Tech News
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Dropbox got hacked again
A couple of weeks ago Dropbox hired some “outside experts” to investigate why a bunch of users were getting spam at e-mail addresses used only for Dropbox storage accounts. The results of the investigation are in, and it turns out a Dropbox employee?…
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How to log in directly to the Windows 8 desktop with Start8
Start8 can help you bypass the Windows 8 start screen and go directly to your desktop. July 20, 2012 10:27 AM PDT Start8 brings back the Start button in Windows 8 and can automatically load the desktop after logging in. (Credit: Screenshot by Ed …
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Windows 8: A review of the features you can expect from the Windows 8 release
Various sources have now confirmed an October 26 2012 Windows 8 release date. Here are some of the key features you can expect from Windows 8. With every new release of the Windows operating system, one of the most significant elements is the introdu…
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Is Dell Getting out of the PC Business?
Dell, which still generates a slight majority of its revenue from PCs, isn’t really in the PC business anymore. So says founder and CEO Michael Dell, who spent a majority of his time at a conference hosted by Fortune today speaking about corporate servers, storage, networking, security, and IT services — anything, basically, but the […]
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LinkedIn passwords stolen.
Passwords for LinkedIn and dating site eHarmony have been published on a Russian hacker’s website. The passwords are encrypted, but hackers are being invited to help decipher them. More than 6m LinkedIn passwords and about 1.5m eHarmony passwords have reportedly been published. The company did not offer any information about how the passwords were stolen […]
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Facebook may buy out Opera to improve it’s mobile experience
Facebook may be looking to purchase web browser Opera in an effort to enhance the social network’s mobile experience, but such a takeover would cost it around $1 billion. In many ways, Facebook is one of the internet’s top dogs. It has over 900 million active users, and just recently launched the largest initial public […]
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Apple’s Mac infected by Flashback virus
Mac computer users may think they have nothing to worry about when it comes to contracting viruses online, but a Russian antivirus company, “Dr.Web”, is reporting that 600,000 Macs are currently infected with a nasty trojan horse virus called “Flashback.” Doctor Web posted details on Wednesday that said 550,000 computers with Mac OSX have picked […]
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Seagate paves the way for big hard drive capacity gains
Seagate has become the first hard drive maker to achieve a milestone storage density of 1 terabit (1 trillion bits)(1 thousand gigabytes) per square inch. Seagate has produced a demonstration of the technology that promises to double the storage capacity of today’s hard drives upon its introduction later this decade and give rise to 3.5-inch […]
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Government agencies and colleges demand applicants’ Facebook passwords.
Government agencies and colleges are asking students to log onto their Facebook pages and other social networks during interviews Many use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter as electronic diaries of sorts, but they might want to think twice about what they post — colleges and the government are watching. Some government job seekers […]
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What Windows 8 Means for Tablets
Amid the introduction of so many tablets recently, one thing has been clear: There’s room for a viable competitor to Apple. Android tablets are still not crashing Apple’s iPad party, as evidenced by Apple’s runaway sales. Samsung is one of the top se…