Richard Atkins

Richard Atkins is a senior contributor at Tech Insider covering online media, online travel, and video games. Richard has been with Tech Insider covering companies in these industries since 2011 and has authored numerous industry reports, including "Internet Video: Field of Dreams or Nightmare on Elm Street," "The Next Leg of Online Travel," and "Pwned: How Casual Games Changed The Gaming Landscape." Atkins was recognized as the No. 2 stock picker and earnings estimator in the 2011 Financial Times / StarMine Internet & Catalog Retail category and was ranked in the 2010 Wall Street Journal "Best On The Street" for the Leisure Goods & Services category.

Active Stock : Facebook (NASDAQ FB) brings down Lecpetex Botnet

In an interesting development, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) helped bring down a botnet called Lecpetex. This story shows both the growing sophistication of hackers and the difficulty of getting people to follow straightforward security protocols. Facebook reported that People downloaded and ran .exe files from spam messages despite years of warnings. The Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) wrote…

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World Cup Germany vs Brazil Semi Final breaks Twitter Inc (NASDAQ TWTR) records

Twitter Inc (NASDAQ TWTR) revealed yesterday that the Germany’s 7-1 victory over hosts Brazil was tweeted about a huge 35.6 million times. This makes Germany vs Brazil as the most discussed sports game on Twitter since Twitter’s launch. This Germany Brazil match has doubled the tally secured by the previous most tweeted Soccer game, the…

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