Credit card numbers stolen in Kiplinger breach
Kiplinger Washington Editors - the publisher of well-known business and economic publications such as the The Kiplinger Letter and the Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine - has suffered a breach that resulted in the compromise of customer information of their online subscribers.
"The database that was attacked included customer contact information, e-mail addresses and passwords," it says in the statement posted online following the breach. "In some cases, encrypted credit card numbers were also accessed. An investigation by outside forensic experts suggests that the hackers did not target customer names and addresses." Read more...
Best 15 Chrome Extensions for Google+1
Google Plus – Latest addition to the Social Network websites, started very well. People liked the unique features- the Elegant UI,privacy improvements, Google Circles, Hangouts redefined the use of Social networks. Currently Google+ is in beta stage and available only to limited number of users. Here is a list of 15 Google chrome Browser extensions to improve your Google plus experience. All these extensions fills your simple needs like clean css, Facebook and twitter streaming inside Google+, like dislike buttons, Facebook UI into Google+ etc.
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Apple ‘headed for tablet monopoly’, claims software chief
Michael Saylor was speaking at the Social Media Marketing and Icommerce summit in Monte Carlo yesterday. He said the big challenge ahead would be whether Android could perform well enough in the next six to nine months to establish a tablet in the market.
Saylor said: "Consumers are redefining the smartphone and tablet market. While the Android coalition has had significant success in persuading consumers there is an alternative to the iPhone, in the tablet market, the iPad is the only mass-market success story." Read more...
China Telecom plans iPhone launch year-end
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China Telecom Corp Ltd plans to offer its 106 million subscribers the Apple Inc iPhone by the end of 2011, sources said on Wednesday, which would make it the second operator to do so in the world's largest mobile phone market.
The move would help China Telecom, the smallest of the country's three telecommunications operators, cement more high-end 3G users in a competitive market in which handset subsidies offered by carriers are squeezing margins. China Telecom operates the country's largest fixed-line network and is a relative newcomer to the mobile market.
"The reason telecom operators are fighting for the iPhone business is because everybody is trying to grab as many 3G users as possible," said Jane Wang, an analyst at UK-based research firm Ovum. "The only way to keep costs down is to build up such a user base." Read more...
Microsoft’s Android Plan: Evil Genius Or Just Evil?
Buried in all the intrigue surrounding the Nortel patent auction was an interesting tidbit: Microsoft did not have to bid on the patents, but they did anyway. Why? As far as I can tell, it’s one of two reasons. One is evil. The other is evil genius. Either Microsoft really wants to kill Android. Or, if Android continues to thrive, Microsoft wants to be the ones that make billions of dollars off of its success.
In June it seemed unlikely that Microsoft would enter this high-stakes patent bidding process for the simple reason that they already had patent licensing agreements with Nortel. We were told these agreements would transfer over when the patents changed hands. But several days later, Microsoft began complaining that the eventual winner may be able to void their licensing agreements. Still, we were told this would not be the case. But surely Microsoft had to know that as well. So why were they complaining? They were playing mind games, attempting to mess with Google, says one source. Read more...