| FBI nab cyber-extortionist who sought $3 million from NY insurance firm | | David Letterman faced a 2 million dollar extortion attempt in October of last year. Chump change for some criminals. by Doug Hanchard | | UK university websites hijacked; selling Viagra etc. | | A number of UK colleges and universities with the .ac.uk domain name have been hacked and now dish out fake drug stores. Can you protect your network from website breaches? by Zack Whittaker | | Steep and Cheap Countdown Timer 1.3.2 (Windows) | | This extension displays a live countdown timer for the current deal being listed on Steep and Cheap (www.steepandcheap.com). Additional information including: product name, price and discount is displayed in the tooltip when the extension icon is moused over. When the extension icon is clicked, an image of the product is... | | Tramdock Countdown Timer 1.3.2 (Windows) | | This extension displays a live countdown timer for the current deal being listed on Tramdock (www.tramdock.com). Additional information including: product name, price and discount is displayed in the tooltip when the extension icon is moused over. When the extension icon is clicked, an image of the product is displayed along... | | Bonktown Countdown Timer 1.3.2 (Windows) | | This extension displays a live countdown timer for the current deal being listed on Bonktown (www.bonktown.com). Additional information including: product name, price and discount is displayed in the tooltip when the extension icon is moused over. When the extension icon is clicked, an image of the product is displayed along... | | BlackWidow 6.25 (Windows) | | BlackWidow is a multi-function Internet utility and a great web master tool. It is a Web site downloader, download Internet manager, site mapping tool, a site ripper, a site mirroring tool, a website scanner and a download manager. Use it to scan a site and create a complete profile of... | | Records Master 7.9 (Mac) | | Records Master is a secure file manager that allows you to collect important records (such as bank statements, credit card statements, bills, or receipts) or PDFs in a database and allow for: easy addition of new files importing, organization of files in hierarchical folders, optional organization of files by date,... | | Chainlove Countdown Timer 1.3.2 (Windows) | | This extension displays a live countdown timer for the current deal being listed on Chainlove (www.chainlove.com). Additional information including: product name, price and discount is displayed in the tooltip when the extension icon is moused over. 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Password protection is included, so gives only authorized persons have access to the... | | No More Windows 1.0 (Windows) | | Many website like to force you to open new windows tabs in Chrome. This extensions cleans those forced targets from the links so that you don't end up with tons of tabs for one site. | | GSA Auto Website Submitter 3.80 (Windows) | | The GSA Auto Website Submitter is a program designed to submit your website to hundreds of search engines and directories. It will save you a lot of time and money since its fully automated. Promoting your web page has never been easier. You just enter some information about your web... | | GSA Auto SoftSubmit 6.64 (Windows) | | The GSA Auto SoftSubmit is a program designed to submit your software to hundreds of Web sites. It will save you a lot of time and money since its fully automated. Load a PAD file and let the program do the rest. 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It will be ideal for website owners, webmasters, professional SEOs and copywriters or anyone optimizing their sites for high search engine rankings. Besides giving plenty... | | Open Validator 1.0.2 (Mac) | | Open Validator verifies and corrects many aspects of conformance of Web sites to standards of Internet best practices such as W3C WCAG and ISO/IEC 23026:2006 - Software Engineering - Recommended Practice for the Internet - Web Site Engineering, Web Site Management, and Web Site Life Cycle. Verification of a single... | | 1Password Pro for iPhone 2.4 (Mobile) | | 1Password Pro for iPhone will securely store your important information and can automatically log you into websites with a single tap. There's no need to remember the username, password, or even the website address. With the ability to save and sync text notes, credit card numbers, and other sensitive information. | | 1Password for iPhone 2.4 (Mobile) | | 1Password for iPhone will securely store your important information and can automatically log you into websites with a single tap. There's no need to remember the username, password, or even the website address. With the ability to save and sync text notes, credit card numbers, and other sensitive information. |
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| Samsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs this week
(AP)
|  AP - Want to be the first one on your block with a 3-D television? It will cost you about $3,000.
| | Google opens Web store for business applications
(AP)
| | AP - Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the Internet. | | MySpace outlines makeover after exec shake up
(AP)
|  AP - Long-ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, social networking site MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months that will link its users' posts to those sites more easily and carve out its niche as an entertainment hub more clearly.
| | Google adds bike lane with latest mapping feature
(AP)
| | AP - Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option. | | On latest guitar game, players strum real strings
(AP)
|  AP - An upcoming musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument.
| | `Nobel of computing' goes to early PC designer
(AP)
| | AP - A Microsoft Corp. researcher won the $250,000 Turing Award, one of technology's most coveted prizes, on Tuesday for his work helping design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer. | | Google opens virtual shop for business software
(AFP)
|  AFP - Google opened an online shop for business software hosted as services in the Internet "cloud."
| | Street Fighter IV arrives in the App Store
(Macworld.com)
| | Macworld.com - Students of the hadouken have a new venue to test their fighting mettle: Street Fighter IV launched Wednesday for the iPhone and iPod touch. This seminal arcade fighter brings high-end graphics, complex combos, and a memorable cast of characters to the mobile platform. | | Man stabbed with meat thermometer at movie in CA
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| | AP - Authorities say a man was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after asking a woman to silence her cell phone during a screening of the film "Shutter Island" at a Southern California movie theater. | | Sony, Samsung Join Campaign To Push 3-D TV Sets
(NewsFactor)
| | NewsFactor - On the heels of the big 3-D television presence at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, Sony and Samsung are joining Panasonic, LG Electronics, and others in promoting the new technology. On Tuesday, Sony said it is aiming for 10 percent of its TV sales within the next year to be 3-D models, and Samsung announced a range of HDTV sets and Blu-ray players will ship later this month. | | "Logorama" duo take aim at "Ghost Recon" videogame
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| | Reuters - The directors behind the Oscar-winning animated short "Logorama," are moving into the live-action world -- but they aren't going Hollywood just yet. | | As Ballmer Praises Apple, EFF Cites Stiff App Store Rules
(NewsFactor)
| | NewsFactor - With the stakes high in Microsoft's bid to add its search engine to the iPhone, a few words of praise by the software giant's CEO have drawn a considerable amount of attention. | | Summary Box: Google expands sales of business apps
(AP)
| | AP - NEW APPS STORE: Google is selling the online services of other business software makers. | | MySpace readies site overhaul to rekindle growth
(Reuters)
| | Reuters - With shrinking audiences, deep layoffs and two management shake-ups, MySpace, the one-time leader in Internet social networking, has had a rocky year. | | Hackers target freshly uncovered Internet Explorer hole
(AFP)
|  AFP - Microsoft on Tuesday warned that hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software.
| | Rackspace Hires to Align With MySQL Offshoot
(PC World)
| | PC World - A number of former Sun Microsystems employees who worked on Drizzle, an offshoot of the MySQL open-source database, have ended up at cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace, where they will continue their efforts, developer Jay Pipes wrote in a blog post Monday. | | Parallels Desktop update adds support for Chrome OS
(Macworld.com)
| | Macworld.com - Parallels, whose Desktop offering lets you run a variety of operating systems without ever having to leave Mac OS X, has updated Parallels Desktop 5.0 to include support for Googleâs Chrome OS. |
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