WebProNews » leaks http://www.webpronews.com Breaking News in Tech, Search, Social, & Business Sun, 26 May 2013 02:19:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Nose Leaking Brain Fluid, Not Snot, Finds Arizona Man http://www.webpronews.com/nose-leaking-brain-fluid-not-snot-finds-arizona-man-2013-05 http://www.webpronews.com/nose-leaking-brain-fluid-not-snot-finds-arizona-man-2013-05#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 19:09:41 +0000 Sean Patterson http://www.webpronews.com/?p=228721 Allergies can be crippling, but usually some choice drugs and patience can get even the worst allergy sufferers through allergy season. Suffering a runny nose for over a year and a half, however, is another matter entirely. An Arizona man recently found that what he thought was allergies was actually brain fluid leaking from his nose.

According to a Fox 10 report, after suffering a leaking nose for 18 months, Joe Nagy was told by a doctor that the fluid coming from his nose was actually brain fluid. It turned out that Nagy had a hole in the membrane protecting his brain.

Doctors told Fox 10 that such a condition can be easy to miss, since many people simply assume they have a constantly running nose. Many patients find out about the problem when the fluid becomes infected. Nagy himself developed a serious case of meningitis just before undergoing brain surgery to repair his leaking membrane.

The surgery used cartilage from Nagy’s nose to repair the membrane. It was successful and Nagy stated he was surprised by how quickly the issue was repaired.

“I was waiting for the dribble, you know?” said Nagy. “I was so used to it every day, I got a hanky, a cloth ready, a tissue. Nothing. And all of a sudden, it’s never come back.”

]]> http://www.webpronews.com/nose-leaking-brain-fluid-not-snot-finds-arizona-man-2013-05/feed 4 Samsung Galaxy S 4 Might Ship Earlier Than Expected http://www.webpronews.com/samsung-galaxy-s-4-might-ship-earlier-than-expected-2013-04 http://www.webpronews.com/samsung-galaxy-s-4-might-ship-earlier-than-expected-2013-04#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:08:33 +0000 Zach Walton http://www.webpronews.com/?p=223512 It was revealed last week that the Galaxy S 4 would be available for pre-order with AT&T on April 16. It was assumed that the launch would come sometime in May, but a new leak suggests that we could be seeing Samsung’s latest flagship device hit retail, at least in Europe, in late April.

SamMobile received a leak that says Samsung will start shipping the 16GB Galaxy S 4 3G in two weeks. The leak says that the shipments will hit Eastern Europe, Russia and the Ukraine first.

What’s disappointing is that it seems the 3G Galaxy S 4 will be released first with the LTE S 4 scheduled for the week of May 19. If that’s the case, we could see the 3G variant of the Galaxy S 4 released before the LTE variant in the U.S. as well.

Beyond AT&T’s announcement, there’s been no other carriers announcing pre-order plans for Samsung’s latest flagship device. At T-Mobile’s Un-Carrier event, the carrier said that the S 4 would be available on its network in May. AT&T would most likely get it before T-Mobile so an early May release in the U.S. seems likely.

We may still see the S 4 launching in the U.S. in late April, but FCC regulations may prevent us from seeing the S 4 before our friends in Europe get their hands on the device. Either way, it’s only a few more weeks until the Samsung faithful will be able to get their hands on the S 4.

]]> http://www.webpronews.com/samsung-galaxy-s-4-might-ship-earlier-than-expected-2013-04/feed 0 Google Chromebook Pixel Revealed In Leaked Video [Rumor] http://www.webpronews.com/google-chromebook-pixel-revealed-in-leaked-video-rumor-2013-02 http://www.webpronews.com/google-chromebook-pixel-revealed-in-leaked-video-rumor-2013-02#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:04:19 +0000 Zach Walton http://www.webpronews.com/?p=215459 The Chromebooks of today aren’t exactly cutting edge. The budget notebook PCs are intended to bring the power of the Web to as many people as possible through affordable hardware. That all may be changing in the future if a leaked video is to believed.

Android Authority nabbed a fascinating teaser video that references a new Google project called the Chromebook Pixel. It features a 2560×1700 display. The only thing better would be the 15-inch MacBook Pro which sports a 2880×1800 retina display. Check out the leaked teaser video below:

The leaked video doesn’t tell us much about the Chromebook Pixel’s hardware, but we do know that it will sport a touchscreen. Adding to the legitimacy of the leak is that it originally came from François Beaufort, a developer who has leaked previous Google products on Google+.

