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Linkedin ‘no reports that member accounts were breached’

Linkedin have been reassuring its business customers that their data is safe. They said they received no reports that member accounts were breached after experiencing a password theft targeting 6.5 million people. These passwords were stolen and then published on a website last week. Security experts said  that Linkedins protection …

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Flame virus ordered to self destruct

Experts spoke out last night to say that the Flame computer virus has received orders to self destruct. Symantec said in a blog post last night that the Flame “command-and-control servers sent an updated command to several compromised computers. This command was designed to completely remove (Flame) from the compromised …

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Computex: Synology shows off the DiskStation DS213air

Someone at Synology had a stroke of genius as far as the upcoming DiskStation DS213air is concerned, as it’s the first consumer level NAS/router with Wi-Fi that we’re aware of. It looks like your average DiskStation product from Synology, but for some it’ll remove the hassle of having multiple devices …

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Huge GTX570 overstock delays GTX660 until August

While the product marketing teams want to push, push, push on the latest and greatest products, it is the job of the bean counting logistics teams to ensure that the channels plate is clean before serving up he next course of graphics goodness. Up close and personal with an nVidia …

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Vodafone and O2 to share mobile infrastructure

In a effort to increase overall customer satisfaction, Vodafone UK and O2 have entered an agreement where they will share and combine their respective networks. This includes their current 2G, 3G and forthcoming LTE 4G networks and they hope to offer coverage to 98% of the UK population by 2015. O2 and …

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ARIA selling cut price HD7950 – best UK price

We spotted this deal today from UK etailer ARIA. They are stocking the VTX3D HD7950 for £249.95 inc vat, which makes it around £20-£30 cheaper than other cards currently available. Not only is the card a cut price deal, but they are giving away three games with the deal, including …

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HTC snub invitation to Microsoft Windows 8 party

HTC have dramatically snubbed Microsoft by refusing to attend their Windows 8 party. Microsoft previous apparently refused their tablet development team access to the forthcoming operating system. Microsoft made the call when looking at their tablet sales figures and factoring in their inexperience, according to insiders who spoke to Bloomberg. …

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Microsoft Office for iPad on the horizon?

It may be hard to believe, but Microsoft have yet to release their extremely popular Office suite for the Apple iPad. According to earlier reports from The Daily in February, it was said Microsoft would release the software ‘in the coming weeks', but it never happened. Microsoft said at the …

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Facebook launch app store in US

Facebook have launch an app store, attempting to expand the social networking site into an entertainment platform. Facebook announced their ‘App Centre' last night in a blogpost, confirming their first move into the gaming, application and lifestyle sector. The App Centre is only going to be available in America from …

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Computex: PowerColor Devil 13 HD7970 X2

While many believe that AMD's own design for the fast card the company has ever made won't be available until closer to Q4, Powercolor is using Computex 2012 to showcase a dual-7970 design which it will brand under the ‘Devil 13' logo. KitGuru genuflects in order to save its Immortal …

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Computex: VTX3D shows off new graphics cards

It’s not easy being a smaller player in the graphics card market, yet VTX3D seems to somehow manage to offer competitive products at much lower prices than the competition. At Computex the company unveiled a pair of new pre-overclocked models that should come in at pricing similar to the competitions …

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Qualcomm working on a radio chipset to solve LTE fragmentation

Judging by a recent FCC filing from Qualcomm, they are working on a radio chipset that would support seven spectrum bands. This radio chipset is to be combined with a Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 chipset. This would effectively solve the LTE fragmentation problem that some consumers are slowly discovering – even …

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Google warn users of security risks: update your password

Google Vice President Security Eric Grosse has spoken out on the company blog, warning users to take immediate steps to protect their data. He said “We are constantly on the lookout for malicious activity on our systems, in particular attempts by third parties to log into users' accounts unauthorised…Today, we …

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eHarmony hacked, password breach

Dating site eHarmony have said that they were exposed in a breach yesterday, following shortly after the Linkedin password problems earlier this week. Becky Teraoka of eHarmony's corporate communications said “After investigating reports of compromised passwords, we have found that a small fraction of our user base has been affected.” …

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