Apr 092012
 

Twitter Spam

Recently, the phishing attempts are happening again as seen above from my twitter account. Those who had received such direct messages and have given their account details should change their passwords immediately.

Scammers are also taking advantage of tweets in a way similar to how they rely on Internet search engines – they create Tweets that include keywords in them. Similar to how websites are designed to gain visibility through search engine optimization, scammers use Tweets that require less effort. For example, new Tweets appearing at the top in the search results list for the most recent Tweets.

Twitter Spam

There are about 100 accounts tweeting around 300 Tweets with bad links every hour. Twitter blocks suspected malware URLs and flags suspected harmful shortened URLs. However some users may be directed to sites when clicking on the malicious links using smartphones. Users are typically informed that they have completed registration for a paid video service and ask that payment be made. These sites display information such as IP addresses, customer IDs, and browsers used to access the page to make the user believe that the site owner can track them down.

So beware before you click on any links on twitter. Check out Norton Mobile Security for Android 2.2 or later. You can download it here at the Google Play store.

Apr 092012
 

Twitter Spam

Recently, the phishing attempts are happening again as seen above from my twitter account. Those who had received such direct messages and have given their account details should change their passwords immediately.

Scammers are also taking advantage of tweets in a way similar to how they rely on Internet search engines – they create Tweets that include keywords in them. Similar to how websites are designed to gain visibility through search engine optimization, scammers use Tweets that require less effort. For example, new Tweets appearing at the top in the search results list for the most recent Tweets.

Twitter Spam

There are about 100 accounts tweeting around 300 Tweets with bad links every hour. Twitter blocks suspected malware URLs and flags suspected harmful shortened URLs. However some users may be directed to sites when clicking on the malicious links using smartphones. Users are typically informed that they have completed registration for a paid video service and ask that payment be made. These sites display information such as IP addresses, customer IDs, and browsers used to access the page to make the user believe that the site owner can track them down.

So beware before you click on any links on twitter. Check out Norton Mobile Security for Android 2.2 or later. You can download it here at the Google Play store.

Apr 032012
 

Samsung SLATE PC Series 7 is a touch-enabled tablet powered by an Intel Core i5 processor and featuring an 11.6” screen.

  • A wide variety of input methods, including a digitizer pen, touch screen interface and optional Bluetooth wireless keyboard, allows users to touch, write, or type meeting notes, create documents or browse online
  • Samsung’s LCD technology is 100% brighter than normal laptop displays
  • Samsung’s FastStart technology allows the Samsung SLATE PC Series 7 to wake in 2 seconds and boot up in 15 seconds

The Samsung SLATE PC Series 7 is already available in April 2012 at a suggested retail price of SGD$1,688. I’ll probably get the Samsung SLATE PC Series 7 just for using Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

Specifications: Continue reading »

Mar 272012
 

Pre-ordering for the Sony PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) 3G/WiFi model begins from 28 March at designated PlayStation Partner Shops (included Sony Store, HMV and Game Shops), SingTel shops and SingTel’s authorized dealers and get the special premium: Original designed SGD20 PSN voucher card.

Bundle Pricing: Continue reading »

Mar 272012
 

Google+ Photos isn’t immediately ready for its prime time, with many “features” missing like Slideshow and Media RSS Feeds which you can easily get from Google Picasa Web previously. For those who have Google+ Pages or just didn’t start out with a Picasa account would be at a loss how to share your Google+ Photo gallery outside the realms of Google+.

Reason for getting a Media RSS Feed – To load Google+ Photo gallery in a slideshow that supports Media RSS Feeds on WordPress. I use Cooliris for my slideshow viewer on my blog.

Here are the steps:

  1. Go to the specific gallery you want to get the Media RSS Feeds on Google+ Photos – Remember this gallery needs to be public.
  2. Notice the URL of the gallery
    • In my case it’s “https://plus.google.com/b/112290004776472583114/photos/112290004776472583114/albums/5685898783893740641″ from my JustinLee.sg Google+ Page
  3. The 1st set of numbers “112290004776472583114″ is your User ID.
  4. The last set of numbers “5685898783893740641″ is your Album ID.
  5. Construct the Media RSS Feed URL.
    • http://photos.googleapis.com/data/feed/api/user/[User ID]/albumid/[Album ID]?alt=rss
    • e.g. http://photos.googleapis.com/data/feed/api/user/112290004776472583114/albumid/5724024897712532113?alt=rss
  6. Add that Media RSS Feed URL to your favourite slideshow plugin, and you’re off!

That’s how you find out the Media RSS Feed of your Google+ Photo gallery.

Check out Cooliris Express if you’re looking for a slideshow viewer.