impact for the ecosystem and other brands may take a negative reaction," he told the FT."

Submission + - Cable Cut Takes Out Wikipedia (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @06:58AM

twoheadedboy writes: "Wikipedia went down for over an hour yesterday, thanks to some cut cables between its two data centres. The site uses its Ashburn, Virginia data centre for most traffic, but relies on another in Tampa, Florida for certain backend services such as databases. Despite having two fibre cables running between the two facilities, a cut cable led to a complete blackout of the online encyclopaedia. Wikimedia itself is baffled by the situation and has asked its network provider what is going on and why resiliency measures failed."

Submission + - Three Arrests In China Over Baidu Post-Deleting Services (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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on Monday August 06, 2012 @12:37PM

twoheadedboy writes: "Three employees of Baidu, China’s most popular search engine, have been arrested under suspicion of taking bribes. It is alleged that the employees accepted money in exchange for removing negative feedback left on Baidu’s forum service. The company had already fired four people for misconduct before three of them were arrested. This so-called "post-deleting" business is believed to be big in China, even though it is illegal."

Submission + - LinkedIn: Password Breach Cost Us As Much As $1m (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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on Monday August 06, 2012 @12:35PM

twoheadedboy writes: "LinkedIn has confirmed the password theft that rocked the social networking company cost it between $500,000 and $1 million. Steve Sordiello, chief financial officer at LinkedIn, said during a conference call that forensic work and “other elements” meant the company had to spend a significant amount. However, he denied that the breach had a significant material impact. In June, 6.5 million passwords were stolen and published online. Although protected with SHA-1 hashes, there was no salting, meaning the hackers were able to crack some of the login details."

Submission + - Woz Predicts 'Horrible Cloud' Problems (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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on Monday August 06, 2012 @12:33PM

twoheadedboy writes: "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has voiced his concerns about the cloud, predicting there will be “horrible problems” as adoption increases. “I really worry about everything going to the cloud,” Wozniak was quoted as saying. “I think it’s going to be horrendous. I think there are going to be a lot of horrible problems in the next five years.” His chief concern was that by uploading content onto the cloud, it is no longer owned by the user. His comments came after a former Gizmodo employee had his digital life all but erased after his iCloud account was compromised and used to wipe all of this devices, including his iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air."

Submission + - Health Trust Fined £175k For Website Gaffe (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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on Monday August 06, 2012 @07:58AM

twoheadedboy writes: "A health Trust in the UK has been slapped with a £175,000 fine after it published sensitive data of its own staff on the Internet. Torbay Care Trust in Torquay let a spreadsheet containing information such as religious background and sexual orientation remain open to everyone on its website for 19 weeks. Even though it said the data had not been used for malicious ends, the Trust accepted the fine and agreed to put additional measures in place to stop anything similar happening in the future. Still, goes to show how a simple mistake can end up costing you a a lot when it comes to data protection."

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