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- Apple to Offer Refunds with GPU Replacement Program
- Instagram Virus Used in Marketing Scam
- ICANN Kills Google’s Dotless Domain Dreams
- Steve Wosniak Speaks Out About ‘Jobs’ Movie
- Research Scammers Take Out Twitter Spammers
- Windows Phone 8 GDR2 Update Rolling Out for HTC Windows Phone 8X
- AT&T Galaxy Mega 6.3 Press Render Leaked
- Researchers Manage To Get Malicious App Approved in App Store
- Blackberry 9720 Available in UK for £179.99
- Apple Charger Takeback Program Extended to More Countries
| Apple to Offer Refunds with GPU Replacement Program Posted: 18 Aug 2013 09:15 AM PDT I've never owned a Mac, which was apparently a good idea for anyone to follow back in 2011. Apple’s 2011 iMacs that underwent the HDD replacement program are seeing another replacement program to fix faulty equipment, this time with the GPU. 27-inch iMacs purchased from May 2011 to October 2012 are eligible for free repair due to faulty AMD Radeon HD 6970M GPUs. The problem primarily affects i5 and i7 processors, causing visual distortions such as white and blue vertical lines or solid black displays. In addition to free upgrades, anyone who already paid to have the GPU replaced prior to the program's announcement is eligible for a refund to cover the costs. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post Apple to Offer Refunds with GPU Replacement Program appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.  |
| Instagram Virus Used in Marketing Scam Posted: 18 Aug 2013 09:12 AM PDT Instagram is extremely popular and a great, free marketing resource for those who can build a worthwhile following. Those with large following can turn a profit by posting ads for businesses that mainly pay for access to the account's community. A recent virus has made it possible for people to bolster their status and more readily appeal to businesses by buying a fake following. The virus is a repurposed credit card information stealing program that generates "likes" and followers on Instagram. People with high "likes" and followers draw the attention of advertisers and sell face time with their community to them for high sums of money, making Instagram a lucrative market. With this virus, people buy 1000 "likes" for $30, and/or 1000 followers for $15, through online forums and then use the stats to trick advertisers into buying ad time on their account. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post Instagram Virus Used in Marketing Scam appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.  |
| ICANN Kills Google’s Dotless Domain Dreams Posted: 18 Aug 2013 09:09 AM PDT Back in April, Google sent a letter to ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, proposing a dotless domain system that would make use of the gTLDs, generic top-level domains, that Google had applied to manage. The proposal, if accepted, would allow computer users to type in words in their url in order to produce desired search results more quickly. ICANN shot down the proposal, citing that security and stability issues that dotless domains would cause. They also raised concerns about how dotless domains would screw up HTTPS certifications and proxy-based internal routing. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post ICANN Kills Google's Dotless Domain Dreams appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.  |
| Steve Wosniak Speaks Out About ‘Jobs’ Movie Posted: 18 Aug 2013 09:06 AM PDT Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard about the Jobs movie that was recently released in theaters. It's a biographical film chronicling Steve Jobs' life as he helped created Apple and revolutionize the mobile device industry. Steve Wosniak, a co-founder of Apple who worked closely with Steve Jobs since Apple's inception, went to the midnight showing of the movie and left rather perturbed. "There were a lot of things wrong," he said during an interview on Friday. "I don't like seeing a lot of people I know not get the respect they deserve." (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post Steve Wosniak Speaks Out About 'Jobs' Movie appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.  |
| Research Scammers Take Out Twitter Spammers Posted: 18 Aug 2013 09:04 AM PDT Spam is part of the internet. Whenever you choose to surf, play an online game, or simply check your social media profiles, you're bound to be bombarded by spam of some kind. Most of us accept this as fact and just live with, closing pop-ups and deleting random messages as they appear, but sometimes spam can get out of control and ruin otherwise enjoyable website and gaming communities. To prevent that from happening to Twitter, researchers created a scam that specifically targets spammers in an attempt to alleviate Twitter spam. A team a researchers from the University of California, Berkley , and George Mason University worked with Twitter to purchase more than 125,000 fraudulent Twitter accounts that were created over a ten month period since June 2012. Using these accounts, the researchers created a program to sniff out fraudulent accounts and stop them from being created. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post Research Scammers Take Out Twitter Spammers appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.  |
| Windows Phone 8 GDR2 Update Rolling Out for HTC Windows Phone 8X Posted: 18 Aug 2013 04:31 AM PDT The unlocked version of HTC Windows Phone 8X already joined the list of devices that received the GDR2 update few weeks back. But it appears as the update is making its ways to various carriers as well. AT&T announced on their support forums that the carrier started rolling out the GDR2 update for HTC Windows Phone 8X. The update is sized at 207MB and can be downloaded over WiFi only. Once updated, the GDR2 update will change the OS version to 8.0.10327.77. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post Windows Phone 8 GDR2 Update Rolling Out for HTC Windows Phone 8X appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.  |
| AT&T Galaxy Mega 6.3 Press Render Leaked Posted: 18 Aug 2013 03:21 AM PDT Samsung's enormous phablet – Galaxy Mega 6.3 – is already available in various parts of the world and it now seems that it will also make its way to the US market very soon. The press render of Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 surfaces on the internet, thanks to the notorious Twitter leaker Evleaks. We have all the reasons to believe that its coming to AT&T as evleaks has leaked accurate information in the past with Moto X and LG G2 being one of them. The press render shows AT&T logo on the rear panel of the device. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post AT&T Galaxy Mega 6.3 Press Render Leaked appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.  |
| Researchers Manage To Get Malicious App Approved in App Store Posted: 18 Aug 2013 02:29 AM PDT Previously, a researcher managed to get a malicious app in the Google Play Store and it was even mentioned in the description of the application. The presentation was made at Defcon few weeks back. Now, researchers from Georgia Tech managed to get a malicious application approved in App Store. The team reports that the application was approved in March and was only live for a few minutes. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post Researchers Manage To Get Malicious App Approved in App Store appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.  |
| Blackberry 9720 Available in UK for £179.99 Posted: 18 Aug 2013 01:48 AM PDT RIM unveiled the BB7 OS powered Blackberry 9720 a few days back with an expected launch date in Europe and other countries in the coming weeks – expected to September for UK residents. Surprisingly, the device is now available in UK through an online retailer for a nominal £179.99 for the unlocked version. Unlocked Mobiles is offering the SIM-Free version in UK that with an expected delivery time of 1 day. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post Blackberry 9720 Available in UK for £179.99 appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.  |
| Apple Charger Takeback Program Extended to More Countries Posted: 18 Aug 2013 01:00 AM PDT There have been a number of electrocution reports due to counterfeit chargers, especially in China where a flight attendant lost her life after she was electrocuted when she tried to answer her iPhone 5 while it was charging. Later, a similar event occurred in China that left a man in coma. Following such events, Apple started Adapter Takeback Program that to help customers get their hands on the original adapters. The program started in US and China followed by a number of European countries. Now, Apple has extended the charger takeback program in a number of countries. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2013. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2013 The post Apple Charger Takeback Program Extended to More Countries appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.  |
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