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WikiLeaks is releasing even more data from the Sony Pictures hack

Oh, you thought everyone was done attacking Sony for last year's infamous Sony Pictures hack? Well, think again. Despite numerous threats and warnings from the company, WikiLeaks has added an additional 276,394 Sony...

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The FBI is accusing Apple and Google of helping ISIS

Man, the FBI has been saying some funny things. Especially in regards to encryption and why it's "bad" for companies like Apple and Google to implement it in their technology,...

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Bethesda will release a Fallout 4 teaser trailer sometime tomorrow

For the first time in... well.. forever, I almost swooned. After years of waiting, not to mention numerous hoaxes and false rumors, Bethesda is finally announcing Fallout 4. Straight from...

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BitTorrent has launched its ultra-private messaging service

BitTorrent has been releasing new products over the past couple of years that use the company's peer-to-peer technology in a way that doesn't involve file-sharing. One such product is Bleep, which is an...

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After almost a decade, the music industry has killed Grooveshark

Grooveshark has been around for almost a decade, and has been in legal battles with the music industry for just as long. Unfortunately for users of the music streaming service,...

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Google is looking to become a mobile service provider as well

Many people were surprised when Google entered into the internet service industry with Google Fiber, but the company has continued expanding its gigabit service and consumer response has been unanimously...

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ZeuS may have been dethroned by Vawtrak as the king of botnets

A compartmentalized botnet with a wide selection of specialized web injects makes it easier to attack bank accounts across the globe.For the attacker who wants the perfect botnet for their...

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Microsoft is trying to take down tech support scammers

Microsoft is finally cracking down on scammers who offer to fix non-existent computer problems for hundreds of dollars. In a first strike, Microsoft sued several US companies it said are...

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Ubuntu makes its way to Google Cloud with Docker support

Google has adopted for use in its cloud a streamlined version of the Canonical Ubuntu Linux distribution tweaked to run Docker and other containers. Ubuntu Core was designed to provide...

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IBM and Nvidia are teaming up to take on Intel

The OpenPOWER Foundation is IBM’s unique solution to their need to advance their Power architecture and compete with Intel more effectively. The first real test of concept was showcased this...

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NASA’s Opportunity rover is getting a memory wipe and reboot

NASA's Opportunity rover is still trundling across the surface of Mars, more than 11 years after its 90 day mission began. But its software is getting bogged down, so NASA's...

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A shoddy WordPress plugin enabled 50,000 websites to be backdoored

Online security can be quite a challenge to maintain these days actually, and it does not help when users are less than knowledgeable. In fact, approximately 50,000 sites have been...

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