(Not much to report today but more of a reminder of what to look out for over the festive days).
Security
Google blocks silent Chrome extension installation : http://www.h-online.com/securi.....74354.html
Misleading advertising : http://blog.malwarebytes.org/i.....vertising/
Malware in the Amazon App Store : http://www.securelist.com/en/b....._App_Store
Profile Spy Resurrects on Eve of Mayan Apocalypse : http://www.gfi.com/blog/profil.....pocalypse/
Miscellaneous
Google Is the Internet’s Emperor – Microsoft Lawyer : http://news.softpedia.com/news.....7054.shtml
VLC for Windows 8 Confirmed, to Be Released by March : http://news.softpedia.com/news.....7050.shtml
Softpedia Giveaway: 50 Licenses for Ad-Aware Personal and Pro : http://news.softpedia.com/news.....6535.shtml
Free Start Button for Windows 8 : http://www.softpedia.com/revie.....5462.shtml
Linux Mint 14 "KDE" completes the Mint 14 quadrilogy : http://www.h-online.com/open/n.....74421.html
Amazon releases preview of command line for cloud services : http://www.h-online.com/develo.....74374.html
