2012 Norton Study: Consumer Cybercrime Costs Canadians C$1.4 Billion

Norton's yearly cybercrime study finds that 8.3 million Canadians fell victim to cybercrime in last year. Increasing dependence on mobile devices also reflected in mobile vulnerabilities doubling in 2011 from 2010·  The study also found that ybercrime costs the average Canadian $169 and that  21%: Online adults who don’t understand the risk of cybercrime or how to protect themselves online. Hit jump for the full results of the 2012 Norton Study.

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TELUS and Free The Children connect with Canada’s youth

TELUS and Free The Children announced today TELUS’ five-year National Co-Title sponsorship of We Day, a series of events held across Canada to inspire youth to create change in their communities and around the world. In addition to its sponsorship, TELUS will launch a Phones for Good campaign on September 7, giving $25 from the sale of every TELUS Samsung Galaxy SIII or Samsung Ace Q to Free the Children*.

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SlideShow: Apple Event Invitations through the years

Apple launch events are often thematic and a lot of the magic begins with the invitation. These serve to tease and entice invited members of the press and analysts and drop hints about what is coming. The invitations themselves are often dissected and parsed ad nauseam as writers try to extract any hidden clue or Easter egg in the wording or artwork. In the case of the most recent on for September 12, the message is pretty clear. Something 5 is coming.

Breaking: Apple confirms iPhone 5 in launch event invite

The above image is from the invitation that Apple sent some members of the press earlier today which confirms the long-rumoured September 12 iPhone launch event. The number 5 which shows up as a shadow seems to point that they will indeed call it the iPhone 5. The launch will be held in San Francisco at the Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts on next Wednesday. Note that the 2012 iPhone is really the 6th generation of the device since it launched in 2007. Counting the iPhone, the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S.  We will cover the event live as it happens in San Francisco next week.