Tag: ONLINE

You might want to keep a closer eye on those bank statements. Hackers have developed a sophisticated and scary program that quickly alters online bank statements in order to hide exactly how much money cyber-crooks have been siphoning from the account. According to Wired, the malware, called URLZone, infects a computer when the user visits a compromised site, or a site set up by hackers. Then, ...

While people aren't exactly tossing their televisions into the trash, a new survey shows that more viewers are switching them off in favor of their PCs. According to the Los Angeles Times, the nonprofit Conference Board's survey of U.S. homes found that nearly 25-percent watch TV online, which is up from 20-percent just one year ago. This trend might come as a surprise, if we hadn't already noted ...

The first time a Facebook status motivated a violent crime was disturbing enough, but another jealousy-fueled murder due to relationships and social networking is beyond shocking. As as it the case with millions moving on from romantic trysts, on March 2 this past year, Hayley Jones changed her status from 'married' to 'single'. Days later, because 'he could not stand to lose her to another ...

It might seem like common sense, but be careful how much you reveal on that Facebook profile or Twitter account. Believe it or not, there are people out there who scour these sites for information that can be used for their nefarious purposes. According to Yahoo! UK News, research from insurance company Legal & General found that folks who post too much personal information on social ...

If at all possible, we here at Switched avoid making trips to the bank; on the fun-meter, the visits rank right up there with going to the dentist. Long lines, annoying forms, and rude tellers waiting for us once we walk in the door tend to be the normal experience, and it appears we aren't the only folks that feel this way, either. CNET News writes of a recent survey by the Gartner Group that ...

Apparently, Cuba's Castro family is much easier to fool than you would think. A couple of Miami DJs pranked former leader Fidel in 2003, and now, a Miami blogger and Cuban exile claims that he fooled Antonio Castro (pictured), Fidel's 40-year-old son, into believing that he was a female Colombian sportswriter -- posting the evidence online. According to BBC News, Antonio's blind spots are ladies ...

Starting this Fall, California high school students' backpacks will be a little lighter. In an effort to save money, math and science classes will use online textbooks, BBC News reported. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said the move is made for the sake of innovation, but there is no denying the Golden State is facing a budget crisis. According to BBC News, the state is $24.3 billion short of ...

Print publications are hemorrhaging money while online ad revenue has cooled off. In this new environment, where consumers expect content to be provided for free, news outlets are still struggling to find a working, profitable business model that satisfies customers. Time Inc., which is owned by our parent company Time Warner, announced on Wednesday that it plans to experiment with hybrid ...

...And the flood gates have opened. Print publications are now in full-on death march mod,e and it's only a matter of time before newspapers become like vinyl records -- odd relics that hipsters cling to out of a false sense of nostalgia. Okay, so the chance that people will one day stack old, yellowing copies of the New York Times in milk crates around their studio apartment is pretty slim, but ...

It may seem odd to consider the fate of a real person's virtual life after that person dies, but the topic is one of interest and importance to thousands of gamers around the world. The relationships forged between gamers in virtual worlds, like Blizzard's popular 'World of Warcraft' game, often transcend the medium and become real-life, meaningful connections that need tending, in both life ...

Where does all your time go? We think we have the answer: to the Internets. In its recent study of British teens, research group Cyber Sentinel has concluded that teens spend some 31 hours per week online, or 4.4 hours per day. They apparently spend 3.5 hours a week instant messaging their friends, two hours on YouTube, and three hours a week on "homework help," which we're guessing means ...

Online word processors are a dime a dozen these days. There's Google Docs, Adobe's Buzzword, Zoho Writer, ThinkFree Office, even a bare-bones app called Writer (which we're big fans of), and that's just scratching the surface. So why are we bothering to cover the launch of yet another cloud-based app that will likely have a very small audience? Well, Shutterborg has one feature that makes it ...

As part of its "New in 09" series, CNN Health explores the growing world of online healthcare. The story recounts how it's possible to log into an account at sites like hellohealth.com, and easily schedule a video chat with a physician. "Because of the Internet, we bank differently than we used to, and we plan our trips differently, and we buy real estate differently," says Meredith Abreu Ressi, ...

From our "well intentioned, but crossing the line" file comes the tale of a law that will go into effect January 1, 2009 in Georgia that requires registered sex offenders to hand over usernames and passwords for any online service they subscribe to. The law is aimed at ensuring that sex offenders do not use the Internet to prey upon children or in other inappropriate ways. Of course, there are ...

Clearly catering towards the wants, nay, needs of the average American couch potato is TiVo and Domino's Pizza, which have collaborated in order to bring on-sofa pizza ordering to broadband-connected TiVo subscribers. If you'll recall, this service was actually announced for Australia earlier this month, but users in the US of A get the first chance to indulge. 'Course, this is far from the ...