PayPal targeted for attack by hacker groups

I want to say a lot - most of it would be negative so formulate your own opinions.



I will say this: full force and authority of the law with swift justice. Or shoot to kill, whichever.

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Hacker Groups Anonymous and LulzSec Target PayPal, ‘Operation PayPal’ (#OpPayPal) Launched

#OpPayPal (Operation PayPal) has been launched by the Anonymous and LulzSec hacker groups in the name of AntiSec (Anti Security Movement). In order to payback the “corrupt corporation”, @AnonymousIRC and @LulzSec (Lulz Security)announced their direct, legal action against the world’s largest online payment company on Twitter, where #OpPayPal is now a trending topic. According to AntiSec, PayPal withheld payments from being delivered to WikiLeaks and now they are up in digital arms. Read the first statement from Anonymous below: Read more at www.abmuku.com

 

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Sour Apples

I'm all for protecting patents, trademarks and copyrights. Except people who say God inspired them. Maybe it works for people who say LSD inspired them, too, Mr. Jobs.



Either way Apple still sucks in my experience and I love my Evo and Xoom for hundreds of reasons. I once drank the Apple koolaid and it upset my tummy - very badly. I only use an Apple product by absolute force these days.



This finding, however, if it's accurate should go through. If HTC did violate Apple's patents then they should pay. Period. Gag, cough, hack. There, I said it. Apple may deserve to win this one.

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Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in serious trouble

Just how serious is this ruling for HTC? Very serious. The worst-case scenario is that the ITC imposes an US import ban against all of HTC’s Android products. That’s how serious this is for HTC. Read more at www.zdnet.com

 

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Is Google+ Destroying Facebook's Dreams?

I am not a fan of either the methodology of Facebook or their PR style. That said I am interested in the War of the Behemoths ...

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Google Plus Is DESTROYING Facebook's Dreams, And Facebook Isn't Playing Fair

What's so interesting about this is that Facebook is handling the attack in precisely the WRONG way. It's alienating users, rather than being a gentleman.

One program simply collects your friends list, but Facebook allegedly found that unacceptable.  Read more at www.businessinsider.com

 

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Netflix trending because of a price increase

If you've missed it you have not spent much time in the social space: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and probably LinkedIn and even My[___] if it still exists.

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Netflix's pricing backlash: Follow the money, churn rates

Netflix’s pricing move is all about the money. By unbundling DVD and streaming services, Netflix is reflecting its costs better. Unfortunately for customers a bundled plan is now 60 percent higher. What’s galling to customers is that they can even get a bundle discount from the cable giants—you know the companies Netflix was going to unseat. Read more at www.zdnet.com

 

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Group contributed blogs. Good, bad and ugly.

I have done this successfully and participated in blogs that were done both successfully and not so. Here are some tips, most of these points I agree with, about running a blog (or any type of community site) where multiple people will be contributing.



I can tell you this - you cannot MAKE people post a certain number of times per week, month or even year. If you want to do that, pay them. You spend a bit of time massaging egos and people post - you try to pressure them to post they say "buzz off" and leave.

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Running Multi-Authors Blog – The Good and Bad

Hesham runs a Thesis site ThesisAwesome.com and very popular multi author blog and we have had a couple chats on the good and bad of blogging this way. So I thought this would be a great post for bloggers to see what it REALLY takes to run a multi author blog.

Clear your mind, and get ready, you are about to discover how I’ve managed to run a multi-author blog and you will judge by yourself whither blogging is meant to be a single player game or not. Read more at www.johnpaulaguiar.com

 

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