Facebook offers bounty to security bug hunters

[AFP] Facebook began offering rewards of $500 or more on Friday to security researchers who identify vulnerabilities in the social network.

Google Man : Microsofts satirical Video on Gmail service privacy

Microsoft satirical Video shared the funny take on Google’s email service approach to privacy at its recent Microsoft Global Exchange sales conference. 

Chrome Dev channel has been updated to 14.0.835.0 for Mac and Linux, and 14.0.835.2 for Windows.

Google has updated the alpha “Dev” build of Google Chrome to 14.0.835.2. This minor update is notable largely for the amendment of one of its multi-touch features to avoid a conflict with Mac OS X Lion, which was released last week.

Pixazza rebrands as Luminate

Pixazza is losing its unwieldy name as the company looks to evolve from being a photo ad network that specialized in tagging jpegs and gifs for direct response in-image purchases, to a wider platform for sharing, indexing and creating apps for online pictures. 

Verizon to launch Samsung Galaxy Tab with 4G this week

Verizon Wireless will start selling a version of Samsung's Galaxy Tab running on the carrier's 4G network July 28.

The LTE-supported Tab will feature "download speeds of 5 to 12 Mbps and upload speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps in 4G Mobile Broadband coverage areas," says Verizon in a statement.

Apple working on ultra-thin 15-inch notebook PC : Rumor

Apple is in the late stages of testing a new ultra-thin 15-inch notebook computer that may or may not be an upcoming new addition to the MacBook Air family. MacRumors on Tuesday reports that the new ultra-thin laptop could either be a MacBook Air, which is currently offered in 11 and 13-inch sizes, or a MacBook Pro, which is currently offered in 13, 15 and 17-inch sizes.

No pricing or release timing is being reported at this point, though a launch in the near term is unlikely. Apple refreshed its MacBook Pro lineup this past February and new MacBookAir models launched just this past week.

Google+ namming policy irritating,Google Admits

After hundreds of complaints from its users Goolge+ finally admitted about their missteps in the policy .

In a Google+ post published late yesterday, Bradley Horowitz, Vice President

Italy's police website hacked in revenge attack

[TOI]:ROME: Hacker groups said that they had accessed the website of Italy's cyber police and published classified information online in revenge for arrests of hackers in Europe and the United States.