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Valve increases security for its Steam Family Sharing system
Valve has decided to increase the security for its Steam Family Sharing system even before the system is actually released. Although the new method is a bit more painful to set up,...
Acer rolls out $1100, all-in-one PC that runs on Android
Acer must be out of its mind because the company has released a $1100 version of what is essentially the guts of an Android phone put inside of a 27-inch...
Facebook accused of scanning private messages, facing new lawsuit
Facebook has been accused of violating both the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and California privacy laws. The social networking company allegedly intercepted and scanned private messages and sold the user...
Facebook remains the most popular social network in the US, but users are diversifying
Facebook boasts an audience of 71% of online U.S. adults making it the most popular social network in the country. However, alternative social networking sites like Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Instagram...
Trust in security industry is waning following RSA’s alleged cooperation with the NSA
Following recent reports that RSA was paid by the National Security Agency to purposely distribute broken encryptions that the NSA could crack, trust in the security industry has lowered considerably. RSA's annual...
Alibaba will soon be offering telecom services in China
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has recently issued 11 MVNO licences to private companies, one of which being HiChina, a subsidiary of Alibaba, in an effort to increase the...
SoftBank reportedly closing in on purchase of T-Mobile
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 its own US subsidiary, Sprint, as soon as next spring. The...
RSA denial sidesteps claim it was paid to use compromised encryption by default
Security firm RSA has denied it entered into a contract that it knew would give the NSA a backdoor into its BSAFE security system. Last week,it was claimed that the NSA...
Bots account for more than half of all web traffic
The spam machine is busy. And it’s not just attacking the social web, it’s taking over the entire Internet. According to study by Incapusla, creator of a web-based firewall application,...
ARM acquires entertainment lighting firm Geomerics
ARM has acquired a company that specializes in graphics technology for games as the race to produce better mobile device chips for entertainment purposes continues. To make its mark in...
Microsoft joins the FIDO Alliance to put an end to passwords
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 into the fold. The software pioneer is taking a seat at...
Microsoft calls in the cavalry to push Azure worldwide
Microsoft is ripping a page out of its own playbook with the launch of what it calls the, “Cloud OS” network of some 30 partners, cloud providers, telcos, hosting companies,...
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