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Hard drive pricewatch:Dropbox offers an additional 5GB of cloud storage to beta users
- For users willing to be guinea pigs, Dropbox is offering an opportunity to score 5GB of free space through the popular cloud storage service. PCWorld is reporting the 5GB is actually in addition to the standard 2GB issued to free…
Google's privacy policy cornered by European Commission and Congress
- Continuing the story we posted earlier this week, the European Commission has asked Google to hold off on rolling out their new privacy policy. The EC is assigning French data protection authority, CNIL, to work with Google and explore the…
Weekend game deals: 66% off Warhammer titles, Section 8: Prejudice
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If you didn't grab Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine for $25 via GamersGate last week, Steam has it for only $17 as part of its "Warhammer Weekend" promotion. You'll also find 66% off seemingly every other game in the franchise as well as their DLC packs...
Anonymous eavesdrops FBI conference call, posts audio online
- The hactivist group Anonymous claims to have intercepted and recorded a conference call between the FBI and the British police cybercrime division Scotland Yard that took place on January 17. Anon has since released an audio recording of the roughly…
Google Bouncer boots malicious apps from Android Market
- Google's relaxed stance on app screening on its Marketplace has been known to let a quite few malicious apps slip under the radar. Whether security concerns surrounding its Android platform are accurate or exaggerated, the company is taking them seriously…
Corning and Samsung to jointly develop Lotus Glass for OLED devices
- Corning and Samsung have announced a new partnership between the two companies that will see Corning’s Lotus Glass technology utilized in upcoming OLED products from Samsung. Lotus Glass is said to be somewhat similar to Gorilla Glass but delivers higher…
Valve at work on secret Team Fortress 2 project, Meet the Pyro short
- A new post on the Team Fortress 2 blog hints at an upcoming secret project for 2012. The post is short on details but readers are told that it’s something brand new, isn’t a hat or a map and that…
Motorola blocks some Apple devices in Germany, wins iCloud injunction
- Apple has been dealt a couple of blows today in the ongoing patent infringement cases filed against the company by Motorola. The first involves a decision by the Mannheim Regional Court, in which Judge Andreas Voss issued a permanent injunction…
Anonymous targets Greece Ministry of Justice for signing ACTA treaty
- Anonymous targeted the website of the Greek Justice Ministry this morning as the leaderless group kicked off a day of protests against the financially embattled European country for its decision to the sign the controversial ACTA treaty. The so-called hacktivists…
Panasonic predicts record $10 billion annual loss
- Japanese electronics giant Panasonic has revised its annual net loss forecast to a record ¥780 billion ($10.2 billion) in response to a year that has seen the firm battle two massive natural disasters, as well as a slower economy and…
AMD will focus less on desktop CPUs, more on mobile APUs
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During its annual Financial Analyst Day last evening, AMD shared its products and initiatives for the next two years. Along with pledging to better execute its ideas, the company said it would focus on system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs, low-power solutions and heterogeneous computing...
You might be a terrorist if you have two cell phones, use Web proxies
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Are you concerned about your digital privacy enough to use proxies and encryption software? Do you voice chat with fellow PC gamers? If so, you might be a terrorist, according to FBI and DoJ. Public Intelligence has discovered a federal document outlining...
Windows Phone 8 'Apollo' based on the desktop OS' kernel, brings NFC, native Skype, more
- An internal video acquired by PocketNow has revealed a slew of fresh details about Microsoft's upcoming handsets. In the leaked clip, Joe Belfiore, director of the Windows Phone program, describes future hardware and software changes set to occur during the…
Bethesda releases Skyrim 1.4 patch, mod kit previewed
- Bethesda Studios has made the latest Skyrim 1.4 update available for everyone on Steam after just over a week of public beta. In addition to several bug and quest fixes, 1.4 adds launcher support for the Skyrim Workshop as the…
Crytek-backed Gface unveils social gaming platform with OnLive-like streaming
- Crytek, the studio behind the Crysis series and the CryEngine technology behind it, is helping develop a new social network service centered around gaming. Dubbed Gface -- a mash between gaming and Facebook, perhaps? -- the service is currently in…
Sony reports $2.1 billion quarterly loss, $2.9 billion annual loss looming
- Sony has posted a $2.1 billion net loss for the quarter ending December 31 and more than doubled their projected loss for the full year concluding in March. The once-strong Japanese electronics giant was up against a strong yen, weak…
French courts fines Google for offering free mapping services
- Google Maps can be a godsend for travelers visiting a new city or even locals wandering into an unfamiliar location. However, at least according to a commercial court in Paris, offering this service for free constitutes unfair competition and thus…
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