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Latest News - December 2014
- Microsoft, 343 Industries Dish Out Freebies To Repent For Buggy Halo Multiplayer
- T-Mobile Throws In The Towel, Agrees To $90M ‘Cramming’ Settlement With FTC
- Cellular Network Vulnerability Discovered Leaves Your Phone Calls Ripe For Snooping
- FBI Officially Fingers North Korea As Source Of Sony Breach
- Samsung’s Unpopular ChatOn Messaging Service Will Go Dark In 2015
- Lenovo Y70 Touch Gaming Notebook Review
- 'Android M' To Take Over Your Dashboard, Give Vehicles A Direct Line To The Internet
- After Receiving 65,000 Complaints, Microsoft Files Suit Against Tech Support Scammers
- Samsung Galaxy S6 Spotted In Shipping Manifest To India, Aluminum Unibody Leaks
- Teens Continue To Distance Themselves From Facebook
- Apple CEO Tim Cook "Deeply Offended" at BBC’s Report On Factory Worker Abuse
- Google Fiber Rollout Delayed In 34 U.S. Cities
- "Not Dead Yet" BlackBerry Surprises Wall Street With Smaller Losses
- Microsoft’s ’12 Days of Deals’ Ends With $49.90 12-Month Xbox Music Pass
- Instagram Deletes Millions Of Fake Accounts, Celebs See Their Followers Plummet
- Cadillac To Boost Safety In 2016 Models With Digital Rear View Mirror
- ICANN Falls Victim To Spear Phishing Attack, Zone Database Compromised
- Ugly Holiday Sweaters And Other Hilarious Swag Invade Grand Theft Auto V Via Latest Update
- Microsoft Officially Launches Lumia Denim Update For Windows Phone 8.1
- Chinese OEM Coolpad Installed 'Coolreaper' Backdoor Software On Millions Of Smartphones
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All News for December 2014
Microsoft has encountered more than a few issues with Halo: The Master Chief Collection. The compilation title launched in November and was fraught with issues, the chief of which was broken multiplayer. Players were subject to long wait...
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AT&T agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to the tune of $105 million in early October for its part in a “cramming” scheme that bilked customers out of millions of dollars. Cramming refers to any unauthorized charges on...
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Another day, another security revelation. This time, it comes from researchers in Germany, who've exposed some serious vulnerabilities in the SS7 set of protocols that cellular carriers use to perform many basic functions. At the core, SS7...
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At first, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wasn’t so certain that North Korea was the responsible party for the massive cyberattack on Sony. Earlier this month, FBI cyber division assistant director Joe Demarest simply stated, “There is no attribution to North Korea at this...
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You can't win them all, and in the ultra competitive mobile app segment, Samsung has decided its ChatON application doesn't have what it takes to win out against a plethora of more popular programs. As such, Samsung is turning off its...
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Over the past several years, Lenovo has been aggressively targeting PC gamers, who are known both for their willingness to drop serious cash on hardware and for their skepticism of mainstream brands. Lenovo inherited some of IBM’s corporate image when it took over the company’s laptop business, but winners like the Yoga line got...
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The days of connecting your phone to your car stereo are coming to an end. Google’s next operating system release, Android M, will launch in the next year or two and will put Android in your car, according to a Reuters report. Google...
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Tech support scammers have been around for a long time and are familiar to just about all of our readers. But last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had issued lawsuits against several culprits responsible for...
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The Samsung Galaxy S6 is likely to be one of the biggest smartphone releases of 2015, so it should be of no surprise that rumors about the upcoming flagship are coming out at a furious pace. The latest bit of news on the Galaxy S6...
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The rise in popularity of instant messaging apps and photo sharing programs like Snapchat that have built-in text messaging features may be contributing to a mini-exodus of teens from Facebook. Based on figures in a report released by Frank N. Magid Associates Inc., 88 percent of social media...
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Apple chief Tim Cook isn't all that happy with a BBC report alleging poor working conditions and the overall mistreatment of workers at its Chinese manufacturing facilities where popular devices like the iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2 are made...
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Back in February, Google announced that it would be looking into the possibility of bringing Google Fiber to 34 cities across the United States. While hoping to reach a decision before the end of the year, Google has stated that it requires more time to determine which cities will receive the...
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BlackBerry took Wall Street by surprise this morning by posting an adjusted third-quarter operating profit, a sign that its comeback strategy and restructuring efforts might be on the right track. However, BlackBerry's revenue tumbled 34...
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Microsoft’s “12 Days of Deals” promotion has given us plenty of great buys during the month of December, but all good things must come to an end. Rather than give us another discount on hardware, like the majority of the deals in the...
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Imagine of the horror of being Justin Bieber and waking up to find that your Instagram fan base has diminished by 3.5 million followers overnight, or 15 percent. Talk about a feeling of loneliness in your sprawling mansion! Except of...
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Cadillac is aiming to give its drivers the upper hand when it comes to situational awareness as we continue to drive vehicles with increasingly annoying blind spots. Current trends in automobile styling has led to vehicles that have high...
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ICANN, a non-profit organization that is responsible for looking after the names and domains of the Internet, announced that it has suffered a serious phishing attack that compromised its data.
An investigation is underway, but ICANN...
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Even the miscreants of Los Santos get into the holiday spirit. Well, sort of. It's not like they'll put down their weapons and stop stealing cars, but at least now they'll wreak havoc while dressed appropriately for the season. We're...
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If you’re one of the millions of Nokia Lumia smartphone owners out there, you’ll be delighted to hear that Microsoft is officially rolling out the Lumia Denim firmware for Windows 8.1. Microsoft notes that while the rollout has commenced...
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Chinese OEMs are stepping up their game in the smartphone sector. Companies like Huawei and Xiaomi have bolstered their share of the market, with the latter booting Samsung out of first place in China. One Chinese OEM, however, is looking...
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Amazon is getting dangerously close to delivering faster than your favorite pizza place. The new Prime Now service, which is available in Manhattan, promises that you’ll have that new TV within an hour of clicking the Place Your Order...
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As companies such as Apple, Samsung, and those associated with the Merchant Customer Exchange push near-field communication (NFC) payments forward, and radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology is used in important documents such as...
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