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Submission + - Twitter users hit by "11.6 hours" viral scam (sophos.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 02, 2011 @09:23AM

An anonymous reader writes: A rogue application has caught Twitter users off their guard today, with thousands of people duped into clicking on links believing that it will reveal how many hours they have spent on Twitter.

Messages saying "I have spent 11.6 hours on Twitter. How much have you? Find out here: [LINK]" are being spread across the system, linking to an app called "Time on Tweeter".

However, the app — if given access to the user's Twitter account — will instantly spam out the same message claiming the user has spent 11.6 hours on Twitter, and lead them to a money-making survey scam.

Sophos says affected users should revoke the application's access to their Twitter account immediately.

Submission + - Google street view no longer limited to streets (webmonkey.com)

Submitted by heidaro on Wednesday March 02, 2011 @09:22AM

heidaro writes: It’s time for Google to rename its Street View feature. Google Maps’ Street View is no longer limited to streets, the company is now using tricycles to photograph off-road locations like the gardens at the San Diego Art Institute or Château de Chenonceaux in Civray-de-Touraine, France.

Submission + - Google Deletes 21 Malware Apps From Android Market (digitizor.com)

Submitted by

dkd903

on Wednesday March 02, 2011 @09:15AM

dkd903 writes: "Google deleted at-least 21 applications (some of which had names like "Chess"!) from the Android app market after it was first brought to notice by Android Police. Each of these 21 apps were infected with a backdoor Trojan rootkit which automatically rooted the phone using the well-known rageagainstthecage rooting tool. After this, the Malware apps would download and execute arbitrary code and send all your phone data to some other remote server."

Comment Just about to submit this... (Score 1) 2

by janestarz on Monday February 28, 2011 @03:38AM (#35335874) Attached to: Browncoats fight again

Was just about to submit this myself. Over a million dollars has already been raised. I'm curious what will happen when Fox gets wind of this success? Will they even sell the rights, glad to be done with it, or cling to a dead series trying to squeeze more money from its deceased remains?
I sure hope this takes off... I wouldn't mind seeing more from the 'Verse

Submission + - Browncoats fight again (helpnathanbuyfirefly.com) 2

Submitted by JudgeJackson on Wednesday February 23, 2011 @11:43AM

JudgeJackson writes: Firefly fans are once again trying to bring back the hit series. Nathan Filion, who played Mal, told Entertainment Weekly that if he had $300 million he'd buy the rights to Firefly and restart production. Fans are organizing an effort to get Filion's approval to raise those funds and resurrect their beloved SciFi franchise

Comment Mouse-eating coffee table.... (Score 2) 120

by janestarz on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @10:27AM (#35137330) Attached to: Designers Create Meat Eating Furniture

The coffee table eats mice to power itself.

But what does it need power for? It's pretty much a coffee table without the energy the mouse will provide!

Comment Re:It's the same as it always been. (Score 1) 134

by janestarz on Thursday February 03, 2011 @05:01AM (#35088330) Attached to: Competition Aims To Make Cybergeeks Cool

If you need to be gorgeous and adhere to ridiculous social standards in order to be cool, most geeks are doomed any way. We don't have the cool hobbies, because practicing sports take time away from our interesting research. We don't watch the cool shows, because most popular TV shows have gaping plot holes or are just not interesting at all. It's hard to "fit in" when you're smarter than the masses. I like it that way.

We are more suited to distinguishing ourselves from the masses with silly jokes and dooming ourselves to our little social niche because let's face it, the conversations are just so much more interesting over here.

Come to the nerd side, we have pocket-protectors.

Submission + - Generating power on the road's surface (www.tno.nl)

Submitted by janestarz on Thursday January 27, 2011 @08:50AM

janestarz writes: In Amsterdam Dutch research organisation TNO has presented a new concept today: SolaRoad. With this innovation TNO and the North-Holland Province hope to contribute to sustainable energy infrastructure and long term climate-neutral mobility.The material will be tested in the town of Krommenie for an expected period of five years. The first test piece will only be a 100 meters long stretch of bike path.
"This top layer is roughened so that cyclists and later cars can grip the road. It will also counter the reflection of the sun." said Sten de Wit van TNO.
The original press release in Dutch is available; as well as an article on a second-party site (Dutch here). Google translate has some problems with the Dutch translation, though.

Comment Slashdotted. (Score 1) 133

by janestarz on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @11:29AM (#35009036) Attached to: Abusing HTTP Status Codes To Expose Private Info

Slashdotted. I guess everyone was curious!

Comment Re:Horrible. (Score 1) 2254

by janestarz on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @04:10AM (#35005690) Attached to: Slashdot Launches Re-Design

Agreed!

We basement-dwelling nerds hate the sun. We hates it, precioussss!

*cough*
Sorry.

Comment Re:timothy... (Score 1) 532

by janestarz on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @06:12AM (#34763424) Attached to: Unwise — Search History of Murder Methods

That list alone will warrant Homeland Security / FBI / CIA / MI5 / KGB and the Doctor to keep an eye on you.

^H^H^H^H^H I was never here.

Submission + - Firefox overtakes Internet Explorer in Europe

Submitted by mvar on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @10:58AM

mvar writes: Boston, USA and Dublin, Ireland; Tuesday 4th January, 2011: Firefox overtook Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) to become the number one browser in Europe in December 2010 according to StatCounter, the free website analytics company. The firm's research arm StatCounter Global Stats reports that in December, Firefox took 38.11% of European market share, compared to IE's 37.52%.

"This is the first time that IE has been dethroned from the number one spot in a major territory," commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. "This appears to be happening because Google's Chrome is stealing share from Internet Explorer while Firefox is mainly maintaining its existing share."

Submission + - Crossing the U.S. on two tanks of gas (motortrend.com)

Submitted by spectro on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @10:48AM

spectro writes: An hypermiler from the CleanMPG.com blog got more than 60 mpg off a Hyundai Sonata Hybrid while driving it coast to coast. Details of the trip can be found on this thread

Comment Re:It has a GPS too (Score 1) 221

by janestarz on Monday January 03, 2011 @07:22AM (#34742404) Attached to: Samsung Set To Introduce Android-Based iPod Touch Competitor

There are some fixes for the GPS issue on these forums:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728611&page=1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731462&highlight=gps

Haven't tried it myself as I don't yet have root access, but this supposedly fixes your GPS fix. =) My GPS has once saved my ass in Germany when I drove to the wrong town (Goch-Kessel reads as Kessel, stadt Goch) and has given me a number of severe headaches as well. I love my little Galaxy S to death, but I do not count on its navigation ever.

Submission + - 4chan has been DDOSed

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 28, 2010 @07:38AM

An anonymous reader writes: According to the 4chan status page all of the 4chan boards have been DDOSed and are down. How ironic.

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