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TechCrunch Possibly Hacked, Subdomains Host Shady Business Pages (Updated)

TechCrunch, one of the largest online news sites that offers the latest on technology, is either selling its subdomains or someone forcefully took them over and set them up to display a website that advertises a company called Black Oak Asset Management. Black Oak doesn’t seem to have a website of its own, al...

18 January 2012
10:45 GMT

Some TechCrunch Sites Are Still Infected

TechCrunch's 2009 Crunchies award website is currently blacklisted by Google for trying to install malicious software on visitors' computers, but there is reason to believe that the infection was more extensive.TechCrunch is one of the most popular technology blogs and over time has evolved into a network o...

30 September 2010
04:17 GMT

AOL Buys Two More Companies, 5min Media and Thing Labs

In a busy two-day period at AOL that started with them buying tech blogging giant TechCrunch finished with two more interesting acquisition: 5min Media and Thing Labs.Trying to remain relevant in today's Internet, the company that was once similar to the words email and instant messaging is having a hard time ke...

29 September 2010
10:23 GMT

AOL Acquires TechCrunch to Bolster Its Blog Network

As rumored, AOL has announced that it bought TechCrunch, the company behind the eponymous tech blog and a number of related blogs. No financial details have been discussed. The blog and AOL insist that the acquisition will have no effect on the editorial content of TechCrunch. AOL already owns a number of popular tec...

29 September 2010
04:40 GMT

AOL Said to Be in Talks to Buy TechCrunch

AOL is said to be interested in TechCrunch, possibly the world's largest tech blog. AOL has been looking to become a media company and already owns several successful, independent blogs. The details of the deal are scarce and, although it is said to be in the late stages, may still fall apart. TechCrunch could s...

28 September 2010
03:38 GMT

Multiple TechCrunch Websites Infected

Several websites from the TechCrunch Network, including TechCrunch Europe, MobileCrunch and CrunchGear fell victim to a code injection attack, which served malware to visitors.Founded in 2005, TechCrunch is one of the most popular technology blogs on the Internet. Since then it has evolved into a network or websites...

7 September 2010
05:41 GMT

TechCrunch Hacked Twice in 24 Hours

TechCrunch has been the victim of a cyber-attack for a second time in less than 24 hours. Following the new incident, an offensive and taunting message was left on the front page of the technology blog.It seems that someone has a personal vendetta against the world's second most popular technology blog and its f...

27 January 2010
04:31 GMT

TechCrunch Hacked and Defaced

The popular technology blog TechCrunch was hit by hackers yesterday evening, resulting in a downtime of several hours. The website's home page was altered to only display a link to illegal content.TechCrunch.com is a technology blog founded in 2005, which has grown to become one of the major sources of technolog...

26 January 2010
10:06 GMT

JooJoo Lawsuit Is a Losing Cause, Fusion Garage Says

About a week ago, TechCrunch team leader Michael Arrington filed the lawsuit against Fusion garage over alleged Misappropriation of business Ideas, Fraud and Deceit, Breach of Fiduciary Duty and violation of the Lanham Act. Now, the official response on the part of the accused took the form of an official statement w...

18 December 2009
11:12 GMT

TechCrunch Sues Fusion Garage

Even though some of the big players have finally managed to settle down and resolve their differences after years of legal disputes, it seems that the IT industry still has more than enough resources to provide grounds for more lawsuits, accusations, litigations and any other type of dispute known to man. This time a...

11 December 2009
09:39 GMT

Yahoo Releases Mash, 360 To Be Shut Down?

Yahoo has just released Mash, a new social networking solution able to compete with the two Internet giants MySpace and Facebook. At this time, the service is still in beta, allowing you to create an account only by invitation. "Mash is currently an invitation-only beta service. The odds are good that one of your fri...

17 September 2007
04:11 GMT


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