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Android users get malware with their apps

(PhysOrg.com) -- As new platforms make their way into the market there will always someone who is looking to exploit them for illegal or unethical ends. More proof of that fact has come today when Google was ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6 | with audio podcast weblog

Facebook installs 'panic button' for children

Facebook has joined forces with a child protection agency to create a "panic button" application on its site, it was announced Monday, as the social networking giant finally gave in to calls to do more to ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 11

Prosecutors say man stole 130M credit card numbers

(AP) -- Federal prosecutors on Monday charged a Miami man with the largest case of credit and debit card data theft ever in the United States, accusing the one-time government informant of swiping 130 million accounts on ...

Technology / Internet

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4

PWN2OWN Hacker Contest Targets Smartphones

(PhysOrg.com) -- TippingPoint, a security response team at 3Com Inc, had offered $10,000 for each exploit of any smartphones, which included Apple Inc.'s iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry, as well as phones running ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 weblog

African-American seniors at twice the risk for mental abuse, 5 times for financial exploitation

In the first population-based survey to indicate a racial disparity in the psychological abuse of senior citizens, University of Pittsburgh researchers found that African American seniors could be twice as likely to be mistreated ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook urged to add 'panic button' for children

A British child protection agency said it has pressed Facebook to add "panic buttons" to its pages after the murder of a teenager was linked to the site.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nearly 70 percent of Argentine forests lost in a century

Argentina has lost nearly 70 percent of its forests in a century, the Environmental Secretariat said at a UN conference on desertification.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 26, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Tackling financial exploitation of elderly people

Professionals who are in close contact with elderly people could soon be in a better position to spot if they are being financially exploited, for example through a lottery scam or by a deceitful relative draining the bank ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google donating $11.5M to fight modern slavery

(AP) -- Tech giant Google announced Wednesday it is donating $11.5 million to several coalitions fighting to end the modern-day slavery of some 27 million people around the world.

Technology / Business

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High levels of exploitation among London's Latin American population

London’s Latin American workers are being illegally paid below the minimum wage at a rate 10 times higher than the UK average, suggests a new report produced by Queen Mary, University of London.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Increased age of sexual consent in Canada may not protect teens at greatest risk: study

The increase in the legal age of sexual consent from 14 to 16 years in 2008 may not be protecting those at greatest risk, according to researchers who have analyzed British Columbia population-based data and recommend additional ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UNL research aims to understand homelessness among women

(PhysOrg.com) -- Women make up nearly one-third of the homeless population in the United States. Yet little is known about how they become homeless or how they live. University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologist Les Whitbeck ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Pink Visual software lets iPhones map sexual exploits

Adult entertainment studio Pink Visual on Tuesday unleashed software that lets people use iPhones to map sexual exploits.

Technology / Software

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (6) | comments 0