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iPhone – too beautiful for its own good?
With the hotly anticipated announcement of the next iPhone right around the corner, some parts of the technology media are once again navel-gazing about the world’s continuing love affair with Apple’s popular smartphone. It’s easy to see why so many are devoted consumers: the iPhone is a stellar example of a beautiful device that is
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Microsoft breaks millions of webcams with Win 10 update
Last week, the majority of US Windows 10 users received a big update from Microsoft nicknamed the “Anniversary Update”, primarily because it was initially released on Aug 2, approximately one year after the official launch of Microsoft’s latest operating system. Amongst a host of improvements to core features like Edge and Cortana and presumably numerous
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NSA possibly hacked, data for sale
Get ready for 1000% of your daily dose of Irony: America’s top surveillance outfit, the National Security Agency appears to have been hacked, according to announcements made by a group known as the “Shadow Brokers” and backed by a sample of data released as proof. Not only that, it may have happened as early as
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Up to 900M Android phones vulnerable via newly discovered bugs
Researchers from security firm Check Point announced at this year’s DefCon security conference that up to 900 million smartphones may be vulnerable to a set of up to 4 vulnerabilities that appear in Qualcomm-powered devices. Discovered earlier this year and reported to the manufacturer, Qualcomm has since published fixes, but not all manufacturers have pushed
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Nineteen year-old bug could expose your credentials
Just when you think Microsoft might have its act together security-wise, some clever/persistent security researcher will do their damndest to shatter your fledgling comfort with the latest exotic bug. In this case, the bug has been around since 1997 – it’s so old it’s officially Bug #4 in Internet Explorer. As in the fourth bug
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Free Windows 10 upgrade ends this Friday
It’s time for Decision 2016, but unfortunately not the decision most of us would rather get out of the way to get on with our lives…or is it? Microsoft is ending its year-long offer this Friday of a free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8 machines to Windows 10. Though I may say with no small amount
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