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Latest News - February 2016
- Vivendi Lines Up Ubisoft For A Head-Shot Hostile Takeover
- U.S. Department Of Homeland Security Confirms Cyber Attacks Took Down Ukraine Power Grid In December
- Dell XPS Core i7 Skylake Desktop Under $700, $80 VIZIO Sound Stand With $25 Gift Card And More
- Resident Evil 4, 5 And 6 Trilogy Set To Horrify PS4 And Xbox One Gamers Starting In March
- Bill And Melinda Gates Meme Out And Bust Epic Dance Moves On Tonight Show
- Apple Targets Secure Messaging, Hires Developer Behind Snowden’s Favorite Secure Chat App Called Signal
- Mercedes Gives Bots The Boot Replacing Them With Flesh And Bone On The Production Line
- YouTube’s New Blurring Tool Lets You Blur Out Anything You Want Concealed Even If It’s Moving
- ProtectWise Builds Security As A Service Platform With DVR Playback And Jacks You Into The Matrix
- AMD Radeon Crimson Edition 16.2 Driver Brings Performance Boost To Rise of The Tomb Raider And AOTS
- Microsoft Throws Its Full Support Behind Apple In iPhone Encryption Case
- Bundled eGift Card with Dell U2515H 25-inch WQHD Monitor, $399 LG 43-inch Smart TV And More
- Superhot Is An Innovative, Time-Synched FPS Game That Breaks The Mold
- Google Fiber Is Now A San Francisco Treat
- Nissan Disables Leaf EV App Following Disclosure Of Embarrassing Security Lapses
- ISIS Threatens Facebook And Twitter Founders Mark Zuckerberg And Jack Dorsey
- Apple Reportedly Taking Extreme Measures To Make iPhones Even Harder To Crack
- Samsung Wants To Put 256GB Of Storage Into Your Next Smartphone
- Apple CEO Tim Cook Interview: FBI’s iPhone Unlock Request Is The ‘Software Equivalent of Cancer’
- Huge Discount On MCSA Windows Server 2012 & Cisco Network Associate Training In the HotHardware Shop
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Ubisoft has found itself in a bit of a bind. Ideally, the company would like to remain independent, able to be more agile, and not have to answer to some overlord. But as time passes, it looks more and more likely that Vincent Bolloré, Chairman of Vivendi, will get his way and absorb Ubisoft into his mammoth media conglomerate.
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U.S. Department Of Homeland Security Confirms Cyber Attacks Took Down Ukraine Power Grid In December
In late December, a major power outage killed utility services for a large swathe of people in the Western Ukraine. Shortly after the incident, a number of cyber security experts pointed the finger at hackers and claimed some nefarious digital activities took down the power grid, but nothing had been officially...
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It’s almost time to close out another week, but before we go, we’ve got a fresh batch of HOT deals, straight from our friends at TechBargains. On the menu for you all this fine Friday, we have deals on a Dell XPS 8900 Intel Core i7-6700-based desktop system with Windows 7, a Vizio SS2560-C6 25" 2.0 Wireless Sound...
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Resident Evil is one of the most successful and well-known game franchises ever. The long-running series has spawned numerous games and a number of big-budget Hollywood films over the last couple of decades. And if you’re a gamer with one of the current-gen consoles looking for a Resident Evil fix, we’ve got some good...
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Look, I've seen a lot of things on the Internet, some of it real and some if it obviously not. I've watched knife-wielding crabs (wasn't real, but let's not be party poopers), a rat stealing a piece of pizza, a dad in a Batman mask teaching his kids hilarious life lessons, dancing babies, Hitler overreacting to...
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Former NSA contractor turned whistle blower Edward Snowden is a fan of Signal, a secure messaging app developed by Frederic Jacobs (iOS version). Snowden revealed on Twitter last November that he uses signal every day, which is a pretty strong endorsement considering his current situation. That's good news for Apple...
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The robot revolution will just have to wait, at least if Mercedes has anything to say about it. In a refreshing change of pace, Mercedes is handing out pink slips to part of its automated robotic work force, giving those jobs instead to actual human workers. Mercedes is essentially flipping the script on modern...
