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Simple Machines Forum Project Releases 2.0.2 and 1.1.16 Security Patches

Simple Machines Forum (SMF) project released SMF 1.1.16 and SMF 2.0.2 critical security patches to make sure the Internet users who rely on the forum script are completely protected against potential cyberattacks. Among the resolved issues we find sorting the memberlist by online status, which caused an error in Pos...

28 December 2011
04:55 GMT

Electronic Arts Forum Ban Leads to Origin and Battlefield 3 Lock

A problem linked to how publisher Electronic Arts policies its official forums has reared its ugly had once again, resulting in lock-outs from both Battlefield 3 and the Origin digital distribution service for those who behave badly on the forums.Back in March players noticed that those who were banned for the way th...

15 November 2011
04:20 GMT

HDMI Founders Step Up Development of the Specification

The HDMI interface is basically a default element of PCs and displays nowadays, so HDMI Licensing, LLC decided to create the HDMI Forum, Inc. organization, to broaden industry participation. The purpose of HDMI Forum, Inc. is to take up the task of developing the HDMI specification further. It is also meant to get...

26 October 2011
20:11 GMT

Bethesda Warns Forum Users of Data Breach

Game developer Bethesda Softworks advises users to change their passwords after its forum's database was compromised by hackers."We have identified a potential breach of our forum user database that occurred Friday morning, Aug 12. We have reset your forum password as a precaution, in the event that any encrypte...

16 August 2011
08:57 GMT

Epic Games Forum Hack Prompts Password Resets

Epic Games has reset passwords across its entire forum after hackers managed to obtain access to the underlying database.An announcement of the hack posted on the forum last week includes a message from the Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney which reads:"Our Epic Games web sites and forums were recently hacked. We're wo...

13 June 2011
09:55 GMT

UK Labour Party Forum Exposed Email Addresses

A design flaw on the forum of the UK Labour Party allowed potential spammers to harvest the email addresses of registered members.The security issue was located in the account activation process which involved users confirming their email address by clicking on an unique link sent to them.According to The Register, t...

10 February 2011
03:49 GMT

Some Want to Delete the 'Lame, Stupid and Pointless' Game Center from Their iPhones

Apple has heavily advertised iOS 4.1 mentioning Game Center, the company’s new gaming network that provides wireless multiplayer capabilities, leader-boards, achievements and more. The app also can’t be deleted, since it that comes pre-installed with iOS 4.1.Yet some are sick of having it on their home sc...

20 September 2010
06:32 GMT

Apple Forum User Admits to Jailbreaking for Piracy; Thread Pulled

Softpedia was surprised to find that Apple had not moderated a Discussions thread entitled “Jailbreaking” where several iPhone and iPod touch owners were actively debating whether or not jailbreaking was good. We were also able to find evidence that at least some customers jailbreak for the sole purpose o...

6 August 2010
09:53 GMT

Apple Updates Developer Forums, Begins Approving iPad Apps

Via the News and Announcements section of its iPhone Dev Center, Apple is informing developers that an updated developer forum has been set in place. The platform now includes features to enhance browsing speed, as well as a new rating system for locating relevant posts more easily. Only those enrolled in Apple&rsquo...

26 March 2010
06:34 GMT

Apple’s New Magic Mouse Continues to Spur Complaints

Apple’s Discussions support forums are getting filled with negative Magic Mouse posts, most of which appear to be complaints regarding the peripheral’s functionality, compatibility with older hardware, and even its shape and size. TUAW has shown that a simple keyword search on the forums pulls up countles...

9 November 2009
06:41 GMT

Realmac Announces Some Support Changes

Realmac Software, the makers of Mac apps including LittleSnapper, RapidWeaver and QuickSnapper, have updated their blog with a big announcement for their customers. Beginning now, Realmac will no longer be offering technical support via the forums, but rather a “shiny new help desk area” that allows users...

6 July 2009
06:47 GMT

Developers Welcomed to Snow Leopard Forums

The company behind the Mac operating system has notified select members of its Premier and Select developer programs of a new Apple Developer Forums Beta. The platform will allow developers to share their ideas and experiences with each other, discussing the features of the unreleased Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Appl...

8 May 2009
10:42 GMT

Windows 7 on a Mac – Some Say It Works, Some Say It Doesn't

With the much awaited Windows 7 beta out, Mac users were sure to grab it immediately and try installing in Boot Camp. Numerous issues were encountered by almost every user posting their experience over at Apple's Discussions forum. Successful installations were, nonetheless, reported. Apple Discussions poster Ch...

