Tuesday 17 May 2011

PSN Apology: What Else Would You Have Sony Do?

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May 17, 2011
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PSN Apology: What Else Would You Have Sony Do? Sony's 'apology package' is more than enough in financial restitution for the 26 days lost, but the real apology comes when the network's proven safe and sound.
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Amazon Quad-Core Tablet Rumored for 2011 Amazon is reportedly planning an entry-level tablet, codenamed 'Coyote,' with a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip and another device, dubbed 'Hollywood,' that will sport the new 'Kal-El' quad-core mobile chip.
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Researchers Discover Android Data Leaks: What You Need to Know Hackers have found a way to access Android phone calendar, contact, and Picasa data via your phone. Should you be worried?
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Windows Scareware Fakes Impending Drive Disaster Scammers are trying to trick Windows users into paying to fix bogus hard drive errors that have apparently erased important files, a researcher said Monday.
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California's Proposed Online Privacy Act Faces Stiff Opposition The law would impose new privacy regulations on social networks, stop personal data from being displayed without your consent, and give new powers to parents over their kids' profiles.
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Bing, Facebook Deepen Ties, Threaten Google +1 When you're shopping on Bing you can now add items to a shopping list to keep track of your browsing history and share those lists with other Facebook friends with the click of a button.
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Hands-On With the Ultrathin Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Ultrathin Lenovo ThinkPad may give the MacBook Air a run for its money.
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Dell Teases MacBook Air Rival with Facebook Video Dell's XPS 15z ultra-thin laptop has a 15.6-inch screen and sports a slim and streamlined design.
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Macs Get More Dangerous, PCs Get Safer Bad news for Mac users: the first construction kit for Mac OS X Trojans has appeared.
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Six Things That Block Your Wi-Fi, and How to Fix Them Fix your Wi-Fi woes with these simple tips from the experts.
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Rumor: Apple Hosting Special Retail Event this Weekend Details are sketchy but 10 to 15 individuals at each Apple store are set to work from late Saturday through to mid-Sunday, and apparently stores already received hardware to install, according to the rumor.
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Dropbox Caught With Its Finger in the Cloud Cookie Jar Online file storage and sharing site Dropbox admits that it can see the data you've stored. Oops...
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Comcast Rolls out Metro Ethernet Comcast is expanding its services to medium-sized businesses by introducing metro Ethernet connections at up to 10-Gigabit speed, launching Monday.
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Anonymous Gets Exposed (Sort Of) Can Anonymous stay anonymous? Its looking more and more doubtful.
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Slacker Gets On-Demand Music (and a Neat iPad App) Slacker retains the emphasis on radio while providing features comparable to the core ones offered by other subscription services.
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Microsoft Adds Chrome Support for Online Office Apps Microsoft will officially support apps running from SharePoint in Service Pack 1, which launches in June.
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The 11 Most Influential Online Worlds of All Time From MUD to Minecraft, these digital universes have shaped massively multiplayer games and kids' toys.
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Dropbox Drops the Ball on Data Security Dropbox is accused in an FTC complaint of lying and deliberately misleading customers about just how secure data is on the cloud-based storage service.
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How to Get Your iPad Securely on a Corporate Wireless Network I think it goes without saying, but smart phones and tablet PCs are absolutely revolutionizing the wireless & mobile industry.
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First Look: Google Music A hands-on with Google's upcoming cloud Music service.
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PSN Apology: What Else Would You Have Sony Do? Sony's 'apology package' is more than enough in financial restitution for the 26 days lost, but the real apology comes when the network's proven safe and sound.
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Amazon Quad-Core Tablet Rumored for 2011 Amazon is reportedly planning an entry-level tablet, codenamed 'Coyote,' with a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip and another device, dubbed 'Hollywood,' that will sport the new 'Kal-El' quad-core mobile chip.
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