Muntaha Mahmud

9/21/2010

• Twitter was hacked this morning
• Twitter counter onmouseover security flaw.This morning when the users tried to access in Twitter, they couldn't! because it was hacked, impacting thousands of users of the popular microblogging site. This particular hack of Twitter.com was especially crafty, as it was enough for Web surfers to move their mouse cursors over links to activate the links, which sent them to spammers destinations, such as the one million followers of a former British prime minister, who found themselves inexplicably at a hardcore porn site based in Japan.The hack affects users of the Twitter site, and hasn't impacted users who use third-party applications, such as Tweetdeck. TechCrunch (Europe) also has an update that indicates users of the new Twitter interface, mostly here in North America, were also safe.
• the users of Twitter and the administration groups are the stakeholder, because they had to face a lot of troubles.
• It relates with peoples privacy and anonymity- which means to keep a restriction on what people can access in social networking sites, also security is a major key term for this, lack of security can make this kind of problems later in future again.
• This article relates with me, because I also have a twitter account, and if the site gets in kind of problems like this, it can cause me, to loose my private information.
• By creating more restricted privacy can solve this kind of issues, and the administrator should make a privacy rule to prevent this kind of problems.

9/17/2010

• Samsung takes on Apple iPad with Galaxy Tab
• Samsung's assault on Apple is underway, as the company unveils its plans for its new tablet PC as well as a new service that allows consumers to purchase or rent TV shows and movies on their Samsung mobile devices. Analysts say there is plenty of room for other entrants. Since the iPad launch, several companies have announced plans for products that tap into this market. And as many handset manufacturers have done in the past, tablet PC makers are turning to the Google Android operating system as the foundation of their products. Dell, Acer, Motorola, and LG Electronics have each said they have plans to make Android-based tablets. The Galaxy Tab could be among the most competitive in the near term, according to RBC Capital equities analyst Mark Sue.
• People and Machines- People can get other options than Apple iPad to experience the accessability.