Google hasn’t made any formal announcement in regards to the Chromebook Pixel yet, or even hinted that such a thing exists. The company only just recently partnered with HP for the Pavilion 14 Chromebook.

Still, the idea of a high-end Chromebook is exciting. The only thing holding the Chromebook back with power users, besides Chrome OS’s incompatibility with traditional applications, is that they’re usually underpowered devices. The Chromebook Pixel could go a long way in increasing adoption among power users, especially with that glorious screen.

]]> http://www.webpronews.com/google-chromebook-pixel-revealed-in-leaked-video-rumor-2013-02/feed 0 New Ubisoft Game “Osiris” Revealed in Leaked Trailer http://www.webpronews.com/new-ubisoft-game-osiris-revealed-in-leaked-trailer-2013-01 http://www.webpronews.com/new-ubisoft-game-osiris-revealed-in-leaked-trailer-2013-01#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:26:46 +0000 Sean Patterson http://www.webpronews.com/?p=213900 [UPDATE] Ubisoft has provided Polygon with a statement that makes it clear Osiris is a dead project.

[ORIGINAL] While Ubisoft is busy integrating a new Montreal studio into its operations, the existing Ubisoft Montreal studio is still operating as one of the publisher’s most successful developers. The studio was responsible for classics such as the Prince of Persia series, the Assassin’s Creed series, and last year’s Far Cry 3.

It’s known that Ubisoft Montreal is currently working on Watch Dogs, one of the most exciting reveals of last year’s E3. Now, a new leaked trailer has revealed the game Osiris.

The game is set in ancient Egypt, and appears to be a new IP, though it’s not inconceivable that it could be related to the Assassin’s Creed series in some way. The unfinished trailer depicts some early motion capture work being done on the title.

]]> http://www.webpronews.com/new-ubisoft-game-osiris-revealed-in-leaked-trailer-2013-01/feed 0 Samsung Galaxy S IV Image Leaked [RUMOR] http://www.webpronews.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iv-image-leaked-rumor-2013-01 http://www.webpronews.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iv-image-leaked-rumor-2013-01#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:13:36 +0000 Sean Patterson http://www.webpronews.com/?p=209538 ]]> A purported image of Samsung’s next flagship Android smartphone appeared online today. Courtesy SamMobile, the above picture depicts a device that is similar to the Galaxy S III, but with a few notable alterations.

SamMobile credits an “insider at Samsung” as the source of the pic, and admits there is no way to confirm it’s the real thing. Still, the design seems to be in keeping with recent Samsung offerings, such as the Galaxy Note II and the Galaxy Premier. It’s almost certain to be closer to the real Galaxy S IV than, say, some of the crazy iPhone 5 mock-ups that were created in the year before that smartphone’s release.

One thing to note about the above picture is the thinner side bezels, at least when compared to the Galaxy S III. The Galaxy S IV is already rumored to have a 4.99″ screen and a 1920 x 1080 resolution screen. Other rumored specs include a quad-core Exynos processor and a 13 MP rear camera.

Also noticeable about the leaked image is the lack of a physical home button. Google has been re-designing it’s Android operating system for use with devices that have no back, home, or menu buttons, and it appears Samsung may be leading the way with buttonless devices.

Something that is certain, unlike the image, is that Samsung has teased a big announcement of “something new” at the Computer Electronics Show (CES) next week. It certainly could be the next Samsung smartphone, but it’s more likely that Samsung will create its own event for the debut of such a big product – sometime in February is the current rumor.

(via BGR)

]]> http://www.webpronews.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iv-image-leaked-rumor-2013-01/feed 0 BlackBerry 10 Smartphone L-Series Leak Video Released http://www.webpronews.com/blackberry-10-smartphone-l-series-leak-video-released-2012-12 http://www.webpronews.com/blackberry-10-smartphone-l-series-leak-video-released-2012-12#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:43:17 +0000 Sean Patterson http://www.webpronews.com/?p=206957 More than a month out from RIM’s scheduled unveiling of its BlackBerry 10 lineup on January 30, the leaks are already coming. Today, a Vietnamese website known for its Apple leaks has released a video preview of an upcoming BlackBerry 10 device codenamed “London.”

The smartphone, as shown in the video, has a rear-facing camera & flash, a microSD card slot, and a removable battery. It is also rumored to have a 4.2-inch screen, which the video appears to confirm.

