Spear Phishing or How to Get into a Gmail Account

"Most people know to ignore the e-mail overture from a Nigerian prince offering riches in exchange for a bank account number. That is a scam, plain to the eye.

But what if the e-mail appears to come from a colleague down the hall? And all he asks is that you add some personal information to a company database?"

It's a tough one this.

How would you know? Just make sure you are not a whale.

from The New York Times

see E-Mail Fraud Hides Behind Friendly Face

A Google Social Network - So What.

Image by niallkennedy via Flickr"Google will launch a social network, possibly called Google Circles, at its Google I/O conference in May, according to technology blog The Next Web."

So says The UK's Daily Telegraph blog that generated a random headline on my RSS feed

Google 'to launch social network in May

And an equally random thought crossed my mind on idally reading the feed post:

"Why?" and then a few seconds later "Why bother?"

I mean, they've managed to f'up all their earlier 'social' stuff experiments.

Seriously Google guys, give it a break and get back to search...and fix up those results, will you! I mean, really. Anyone would think that since the so-called big make over the other week we were all getting back great results now.

Like hell!

Fix it Google guys.

It still sucks of pseudo 'real' search results that we all know are spam.

Apple: Cash in the Bank

Apple's Insane Pile Of Cash In Context

From SAI Silicon Valley Insider

via ScribeFire

The All Important Revenue per User - Chart of the Day

"How much is a unique visitor worth on the Internet? Depends on who you are. Amazon (e-commerce) is generating $189 per user. Google (search) is generating $24 per user. Facebook (social networking) is only generating $4 per user according to this chart from JP Morgan's Imran Khan. "

From SAI Business Insider Chart of the Day

Here's How Much A Unique Visitor Is Worth

Tech.com - 11 Tech Predictions for Twenty Eleven.

Tech.com calls these 'risky' predictions.

Not sure why as they all look reasonable to me.

See

11 Bold Tech Predictions for 2011