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Twitter Users Snared in Dark Web's Brisk Password Trade

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According to TechNewsWorld: Data stolen from more than 32 million Twitter users has been offered for sale on the dark web for 10 bitcoin, or around US$5,800, LeakedSource reported Wednesday. LeakedSource has added the account and email information to its searchable repository of compromised credentials. The data set came from someone called "Tessa88@exploit.im," who has been connected to other large collections of compromised data, including the credentials for 425 million MySpace accounts. The Twitter information consists of 32,888,300 records, LeakedSource said, with each record containing such information as email addresses, usernames and passwords. The information likely came from compromised user systems rather than from a breach of Twitter's systems, according to LeakedSource. The hackers were able to infect tens of millions of users' systems with malware that collected saved username and password information from browsers like Chrome and Firefox, the ...

Bluetooth 5: everything you need to know

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The group in charge of Bluetooth development has announced that the 5.0 specification of the technology is likely to be unveiled in a few days, june on the 16. Shortly afterwards, it will start finding its way into the phones, laptops and car stereos. We'll have to hold back until the unveiling event to get the full rundown on what Bluetooth 5.0 can do, however, many details of the new cordless transmitting standard have previously leaked out. Here's 5 things you need to know about the new technology. Continue Read

iPhone 7 Plus release date, news and rumors

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The latest rumor reports around the highly anticipated iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus (or Pro) have some wild hardware specs and what could be a big change in screen design for the next generation variants of Apple's iPhone. Here are the latest details. Release Date Thanks to Apple's stable iPhone development cycle over the past many years, this one is pretty rock solid, though the devil is in the details. The general sense in the tech press is that the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be released in September 2016, which goes along with every iPhone launch in recent memory (besides the unusual iPhone 5se, of course). The specific release date is a little hazier, but ITPRO is putting it on September 13. This is also not a big stretch of the imagination, but it could be off by a week or two, depending on Apple's supply chain and launch strategy. Hardware Specs Rumors There are a bunch of rumors swirling around the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, many of which are fueled b...

Microsoft Adds Planning Prowess to Office Space

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According to TechNewsWorld : M icrosoft on Monday announced the general availability of its Planner collaboration tool, which will roll out in the next few weeks to all eligible customers -- those who have Enterprise E1-E5, Business Essentials, Premium or Education subscriptions to Office 365. Planner lets users create new plans, as well as organize, assign and collaborate on tasks. Users also can update statuses and share files. It provides visual dashboards and email notifications to keep members of a team informed. Planner sets itself apart visually, making it very inviting and extremely easy to use, while "delivering a holistic set of capabilities ... teams need to build plans, assign tasks, collaborate on tasks, and track progress," a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement provided to TechNewsWorld by company rep Lenette Larson. "It's a component that has been left out of Office 365 for a while, and I'm surprised it hadn't been integrate...

Telenor Easy Shops and Daraz.pk Join Hands to Promote e-Commerce Across Pakistan

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T elenor Pakistan and Daraz. PK have partnered to create easy shops over the national country, where users who don't have access to the internet will be able to browse products available on Daraz.Order and pk the products and acquire them at their places. Telenor Easy Outlets will have marketing materials of the running products and will be offering available over the counter, which shop agent will help customers to assist in customers in browsing and ordering products on customer's behalf using his machine. Easy Shops will receive payments and process the order which is delivered to the client at specified address in even and hassle-free way. With this collaboration of two companies, individuals within an area with low broadband connection can use eCommerce sphere through Telenor's easy retailers. "The project initiates development of 20 pilot shops and hopes to develop throughout the nation, joining faraway places where e-commerce is still a u...

Top 6 Alternatives of Google Adsense

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G oogle AdSense is the most generally used content build advertised program by webmasters and  Publishers to help make extra earning. Publishers is register for a Google AdSense account, enable Google ads relevant to the content on their sites and make money when the visitors clicks on the ads. However,   Google AdSense is widely considered the present leader in content based, online advertising. It is very important for publishers to realize because there are many alternatives of this program, whether they are used alternatively of or in addition to AdSense. Moreover, many publishers may notice  many problems with Google AdSense . For example, they can be too critical in instantly terminating people's accounts. When the publishers lose their AdSense accounts, they want to know what other alternative they have. Additionally, Google AdSense's terms and conditions are not accepted into the program by web publishers.  Ultimately, some publishers find that Google...

Astronauts enter inflatable room at space station

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W ASHINGTON (AFP) - Astronauts entered an inflatable add-on room at the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday for the first time since it was fully installed last month, NASA said. US astronaut Jeff Williams told the US space agency’s mission control that the flexible habitat -- known as the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) -- looked "pristine" and was cold inside after entering for the first in a two-year series of tests, NASA said in a statement. NASA is testing expandable habitats astronauts might use on the Moon or Mars in the coming decades. Williams opened the module’s door at 4:47 US East Coast time (0847 GMT) before entering with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka to take an air sample, start collecting data from sensors and check air ducts. "First steps into #BEAM will expand the frontiers of habitats for space," the ISS tweeted before Monday’s operation. Astronauts will enter the module again on Tuesday and Wednesday to test sen...