The surprising thing about the video may be that the device isn’t all that remarkable. Even the BlackBerry 10 software running on it heavily resembles the Android and iOS interfaces, with a few twists. This could be worrisome for RIM fans, as not even Microsoft’s highly unique Windows Phone 8 devices have been able to capture consumers’ imaginations and make much of a dent in the iOS/Android dominated smartphone market.

Unless RIM has a surprise waiting for January, BlackBerry 10 devices could easily fall under the shadow of Apple and Samsung, as so many other manufacturers have. In fact, it might be hard for the company not to be upstaged by Samsung, who has teased a big announcement for CES earlier in January.

(via BGR)

]]> http://www.webpronews.com/blackberry-10-smartphone-l-series-leak-video-released-2012-12/feed 0 Anonymous Celebrates Guy Fawkes Day With Defacements, Leaks And Protests http://www.webpronews.com/anonymous-celebrates-guy-fawkes-day-with-defacements-leaks-and-protests-2012-11 http://www.webpronews.com/anonymous-celebrates-guy-fawkes-day-with-defacements-leaks-and-protests-2012-11#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:56:26 +0000 Zach Walton http://www.webpronews.com/?p=200883 “Remember, remember the fifth of November.”

It’s these words that mark the beginning of V for Vendetta, the 2006 film inspired by Alan Moore’s graphic novel of the same name. In it, an anarchist fights to bring down a fascist UK government. The man, V, wears a mask inspired by Guy Fawkes, a Catholic terrorist that attempted to blow up the British parliament in 1605.

Since the film came out, hacking collective Anonymous has adopted the Guy Fawkes mask as their identity. The group has also co-opted the already existing Guy Fawkes Day on November 5 as their own personal day of mass protests and hacking attacks. The group has already begun a number of attacks and leaks and the day is not even half-over yet.

The big one is a supposed PayPal hack that has left 28,000 account passwords exposed.

The Next Web reports that all of the links to the PrivatePaste pages containing the passwords have been shut down for now. Anonymous will undoubtedly post the account details on other Web sites in the near future. As for PayPal, the company’s head of PR has said there’s no evidence of a hack.

As for defacements, The Examiner reports that Anonymous defaced NBC’s Saturday Night Live Web site and a Lady Gaga fan site. The group replaced the pages with the Guy Fawkes nursery rhyme that became world famous thanks to the V for Vendetta film. BetaBeat has images of the defacements as the Web sites are now back up in working order.

Anonymous is also organizing a number of protests around the world today. In Britain, the group will march on parliament to reenact the final scene from the V For Vendetta film, minus the explosion.

The group has also made known its intentions to march on the White House and governmental buildings in Canada. The latter may be difficult as Canada has just passed a law banning the use of masks during riots and unlawful protests. Using a mask during unlawful protests is now punishable by up to 10 years in prison according to CBC.

Finally, members of Anonymous and the general public have already taken to Twitter to make 5th of November a global trend. Most are just quoting the rhyme, but some are being unique:

There will undoubtedly be more Anonymous action throughout the day. We’ll bring you any and all updates as they occur.

]]> http://www.webpronews.com/anonymous-celebrates-guy-fawkes-day-with-defacements-leaks-and-protests-2012-11/feed 0 “Password” Remains Top Password, “Jesus” Cracks the Top 25 http://www.webpronews.com/password-remains-top-password-jesus-cracks-the-top-25-2012-10 http://www.webpronews.com/password-remains-top-password-jesus-cracks-the-top-25-2012-10#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:48:18 +0000 Josh Wolford http://www.webpronews.com/?p=199193 People: What are you doing? This is just getting sad now.

Remember all of those password leak stories you’ve seen in the last few months? How many? One? Two? Three? More? While most of those leaks fall on the shoulders of the network security of the companies involved, they still reveal a shocking truth: People are terrible when it comes to choosing a proper password. And new data culled from these various leaks confirms this.

It’s time for SplashData‘s annual list of the 25 most-common passwords on the internet. They say their list is “just in time for Halloween” – it’s that scary. And yeah, that fact that people are still this clueless on the incredible insecurity of their information is truly frightening.

The most common password, as revealed by the study, is “password.” That remains unchanged from last year. In fact, the two three most-common passwords are the same as they were last year – “123456″ and “12345678″ being the other two.

New entries on the top 25 list include “welcome,” “jesus,” “ninja,” “mustang,” and “password1.”

