There is an on-going phishing scam targeting Twitter users. You may see the following tweet in your timeline: "Find out who is Stalking you on Twitter! New app, just released! http://blahblah."  (link removed to protect the curious) The link that’s included in the tweet directs the user to what looks like a legitimate Twitter Application. This page borrows the same template that is used to authorise Twitter ...

Research firm Envisional claim that the illegal downloading of video games has gone up by 20 percent in the last five years. The statistics published by the company also revealed that 2010's top five games were accessed illegally almost one million times. The gaming industry is not only concerned, but also wants to highlight to gamers that piracy of games can cause harm to the future of console games. Chair ...

Apple surprised users this week by delivering its battery-life-fixing update to iOS 5 sooner than expected. But complaints about the problem continued. The update arrived a little more than a week after Apple first acknowledged that some users were, in fact, running into problems with battery life after upgrading to the newer version of iOS. Apple then promised to deliver a software update to fix the issue, ...

Facebook is close to a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over charges that it misled users about its use of their personal information, the latest sign of widening public concern over privacy in the digital age. According to people familiar with the talks, the 20-year settlement would require Facebook to get express consent from users before making "material retroactive changes" to its p ...

Facebook users are being warned against a new scam making the rounds. Security firm Sunbelt/GFI Labs put out the warning of a new scandal video of pop artist Rihanna. The supposed scandalous video of the pop artist may lead victims to "share" the page and then take part in yet another "survey." "Survey scams have been plaguing Facebook users for a long time, and scammers never fail to get someone to click o ...

Research in Motion (RIM) has released its Blackberry Messenger music service to the United States, Canada and Australia.  The subscription-based service allows users to download up to 50 songs on their Blackberry and share those songs with others on their messenger service. Additional music can be added into the library through sharing with BlackBerry Messenger friends who also downloaded music into their l ...

Crimestoppers has recently received a number of enquiries regarding a chain email warning people about a postal scam that could leave you £315 out of pocket. This email is a hoax and the information contained in it is not true. If you receive this information please ignore it. The email in circulation is similar to this: " Can you circulate this around especially as Xmas is fast approaching - it has been co ...

Eight hundred million users are not enough. Facebook, the world's biggest social network, is now building profiles of non-users who haven't even signed up, an international privacy watchdog charges. According to Max Schrems, a 24-year old Austrian law student that raised his concerns with Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC), profiles for non-users are created by storing information such as email a ...

The success of Dr. Dre's Beats alerted the rest of the celebdom to the fact that there’s money in them cans. Now everyone from Justin Bieber to Quincy Jones to the estates of Miles Davis and Bob Marley have put their names on hardware. But are any of these headphones any good? Home audio and video magazine Sound & Vision recently conducted a review of the best and worst celebrity branded headphones. [ca ...

MC Hammer has launched a new search engine in a bid to take on Google and Bing. The 80s rapper, whose hits include 2 Legit 2 Quit and You Can't Touch This, has spent the last two years developing his WireDoo search engine. MC Hammer made a presentation at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco earlier this week that showed an early glance into his WireDoo project. Still in development, it is a "deep search" se ...