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We've said it before, and we suppose we'll say it again: few things are as effective in marketing as endorsement from high-profile people.
Knowing this, Samsung has called upon the help of a certain celebrity that has amassed his fame by winning Olympic athletic competitions six times.
Widely regarded as ... |
25 March 2013
08:22 GMT |
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New evidence in the Reeva Steenkamp case points to her death being a homicide, instead of an accident.
South-African publication The City Press notes that a bloody bat has been found at the residence. Although there is a report about Steenkamp’s skull being smashed in, there is no confirmation of the... |
18 February 2013
04:57 GMT |
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Ski star Bode Miller's wife is recovering from a golf shot that resulted in a terrible injury. Morgan Miller was hit above her left eye, causing her a bloody wound, bruises and swelling, Inquisitr writes. Miller, a five-time Olympic medalist for alpine skiing, was playing golf with his wife in San Diego, Califo... |
14 December 2012
03:25 GMT |
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Tests on 4 Olympic athletes who participated in the 2004 competition came back positive for anabolic steroids. The tests were repeated recently, using samples provided 8 years ago. The Clarion Ledger reveals that all the athletes ran track and field, and were from Eastern Europe. The four athletes who were disqual... |
6 December 2012
03:02 GMT |
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As expected, the IT infrastructure that powered the London 2012 Olympics was targeted on each and every day of the event. However, the competition’s organizers said that none of them managed to cause any problems.
Some of the cyberattacks that targeted the event were automated, while others were “fairly ... |
23 October 2012
08:09 GMT |
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This video of jumps, falls, trips and kicks from the 2012 Olympics already has about 1 million views, and it was posted just 2 months ago. The original Olympics fails compilation video was released by BailBlog, just after the events.
This is the abbreviated, YouTube friendly version of the fail compilation. Some of... |
21 September 2012
05:55 GMT |
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Never Mind the Anabolics is the name of the first beer that has the effects of an energy drink. This original product is a 6.5% India Pale Ale with some “special” ingredients. The beer was produced by Scottish brewery BrewDog and is currently served in London, at the Camden pub. This limited edition was... |
10 September 2012
04:39 GMT |
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Overzealous police officers arrested 54-year-old Mark Worsfold, former soldier and martial arts teacher recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, for not smiling during the Olympic cycling road race. It appears Worsfold first drew suspicion by sitting too close to the course. After giving a martial arts demo... |
7 September 2012
07:34 GMT |
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This year's Summer Olympics have largely been a success. What's more, they may actually have been a good thing for London, the city that hosted them. At the very least, Brits now have much better and wider WiFi network covering London and the surroundings.In preparation of the upcoming games, local carriers... |
4 September 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Although we haven’t witnessed any serious cyber security incidents during the London 2012 Olympics, it appears that at least one somewhat serious threat has been made.
Government representatives refused to provide any details, but unnamed sources told The Guardian that security services warned the organizers o... |
17 August 2012
07:43 GMT |
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The recently finished Olympic Games in London have managed to once again bring women’s football into the spotlight, with what some consider to be a tournament that has been even more action and emotion packed than that of the men’s teams.
But despite the newfound popularity of women players from Japan t... |
14 August 2012
10:22 GMT |
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The London 2012 Olympics is officially over and while we haven’t heard of any major cyberattacks during the event, the World Wide Web has been flooded with all sorts of scams.
According to Trend Micro Fraud Analyst Paul Pajares, most of the schemes set up by cybercriminals involved tickets and bogus video stre... |
14 August 2012
09:49 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: I am getting ready to go to Koln for the upcoming Gamescom 2012 trade show, which means that next week I will be getting some hands-on time with a number of high-profile games to be launched later this year and I will spend my days exploring the cavernous convention center and my nights writing abo... |
10 August 2012
16:31 GMT |
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In a surprise move, Apple has pulled its new Mac (Genius) TV commercials from the Olympics, with ad agency TBWA/Media/Arts Lab informing the press that this was the plan all along.Reaching Apple’s ad agency for a comment, Mashable learned that “The ads were intended only for a ‘first run’ duri... |
7 August 2012
12:24 GMT |
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The fact that Gabby Douglas won two gold medals in Women’s Gymnastics at the London 2012 Olympics has already become a topic that’s used by cybercriminals. They’re sending out spam messages which claim that the gymnast faces a lifetime ban for using drugs.
Entitled “Huge scandal with the USA... |
4 August 2012
06:44 GMT |
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Users who want to watch the London 2012 Olympic Games online are advised to be on the lookout for shady sites that claim to offer live streaming services. Experts have identified over 80 different domains utilized by cybercriminals to scam unsuspecting individuals.
Kaspersky and Trend Micro researchers explain that ... |
3 August 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Twitter, as an online communication medium, is as open as it gets. At least that's the assumption. People can speak their mind and the company has always defended its users’ rights to both speak up and enjoy their privacy. "Doing the right thing" is easy when it's not costing you much.
