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 Lads and Ladettes, G’day to you all and come on in to a good-ol’ platter of Syprux’s Tech News, where it sure goes well with a warm tin mug of hot chocolate with them little bits of melting marshmallow innit, which you can sip from a nice Taco straw. Just like how Ma use to make em.
 Like How Ma Use To Make Now you all know how much people like Facebook.
And a lot of people Like to Like on Facebook. If you don’t get what I’m trying to say, obviously you’re in the wrong era, or Facebook wasn’t around during the last time you came out of that cave.
"Liiiiiike" In all seriousness however, recent changes in Facebook has tore the community apart... to those who join groups that: hate the recent Facebook interface changes, and groups that: hate the hate groups that hate the recent Facebook interface changes. Now there is a new (evil) group that is taking advantage of the change by making users vulnerable to malicious 3rd party sites.
Moustache twrling evil How does it work? Let’s see: you go to the most recent tab, you see your friend’s updates. Normal, yes? You see lots of useless updates such as someone needs vegetables, someone’s missing a cow, the mob needs a guy to sweep the floors and your friend is on sale for under a dollar. Yet, still nothing extra ordinary, yeah? Oh. Wait. My pal, Brenda just posted a link on his wall with the title: “Hottest Women in Swimsuits” (or maybe “How to Play Farmville Like a Boss” – whatever floats your boat). Wouldn’t hurt to take a peek. Dayum! It’s a picture of a certain Alba in a two piece. Nice! And there’s the Like button. Gotta agree. I Like this! *click* Wow. Me and 3,142 users like this. Sounds harmless, yes? Now what you don’t know, is that the Like button has been taken over (like-jacked or click-jacked – which is different from the Matrix-jack, if you will) – which places a link on your wall, akin to the one on your friend’s wall which you clicked on, potentially driving millions of users to click on the link this way. (not like you even have 5 friends anyway) Not Pictured: Jessica Alba The on-going suspicion is that someone somewhere gets paid something for each person that clicks on the link, which experts say can potentially become an advertising spambot-ish system. There are more sinister functions for the like-jacking. Certain Like buttons would link you to 3rd party websites, where it would automatically download and install malicious software onto your system, fake sites which promises billions of dollars in prizes upon registration, Trojans that can and would hijack your system into a drone, or even Rick Astley Fan Sites.
Example of a Trojan Virus
Source: Warner Bros So remember kids. As ma always say: Don’t always click on strange Like buttons alright? "Like!" For those of you not taking score, the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010 (E3) was recently held in the States. Here are the top stories from the 2010 show, compared to the 2009 show – which turns out to be not so different. Source: www.e3expo.com 2009 Show: 2010 Show: 2009 Show: 2010 Show:
Source: Mircosoft To be fair, Microsoft also reveal a lineup of games that is Kinect-ready, including an upcoming Michael Jackson game by Ubisoft. Unfortunately, the jokes I have for that is not safe for publication on a family website like IAHGames.com. To be unfair, I suspect Microsoft is reusing their demo from 2009’s Project Natal demo as they look highly similar. 2009 Show: 2010 Show: To be fair, Sony’s lineup of games includes NBA 2K11, SOCOM 4 and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11. I can think of a hundred ways that Playstation Move and Tiger Woods PGA Tour would be an awesome way. To be unfair, this is what a Playstation Move controller looks like: The one on the left PS Move is slated for a September release. Well, that’s all the time we have for this edition of the news. Back to you, Garnet. |
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