GOP Rep. Paul Ryan never sponsored the Stop Online Piracy Act. But the crowd at Reddit.com targeted him anyway — and embraced a Democratic challenger.
BuzzMania – ClickJacking / LikeJacking spam on Facebook!
When logging into Facebook this morning I saw that many of my friends posted a link to a video on their wall, and also everyone liked the link. The video was of a girl with a nice butt and it had the title “Laura Frisian: the most beautiful ass in the …
Counting down to the New Year
[Rod] is in a position to provide a community service on New Year’s Eve. He spends the evening at a relative’s house next to the beach. There are fireworks at midnight, but the crowd has no communal way to count down to the deadline. This year, he build his own count-down display so that everyone …
Apple facing possible $25.6M location suit in Korea
Hot on the heels of Apple’s $945 legal settlement to a Korean man over location logging behavior in iOS in June, a new suit in the works reportedly seeking class action aims to bring similar settlements to some 27,800 other individuals.
The Korea Heral…
Desktop email notification bell
Instructables user [meseta] wanted an audible notification whenever he received an email, but must have thought that his computer’s built-in sounds were lacking in some regard. To get the perfect sound that he desired, he built himself a USB-powered notification bell. Using an off the shelf “front desk bell” and a hand made electromagnet, he …
Spam similarity forces IT services firm to change name
The Wellington-based IT services firm Xannax has changed its name to XWL, due to the similarity with the word “Xanax”; the name for an antidepressant drug commonly sold over the internet and often hawked by spammers.
In a statement announcing the …
Mobile wallets need security to stop hackers
Kenneth Weiss believes two things: 1. Our mobile phones will soon do the job of all of those rectangular pieces of plastic that crowd our wallets, from Charlie Cards to AmEx cards.
Sun attempts to ID entire FA Cup Final crowd
Spot yourself in 360° hi-res snap
The Sun has thrown its weight behind an attempt to ID everyone who was at Wembley for Saturday’s FA Cup Final, and who were captured in an impressive 360° hi-res picture as they cheered on Manchester City and Stoke C…
Learning electronics concepts step by step
We realize that not everyone out there holds a degree in electrical engineering or has the ability to tell NPN transistors apart from PNP transistors by taste alone, so we occasionally like to mention things that appeal to the beginners in the crowd. While there is a clear division between Arduino supporters and detractors, it …
Updates to the SEOmoz Affiliate Program
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