But as soon as dolla... |
1 August 2012
05:32 GMT |
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With the real-world Olympics taking place in London well underway, video game developers seem inspired to sprinkle some Olympic spirit on their own development efforts, with Hideo Kojima, the father of the well-known Metal Gear Solid franchise, comparing the sporting event with the development of his own franchise.
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31 July 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Google is not one to miss out on any occasion for a tweet and the London Olympics are one of the most obvious. Google has always had a series of doodles during the Olympics and that's what it's doing this year, highlighting the most important event of the day.
It started out with the Opening Ceremony doodl... |
30 July 2012
13:31 GMT |
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The Olympics are already in full swing and, this being 2012, they're going to be the most "connected" event in history. Everyone is carrying a smartphone and everyone is using it. Which is great for those feeling the need to tweet or post a photo of what they're doing or seeing every other second, but not s... |
30 July 2012
07:21 GMT |
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The site of London 2012 Rentals and the one of Big Dance 2012 have been breached by a hacked called Sniper (5NiP3R). A total of around 12,500 account details have been leaked, Cyberwarnews.info reports. From London 2012 Rentals, a website that provides rental offers for those who plan on attending the London 2012 O... |
21 July 2012
06:55 GMT |
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As the London 2012 Olympics approach, cybercriminals are doing the best they can to ensure that they’ll profit from the event. In the past weeks, they've started relying on this topic to spread an interesting piece of malware.
Websense experts report that the malicious element is able to interact with soc... |
20 July 2012
09:35 GMT |
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A study published by SpectorSoft Corporation – a leader in monitoring and analysis software – should be taken into consideration by company owners and managers. It highlights the fact that almost 40% of those questioned plan on following this year’s biggest sporting event during work hours.
A numbe... |
20 July 2012
06:01 GMT |
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The International Olympic Committee regularly makes the RIAA or the MPAA look like reasonable fellows. The IOC's stance on anything having to do with copyright, trademarks, endorsements and so on is draconian to say the least.With the London olympics coming up, the IOC is ramping up on the "crazy" or, at least, ... |
14 July 2012
10:01 GMT |
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The London Olympics will likely become the most watched sporting event in history, but that's not entirely because of TV coverage. Fans will be able to see pretty much every event, in the US at least; but it won't be on TV, it's going to be online.
NBC, who has the rights to the games in the US will b... |
9 July 2012
08:35 GMT |
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The Olympic Games are about to kick off in London, and Android users unable to go to the UK to attend will have the possibility to stay on top of news from the event, courtesy of a new mobile application.
Available now in the Google Play Store as the Official London 2012 Results app, it was designed to deliver news... |
7 July 2012
03:18 GMT |
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As the London 2012 Olympics approach the numbers of spam messages and malicious operations launched by cybercriminals grow. Experts have come across at least three new scam versions that currently make the rounds.
The first one is a classic. It reads, “your name and email was randomly picked by Visa/Master Car... |
28 June 2012
06:51 GMT |
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It’s clear that an event as important as this year’s London Olympics will witness a few incidents and experts fear that many of them will not take place in real life, but in the cyber world where thousands of users will be looking for tickets, souvenirs, accommodation and other things related to the sport... |
21 June 2012
06:55 GMT |
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The Olympics are coming. London will host this year's competitions. With so many sports and so many athletes from so many countries, the interest in the event is very high. Of course, many of the races and competitions will be broadcasted by local televisions, it will be almost impossible to miss the biggest spo... |
7 June 2012
08:40 GMT |
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F-Secure experts have come across a shady-looking PDF file designed to exploit a vulnerability present in older versions of Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. The malicious element is masqueraded as a schedule for the upcoming Olympic Games
The researchers inform that when the file is opened, a London 2012 Olympic Game... |
30 May 2012
10:28 GMT |
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Samsung will make the new Galaxy S III smartphone available for users in the UK on May 29th (hopefully, without any delays), but only for those who pre-ordered the phone and only at selected stores. This is a sweet deal for those who reserved the device, as they will get the chance to have it before anyone else doe... |
26 May 2012
06:15 GMT |
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Gerry Pennell, the chief information officer (CIO) in charge with cyber security at the London 2012 Olympics, revealed that all previous events had been targeted by hackers and he’s certain that this year will be no different.
According to The Guardian, the organizers are working with their partners and govern... |
5 April 2012
05:44 GMT |
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As the London Olympics are approaching, security is considered one of the most important aspects by the organizers. To make sure that the volunteers, known as Games Makers, are not tricked into handing over sensitive information, the London Organizing Committee (LOCOG) issued guidelines regarding their interaction wi... |
17 January 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Wanting to make sure that the upcoming London Olympics is an incident-free event, the Metropolitan Police performed a security test to see if they can manage to smuggle a bomb to the main site and apparently they succeeded.
