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Wi-Fi router vulnerabilities can leave you wide open to hackers

Typically, attacks against your WiFi router require a lengthy attempt to guess any codes and passwords. Not if you use 0xcite's new technique, however; the research firm has detailed a...

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Nokia’s HERE maps is coming to Android but will be a Samsung exclusive

Relations between Google and Samsung are already a little tense, but the Korean smartphone maker may just have elevated those frustrations a little further. Extending its existing deal to provide...

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HBO could make bank by taking the Netflix route

HBO has a brand-new reason to offer a standalone online streaming service other than making cord cutters very happy, it could also rake in huge sums of money. Ars Technica...

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Now you can hack into a computer by simply touching it

Normally, breaking a PC's security involves either finding security exploits or launching brute force attacks, neither of which is necessarily quick or easy. However, a team at Tel Aviv University...

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AMD has teamed up with Toshiba to create its own line of SSDs

AMD said Tuesday that it will sell three 2.5-inch SSDs manufactured by enthusiast house OCZ, allowing AMD to offer high-speed storage alongside microprocessors and graphics chips. AMD will sell the...

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Delaware is now granting heirs access to digital assets

Delaware families now have the right to access the digital assets of their deceased relatives. Last Tuesday, Governor Jack Markell signed House Bill 35, which allows families to handle online...

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Facebook is testing a “Satire” tag for fake news stories in the Newsfeed

Facebook is piloting a Satire tag for fake news stories in the newsfeed, Ars Technica reports. “We received feedback that people wanted a clearer way to distinguish satirical articles from...

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Microsoft is considering rebranding Internet Explorer

There was a time not too long ago when Internet Explorer was one of the most reviled pieces of software in all of Geekdom. Times have changed, though. IE has...

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Microsoft adds numerous additions to Office for iPad in latest update

Microsoft’s Office for iPad has been a hit from the moment it was finally launched in the App Store, with Word, Excel and PowerPoint quickly becoming top apps, and it...

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Microsoft and Intel have created their own Raspberry Pi-style board

Intel may reign supreme in the desktop and laptop space, but ARM is eating its lunch almost everywhere else. That's not something the chipmaker can ignore, which is why it's...

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Bungie has opened up the Destiny beta to everyone

So we know that the Destiny beta is live on both the Xbox and PlayStation platforms, so for gamers who have pre-ordered the game, you guys should be able to...

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DARPA is working on self-guiding bullets for military use

How do you hit a target if you have bad aim? The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is known for developing some of the country's most futuristic technologies, has...

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