Google, Apple And Facebook Are At War On 'Latent' Search

Everyone knows Google controls search engine. It usually has roughly 70% market share of all search activity on the net. Microsoft's Bing comes a far second. But Google is facing a series of challenges that could upset that dominance. The challenge comes with a new type of search, called latent, abstract, or conversational search. 

If you wanted to search for something on the web, you typed in keywords. Google has trained us all to type in those words in order of importance, not the order in which they make sense. In the future that may change. Google, Facebook, and Apple are all developing tools that will allow us to search the way we speak naturally. Though searching is for the kinds of non-specific, abstract, or latent thoughts we use in real life. Generally produces useless search results.

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On Wednesday The Federal Government Raided and Shut Down Online Drug Marketplace "Silk Road"

The federal government raided and shut down online drug marketplace Silk Road and arrested its founder Ross William Ulbricht (29) on Wednesday for the Internet's biggest destination for drugs and other illegal goods. Silk Road had been in process since January 2011 but it was hidden from normal web traffic because it was hosted on - Deep Web. 

From February 2011 to July 2013, there were 1.2 million transactions on the site and accounting for 9.5 million bitcoins. That’s about 4 percent of the 225 million bitcoin marketplace connected about 150,000 buyer accounts with just under 4,000 sellers. 

A request from his legal team for his bail hearing to be pushed back was granted - it will now take place on 9 October.

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Adobe Has Confirmed on Thursday That 2.9 Million Information Stolen During Cyber-Attack on Its Website

Brad Arkin, Adobe's chief security officer, wrote in a blog spot that the hackers had removed data including encrypted credit- and debit-card numbers, but that the company does not believe any decrypted numbers were taken. 

Arkin wrote that the hackers "removed from our systems certain information relating to 2.9 million Adobe customers, including customer names, encrypted credit or debit card numbers, expiration dates, and other information relating to customer orders,". He also said, “The hackers also took source code for a number of Adobe products. “ and he added that "We're working diligently internally, as well as with external partners and law enforcement, to address the incident," 

Brian Krebs, author of the respected security blog Krebs on Security, wrote that the attackers appeared to be the same group responsible for attacks earlier this year on data aggregators LexisNexis, Kroll and Dun & Bradstreet. 

Adobe said that it is resetting passwords for the customer accounts it believes were compromised and that those customers will get an email alerting them to the change. Customers whose debit or credit card information is supposed of being retrieved, Adobe is offering a free one-year subscription to a credit-monitoring programmer. 

At last, the company said it had notified law enforcement officially and is working to identify the hackers.