Hotmail has introduced a few new features to help protect users from account hijacking. I've seen a lot of hijacking in the past few years where somebody will get access to your e-mail account like a Hotmail or Yahoo!. Instead of taking over the account and changing the password or anything, they might send a few messages out to all your contacts and the messages might be spam … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2011
Customers Providing Netflix With Valuable Feedback Following Service Change and Price Increase
Following Netflix's recent decision to separate Unlimited Streaming and Unlimited DVD into two separate programs with a 60% price increase to maintain the same level of service, customers have been very vocal online through Facebook, Twitter, and the Netflix blog comments. Now, it appears customers are providing the same valuable feedback for the DVD sorters to enjoy: … [Read more...]
Wirelessly Hijacking What’s Typed Into a Keyboard
http://vimeo.com/2007855 This reminds me of Van Eck Phreaking where you could do the same thing with CRT monitors. The video is 3 years old but still a bit scary. Good luck finding a laptop with a P/S2 port on it. Read the full article and download the paper on wirelessly reading from a wired keyboard using its own electromagnetic emanations. … [Read more...]
Steam Updates Its Code To Optimize Downloads
Steam, the immensely popular digital video game distributor, announces in a news release this afternoon that it has made some changes to its behind-the-scenes code, server and client side, to optimize downloads. The new content system is designed to do two things: deliver better download rates in more places around the world, and also to simply streamline the publishing process … [Read more...]
Seeking More Customers To Piss Off, Netflix Plans European Expansion For Next Year
Without confirmation from Netflix, Variety reports that Netflix has been in talks with European film distributors to expand to Europe. Plans are currently believed to include Spain and the UK in first quarter 2012. Unlike its soon-to-start Latin American expansion, Netflix will face tougher competition in Europe with established companies like the Amazon.com-owned LoveFilm. Is … [Read more...]