Discussion: A hacking group, Anonymous, hit its first mark over the Christmas season. They acquired user names and account numbers from Stratfor, and Austin-based security company, and donated the stolen funds to charity. They promised to hack other accounts over the Christmas holidays, with the goal of donating one million dollars to different charities across… Read more »
Monthly Archives: December 2011
The 10 biggest tech stories of 2011
Source: CNN Date: December 26, 2011 Link: http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/26/tech/web/tech-news-2011/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
Your face is being tracked
Discussion: Your face is being tracked in many different ways. This article highlights six interesting and amazing ways that different technologies could be tracking your face. Facial recognition software allows companies to tailor its advertising to different customers, as well as tracking the clientele that frequent different businesses. This type of software even purports to be able… Read more »
Junior high app developer is a pre-teen tycoon in training
Discussion: Junior high school student, Thomas Suarez, is developing smartphone applications for his demographic. The exceptional youth has created his own company, several of his own apps, and is currently running an app club at his school. Suarez started the club to teach other kids how to create their own apps, because currently there is… Read more »
The Top 10 tech trends for 2012
Source: CNN News Date: December 19, 2011 Link: http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/19/tech/innovation/top-tech-trends-2012/index.html?hpt=hp_bn6
HP donates WebOS system code to open source developers
Discussion: HP announced that it is donating WebOS, its smartphone/tablet operating system, to open source developers. HP said that they would continue to provide support for WebOS. What it sounds like, from an observer’s point of view, is that HP could not get a buyer to purchase WebOS for their asking price, so they decided to “donate”… Read more »
Klaus Stadlmann: The world’s smallest 3D printer
. Discussion: Klaus Stadlmann has created the world’s smallest 3D printer. With the use of laser systems that can focus on microscopic points, and a sophisticated positioning system that moves the lasers, Stadlmann is able to produce 3D models. All that needs to be done from a users perspective is to import a 3D file,… Read more »
Brief glitch let Facebook users see private photos
Discussion: A glitch in Facebook, discovered Tuesday, let users view photos marked as ‘private’ even if they weren’t a ‘friend’ of the poster. The Facebook flaw highlights how easy it is to view, and even mistakenly view, personal information that is posted on Facebook, even if it is supposedly restricted to specific users. Because of… Read more »
Amazon and eBay brawl over Web sales tax
Discussion: In congress this week the issue of charging a sales tax for purchases made on the internet was debated and Amazon and eBay each championed opposing points of view. EBay argued that imposing a sales tax would hurt the small businesses that sell goods on their site, while Amazon argued that a low percentage… Read more »
Why mobile payments haven’t gone mainstream
Discussion: In early 2011 there was talk that mobile payments would be the next big thing with smartphones. However, Christmas is almost here and mobile payments are nowhere to be seen. Besides making charge purchses easier, NFC technology also may allow retailers to collect valuable informaiton about their consumers that could improve sales. It seems as… Read more »
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