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Employee creates Bitcoin botnet to exploit ESEA’s 500,000-member gaming community
Author: James Cliff
The ESEA gaming network has been exploiting its users’ powerful graphics cards to mine Bitcoins without their knowledge. The mining began on April 13th and affected thousands of gamers, who unwittingly mined over $ 3,700 worth of the currency. ESEA, which describes itself as “the largest competitive video gaming community in North America,” wasn’t aware that the Bitcoin mining was taking place, and blames the behavior on a rogue employee out for personal gain.
The full story on how and why the Bitcoin-mining software made its way to users’ computers isn’t yet available, but ESEA had been exploring the idea of adding a Bitcoin mining option to its client. The idea was canned on April 12th, but the next day, the rogue employee secretly…
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No Comments »Microsoft employee forced to remove unofficial BBC apps for Windows
Author: Jamie Colby
While there are a number of unofficial BBC News apps, one in particular has caught the attention of the British broadcaster. Lawrence Gripper, a technical account manager at Microsoft, has been forced to remove his BBC News app from the Windows Phone and Windows 8 app stores. Describing the apps as a “labor of love,” Gripper revealed the removal of the apps on his personal blog. “It is with great sadness today that I removed both applications from the store.”
Gripper developed both of the applications, that provide access to BBC News articles, before joining Microsoft — although the company encourages employees to build apps. They’re still available temporarily, and a number of other unofficial BBC apps remain listed in the Windows…
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Disgruntled employee spends three years destroying company computers with cleaning supplies
Author: Margo Tipton
What would you do if your company didn’t give you a raise? 44-year-old Edward Sobolewski determined to stick it to his company, British business Frost and Sullivan, by methodically damaging its computer system devices with caustic cleansing fluids over the course of three years. Sobolewski was eventually caught spraying Cillit Bang– marketed as Easy-Off BAM outside of Europe– into computer grills and even pouring entire bottles into server devices after the company installed safety cameras. Sobolewski triggered & pound; 32,000 ($ 50,000) in loss between 2009 and 2012, and was ordered to pay & pound; 10,000 ($ 16,000) and penalized to 8 months in jail, according to The Telegraph. In court, Sobolewski discussed that he was suffering from …
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No Comments »Google’s employee experiments keep the happiness machine rolling
Author: Gabe Hall
Would Frank in accounting rather have a $ 1,000 per-year raise, a $ 2,000 reward, some stock, or just some more free of cost time to spend with his household? What makes a worker pleased? Google’s People Workflow– “POPS” for brief– issues itself with such troubles. Slate’s detailed report reveals that the department has actually even gone so far about work with experts to help discover the very best means to manage a big firms. The researchers operating in POPS’ People & Breakthrough Laboratory, which obviously runs “dozens of experiments on workers” to figure out ways to optimize their happiness. It’s this kind of attention to specific that has seen the company leading Fortune’s 100 Best Business To Help list. Since, as long as you aren’t hung out to dry for hiring …
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LEGO Store Employee Builds ‘Functional’ LEGO Portal Gun
Author: Jack Schmidt
This is an online video of one of Geekologie Reader Liz’s coworkers at the LEGO Shop in Minneapolis flaunting his homemade LEGO Site Gun. The weapon took about a year to plan, three weeks to build, and is merely under 2,000 pieces. It has a LEGO Mindstorm controller stuffed inside, so the prongs can easily be opened and closed via a switch, and also some light-up consequences. Really good lookin’, bro. Now blast a hole in the floor and make that kid in the background crash into a display!
Hit the jump for the demo.
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Best Buy Employee ‘Outs’ Straight Man On Facebook Who Brought His Phone In For Repair
Author: Randy Miller
Rich Dewberry, who, despite the name, is allegedly straight, was recently falsely outed on Facebook by a Best Buy employee who was supposed to repair his phone but instead posted a message on Rich’s already-signed-in Facebook account. The Geek Squad: maybe not as professional as we’d like to think. The offending employee has since been fired.
Rich Dewberry said he brought in his mobile device to get fixed and was given a new phone. Shortly afterward, his Facebook status read, “I am gay, I’m coming out.”
“The phone just started ringing constantly after that from [an] ex-spouse to friends,” he told ABC’s Denver affiliate, KMGH.
“Just having to explain it to certain people that I haven’t been in contact for a while,” he said. “I feel I shouldn’t have to do that.”
Listen Rich: people thinking you’re gay isn’t the worst thing that can happen to a person. As a matter of fact, on several occasions it’s allowed me to see some boobs that I never would have been able to see otherwise. *girl that’s a friend changing* “You ARE gay, right?” OMG, sister — THE GAYEST.
Thanks to Suzanne, who agrees updating somebody else’s Facebook status on an auto-logged in device is like the LOL-iest! Jk jk, f***ing lame.