Check out the complete list below:

1. password (Unchanged)
2, 123456 (Unchanged)
3. 12345678 (Unchanged)
4. abc123 (Up 1)
5. qwerty (Down 1)
6. monkey (Unchanged)
7. letmein (Up 1)
8. dragon (Up 2)
9. 111111 (Up 3)
10. baseball (Up 1)
11. iloveyou (Up 2)
12. trustno1 (Down 3)
13. 1234567 (Down 6)
14. sunshine (Up 1)
15. master (Down 1)
16. 123123 (Up 4)
17. welcome (New)
18. shadow (Up 1)
19. ashley (Down 3)
20. football (Up 5)
21. jesus (New)
22. michael (Up 2)
23. ninja (New)
24. mustang (New)
25. password1 (New)

“We’re hoping that with more publicity about how risky it is to use weak passwords, more people will start taking simple steps to protect themselves by using stronger passwords and using different passwords for different websites,” said SplashData CEO Morgan Slain.

Well, it doesn’t seem to be working. We’ve known that people truly suck at picking passwords for some time, and it doesn’t seem to be changing. Want another example? Analysis of the aforementioned LinkedIn password leak showed that the top password for the leaked accounts was “link.”

Facepalm.

]]> http://www.webpronews.com/password-remains-top-password-jesus-cracks-the-top-25-2012-10/feed 0 Google Maps For iOS Pictures Leaked http://www.webpronews.com/google-maps-for-ios-pictures-leaked-2012-10 http://www.webpronews.com/google-maps-for-ios-pictures-leaked-2012-10#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:01:43 +0000 Sean Patterson http://www.webpronews.com/?p=197453 Kicking Google Maps off of iOS 6 was a bad idea, and even Apple has admitted as much. The company was even warned by developers before the launch of the new OS, but ignored those warnings out of arrogance or inattention.

The mistake, really, was Apple thinking that it could match the functionality and polish of Google Maps simply by buying up map data and coding their own software. Google Maps has over 7,000 employees working to make sure every street is accurate and that satellite photography isn’t covered in clouds or distorted. Just this past week Google released a huge update to its Street View Imagery, with pictures taken by a fleet of employees who drive around the world.

Google has been coy when it comes to a standalone Google Maps app for iOS. Though it is inevitable that the app will eventually be released, it seems odd that Google wouldn’t already have an iOS app ready to go. It’s as if Google didn’t actually believe Apple would put its inferior Maps app into iOS 6.

Today, we finally have some hard proof that Google is working on an iOS Google Maps app. A post over on the Ben Guild blog shows what are claimed to be three different screenshots of the software. The photos are very blurry, though, so don’t put too much stock in them. Guild also claims that the app, which in in an Alpha state currently, will be vector-based, have two-finger rotation capabilities, and will support the iPhone 5′s 4-inch screen.

(via BGR)

]]> http://www.webpronews.com/google-maps-for-ios-pictures-leaked-2012-10/feed 0 Wikileaks Angers Anonymous By Implementing A Paywall http://www.webpronews.com/wikileaks-angers-anonymous-by-implementing-a-paywall-2012-10 http://www.webpronews.com/wikileaks-angers-anonymous-by-implementing-a-paywall-2012-10#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:45:00 +0000 Zach Walton http://www.webpronews.com/?p=196821 Wikileaks has always been about the free distribution of information. In every interview and speech, the site’s founder Julian Assange speaks on how important freedom of speech and information is to a democracy. That may be the site’s mission, but Wikileaks is incredibly underfunded. They may have found a way to fix that problem.

If you went to check out the GIFiles on Wikileaks last night, you would be greeted by this:

Wikileaks Paywall

The paywall coincides with a new GIFiles release containing over 200,000 emails from Stratfor regarding Obama, Romney and their respective parties. The emails could garner significant interest from US citizens as we head into the final stretch of the election.

All of this would be perfectly acceptable if it was just an ad asking for support. People are angry because Wikileak isn’t asking for support, they’re demanding it. The above image is a legitimate paywall that you can’t get behind unless you donate money. One of Wikileaks’ biggest allies wasn’t too happy with it.

Anonymous, or at least the guy who runs the @YourAnonNews Twitter feed, was livid last night in regards to the paywall.

The sentiments expressed here were widespread throughout Twitter with many users angry that Wikileaks would force donations. It appears that the anger got through to the Wikileaks staff as they reportedly suspended the paywall. Some people, such as yours truly are still seeing it, but others are getting to the site with no problems.

In their defense, Wikileaks had this to say about the paywall:

UPDATE: The paywall appears to have been taken down. Users can now access the GIFiles normally without having to donate.

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