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YouTube has added a new custom blurring tool that will make it easier for video creators to provide anonymity where needed. This is in addition to an existing tool that gives content creators the ability to blur all faces in their video—now you can blur out anything you want in your video, even moving...
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Security and related IT topics can be a little dry and tasteless at times, not to mention overly complex. There’s no question that, especially with the alarming rise of data breaches, advancing security innovation is vital to the future of technology, the enterprise and the Internet. But let’s face it, the rocket...
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AMD has just released the latest version of its Radeon Crimson graphics driver, 16.2. If you plan on playing either Ashes of the Singularity or Rise of the Tomb Raider, this driver is going to be worth the time it takes to download. For everyone else, if time and bandwidth isn't an issue, you may still want to grab...
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A number of companies quickly came to Apple’s defense when the FBI sent its attack dogs to force the company to provide access to a passcode-locked iPhone 5c. Those tech giants included Google, Facebook and Twitter, but conspicuously missing was Microsoft. Sure, we heard from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, but his...
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Welcome back for the latest installment of HOT deals, direct from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on a Dell U2515H 25" 2560x1440 IPS LED LCD Monitor, an LG 43LF5900 43" 1080p LED LCD Smart HDTV, a NETGEAR Nighthawk R7000 AC1900 Dual Band Wi-Fi Gigabit Router, and more. Full details...
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Many first-person shooters deliver constant action and give the player little time to stop and smell the roses. If this formula is tiring to you, then Superhot could be for you. You see, this game encourages stopping - it's the only way to get the enemies to hold their fire, after all.
If that sounds weird, it's...
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It looks as though Google Fiber’s next destination is hitting quite close to home, as it was announced today that the high-speed Internet service is coming to San Francisco. Like its announcement for the city of Huntsville, Alabama, Google won’t be using its considerable resources to lay down fiber throughout the city (which is quite a daunting
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If you've been skeptical of buying a connected car for fear that its technologies could be used against you, it won't help to learn that Nissan has suspended downloads of a companion app for its Leaf electric vehicle for that very reason. At issue is the woeful lack of security, and in particular the lack of...
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ISIS is apparently pretty peeved with the deletion of social media accounts belonging to members of the terrorist organization. As a result, ISIS has issued a threat to Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, saying that for account they delete, ISIS will hack 10 others.
The threat...
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Apple is under immense pressure to cave in and give into the requests of the FBI when it comes to unlocking one iPhone 5c that is tied to a ruthless terrorist. The FBI’s initial demands of Apple fell on deaf ears, so a court order was issued for Apple to provide “reasonable technical assistance” to aid in unlocking...
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Today's smartphones are more capable (and storage hungry) than ever—they can play high-end games, record 4K resolution videos, and snap point-n-shoot quality pictures, to name just a few of the storage hogging things you can do with your phone. To that end, Samsung today announced that it's begun mass producing the...
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Apple finds itself stuck between a rock and a hard place while the world watches to see how it wriggles out. Not that Apple is in any way hiding from the public—in a recent television interview with ABC News, Tim Cook offered some expanded thoughts on why he's not willing to comply with a court order to assist the FBI...
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Huge Discount On MCSA Windows Server 2012 & Cisco Network Associate Training In the HotHardware Shop
If you're looking to bolster your IT skills and pad that resume, we've got an awesome deal running in the HotHardware Shop that will be of interest. MCSA Windows Server 2012 and Cisco Network Associate Certification Training is currently 94% off in the HotHardware Shop and available for only 70...
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If you own a Nissan Leaf electric vehicle, you might want to take note of research conducted by Troy Hunt. More specifically, Hunt and fellow researcher Scott Helme were able to demonstrate that certain vehicle functions can be turned on and off remotely thanks to open and unauthenticated APIs that Nissan is using for...
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Welcome back for the latest installment of HOT deals, direct from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on a Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga 2-in-1 11.6” laptop, a Dell Inspiron 3000 Intel Core i7-4790-based desktop system, a Crossover 27QW 27" WQHD 2560x1440 AH-IPS LED LCD Monitor, and more. Full...
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