A Los Angeles man is on his way to prison after being handed a 13-year sentence for his part in a bizarre crime ring that involved both phishing and marijuana growing. Authorities say 27-year old Kenneth Joseph Lucas was a key operative in a massive international phishing ring, that led to the arrests of over 100 people in a sting operation dubbed "Operation Phish Phry". He pleaded guilty to 49 counts of wire and bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering. Lucas and his cohorts stole over $1 million from their victims by posing as bank reps and sending… Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for . | Comment on this Article »
 
What's this? Another hacking story? Surely you didn't think the fun would be over so quickly did you? One of the latest victims of the great hacking craze of 2011 is the jobs website for The Washington Post. At this time, it isn't known who is behind the hacks, but they did make off with a bunch of email addresses. The Washington Post estimates that hacker(s) made off with around 1.27 million user IDs and email addresses. On the plus side, the third party did not take any passwords or other identifying information. The attacks happened at two different times.… Full Story » | Written by Jeremy Hill for . | Comment on this Article »
 
In late June, reports surfaced about Twitters upcoming attempt to boost revenue. The solution was ads, but not just any ads. These advertisements will shuffle their way into your Twitter feed. I know a lot of you hate the idea of ads in your feed, especially since you have to deal with spam tweets already. But the new Twitter Promoted Tweets to Followers initiative won't be as intrusive as you may think. You're not going to get bombarded with ads from companies you care nothing about. You'll only get ads from companies you follow. According to All Things D, Twitter… Full Story » | Written by Jeremy Hill for . | Comment on this Article »
 
If you own the HTC Desire, chances you are remember the debacle that took place just a few short weeks ago when HTC said they couldn’t update the Desire to Gingerbread because there wasn’t enough memory. After receiving many angry complaints, HTC took another look at the problem and decided it would be possible but only at the expense of some apps. Today, HTC made a new announcement on their Facebook claiming that things are going well with the Gingerbread build and that it should be ready for action sometime at the end of July. The exact Facebook announcement can… Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Even though the $199 price tag for the newly released Motorola Droid 3 on Verizon Wireless is a pretty good price, some select customers may be able to purchase it for even less directly through Verizon. If you are adding a new line to your existing plan, then you are eligible for purchasing the Droid 3 for $149 on a two year contract. Granted, you’ll have to settle for tiered data with the new line, but $50 in savings is pretty nice, especially considering it just launched yesterday through online sales only. The Motorola Droid 3 features a five row… Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for . | Comment on this Article »
 
LG reminded us about two weeks ago that the LG Thrill 4G would be coming this summer, but now, AT&T has posted a few teaser images that claim the Thrill 4G is coming soon. The image you see above does a terrific job in explaining all of the Thrill’s key features and should definitely get the Android community excited about AT&T’s upcoming 3D superphone. Let’s recap some of the key features of the Thrill 4G by LG: it features a 4.3 inch WVGA 3D (glasses-less) display, Android 2.2, dual-core 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 1.3MP front facing camera, dual 5MP… Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Android smartphone users have been able to enjoy Swype for quite some time. In case you're unfamiliar with it, Swype is an alternate keyboard for Android. It allows you to merely drag your finger around the keyboard to spell out words instead of typing letters one by one. Swype must have some sort of digital black magic embedded within its code because it works very well most of the time. For the iPhone, there is only one official keyboard because that's just how Apple rolls. However, one person has ported Swype to the iPhone. It's currently in beta and can… Full Story » | Written by Jeremy Hill for . | Comment on this Article »
 
FROM APPLETELL - Get ready for carnage; Bungie’s classic FPS, Marathon, has made its way to the App Store sans charge. But that’s far from all… MORE » ... Full Story » | Written by NEWS for . | Comment on this Article »
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