News tagged with user accounts

Yahoo! awarded $610 million in spammer case

Yahoo! on Wednesday said that a judge ordered spammers to pay $610 million for running a larcenous lottery scheme using the Internet pioneer's name.

Technology / Business

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Bug forces Google to pull Gmail app

Google unveiled an email application for Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch on Wednesday but was forced to pull it just hours later because of a bug.

Technology / Software

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google faces more government demands for user info

Google is dealing with more government demands to turn over information about its users as more people immerse themselves online.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Unauthorized access hits Sony PlayStation accounts

Sony said Wednesday intruders staged a massive attempt to access user accounts on its PlayStation Network and other online entertainment services in the second major attack on its flagship gaming site this year.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cuba reports 16 percent online in some capacity

(AP) -- About 16 percent of Cubans are online in some capacity with access to email, the island's intranet or the worldwide Web, a government agency says.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sony probes new claim that hackers stole user data

(AP) -- Sony Pictures said Thursday it is investigating a statement from hackers claiming to have stolen more than 1 million pieces of user information.

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created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sony, Epsilon execs support data breach bill

(AP) -- Top executives from Sony and online marketing firm Epsilon told lawmakers Thursday that they support federal legislation that would require companies to promptly notify consumers if their personal information is ...

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created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sony, Epsilon execs to testify

(AP) -- Executives from Sony and online marketing firm Epsilon will go before lawmakers on Thursday to try to explain recent data breaches at their companies that have exposed email addresses, credit card numbers and other ...

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More Sony websites hacked, 8,500 Greek accounts hit

Sony on Tuesday said its websites in three countries had been hacked with 8,500 Greek user accounts compromised, in a blow to efforts to restore confidence after a huge data breach affecting millions.

Technology / Business

created May 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Sony faces another hack attack

Another unit of Sony Corp. has come under attack from hackers - this time a mobile Internet service provider in Japan called So-net Entertainment Corp.

Technology / Internet

created May 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sony to restore PlayStation Network by end of May

(AP) -- Sony said Tuesday it aims to fully restore its PlayStation Network, shut down after a massive security breach affecting over 100 million online accounts, by the end of May.

Technology / Business

created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sony CEO apologizes for massive data breach

(AP) -- Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer apologized for "inconvenience and concern" caused by the security breach that compromised personal data from more than 100 million online gaming accounts.

Technology / Business

created May 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Not all is lost on the Sidekick: contacts recouped

(AP) -- T-Mobile Sidekick phones that lost the information stored on them now can at least get the contact lists back.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

You can childproof your computer

Every few months, I receive a question from a reader whose computer was never the same after a grandchild came to visit.

Technology / Other

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1