Saturday, February 18, 2012

Pre-caffeine: Let's see what Anon hacked today

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By Helen A.S. Popkin

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Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee today.

It's Friday! That means that?hacking group known as Anonymous has claimed a new series of hacks against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and consumer rights websites.

What's more, Anonymous, or someone pretending to be part of the elusive hacktivist network, is threatening? shut down the entire Internet.

Twitter and Facebook are credited for their?largely passive in Arab Spring, yet we don't hear a lot about other Western tech companies that actively market and sell to oppressive regimes. Here they are now!

Whoops! Google is busted hacking Apple software and tracking iPhone and Mac Users, but the search giant says it totally didn't mean to do it.

Also, it seems Apple is mighty upset at the New York Times?for exposing nasty labor practices at the factory that builds iPhones.

Can you live without your cellular device? A UK survey suggests two out of three adults freak out when they're without theirs.

Hulu Plus is finally available on the Nintendo Wii.

And Netflix is bring back DVD-only rental.

The Asus warranty totally guarantees against zombies and stuff.

And as the weekend approaches, here are 20 reminders why you should never ever pass out at a party.

???compiled by Helen A.S. Popkin, who invites you to join her on Twitter and/or Facebook.?Also, Google+.??

Source: http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/17/10434757-pre-caffeine-tech-its-friday-lets-see-what-anonymous-hacked-today

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