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- Microsoft Store India hacked, username and password database leaked Reports are coming in that Microsoft's online store in India has been hacked. The site is now offline, but Google's cache shows that the Chinese Evil Shadow Team is taking credit for…
Weekend Open Forum: Have you, or someone you know, ever been victim of Internet scams?
- Although most Internet users have probably wised up -- or so we'd hope -- to old scams involving some wealthy foreigner who's supposedly being cheated out of millions of dollars and promises a small fortune in exchange for help spiriting…
ACTA faces another setback in Europe as Germany delays signing
- The controversial ACTA agreement is facing a new setback in Europe after the German government announced today that it won't sign the agreement, at least not for now. Other nations including Latvia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have also…
New 7 and 9-inch Kindle Fire models may be on the way
- Following recent news of a seemingly imminent iPad 3 launch, it appears Amazon may have some news of its own. According Pacific Crest analyst Chad Bartley, the jungle-themed sales giant may be planning to roll out new 7 and 9…
Valve: Encrypted credit card data, other info taken in Steam hack
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The damage of last year's Steam intrusion is worse than previously thought, according to an update by Valve co-founder Gabe Newell. In November, the company's servers were breached as hackers defaced Steam's forums and accessed a database with user information...
Weekend game deals: Plants vs. Zombies $2, Mass Effect 2 $5
- With Mass Effect 3 coming next month, it's a great time to catch up with the series and GameFly (formerly Direct2Drive) is selling the second installment for only $4.99. Microsoft is offering some legitimate discounts this week with 50% off…
Iran blocks websites in anticipation of Green Revolution anniversary
- On Friday, Cnet sources confirmed that Iran has begun preemptively blocking websites in anticipation of civil unrest this weekend. Tomorrow is significant because it marks the third anniversary of the Green Revolution, a movement where outraged citizens took to the…
Multiple monitor use on the rise despite declining desktop PC sales
- The act of running multiple monitors from a single computer was once reserved for diehard enthusiasts and IT professionals but a new article from The New York Times suggests that computer users are adopting multiple monitors at a quickening pace.…
Diablo III coming in Q2, WoW and StarCraft II expansions discussed
- Blizzard has once again announced that fans of the Diablo series will have to wait even longer to get their hands on the pending title. During a conference call to discuss the company’s fourth quarter financial results, Blizzard CEO Mike…
Digital game purchases: do we really "own" them?
- Gaming website Rock, Paper and Shotgun has published an interesting piece chronicling the ill-treatment received by one of its readers, a PC gamer by the name of Gimperial, from Valve.The gaming firm disabled his Steam account without citing an exact reason and thus…
Windows on ARM: desktop mode confirmed, sans legacy apps
- Microsoft has described in detail their Windows on ARM architecture in a bid to clear up confusion regarding the upcoming Windows 8 release. The exhaustive post by Steven Sinofsky on the MSDN Building Windows 8 blog gives a clear perspective…
Wolfram Alpha Pro introduces drag 'n drop, 25% of traffic from Siri
- Famed scientist, Stephen Wolfram, announced "phase two" of his online "computational knowledge engine": Wolfram Alpha Pro. The enhanced service features new ways to input data, understands even more data formats -- about 60 to be precise -- and allows users…
Apple loses preliminary injunction against Galaxy Tab 10.1N
- Dismissing Apple's attempted injunctions, a Duesseldorf court has cleared the modified Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N for sale in Germany. The decision comes after several rulings against Samsung in a series of bitter patent suits. Apple succeeded in blocking the original…
Engineers boost CPU/GPU speed 21%, could be a glimpse of AMD's future
- North Carolina State University researchers have discovered a method of boosting processing performance by more than 21%. Although many processing designs by Intel, AMD and ARM house CPU and GPU cores in the same package, the components still function mostly independently.
Download the entire Pirate Bay in just 90 Megabytes
- It is now possible to download a copy of The Pirate Bay via a single 90MB zip file. The recent switch to magnet links and a script written by Pirate Bay user ‘allisfine’ made the small backup possible, according to…
Google's cloud storage service 'Drive' to launch soon
- Google is reportedly getting ready to launch a cloud-based storage service that would rival the likes of Dropbox and Microsoft's SkyDrive. Citing people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal says the service will be known as 'Drive' and…
Justice Department to green light Google-Motorola deal
- Google could receive approval from the US Department of Justice for its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility as early as next week, giving the internet search giant a powerful armory of patents for its Android operating system, according to…
Double Fine Kickstarter campaign raises over 700k in one day -- make that 1+ million
- Video game developer Double Fine Productions recently launched a joint campaign with 2 Player Productions on Kickstarter to raise money for the development of an upcoming point-and-click adventure game. In less than nine hours, the team surpassed their goal of…
Apple to announce iPad 3 in early March, shares approaching $500
- Apple is said to be planning a media event for the first week in March where the company plans to debut their next generation tablet, tentatively known as the iPad 3. The event will be held in San Francisco, likely…
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