12 January 2009
04:02 GMT

Neo-Nazi Forum Hacked

A group of hackers, members of the Anti-Fascist Action (ANTIFA), successfully broke into the forum of the Blood & Honor neo-Nazi network. They retrieved over 800 MB of information on members, discussions and meetings, and then uploaded the archives for download on public file sharing servers.The Blood & Honor i...

1 September 2008
09:30 GMT

Google Experiments with Showing Additional Information for Forums

Google plans to improve the quality of its search results and is currently experimenting with showing more information on forum threads. News about the search results feature comes approximately one month after the Mountain View company announced that its search engine would display the publishing date on a Web Page....

27 May 2008
04:02 GMT

No More Swearing Online, Says University

Like I reported earlier, censorship is so present in China before the Olympic Games, almost like it was running for gold. Now, it hits everywhere that has something, even remotely, to do with more people than, say, one. The forums are starting to feel the cold, chilly breath of censors down their threads, and even u...

19 March 2008
11:08 GMT

Trolls Remain Anonymous, and That's the Law!

California, the state that decided that there can be no smoking in public places (bars, pubs and clubs included), just made another decision that will be regarded by some Internet users as crazy in a very annoying way. A court has just declared that trolls are to remain anonymous, because what they write are mostly a...

8 February 2008
15:46 GMT

A Content Management System for Everyone

Since the apparition of ready made websites solutions, a big question has arrived for beginners: what are the alternatives to quickly learn the basic rules needed to control server side applications in order to rapidly deploy a full-featured website?From all the possible answers, you must always look for a simple s...

21 January 2008
16:39 GMT

Palm Treo 800w, Close to Reality

Since there's a lot of information flying around about new projects regarding various handsets, it's Palm's turn to spread a rumor. Well, if we follow the trail, we'll actually see that the officials from Palm were not those to release the new gossip, but some people who have a lot of free time an...

18 December 2007
09:29 GMT

Security Company Hacked!

If you were a hacker, your greatest achievement would surely be hacking a security company, exactly the one that should block your malicious attempts. This is exactly what happened a few days ago to F-Secure, one of the top security companies in the world, which got its forum hacked after a Turkish group discovered a...

14 December 2007
10:35 GMT

Machines Crashed Due to Kaspersky Antivirus Update Error

A post on the Kaspersky Lab forum revealed a problem with the latest virus definitions addressed to Kaspersky Antivirus, as numerous computers that updated their security tools got crashed. Kaspersky Lab didn't release any official statement yet, so we're all expecting an explanation. Until then, you can tr...

14 December 2007
09:05 GMT

Just Another Security Forum Hacked

Following the recent hack attacks, it seems that a new security forum was assaulted by the malicious people looking to prove their abilities. The Register today reported that First Forensic Forum, a UK security forum, was hacked by a group of users called S4udi-S3curity-Terror. It seems that the hackers managed to b...

9 November 2007
04:42 GMT

Avast Forum Hacked, Users at Risk!

Although it was first only a rumor, it's official this time: the Avast forum was hacked and some dangerous files were attached in order to install malware on visitors' computers. It appears that some of the antiviruses detected the problem but some of the unprotected users may have their computers infected....

8 November 2007
09:44 GMT

AVS Forum Shut Down

What has the world come to? The AVS Forum, probably the largest online forum on audio/visual discussion is up against a new kind of problem, one that was previously reserved for game consoles only - Fan Flame Wars. It sounds like an episode of Scooby Doo but it's actually a good reason for everybody to take a st...

8 November 2007
03:57 GMT

Google's Money Reaching New Regions of the World

Because AdSense is a Google technology which works with money and is currently used by millions of consumers, it's very important for both clients and company to provide support for most topics of the service. Since AdSense is available in every corner of the world, some of consumers who are not speaking Englis...

23 October 2007
14:31 GMT

Create Forums in phpBB3

What is a forum? A forum in a bulletin board system is the section where users will post their topics. To begin, login to Administrator Panel. To create a forum, go to Forums Tab and you will see the default forum, created by setup. If you want to begin from scratch, delete the forum and let`s try to create our own f...

11 September 2007
10:21 GMT

Google: We Simply Love You! Come Join Us!

Every once in a while, the Mountain View company encourages users to check the Google Groups discussions in order to find answers for many of their questions instead of contacting Google. The recently released Google News Discussion Group is just an example of how a forum can help the consumers because it stores almo...

27 July 2007
16:06 GMT

One More Google Step for The Chinese Expansion

Google's Chinese expansion is now boosted by another regional service powered by the search giant able to attract important Chinese speakers. The company announced today a new version of the AdSense Forums, introducing the Traditional Chinese page. As you may know, Google released the Simplified Chinese edition ...

28 March 2007
03:02 GMT


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