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Tuesday
May042010

David Beckham is the latest victim of Twitter spoofing scam

Football star David Beckham is the latest victim of a worrying scam by online fraudsters using the popular social networking phenomenon, Twitter, as a vehicle for spam advertising.
 
According to Candid Wueest, senior threat researcher at Symantec, the fraudsters create a fake Twitter account, often in the name of a celebrity, and then attempt to become followers of legitimate Twitter account holders.

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Wednesday
Apr142010

iPad's International Launch Delayed until 'end of May.'


Apple announced  today that due to increased demand for their iPad device, they would have to move the International launch date of the tablet computer to the 'end of May.' Launched on April 4th in the US, the iPad has sold 500,000 units and has been available in the grey market for exorbitant prices which is likely to continue. Read the release after the break.

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Tuesday
Apr062010

$180,000 worth of Modern Warfare 2 games to US Navy

To celebrate the launch of the new multiplayer map pack – Call of DutyModern WarfareStimulus Package, Activision Publishing, Inc., (Nasdaq: ATVI), through its Call of Duty Endowment (CODE), has delivered over $180,000 worth of Modern Warfare 2 games to the U.S. Navy.

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Monday
Apr052010

iPad, Canada and Opportunism

The iPad has launched and has lived up to the hype for the most part. Canadians have to wait until the end of April before it is made available here but some people can't wait and unscrupulous sellers are trying to sucker them into paying double the price, which is criminal.

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