It seems as the organizers have a lot of things to set straight before the big event after a ... |
10 January 2012
08:17 GMT |
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Google runs a highly profitable business selling ads on its search page as well as on other websites. There are a number of factors that make it so profitable, but an important one is scale, Google sells a lot of ads each day.
Precisely because it sells so many ads, it's hard for it to police them. It has syste... |
10 January 2012
05:10 GMT |
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The 2012 Olympics will bring more than millions of tourists to London, to crowd the streets, it will also bring free WiFi to Londoners and tourists alike. O2's WiFi unit, which is separate from the mobile business, has announced that it plans to deploy Europe's largest free WiFi network in time for the summ... |
9 January 2012
08:51 GMT |
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Speaking at a Google Zeitgeist event in Hertfordshire, Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has announced bold plans to cover the entire London metropolitan area with a wi-fi mesh. The entire project must be carried out until the 2012 Summer Olympics organized by the British capital. Devices will be installed in lampp... |
19 May 2010
09:36 GMT |
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Unsurprisingly, seeing how it is one of the more prominent sponsors of the 2010 Winter Olympics, Acer has put the Olympics logo on the lid of its 11.6-inch Timeline ultraportable laptop. The gadget is already available through Amazon and packs in its compact frame (8.03 x 11.2 x 1.18 inches) a set of quite suitable p... |
18 December 2009
05:37 GMT |
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Video games are getting larger and larger every day, slowly evolving and becoming a part of our daily lives. This doesn't end with normal people, as even celebrities and athletes have admitted that they like to unwind by playing a game. Given the fact that gaming is a worldwide hobby and that a lot of people ar... |
21 July 2009
03:18 GMT |
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It looks like by any measure Silverlight (Silverlight 3 Beta now available) has become a 'mascot' of the Olympic Games. Last year, NBC used Microsoft's alternative to Adobe Flash to take the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing online. Come next year, Silverlight has already qualified to the 2010 Winter Olymp... |
19 March 2009
10:58 GMT |
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The official website of the Beijing Olympics, Beijing2008.cn, attracted over 16 million visitors in just the first ten days following the opening ceremony. The website, with versions in Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Arabic, managed to be incredibly popular, thus underscoring the fact that people's attent... |
26 August 2008
07:06 GMT |
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As the Beijing Olympics closed yesterday, this is as good a time as ever to draw the line and analyze the bad and good of what was the first edition of the Games to have global digital coverage. Although international forums said that giving a communist country the right to host such an important event could have rep... |
25 August 2008
06:07 GMT |
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A hacker, identified as Stryde Hax, while following leads indicating that a couple female Chinese gymnasts participating in the 2008 Beijing Olympics are underage, managed to stumble upon some webpages supporting such scenarios. Thus, he discovered certain inadvertences that could convince even the most skeptical of ... |
21 August 2008
04:24 GMT |
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The Olympic Games usually make employees forget about work for a few minutes a day, in order to check what the latest competition news brings. Inevitably, when the corporate workforce decides to have a sneak preview at their favorite athletes' performance on a streaming media channel while at work, bandwidth may... |
20 August 2008
05:32 GMT |
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In order to keep up to date on the Beijing Olympic Games, even if from in front of the screens, millions of people are searching the Internet for the latest news on the competition. This thirst for breaking news makes hijackers' job easier than ever and this is proven by SophosLabs experts who discovered an SQL ... |
11 August 2008
11:25 GMT |
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Adobe will make available some of its high-end technologies, such as Flash and Flex, to offer a full Internet coverage of the Olympics in China and Macau. The company has partnered with CCTV.com, the enterprise that has the online video rights to the Beijing Olympic Games. While the Chinese company will allow users t... |
5 August 2008
04:16 GMT |
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The International Olympic Committee announced today that, after negotiations with the Chinese authorities, journalists would be provided with full access to the Internet. "The media should be seeing a noticeable difference in accessibility to web sites that they need to report on the Olympic Games." says an IOC offic... |
1 August 2008
07:11 GMT |
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Spammers' imagination is constantly reaching new peaks. The disastrous earthquake that hit China also gave ideas to spammers, who started using headlines referring to the catastrophe in the email subjects. Their purpose - to persuade the users to access a "video" that in fact was an executable file that launched... |
8 July 2008
02:20 GMT |
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Terra, the largest Internet company in Latin America, has managed to sign an agreement with the International Olympic Committee, that allows it to broadcast the Beijing 2008 Olympics on the Internet and mobile platforms. The company was chosen, as the official website of the Olympics states, because of its capacity t... |
7 July 2008
08:37 GMT |
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Long gone are the days of sports games in the local arcade and we have to say that besides a lot of soccer, football and hockey games over the years, there hasn't been too much activity in this niche. Summer Athletics will bring back sports in your living room with exciting competitions in over 25 summer discipl... |
10 June 2008
08:46 GMT |
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