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University Penalized Student For Making Open Course Finder Service

Timothy Arnold, a student at the University of Central Florida (UCF), developed a service called “U Could Finish” on Friday, June 8. The service automated the process of hunting for open seats in popular courses of the university. But just six days after his service went online, UCF administrators blocked Arnold’s website from accessing the university’s course scheduling data alleging that it had violated university policy and overloaded their servers. And the university authority decided to punish Arnold as well.

Breaking News – Hackers Breached Gizmodo’s Twitter Account

Recently, Gizmodo’s Twitter account has been hacked by a group called Clan VV3. They breached the account via ex-employee’s twitter & email account which was also hacked on Friday. They spread serious offensive & racist message to the followers of Gizmodo. Though the security breach didn’t last too long but it was a warning to other sites as well. We are also sorry for the attack.

Hackers Posted False Syrian Stories On Reuters After Hacking Into Its Blogging Platform

Syria is right in the midst of a civil war. And the sympathies of majority of the world population lie with the rebels, since the Assad regime has been actively involved in violating basic human rights. International media, too, has been overly critical of Assad and his refusal to bow down to the demand of the masses. So when two strange blog posts about Syria was found on Reuters, the readers knew that something was amiss.

Google Wallet Gets Cloud-Based Support For Major Credit And Debit Cards

Google Wallet has been around for some time but the tool hasn’t gained a lot of traction in the tech world. One of the possible reasons of this could be that not many users have found it particularly convenient to make use of the Wallet. However, now Google Wallet is finally able to support all major credit and debit cards through cloud.

Microsoft Stops Developers From Using ‘Metro’ Name In Their Apps

Microsoft’s Windows 8 is due soon and the company has used the term ‘metro’ extensively in describing the new interface of its OS. However, it seems that the company may soon be quitting the ‘metro’ branding of Windows 8. It has now advised the apps developers not to make use of the term ‘metro’ when naming their Windows 8 or Windows Phone apps.

Facebook Invites Hackers To Hunt Down Security Bugs

Hackers are getting smarter day by day. The recent incidents of hacking in Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, LinkedIn and others are some of the examples. As hacking incidents are increasing gradually, big tech giants are trying hard to beef up cyber-security. The popular social networking site, Facebook , is one them. To protect Facebook from being hacked, the company has decided to resort to the hackers. Facebook has announced to pay hackers over $400,000 for hunting down security bugs in its system.