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General => Browsers & Technology => Topic started by: j7n on 2014-03-22, 03:13:30

Title: Freemium Technology
Post by: j7n on 2014-03-22, 03:13:30
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Title: Using this to post some generic tech news
Post by: ersi on 2014-05-19, 18:31:32
Google buys Quest for Word Lens translation (http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/05/19/google-buys-quest-for-word-lens-translate.html)
Does anyone know the quality of this translation machine? Will Google translation on the web now begin to resemble real translation?
Title: Re: Freemium Technology
Post by: Frenzie on 2014-05-19, 18:55:32
Doubtful. :)
Title: Re: Using this to post some generic tech news
Post by: ersi on 2014-05-19, 18:58:46
Global Raids Underway Against “Blackshades” Hackers http://time.com/103563/fbi-global-raids-underway-against-global-blackshades-cybercrime-hackers/

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After months of investigation, law enforcement officials in the U.S., Europe and Asia are cracking down on a hacking network employing a computer program known as “Blackshades,” which can be used as malware to control the computers of unwitting people


Indeed the right thread. I wonder how it's going for j7n.

Finland's sources say the police there also struck. 90 computers captured from people http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/2014/05/19/poliisi-iski-voimalla-blackshades-konnia-vastaan--myos-suomessa/20147062/7
Title: Re: Freemium Technology
Post by: Frenzie on 2014-05-19, 19:00:31
I wonder how it's going for j7n.

Why, do you suspect he was using this Blackshades program? :lol:
Title: Re: Freemium Technology
Post by: ersi on 2014-05-19, 19:20:34
I assume something like this, yes, but my assumptions are harmless. If police suspects, that's not a laughing matter any more.
Title: Re: Freemium Technology
Post by: ersi on 2014-05-29, 20:49:35
This is a notable j7n-ish technological breakthrough http://www.ibtimes.com/oleg-pliss-holds-australian-apple-devices-ransom-hacker-demands-100-unlock-hacked-iphones-1590657
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A number of Australians woke in the middle of the night to alarms blaring from their iOS device or Apple computer to find a message that read, “Device hacked by Oleg Pliss. For unlock device …” Upon clicking, the users saw the hacker's demand for a ransom, ranging from $50 to $100, according to different users.

Title: Re: Freemium Technology
Post by: Frenzie on 2014-05-29, 21:14:51
It occurs to me that because it's an iPhone, you can't pull out the battery.
Title: Re: Freemium Technology
Post by: ersi on 2014-05-30, 04:09:08
Everything about iPhone must seem oh so convenient and smooth for people. That's why it gets bought. But I seriously don't see what's the attraction. Any other phone is actually better in every aspect I can think of. iThingies are not popular in Estonia - expensive, awkward, few options, no freemium. Find a safer phone for your m-i-l.