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Why you should use Twitters enhanced security measures
a story about how security company executives approach their online security . But after I interviewed those folks for that story, I sure did two-factor authenticate my gmail account. It was fear, mostly. There were the well-publicized Associated Press and New York Times Twitter hacks. And if you've ...
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Social Medias Immigration March on Washington
May 22, 2013 7:58pm The current march on Washington won’t fill the National Mall, or see an influx of buses down Constitution Avenue. But what it will do is clog your inbox. You can only see it on your computer, or mobile device, but it’s out there: a two- day virtual march on Washington with the goal of demanding immigration reform. ';We don’t see this as exclusive ...
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Warner remorseful for Twitter abuse
Australian opener David Warner has apologised for his Twitter outburst against two journalists, a rant that saw him fined $5750 on Wednesday.Warner launched a scathing attack on News Limited cricket writers Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn, after he took offence to an article by the former on the nightlife during the rich Indian Premier League tournament, which carried a picture of Warner.The ...
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Twitter locks down logins by adding two-factor authentication
Twitter has joined the growing number of companies offering two-factor authentication to prevent logins being stolen - a fate several high-profile users of its service have suffered recently. A new checkbox is being added to the Settings pages of Twitter accounts to enable the new feature. When checked, an SMS message containing an authentication code will be sent to a nominated phone before ...
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Teens Unfriend Facebook Take to Twitter Poll
social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations. Teens told researchers there were too many adults on Facebook and too much sharing of teenage ...
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Halo phone home Steven Spielberg meets the XBox One
The Xbox One, due to ship in the fall, aims to become an entertainment hub, complete with original programming. Its doubtful Netflix is looking over its shoulder just yet, but Xbox Live is joining the online video service and Amazon Instant Video to distribute original content on its console. The unveiling of the new Xbox One game system was the highlight of the companys Xbox Reveal event on ...
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Twitter aims to become safer with two-step sign-in
Twitter, in a much-needed move to keep its users safer from cyberattacks, is introducing a more secure login process.The system, called Login Verification, gives users the option to have a verification code sent to their mobile phone every time they log in to Twitter. After a person enrolls, he or she will be able to enter a six-digit code sent via SMS each time the user signs in to twitter.com. ...
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Twitter launches two-factor authentication too late to save The Onion
, Jim O'Leary of Twitter's security team announced the release of "login verification," an optional security measure that requires a verified phone number and e-mail address. Twitter is a bit late to the two-factor authentication ...
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Take that Canada Immigration reform may be on its way
Canada's Minister ofCitizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenny visited San Francisco last week on a tour promoting the country as a place for entrepreneurs. Here, he poses with the country's newCIC Start-Up Visa billboard. C anada may be lining Silicon Valley highways with billboards recruiting high-tech workers north, a move to promote its new Start-up Visa, take ...
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Twitter upgrade too late for hacked NZ MP
NEW Twitter security measures are being rolled out a day too late for New Zealand's Conservative Party leader Colin Craig, who has been left red-faced when a tweet about gay pedophilia was posted from his account. The tweet, reading: "according to the gay activist community, under age sex or kiddy fiddling is ok as long as the child is of the same sex as the perpetrator (sic)", was ...
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Twitter is finally rolling out two-step authentication for better security
Twitter has finally implemented a two-step authentication feature to keep its users' accounts more secure. Security experts, who have long questioned why the short-messaging service failed to offer such a security feature, can now breathe a bit more ...
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Experian tackles social media risk
In the wake of hacks, Twitter issues security advice to media Following several high-profile account hacks targeting media companies, Twitter has issued security advice for preventing hijacking. "We expect these attacks to continue," the social media site ...
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Twitter introduces two-factor authentication to stop password hacking
Twitter is introducing "two-factor authentication" using mobile phone verification on the social network, after a number of high-profile cases in which passwords were stolen by hackers.The worst case occurred in April when the Associated Press's feed was hacked by a group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army, which put out ...
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Twitter beefs up security
An illustration picture shows the Twitter logo on an iPad, in Bordeaux, Southwestern France, Jan. 30, 2013. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau Twitter Inc unveiled technology to boost security for its users, following a spate of attacks on accounts of prominent media outlets including the Associated Press, the Financial Times and The Onion. The microblogging site, which transmits some 400 million messages ...
