Christopher Soghoian is a Ph.D. student that alleges that cloud file storage service Dropbox.com deceives users about the security and encryption of their services. Soghoian made the complaint through the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Soghoian said that Dropbox could see the content of files, which puts their users at risk of government searches.

As the investigation for the Sony PlayStation Network hackers continues, another interesting piece of evidence is that they used the Amazon EC2 service. The hackers used an alias to sign up for a server through Amazon and they launched the hack from there.

Samsung will be showing off a 10.1 display with a 2560×1600 resolution at 300 dpi. This is comparable to the Retina Display on the Apple iPhone 4. Samsung has not indicated whether they will use this display technology on their future Samsung Galaxy Tab tablets. Press release is below:

James Thomson, the lead developer of a scientific calculator app called pCalc is being sued for patent infringement because his app uses Apple’s in-app purchasing system. Thomson of TLA Systems broke the news about the lawsuit on his Twitter feed.

Guest Author Bio: Vikash Shah is a Twitter hashtag fiend that recently started hashtagd. A website dedicated to being the “reality TV trash of Twitter”. When he isn’t infront of a computer he is either; tearing up the dance floor, eating more food than is adequate or reading about economics. You can follow him at @vikashnshah.

For three days Eastern Market, a vibrant marketplace in downtown Detroit, was transformed into the epicenter of Tech Socialites. Hundreds of attendees including seasoned marketing professionals, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and digital creators. The marketing professionals frantically wrote notes in hopes to better understand the role of social in the new age of media. The venture Capitalists could be identified as the only attendees wearing either Dockers or suits. Digital creators swarmed around conference speakers to thank them for their work in their field. And entrepreneurs showed off their pride and joy.

Vitaly Borker operates a website called DecorMyEyes.com. The New York Times reported how Vitaly used negative publicity to increase his PageRank on Google. He would often threaten customers with physical and sexual assault. Out of anger, his customers would write negative reviews about him on forums. The increased incoming links would put DecorMyEyes.com at the top of Google for certain search results, thus converting more sales for Borker.

The Taliban is an militia group that primarily resides in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Taliban used to be known for rejecting modern TV, radio, and computer technology. But now they have a Twitter feed, known as @alemarahweb. The Taliban often posts stories about current events in relation to terrorist activities. And some of their posts include highly exaggerated reports about strikes against “infidels.” Most of the messages are written in the Pashtu language. [Guardian UK]

The Netflix application is now available on the Android Market. It is currently available for the HTC Incredible, Nexus One, Evo 4G, the G2, and the Samsung Nexus S. You can resume watching where you left off and the app lets you manage your queue. The app is limited to apps that have “requisite playback support.” [Engadget]