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FBI hack would pose 'medium' risk to iPhone users

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September 5, 2012
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FBI hack would pose 'medium' risk to iPhone users Agency denies theft of laptop with Apple unique device IDs, but one expert believes says, 'It would be hard to fake such data'.
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Nokia Lumia 920 brings raft of killer features to Windows Phone 8 Nokia claims that the 920's camera captures 5 to 10 times more light than other phone cameras.
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Windows 7 dethrones XP for desktop crown Don't expect Windows 8 to ever beat out Windows 7 for desktop market share because Microsoft's new OS is built more for tablets.
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Apple ID leak: FBI denies that it's the source of breach AntiSec, a splinter group of hacking collective Anonymous, had announced that it had accessed more than 12 million Apple UDIDs.
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Chrome's fourth birthday marked by questions on market share A pair of Web measurement firms are arguing about whether Google's browser is still gaining ground or has stalled.
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Gamestop to discontinue PlayStation 2 software sales The retailer wants to make room for Wii U software this year, and anticipates needing room for Xbox 720 and PlayStation 3 software in 2013 and beyond.
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Liveblog: Nokia's big Windows Phone 8 news Nokia announces Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 at event in New York City.
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Android users are prime target for malware A new report finds malware threats are at a four-year high, and mobile platforms in particular are a hot target--especially Android.
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Apple device IDs hacked: What you need to know A hacktivist group has published more than a million Apple device UDIDs acquired from a hacked FBI laptop. Is your iPhone or iPad at risk?
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Great tech for $25 or less: affordable-gadget roundup Go ahead and crack your piggy bank open. These 25 tech gadgets won't bust your budget.
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Coming soon to Linux: Nvidia Optimus graphics support A new version of Nvidia's proprietary graphics driver will let Linux users benefit from its switching technology.
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Are netbooks finally biting the dust? Stories have been proclaiming netbooks for dead for what feels like ages. Here's why it's different this time.
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Oracle Wins Partial Victory in School's Software Project Lawsuit A judge has tossed out some of the claims brought against Oracle by Montclair State University in New Jersey over an allegedly failed ERP (enterprise resource...
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Upcoming Windows 8 PCs 'just the beginning', says Acer president The first round of Windows 8 tablets and laptops coming out later this year will be "just the beginning" of a range of form factors and styles that will evolve...
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Lessons from the road: Don't expect mobile hotspots to save you During my epic cross-country road trip I thought I'd get work done by connecting over 3G or 4G from the road. Boy, was I mistaken.
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BitCoin Exchange Loses $250,0000 After Unencrypted Keys Stolen Hackers stole about US$250,000 from BitFloor, a BitCoin exchange, on Monday, and it does not have the money to reimburse account holders, according to the...
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Qubes OS 1.0 Isolates Programs Inside Virtual Machines for Increased Security The first stable version of Qubes OS, an open source desktop operating system designed to provide a greater level of security by isolating programs inside...
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Behind the Scenes With Samsung's Chinese Factory Girls Like many her age, 19-year-old Zhao Caixia left her hometown in the Chinese province of Gansu to see the world. That world now revolves around a Samsung factory...
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French Publishers Want to Charge Google for Republishing Articles French publishers have relaunched a discussion about the republishing of headlines and the first paragraph of articles by Google and other search engines without...
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Nokia Unveils New Lumia Smartphones With Windows Phone 8 Nokia on Wednesday showed off the new Lumia 920 smartphone, the company's first device running Microsoft's latest Windows Phone 8 OS.
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