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Exclusive: Sprint begins employee training for Galaxy Nexus, launch looks imminent
Author: Eric Moss
First it appeared in a slipped ad, and then on The Engadget Show during CES. More recently, Sprint’s variant of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was spotted coasting through the FCC, and now it’s practically a lock to launch between three and six weeks from now. We’ve received word that Sprint has initiated employee training specifically for the Galaxy Nexus and Android 4.0, which will enlighten staff on the benefits of the handset, ICS and Google Wallet. Those involved with the training have to wrap things up within the next fortnight, leading us to believe that it’ll make its way into retail outlets in late April or early May. In related news, the coursework also makes mention of enabling LTE on a heretofore unannounced “LG Fury” — presumably not to be confused with the similarly titled handset from ZTE. Unfortunately, details beyond the name on that guy are nowhere to be found, but we’ll be digging for more in the days ahead.
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Google makes ‘next gen personal communications device,’ is testing it in employee abodes
Author: Nancy Kennedy
We first heard about Google’s foray into home-based hardware late last week, when it asked the FCC for Special Temporary Authority (STA) to have employees test an “entertainment device” in their homes (as opposed to a lab). According to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, it’s rumored to be a Sonos-like device related to the Android@Home Tungsten hub we saw at Google I/O last year. It appears, however, that’s not all Google’s got in store, as some information has trickled out about another Google-branded gadget. Apparently, it’s a “next generation personal communication device,” and Mountain View has asked the FCC for another STA to test 102 of them in the same cities as the aforementioned entertainment box: Mountain View, LA, New York and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Why? Well, Google wants to track its Bluetooth performance and evaluate “the throughput and stability of the home WiFi networks that will support the device” in a real-world setting. Other details about the device are scant, but we do know that testing on this second Google-made gadget is ongoing through July 15th, so here’s hoping we can get a glimpse of one between now and then. Check out the FCC docs for both devices at the source below, and feel free to sound off on what you think Google’s got in store in the comments after.
Google makes ‘next gen personal communications device,’ is testing it in employee abodes originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Samsung Employee Leaks New Info On Future Galaxy Tabs
Author: Katie Scott
I just love it when leaks come straight from the horse’s mouth. A leaky horse mouth, if you will.
Electronista is reporting that a Samsung product marketing manager by the name of Ryan Bidan has let slip a few details on the next Galaxy Tab or, potentially, the next iteration of the Galaxy Note.
According to the report, Mr. Bidan hinted at the inclusion of an S pen (the same stylus used with the Note), 3D gestures courtesy of the front-facing camera, and perhaps even some voice controls “in certain circumstances.”
Here’s the official quote:
I think a pen interface continues to make a lot of sense across a number of screen sizes, like the larger is more obvious of those. That’s about as specific as I can be without announcing a product.
Samsung has been aggressive with its move into the tablet arena, offering a number of different-sized products with most of the same feature sets. In fact, if we include the Galaxy Note phablet, screen sizes range from 5.3-inches to 10.1-inches. The probability of a larger Galaxy Note, however, is pretty minimal since anything even slightly bigger would have a tough time fitting into a pockets — which is necessary if we’re to call it a smartphone.
That said, the S pen (along with the other reported new features) will likely be integrated onto a new Galaxy Tab, but which size has yet to be determined. Samsung has already released three 10-inch GalTab models, and two 7-inchers. So if I had to guess, I’d say you’ll likely find these new features on a 10-inch model before you see them anywhere else. If it goes well, perhaps Samsung will integrate the S pen elsewhere.
But we mustn’t forget that most tablets sold with a stylus haven’t done so well… yet. Then again, that isn’t really the fault of the stylus so much as it is other factors.
Remember, the stylus does have its perks, and if it doesn’t add much cost for Samsung, why not add the feature?
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Samsung Employee Leaks New Info On Future Galaxy Tabs
Author: Ian Simpson
I just love it when leaks come straight from the horse’s mouth. A leaky horse mouth, if you will.
Electronista is reporting that a Samsung product marketing manager by the name of Ryan Bidan has let slip a few details on the next Galaxy Tab or, potentially, the next iteration of the Galaxy Note.
According to the report, Mr. Bidan hinted at the inclusion of an S pen (the same stylus used with the Note), 3D gestures courtesy of the front-facing camera, and perhaps even some voice controls “in certain circumstances.”
Here’s the official quote:
I think a pen interface continues to make a lot of sense across a number of screen sizes, like the larger is more obvious of those. That’s about as specific as I can be without announcing a product.
Samsung has been aggressive with its move into the tablet arena, offering a number of different-sized products with most of the same feature sets. In fact, if we include the Galaxy Note phablet, screen sizes range from 5.3-inches to 10.1-inches. The probability of a larger Galaxy Note, however, is pretty minimal since anything even slightly bigger would have a tough time fitting into a pockets — which is necessary if we’re to call it a smartphone.
That said, the S pen (along with the other reported new features) will likely be integrated onto a new Galaxy Tab, but which size has yet to be determined. Samsung has already released three 10-inch GalTab models, and two 7-inchers. So if I had to guess, I’d say you’ll likely find these new features on a 10-inch model before you see them anywhere else. If it goes well, perhaps Samsung will integrate the S pen elsewhere.
But we mustn’t forget that most tablets sold with a stylus haven’t done so well… yet. Then again, that isn’t really the fault of the stylus so much as it is other factors.
Remember, the stylus does have its perks, and if it doesn’t add much cost for Samsung, why not add the feature?
