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Hacked Again? New PlayStation Network Password Exploit Surfaces

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May 18, 2011
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Hacked Again? New PlayStation Network Password Exploit Surfaces Users claim they've found a new way to hack PSN member accounts, and Sony may have taken the PSN login page down in response.
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10 Tech-Inspired Baby Names Better Than 'Like' An Israeli couple actually named their baby after Facebook's "Like" button. We think they could have done much better.
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For Japanese, PlayStation Network Still in Fetal Position The PSN's mostly back worldwide, but in Sony's home country, the service remains offline pending government regulatory approval.
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Netflix Grabbing Greater Share of Bandwidth Netflix accounts for nearly 30 percent of downstream Internet traffic during peak times, according to Sandvine Research, up from 20 percent in October.
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Windows 8 Coming in at Least 4 Versions An Intel executive says Microsoft will make at least four different versions of Windows 8 for devices with ARM processors, but you won't be running older Windows apps on any them.
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Nine Features We May See in Ubuntu 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot' GNOME 3, the Chromium browser, Thunderbird and no included LibreOffice are among the possibilities currently being evaluated, reports suggest.
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A Quick Guide to '4G' Phones Here are some of today's 4G phones.
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Fox Claims Console Gaming Is Dying, Nintendo Disagrees A Fox News article claims that traditional console-based video games are on their last legs, preparing to give way for cloud-based services. Nintendo doesn't believe it.
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Droid X2 Dual-Core Smartphone Available Thursday From Verizon Motorola's new phone will be available online for $199.99 and a two-year service agreement.
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Android Vs. Windows Phone 7: The Coming Mobile Battle Can Windows Phone 7 actually become the dominant mobile OS in less than three years? Yes, says Pyramid Research, and the reason is that the smartphone market is still in its infancy.
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Apple Proposes Smaller SIM Card for Slimmer Gadgets Apple is reportedly working to reduce the size of the Sim cards used in its gadgets
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Sandy Bridge-Powered MacBook Airs Coming this Summer, Report Says The new 11.6- and 13.3- inch laptops are also expected to include Thunderbolt high-speed input/output ports, which is supposed to deliver up to 10 Gbps of throughput in both directions.
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We're Doomed to Insecurity In the Cloud and On Thin Clients Every new technology brings the same old security vulnerabilities, along with new ones.
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PopCap Games Debut On Amazon Appstore; Ready To Play On Two Rumored Amazon Tablets PopCap will be bringing two of their titles (Chuzzle and Plants vs Zombies) to the Amazon Appstore.
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BlackBerry PlayBook Battery Life Weakened by OS Update A number of BlackBerry PlayBook owners are reporting decreased battery life following Research In Motion's most recent tablet OS update, and in some cases the problems seem to vary in severity based on tablet storage capacity.
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Privacy By Default: California Social Networking Bill Makes Sense A California bill has stirred up controversy and caused Facebook and Google to join forces against it, but what is wrong with privacy by default?
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California Bill Would Dictate Privacy on Facebook, Etc. A poor idea on multiple levels.
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Google Issues Patch to Plug Android Data Leaks The fix should keep contact and calendar data safe if you're on an open Wi-Fi network.
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Happy Birthday Apple Retail: New Products Incoming? Apple retail is ten years old this Thursday, and the Mac rumor mill predicts the company plans something to mark the event
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Microsoft Software Satisfaction Rating Hits Record High Americans are more enamored than ever with Microsoft's software, according to a national customer satisfaction survey released today.
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