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Top Tech Stories of 2011
By siliconindia
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Thursday, 22 September 2011, 22:43 IST |
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Bangalore: 2011 is been full of excitement for the tech world. It was phishers and hackers who were making news for the first 6 months. The epic hack on the play station network by Geohotz will be noted forever in the history of technology. It was all about awareness for the cyber and web security. The new inventions and innovation like Google bringing out Google+, MySpace and Friendster coming with a different look and Facebook itself announced plans to unveil "something awesome".
1. The PS3 Hacking
The major hacking the led to the disablement of the Sony play station network, made the techies realize how weak their technology is. The compromising of credit card information anguished the gamers. The hacker group called anonymous threatened and hacked the Sony play station to compete with the PS3 hacker Geohotz. The other sect of hackers called Lulzsec split-up after they cluttered with the digital bits of plenty of organizations including the CIA and Arizona police. The hacking led to the widespread adoption of ironclad security across the Web. In some way we should be thankful to the hackers.
