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Facebook’s 120 million users are being targeted by a virus dubbed “Koobface” that uses the social network’s messaging system to infect PCs, then tries to gather sensitive information such as credit card numbers. It is the latest attack by hackers increasingly looking to prey on users of social networking sites. “A few other viruses have [...]
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Tags: Adobe Systems, Beta Releases, Credit Card, facebook, google, Koobface, McAfee, myspace, New York, Pc, Schmugar, Social network, Social network service, Theft, Virus
The first pictures of burned-out rooms at a luxury Mumbai hotel where terrorists were holed up for three days were released today after the siege ended. The shocking images emerged after crack troops killed the remaining three insurgents at the five-star Taj Mahal after a fierce one-hour gun battle. At least 195 people were killed [...]
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Tags: Bradford, Conflict, Death, Erika Mann, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Gordon Brown, Guns, India, National Security Guard, Pakistan, Peter Worth, Taj Mahal, Terror, terrorism, Terrorist, War
Pheonix – Houston NBA Brawl
Via ClutchFans, here’s video of last night’s shoving match. As you’ll see, Suns forward Matt Barnes starts it up by popping Rockets guard Rafer Alston in the grill, and all the big names — Tracy McGrady, Steve Nash, Yao Ming, Shaquille O’Neal — get involved from there. After coaches and officials separated the gang, the [...]
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Tags: Athletes, Basketball, Brawl, Fight, Houston Rockets, NBA, Rafer Alston, Ron Artest, Shaquille O'Neal, Sport, Steve Nash, Tracy McGrady, Yao Ming
TwitterRank is Fake
Something called “Twitterank” has been #1 on Twitter’s trending topics for much of the afternoon, and a flurry of tweets have been coming across along the lines of “my twitterank is 30.35!” with a link to an individual page for each user on a crudely designed website. While the site doesn’t give any real details [...]
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Tags: Hacking, Password, Phishing, Scam, Security, twitter, Twitterank, User, Usernames, Vulnerability, Website, ZDNet
Best-selling author and filmaker Michael Crichton died unexpectedly in Los Angeles Tuesday, after a courageous and private battle against cancer, according to a statement released by his family. He was 66. Crichton is best known as the author of “Jurassic Park” and the creator of “ER.” His most recent novel, “Next,” about genetics and law, [...]
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Tags: Author, book, Cambridge University, Harvard College, Harvard Medical School, Jacob Bronowski, Jurassic Park, Los Angeles, Michael Crichton, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Ringo Starr, the untalented Beatle, issued a stern Dear John letter to his fans in the form of an in-your-face video breaking up with them. In the vid below, Starr directs his faithful, presumably brain-damaged followers to send no more love letters and autograph requests, and warns that any correspondence received after October 20 will [...]
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Tags: Beatle, Dear John letter, Fan mail, George Harrison, John, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono
Ever carry your cellphone in your front pocket? You’re playing dice with your balls, says a new Cleveland Clinic study, below. They divided semen samples from 32 men into two groups: a test group, exposed to the 850 MHz frequency most cellphones use, and an unexposed control group. Results: Lower motility and viability in the [...]
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Tags: cell phone, harmful, phone, radiation, sperm








