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Valve increases security for its Steam Family Sharing system

Jan 3, 2014

Valve has decided to increase the security for its Steam Family Sharing system even before the system is actually released. Although the...

Acer rolls out $1100, all-in-one PC that runs on Android

Jan 3, 2014

Acer must be out of its mind because the company has released a $1100 version of what is essentially the...

Facebook accused of scanning private messages, facing new lawsuit

Jan 3, 2014

Facebook has been accused of violating both the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and California privacy laws. The social networking company...

Facebook remains the most popular social network in the US, but users are diversifying

Dec 30, 2013

Facebook boasts an audience of 71% of online U.S. adults making it the most popular social network in the country. However,...

Trust in security industry is waning following RSA’s alleged cooperation with the NSA

Dec 29, 2013

Following recent reports that RSA was paid by the National Security Agency to purposely distribute broken encryptions that the NSA could...

Alibaba will soon be offering telecom services in China

Dec 27, 2013

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has recently issued 11 MVNO licences to private companies, one of which being HiChina,...

SoftBank reportedly closing in on purchase of T-Mobile

Dec 24, 2013

Japanese telecom SoftBank could soon a close deal to buy T-Mobile. SoftBank apparently hopes to acquire a majority of T-Mobile's shares via...

RSA denial sidesteps claim it was paid to use compromised encryption by default

Dec 23, 2013

Security firm RSA has denied it entered into a contract that it knew would give the NSA a backdoor into...

Bots account for more than half of all web traffic

Dec 13, 2013

The spam machine is busy. And it’s not just attacking the social web, it’s taking over the entire Internet. According...

ARM acquires entertainment lighting firm Geomerics

Dec 13, 2013

ARM has acquired a company that specializes in graphics technology for games as the race to produce better mobile device...

Microsoft joins the FIDO Alliance to put an end to passwords

Dec 13, 2013

The FIDO Alliance already has support from heavyweights like Google and Lenovo in its quest to eliminate password-based sign-ins, and it's now bringing Microsoft...

Microsoft calls in the cavalry to push Azure worldwide

Dec 12, 2013

Microsoft is ripping a page out of its own playbook with the launch of what it calls the, “Cloud OS”...