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 Sony's PlayStation Network Disaster: What Happens Next? Sony's PlayStation Network is down: tens of millions may have had personal data stolen. Where does Sony go from here? Share:   |  Android Outranks Apple in Desirability -- and That's Huge Android has now surpassed Apple's iPhone in terms of consumer desirability, according to a new study -- and believe you me, that is some seriously huge news. Share: | Sony: PlayStation Network Personal User Data Stolen Things just got a lot worse for users of the Sony PlayStation Network. With the service still offline after almost six days, Sony has now said that an intruder stole user data. Share: | PlayStation Network Security Breach: A Survival Guide If you're a registered PSN user, the implications of the breach for you and your online information are serious. Here are a few things you need to know. Share: | PlayStation Network Hack Timeline This is a timeline of major events associated with the attack on Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services. Share: | White iPhone 4 Round Up: On Sale Wednesday? Is the white iPhone 4 finally here? Share: | Expensive Android Tablets Spook Developers While developer interest in Apple's mobile devices remains solid, interest in Android has stalled among programmers disappointed with tablet prices and pressed by Android fragmentation, a survey published Tuesday showed. Share: | Amazon Quotes Steve Jobs in Countersuit Against Apple Amazon points out that Apple's chief executive has used the term 'app stores' in a generic sense. Share: | Apple Denies Tracking Users, Promises Software Fix The company says its iPhones are maintaining a database of cell tower and Wi-Fi access point locations to improve the devices' location services for users. 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Share: | Android, Chrome OS, and Ubuntu United in One Platform A new option from Always Innovating adds a fourth Linux-based operating system for a quad-boot alternative. Share: | What Your Business Can Learn from the Amazon Cloud Outage Small businesses dont need to fear the cloud, but do need to take steps to be ready for potential cloud challenges. Share: | Sharp May Make iPhone 6 LCD Panels Reports emerged earlier this month that Apple had dropped Sharp as an LCD supplier for the iPhone, instead choosing to invest heavily in a new manufacturing plant with Toshiba. Share: | Friendster to Revamp Site, Delete Users' Data People who use the social networking pioneer have until May 31 to retrieve their photos, blogs and messages. Share: | Court Order Cripples Coreflood Botnet, Says FBI Although the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said a federal temporary restraining order has crippled the Coreflood botnet in the U.S., Microsoft today took the unusual step of pushing a second version of its monthly malware cleaner to Windows users to again quash the botnet. Share: | Is IT Tracking Your Location via Smartphone? Let's say you scored a boondoggle to Los Angeles for a business conference, and instead sneaked off to nearby Disneyland with the family. Share: | |  | | Downloads: Editor's Collection | | 10 Must-Have Free Firefox 4 Add-OnsThe recently released version 4 of Firefox is a big improvement over previous versions of the popular browser. But that doesn't make it perfect. We've rounded up ten great downloads to help you get more out of the Firefox 4. Not all older add-ons work with Firefox 4, but every one in this collection does. 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