Modern Media Mom » torrent-web-site http://www.modernmediamom.com Using the Internet To Simplify Your Life Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:00:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Headlines for February 1st, 2010 through February 3rd, 2010 http://www.modernmediamom.com/2010/02/headlines-for-february-1st-2010-through-february-3rd-2010/ http://www.modernmediamom.com/2010/02/headlines-for-february-1st-2010-through-february-3rd-2010/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:00:14 +0000 [modern media mom] http://www.modernmediamom.com/?p=1728
  • Silicon Valley pay plummets – "Silicon Valley wage levels have tumbled in the last ten years, falling by almost 14 percent.

    Average pay for technology
    workers was $105,500 in 2009, compared with $120,064 in 2000, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics."

  • Researcher warns of privacy risks from rogue iPhone apps – "Lax security screening at Apple's App Store and a design flaw are putting iPhone users at risk of downloading malicious apps that could steal data and spy on them, a Swiss researcher warns.

    Apple's iPhone app review process is inadequate to stop malicious apps from getting distributed to millions of users, according to Nicolas Seriot, a software engineer and scientific collaborator at the Swiss University of Applied Sciences (HEIG-VD). Once they are downloaded, iPhone apps have unfettered access to a wide range of privacy-invasive information about the user's device, location, activities, interests, and friends, he said in an interview on Tuesday."

  • Norman Rockwell, Saturday Evening Post artist, celebrated on Google Doodle – "The painting — one of Rockwell's most popular and which appeared on the front cover of the Saturday Evening Post on April 24, 1926 — depicts a boy and girl sitting on a bench with their backs to the observer. The boy has his arm tucked around the girl's waist as she leans into him. Her free hand grips the long green stem of a white flower."
  • Twitter reveals torrent scam details – "Twitter has revealed the back story on why it reset passwords this week for many of its users.

    The phishing attacks that forced Twitter to change account passwords stemmed from discovery of a scam being run by a torrent Web site creator, explained Del Harvey, Twitter's director of trust and safety, in a blog post Tuesday evening."

  • Adobe strikes back at Apple over iPad/Flash debacle – "Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently lashed out a bit at Google and Adobe, calling the latter “lazy,” and accusing their Flash software of being a regular culprit when an Apple computer crashes. Well, Adobe has something to say about that."
  • How to address a cracked, flickering, or yellow-tinted 27-inch iMac screen – "We've heard a variety of reports relating to problems with the display on Apple's 27-inch iMacs. Some customers have received iMacs with cracked or flickering screens. Others have seen their displays take on an unsightly yellow tint."
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