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Man Cannonballs Manatee Posts Video To Facebook
investigating a video posted to Facebook last year that shows a man jumping into a body of water…right on top of a manatee which was swimming with another of its kind. Investigators believe they are a mother and calf. The man can be heard laughing with his friends–who apparently baited the manatees by running fresh water from a hose–right before he jumps onto the creatures. ...
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Lost In A Tornado Found On Facebook
One incredible aspect of a tornado is its ability to snatch up people's possessions--or event their pets--and deposit them far away. The day after the May 20 tornado in Oklahoma, a woman named Leslie Hagelberg found a family photograph on her front lawn--90 miles away in West Tulsa. She started ...
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Abercrombie Fitch CEO posts statement on Facebook stores accused of being unfriendly to disabled
T-shirts are displayed inside an Abercrombie & Fitch store in Bethel Park, Pa., on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Abercrombie & Fitch has recently come under fire for statements made by CEO Mike Jeffries in ...
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Minnesota Twins need time machine to beat Atlanta Braves... on Twitter
The Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Braves engaged in a Twitter flame war Wednesday. In an effort to best the Braves, the Twins pulled out an old ...
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Now that hes done everything else Paul Allen comes out with an album
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is releasing an album, "Everywhere at Once." Techie, thought leader, philanthropist and billionaire business tycoon Paul Allen can now add recording artist to his resume. Allen tweeted Wednesday that he will be coming out with an album in August, with some big-name artists paired up with him. The co-founder of Microsoft has always loved playing guitar ...
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Jose Canseco accused of sex assault in Vegas former baseball slugger airs info on Twitter
LAS VEGAS - Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco Jr. has been accused of sexual assault in Las Vegas, in an investigation that the former baseball slugger made public with postings on a social media website claiming that a woman falsely accused him of rape. No arrest was made and police said no charges were immediately filed against the 48-year-old former Oakland Athletics rookie of the year ...
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Developers pitch ideas for 78 acres of Livermore Valley Open Campus
The Livermore Valley Open Campus has 110 acres total for future development to bridge scientific research and technology with businesses. Nineteen entities responded to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratorys call for ideas on how to develop 78 acres of land at the lab. The land is part of the LLNL and Sandia National Laboratories' Livermore Valley Open Campus project to facilitate ...
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Workdays Q1 loss grows to $33 million
David Duffield, left, and Aneel Bhusri, CEOs of Workday Inc. Payroll and personnel software company Workday Inc. lost $33 million in the first quarter ended April, and its accumulated deficit rose to $434.9 million. Pleasanton-based Workday (NYSE: WDAY), led by CEOs Aneel Bhusri and David Duffield, lost $20.3 million in the first quarter a year ago. Revenue rose to $91.6 million in the most ...
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Hewlett-Packards Q2 profit falls by $516 million
Hewlett-Packard boss Meg Whitman. Computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. reported a second quarter profit of $1.1 billion, down $516 million, or 32 percent from the same quarter a year earlier. Palo Alto-based HP (NYSE: HPQ), led by CEO Meg Whitman, earned $1.6 billion in the second quarter a year ago. Both quarters ended April 30 of their respective years. That works out to diluted ...
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Okla. victims find pets photos through social media
Clean-up volunteers are turning to Facebook and other social media sites to reunite the victims of the Moore, Okla., tornado with everything from sentimental wedding and baby pictures to family pets. NBC's Janet Shamlian ...
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Facebook posts Suit filed over vets detention
RICHMOND, Va. -- A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of an ex-Marine who was detained in a psychiatric facility after posting anti-government messages on Facebook, using the case to criticize a program that looks for veterans who may have become extremists.Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute filed suit in Richmond over the weeklong detention last August of ...
Calcutta Spotlight
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Stephen Court disaster: any lessons learned?
Over 700 buildings in Calcutta are not compliant with safety regulations with regard to the risk of fire, and the Stephen Court disaster was a tangible example of what can happen when a fire breaks out in an unsafe building. Following that disaster, the local government seems to be taking a harder line on fire safety.
At 2.30pm on the 23 March, 2010, a devastating fire, allegedly caused by an electrical short circuit, ripped through the iconic Stephen Court building in Calcutta, destroying a large part of the 150-year-old office and residential block and killing over 30 people. Read more
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