http://www.takeaplunge.com Ventures, Start Ups, Businesses Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:27:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.takeaplunge.com/craigslist-censored-adult-section-comes-down/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/craigslist-censored-adult-section-comes-down/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:28:13 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=4170 Craigslist Erotic Services (Adult Services) section is gone. Now, it is replaced by a large black and white “censored” logo. There has been lots of stories about Craigslist. The press and state attorneys generalhas been blaming sex crimes on the site. When a listing on Craiglist is involved in any sex crime it becomes a story even [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/craigslist-censored-adult-section-comes-down/feed/ 2 http://www.takeaplunge.com/ftc-bars-twitter-%e2%80%9cfor-20-years-from-misleading-consumers%e2%80%9d-about-privacy-after-2009-hacks/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/ftc-bars-twitter-%e2%80%9cfor-20-years-from-misleading-consumers%e2%80%9d-about-privacy-after-2009-hacks/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:05:48 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=3733 Today, the FTC settled a lengthy investigation into issues related to Twitter. The issues are related to Twitter’s lax security practices and protection of user accounts after two high-profile hacking incidents in 2009. The first incident occurred in January, 2009 in which 35 high-profile accounts were compromised, including those of President Barack Obama, Bill O’Reilly, Britney Spears, the Huffington [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/ftc-bars-twitter-%e2%80%9cfor-20-years-from-misleading-consumers%e2%80%9d-about-privacy-after-2009-hacks/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/soluto-figures-out-what%e2%80%99s-bogging-down-your-pc/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/soluto-figures-out-what%e2%80%99s-bogging-down-your-pc/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 04:28:21 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=3575 PCs always have different problems in their lives and often they create problems for the users. Now, a new startup Soluto wants to help restore your computer to its former glory. This startup will help you to find out what’s wrong with your computer. Soluto’s software will monitor your PC for things that are annoying [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/soluto-figures-out-what%e2%80%99s-bogging-down-your-pc/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/fda-may-ban-walgreens-from-selling-controversial-gene-tests/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/fda-may-ban-walgreens-from-selling-controversial-gene-tests/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 02:36:12 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=3522 Tests are going to be sold at 6,000 of Walgreens’ 7,500 stores If you want to know your chances of having Alzheimer’s disease, breast cancer, obesity, or suffering from other problems, it is possible. It’s all in your genes. An San Diego startup called Pathway Genomics has compiled a variety of these tests, though, and is about to start selling [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/fda-may-ban-walgreens-from-selling-controversial-gene-tests/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/worm-spreading-via-yahoo-messenger/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/worm-spreading-via-yahoo-messenger/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 03:58:24 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=3489 A worm is spreading via Yahoo Instant Messenger. This worm tricks people into downloading what they think is a photo from a friend but is instead malware. The malware installs a backdoor on Windows systems and spreads to a victim’s IM contacts. The worm arrives via a message from a contact with the word “photo” or [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/worm-spreading-via-yahoo-messenger/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/beware-malware-faking-it-as-google-chrome-extension/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/beware-malware-faking-it-as-google-chrome-extension/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:31:16 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=3381 BitDefender’s Malware City blog is warning users about a malware attack. This is probably the first case of malware spreading via a fake Google Chrome extension. The attack begins with an e-mail which talks about a new Chrome extension that “will help you to better organize your documents received in your e-mail.” The e-mail shows a [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/beware-malware-faking-it-as-google-chrome-extension/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/new-virus-extorts-cash-from-porn-fans/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/new-virus-extorts-cash-from-porn-fans/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:10:38 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=3369 A new virus is making the rounds with a brand new technique to spread. The virus is known as Kenzero. It originated in Japan and, in its initial attack phase, is targeting users of a file-sharing service called Winni, which claims about 200 million users. The victim’s PC got infected when Winni customers use the site to download illegal [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/new-virus-extorts-cash-from-porn-fans/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/scamville-now-get-facebook-credits-via-offers/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/scamville-now-get-facebook-credits-via-offers/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:32:28 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=3362 Facebook is now directly in the offers business (remember those Scamville stuff). These offers will pay for Facebook Credits, which are used to buy virtual goods in games and other apps on Facebook. However, they are doing it cautiously. Facebook is offering offers only from TrialPay and Peanut Labs, who are known for being the cleanest in offer [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/scamville-now-get-facebook-credits-via-offers/feed/ 1 http://www.takeaplunge.com/clickjacking-researcher-shows-new-clickjacking-methods/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/clickjacking-researcher-shows-new-clickjacking-methods/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:35:05 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=3358 A computer security researcher has released a new browser-based tool which will allow experimentation with next-generation “clickjacking” attacks. He also released detailed information about four new techniques. What is Clickjacking? It is a style of attack where you will be tricked into clicking on specific buttons hidden certain parts of a Web page that perform malicious actions. The [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/clickjacking-researcher-shows-new-clickjacking-methods/feed/ 10 http://www.takeaplunge.com/regwork-cleans-up-your-pc-problems/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/regwork-cleans-up-your-pc-problems/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:44:37 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=2953 Finding Windows Error Messages flashing on your computer screen is normal these days. Such error messages are seen due to several reasons which include corruption of registry classes, registry keys and registry settings. Now there is a solution – Regwork. It is a Windows Registry Cleaner or a registry editor which scans your PC to eliminate [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/regwork-cleans-up-your-pc-problems/feed/ 0