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DefCon Hacker Cracks Fake ATM Scam
Google Launches A Major Offensive Against Microsoft With "Going Google"
Linux In A Down Market
Google vs. Apple: Advantage Apple
Smart Phones, Dumb Security
Humor in Technology
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DefCon Hacker Cracks Fake ATM Scam
As more and more ATM machines pop up in unexpected places people should be wary of using unbranded ATMs out of Convenience.
ATMAccording to a Forbes report, the man discovered a phoney machine located in the casino section of the Riviera Hotel, which was hosting the annual hacking and security research convention.
The fake machine was said to be operating as an unbranded ATM, and was spotted only when the attendee noticed abnormalities with the machine's LED lights and glass display.
The campaign, called “Going Google,” has a very clear target: Microsoft Office. A series of advertisements [disclosure: including on this blog] will begin touting how and why some 3,000 organizations are signing up to use Google apps each day. But the crown jewels of this campaign will be billboards on four major U.S. highways that will give a new message about Google apps everyday for a month.
Linux in a Down Market
As the market is suffering and companies look at ways to increase their bottom line, open source software solutions hae begun to gain ground on the larger corporate models.
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Google Vs. Apple: Advantage Apple
BURLINGAME, Calif. -- Sherlock Holmes. Miss Marple. Columbo. If there were a hall of fame for great detectives, Apple Chief Steve Jobs wouldn't make the cut. He has, however, proven he retains a fine grasp of the obvious: Google competes with Apple in several important businesses, and Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt has no place on Apple's board of directors.Apple ( AAPL - news - people ) said Monday that Schmidt--who has been on Apple's board since August 2006--resigned from its board of directors. "Unfortunately, as Google ( GOOG - news - people ) enters more of Apple's core businesses, with Android and now Chrome OS, Eric's effectiveness as an Apple Board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings due to potential conflicts of interest," Jobs said in a statement.
Smart Phones, Dumb Security
Smart phone devices are shrouded in secrecy--and security vulnerabilities.
The smarter your phone, the dumber criminals need to be to exploit it. That's the message from the annual BlackHat security conference.
Five different security groups presented new research on mobile devices Thursday that focused mostly on Apple's ( AAPL - news - people ) iPhone, Microsoft's ( MSFT - news - people ) Windows Mobile and Google's ( GOOG - news - people ) Android mobile operating systems. Each group approached the problem of securing mobile devices from a different perspective, but most touched on the same theme: As devices become increasingly complex, it's harder for all those technologies to play nice. As a result, it's hard to figure out how the operating systems really work.