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May 27, 2011 Friday, 27 May 2011 05:30 - Written by Bot Daily Digest Comments (0)

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Microsoft profit in China takes a beating due to massive piracy

In China, Microsoft operating systems absolutely dominate the market — with an approximate 99.3% share. You’d probably assume that translates to a substantial amount of profit, especially in a country with a population of more than 1.3 billion. Yet China comes in behind The Netherlands — with a population of about 17 million — on [...]
Blockbuster won’t stream to rooted Android devices

Last week, one of the additions to the Android Market that Google announced during Google I/O was movie rentals for Android devices. They also noted that they wouldn’t rent to rooted Android phones. It looks like Blockbuster has taken a page from Google’s playbook: if you’re using the new version of the Blockbuster Android app [...]
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin plagued by network security problems

Lockheed Martin is one of the US Department of Defense‘s largest contractors, and the biggest provider of technology services to the government overall. Now, word is trickling out from unnamed sources close to the company that Lockheed Martin’s internal technology team is working overtime to combat major network issues that could be related to a [...]

Friday, 27 May 2011 01:47 - Written by DarkKnightH20 News Comments (0)

This commercial, which was created by the Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner manufacturers, is HILARIOUS, well-done, and has an unexpected ending!

Maybe they should try to make scary movies instead of vacuums, huh? Anyway, give it a watch if you’re bored!

Tags: Commercial, Funny Video

May 26, 2011 Thursday, 26 May 2011 05:30 - Written by Bot Daily Digest Comments (0)

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Google Wallet coming soon to destroy your real wallet

Google hasn’t exactly been secretive about its plans to unveil an NFC-powered mobile payment system, and today the company put Google Wallet on display in New York. Along with partners like Citi, First Data, Sprint, and MasterCard, Google showed what that NFC chip in the Nexus S (and several other newer Android phones) is capable [...]
Audio Captchas cracked by Stanford/Tulane research team

The need to secure websites and access to accounts causes a major headache for webmasters. Multiple techniques are used to help figure out who is human, but one of the most prevalent is the Captcha test. The common Captcha presents a number of characters a user must type in to prove they are human. Those [...]
Mozilla ponders the ultimate minimal browser, looks like your start menu

Most modern browsers have taken on a decidedly minimal look, but there’s always room for discussion and re-tooling. Over at Mozilla Labs the team has been experimenting with some new takes on the Firefox UX like LessChrome HD, which creates more reading room by auto-hiding the Awesome Bar. LessChrome sprung forth from the Home Dash [...]

Thursday, 26 May 2011 08:26 - Written by Naota Funny Comments (0)

Are you one of those people who try to act smarter by using the internet?

I know I am. XKCD made a really funny comic that identifies this phenomenon. Click the image to make it larger.

Anyways, I really enjoyed the comic. =)

Have a good day.

May 25, 2011 Wednesday, 25 May 2011 05:30 - Written by Bot Daily Digest Comments (0)

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Apple combats Mac Defender malware, mislabels Trojan as phishing

AppleCare support reps may have been told to play things cool when it came to calls from end users with Mac Defender malware concerns, but the company was obviously not sitting idly by as the number of infections mounted. A new article has been posted on support.apple.com which tells Mac users how to avoid and [...]
Sony Ericsson Canada website hacked, user details stolen

The PSN and SOE hacks may be fixed, and those services on the way back to normality, but hackers are continuing to target Sony servers around the world. The latest attack has seen the Sony Ericsson Canada Eshop server fall, and with it hackers managed to retrieve the personal details of 2,000 accounts. The information [...]
Windows Phone Mango bringing integrated Live Messenger, Facebook chat

With more than 500 updates promised in the Windows Phone 7.1 “Mango” bump, Microsoft has clearly been busy taking care of some of the operating system’s biggest misses. Among the new features revealed were several which you may have already seen — like Shazam-style song identification, better Bing integration, and multitasking. The Messaging Hub has [...]

May 24, 2011 Tuesday, 24 May 2011 05:30 - Written by Bot Daily Digest Comments (0)

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Free-cash malware on ATMs gets programemr 27 month prison sentence

March to October 2009 was a cash-rich period for 53-year-old Rodney Reed Caverly. He was able to visit specific Bank of America ATMs and withdraw well over his account limit without a flag being raised. In fact, the machines didn’t even show a record of those transactions. This was possible because Caverly was employed as [...]
Square’s iPad app to all set replace cash registers

Square, a company founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has been on a roll as of late. The company offers individuals and small businesses a non-traditional method to receive payments via a smartphone or tablet without the need for contracts or monthly fees. The company charges a simple 2.75% per transaction while offering the necessary [...]
Duke Nukem Forever has gone gold

Today is the day that many gamers thought would never happen: Duke Nukem Forever has gone gold. Developer Gearbox Software announced this morning via the Gearbox forums that the game is no longer vaporware, and that Duke Nukem is definitely returning on June 14 in the U.S. The demo is slated for June 3. While [...]

May 23, 2011 Monday, 23 May 2011 05:30 - Written by Bot Daily Digest Comments (0)

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Google won’t rent movies to rooted Android devices

Google unveiled a host of new services at I/O 2011, one of which was a new movie rental service added to the Android Market. In addition to being able to instantly stream your selection, Google offers a “pinning” feature — allowing you to download a movie in the background so you can watch it later [...]
Dead Island gets an 11-minute gameplay walkthrough

Back in February developer Techland and publisher Deep Silver got everyone’s attention with a fantastic teaser video for its upcoming zombie game Dead Island. The trailer contained no gameplay footage, but showed in reverse the plight of a family when faced with a group of relentless zombies bursting into their hotel room/apartment. Skip forward three [...]
Maryland 4th graders use Android on a field trip

Now that the mobile arms race between Android and iOS is approaching critical mass, the consumer market is simply not enough. Android and iOS have begun to slowly creep into the enterprise and education markets, and neither OS really seems to be making more headway than the other. That’s because these markets require unique individual [...]