Twitter, Facebook and iPhones: Online Crooks' New Tools
The volume of Internet crime has continued to rise steadily since 2007, with victims reporting $559 million in losses in 2009, a 110 percent increase compared to losses in 2008. Investigators and officials say part of the reason may be the economic downturn. Scammers are increasingly using social networking sites -- such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace-- and smartphones such as the iPhone.
Facebook - Twitter - iPhone - MySpace - Social network service PHOTOS: Mercury: Images of a Violent Planet
Messenger spacecraft reveals never-before-seen color images of the Swift Planet. Xbox 360 Outsold Wii in February, Says NPD
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PC World - Microsoft's Xbox 360 outsold Nintendo's Wii in February to claim the top spot in the U.S. monthly sales ranking for the first time in more than two years, analyst group NPD said Thursday. Overall the industry had a poor month with total sales down 15 percent from February last year. HDTV: Even Critters Prefer It
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PC World - Apparently we aren't the only species to prefer the crisp, smooth picture of an HDTV compared to that from one of those old CRT sets of yesteryear. Prototype $200 Tablet Runs Android, Chromium OS, Linux
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PC World - $200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didn’t last very long, coming out as the $400 Joo Joo. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true. Software Turns Your Cell Phone Against You
Smart phone malware could tap into your phone's microphone, GPS, battery.
Global Positioning System - GPS - Business - Telecommunications - Geomatics
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