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Sony fighting hard for recovery

We have reported before that electronics giant Sony have been working hard on a recovery plan to reverse losses, which they have experienced for the last four years. Sony are selling their American headquarters building for $1.1 billion in the efforts to claw back an operating cash reserve. and their …

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Tumblr add mature rating to iOS application

Tumblr are trying to avoid the same problem that has plagued the Twitter Vine App. The company has included a 17 and over age warning for their iOS application, this will be seen by a new user and anyone who updates the software to version 3.2.4, released last night. Tumblr …

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Armored Toyota Sequoia built by Lexani Motorcars

We like cars and fancy transport at Kitguru. A new fully kitted out Toyota Sequoia has been created by Lexani Motorcars which features an incredible list of internal changes. This is a car that the President would be proud to drive around in. This armored vehicle features state of the …

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US power plant infected with malware

A USB drive which had malware installed on it was responsible for infecting a U.S. power plant turbine control system in early October. The malicious software managed to delay the restart by three weeks, according to the Homeland Security Department. Another plant was checked and found to have ‘common and …

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Sony announce world’s first OLED 4k 56 inch TV

Sony can now dismiss previous reports that they were abandoning the OLED TV market with the announcement of their new 56 inch OLED High Definition television set. The new prototype has been announced as the “world’s first and largest 56-inch 4K OLED TV.” OLED technology will be a fantastic next …

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Anonymous hack MIT website after death of activist

Anonymous hacked and defaced the website of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for their connection to the events that led to the alleged suicide of online activist Aaron Swartz. The attack came hours after MIT president Rafael Reif said the school would investigate MIT's involvement in the events that led …

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Nintendo Wii U sales top 460,000 in December

The latest report from Nintendo shows that total sales for the Wii U in December have topped 460,000 units. Nintendo have generated around $300 million from American sales of the console. Nintendo sold 2.65 million units in December and they also sold 580,000 copies of New Super Mario Bros. U. …

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Nokia sales boosted by Lumia, climb by 50%

Nokia were once one of the market leaders however in recent years they have dropped off the radar, leaving the market open to Android and iOS devices. Two years ago Stephen Elop, Nokia CEO painted their future as a difficult battle to regain market share. He ditched the in house …

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Tablets and smartphones hit global PC shipments: down 6.4%

International Data Corp (IDC) have said that global PC shipments in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 are down by 6.4 percent from last year. The figures fell short of IDC expectations and some of the responsibility has to be directed towards the growing popularity and versatility of smartphones and …

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Apple chalk up 40 billion app downloads

Apple customers have downloaded more than 40 billion applications since their App Store opened in July 2008. Half of those downloads happened in 2012. Jobs was initially reluctant to allow third party developers into the App Store. His style was always to ‘lock' everything down, a growth problem for the …

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Apple may release iOS iWatch

There have been rumors now for months that Apple may be releasing an iOS based watch, called the ‘iWatch'. The news is failing to subside and TGBus, a Chinese Tech website are still claiming that Apple are planning to release a 1 – 1.5 inch OLED screen watch, The reports …

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Samsung drop injunction applications against Apple

Samsung have dropped the injunction applications against Apple in five European countries. This is a major development in a long running patents battle between the two companies. Samsung will drop injunction applications in Germany, France, Italy, UK and the Netherlands, a senior executive told The Wall Street Journal. It will …

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BeQuiet! Competition Winners announced!

Our competition with BeQuiet! proved popular, as many readers got creative with making a hardware related festive theme featuring BeQuiet! hardware. The competition ended a couple of days ago and BeQuiet have chosen their winners, all we need are the winners information – if you ping Moderator BRIAN SMITH (that's …

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Apple double iPad Mini sales due to demand

NPD DisplaySearch have claimed that Apple underestimated the demand for their iPad Mini and the company initially asked their suppliers to supply 6 million of the 7.85 inch display panels. NPD Displaysearch claim that the figure was not enough and Apple are now stepping up the orders to 12 million, …

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Security flaw found in Samsung SOC

A member of the XDA developers forum named ‘alephzain' has claimed that there is a flaw in several Samsung handset and tablets which could allow attackers to access the RAM. The Register ran the story a short while ago. Alephzain posted the information here claiming that “The security hole is …

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IBM optical chip heading into standard manufacturing

IBM have been working on new optical communications advances. They are due to outline today how this is possible with a standard 90 nanometer semiconductor manufacturing process. ZDnet posted an article on this today which makes for interesting reading. IBM have called the technology ‘silicon nanophotonics' which they outlined in …

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AMD’s new Opteron to target cloud

AMD have announced that they will be focusing on ARM and x86 chips by 2014 and are improving their Opteron range. They have introduced new Opteron processors which are designed for use in cloud servers to process Web transactions. The new Opteron 4300 and 3300 x86 server chips have up …

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Anonymous target revenge porn site owner

Hunter Moore, the former owner of a ‘revenge porn site' has been threatened by famous hacking group Anonymous. Moore in the past was known for posting sexual images of women and men without their permission, linking to their social networking profiles. He helped people get ‘revenge' on ex partners. Moore …

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Apple open iTunes music store in 56 countries

Apple have announced today that the iTunes store is now available in 56 countries, including India, Indonesia and Russia. The iTunes package is now offered in 119 markets. The new launch means that Apple have almost doubled their audience and potential money making operation. Apple also sent out invitations yesterday …

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Apple told to reveal HTC deal details to Samsung

A U.S. Judge has ordered Apple to pass over details of a legal settlement with HTC to rival Samsung. This will include the terms of a 10 year patents licensing agreement. Samsung had filed a motion to force Apple to reveal details of their HTC settlement which was reached on …

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Wii U error code 150-1093 fix

Many Wii U customers are reporting some problems with their shiny new console. Games were freezing when being loaded with a confusing error and a machine unable to play the game. Nintendo support have answered the problems explaining the weird error code number. When you try to load a game …

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