NSA Seizes Full Control Of Targeted iPhones Via DROPOUTJEEP Malware
The NSA developed in 2008 a software program for iPhones that can selectively and stealthily deliver data from iPhones to the NSA. The program is...
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Coinbase Merchant Serves As Point-Of-Sale App For Android Devices
Coinbase has released Coinbase Merchant, a point-of-sale app for accepting payments in Bitcoin. The app functions like a traditional POS app (like Square, for example)...
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Adults Following Teens Into Alternative Social Networks: Pew Internet
Recently it came to blindingly bright light that teens don't like Facebook because that's where their moms and dads are. Surprise! Teens don't like their...
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Tesla Might Sell Itself To GM In 2014: Analyst
Tesla is arguably the tech world's favorite electric vehicle manufacturer. Its CEO Elon Musk founded Tesla, SpaceX and PayPal. Now an investment trader and analyst...
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Nokia Beats Down HTC With Long Arm Of German Patent Court
HTC has lost another major battle in patent court, this time in Germany. Nokia prevailed in a quest to force HTC to stop selling Android-based...
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Huawei Ascend Mate 2 Images Leaked Ahead Of CES 2014
One year ago, the first views of Huawei's Ascend Mate appeared in the wild. The phablet debuted a week later at CES 2013. Today images...
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Walmart's Vudu Adds Intel's UltraViolet DRM Cloud Video Library
Walmart's Vudu online video store has added Intel's "UltraViolet" (UV) content library to its own. The move will expand Vudu viewers' selection to include titles...
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Audi, Nvidia, Google To Collaborate On Auto Dashboard Systems
Google and Audi will together be making some announcements at CES 2014 regarding their future collaborative efforts. Chief among them: an Android-based dashboard system. In...
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Nintendo eShop Has Recovered From Holiday Traffic Slam
The Nintendo eShop has been drifting in and out of service since sometime on Christmas Day, Kotaku reports, but it's finally back online as of...
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Uber, SnapCar, Et Al Soon Must Wait 15 Min Before Meeting Fares In France
The ever proliferating Uber "black car" service and other mobile-app-dispatched driver services will have to wait 15 minutes before picking up any customer starting Jan....
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LG: Knock Twice For Service On Optimus L Series II Starting In January
LG is expanding the "Knock" feature to its entire ecosystem of smartphones and tablets, the company announced today. The feature lets users tap the screen...
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Samsung Teases Possible HMP Implementation For Exynos Ahead Of CES
Samsung this weekend teased an upcoming announcement about its Exynos processor ecosystem. The company will formally deliver the announcement on Jan. 7, 2014 at CES....
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NSA Catalog Lets Agents Deliver Cloned Hardware To Targets
A new examination of the seemingly bottomless well of Snowden documents describes an internal NSA catalog of dead ringers for consumer hardware that the NSA...
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Russian Hacker Placed BBC Access Up For Sale Christmas Day
The Russian hacker known to cyber security firms and hackers as "HASH" and alternately "Rev0lver" gained access to a BBC server sometime prior to or...
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Minecraft For Wii U Currently Not In The Cards: Markus Persson
Minecraft creator Markus Persson this weekend indicated that the game will not be available on Wii U anytime soon. He cited a heavy workload on...
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ASUS Teaser Video, The Second Of Two, Tips Small, Medium, Large Handsets
ASUS has released the second of two (or more) teaser videos ahead of its CES 2014 product launch. This one hints at 4-, 5-, and...
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BungBungame "Project S" Smartphone Is Glass-And-Aluminum Powerhouse
The Taiwan-based company BungBungame has developed a prototype high-end Android smartphone with a target price point of $299, a low price for the specs. The...
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France To Extend "Culture Tax" To Google As Italy Delays "Google Tax"
France is preparing to extend its "culture tax" to Facebook, YouTube, DailyMotion and other Internet giants. The culture tax is currently levied on French cinemas,...
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Oh, The Places Cams Go! 24 Hours In Surveillance Camera News, Condensed
You might think the U.S. is nearing a saturation point with cameras, but you'd be wrong. We've got a long ways to go before we...
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Cosmonauts Break A Spacewalk Record, But HD Camera Telemetry Fails
Yesterday's spacewalk outside the International Space Station resulted in a record-breaking amount of time spent moving around in the vacuum of space by a Russian....
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Know My App Identifies The Data Hogs On Your Mobile Devices
A confederation of mobile communications and technology companies has put together a website called Know My App. The site helps users figure out which mobile...
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Bitcoin Miners Do Not Have To Register As Money Transfer Services: Ruling
Bitcoin miner Milly Bitcoin has done a little citizen letter-writing, and the results should make virtual currency miners breathe a sigh of relief. Milly Bitcoin's...
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Chromebooks See Incredibly Kind 2013
Chromebook sales have made a stratospheric climb in 2013. Last year, U.S. sales for notebooks running the Chrome OS made up just 0.2% of the...
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Mac Pro Teardown Reveals Upgradeable Processor
The 2013 Mac Pro has a removable CPU, Other World Computing has discovered in a teardown. By "removable", we mean the CPU can be pulled...
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ISS Spacewalks Complete, Astronauts Send Back Some Stunning Images
The astronauts who this week took to the vacuum of space to repair a malfunctioning ammonia coolant pump on the exterior of the International Space...
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Snowden's "Alternative Christmas Message": Why Privacy Matters [TRANSCRIPT]
Edward Snowden has recorded this year's "Alternative Christmas Message" for Great Britain's Channel 4. The video is brief -- lasting just 1:43 -- with Snowden...
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Twitter Stock Breaks Records Over 3 Days Due To Mobile Ad Prospects
Twitter's stock price rose to record levels three times in as many days. It closed today at $69.96, rising 8.4% over yesterday. In turn, the...
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