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Security hole allows anyone to hijack your Skype account using only your email address (updated) — A new security hole has been discovered in Microsoft's Skype that allows anyone to change your password and thus take over your account. The issue was first posted on a Russian forum …
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| Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
Microsoft disables Skype password resets following major security issue (update) — Russian hackers have discovered a security hole in Skype's password recovery tool that allows a third party to take control of your account. All the hackers require is your Skype username and the email address that Skype account is registered to.
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Nokia redefines digital map landscape by introducing HERE as new brand for its location and mapping service — Nokia extends its service across devices and operating systems — Nokia announces new partnership with Mozilla and planned acquisition of 3D capture company, earthmine| Chris Soghoian / ACLU: |
Surveillance and Security Lessons From the Petraeus Scandal — When the CIA director cannot hide his activities online, what hope is there for the rest of us? In the unfolding sex scandal that has led to the resignation of David Petraeus, the FBI's electronic surveillance and tracking …
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Google Fiber is live in Kansas City, real-world speeds at 700 Mbps — Mike Demarais posted this to Twitter during the first few minutes that Google Fiber went live in his Kansas City home. — Mike Demarais — After months of fanfare and anticipation, gigabit home Internet service Google … | Alana Karen / Google Fiber Blog: |
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| Dalton Caldwell: |
Understanding Like-gate — Several prominent people are up in arms about Facebook charging for access to users who have already Liked their page. — I believe this debate is missing the big picture, and what we are in fact witnessing is the unfurling of the full-fledged Facebook business model.
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| Olivia Smith / CNNMoney.com: |
Papa John's faces $250 million spam lawsuit — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Popular U.S. pizza chain Papa John's faces a $250 million class-action lawsuit for blasting customers with illegal text messages. — The plaintiffs allege that Papa John's ( PZZA) franchises sent customers a total of 500,000 unwanted messages in early 2010.
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| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
New BlackBerry Messenger will offer free voice calls over Wi-Fi, open beta starts today — RIM may be focusing most of its energy on the upcoming launch of the BlackBerry 10 OS, but it's also getting ready to roll out a major new feature to BlackBerry Messenger users.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's former Windows Phone chief shifted to head of corporate development and strategy — Microsoft's Andy Lees, who was moved out of the top Windows Phone job less than a year ago, has been shifted to the head of corporate development and strategy at the software giant, a company spokesperson has confirmed.
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| Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD: |
Yoga PC Flips and Bends, but as a Tablet, It's Clumsy — Windows 8 presents a dilemma for PC makers. It contains two very different user interfaces: a touch-oriented, tablet-like one with clusters of tiles, full-screen apps and an on-screen keyboard; plus the traditional Windows desktop and apps …
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Exclusive: AMD hires bank to explore options - sources — (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices has hired JPMorgan Chase & Co to explore options, which could include a potential sale, as the chipmaker struggles to find a role in an industry increasingly focused on mobile and away from traditional PCs …
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| Jung-Ah Lee / Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung Bets On Flexible Displays — SEOUL—As the battle for dominance in the smartphone and tablet market intensifies, South Korean conglomerate Samsung is pushing ahead with plans to start mass production of displays using plastic rather than glass, a move that will make mobile devices unbreakable, lighter and bendable.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft issues Surface software updates, improves app performance — Microsoft has started to issue updates to its Surface RT device this week with the company's first monthly Patch Tuesday since Windows 8 and Windows RT's launch on October 26th. The software maker has taken the opportunity …
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| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Google Foretells Big Switch to Networks of the Future — In the summer of 1998, when Larry Page and Sergey Brin were drafting an official business plan for the company they hoped to build around their Google search engine, they asked Guido Appenzeller for a little help.
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| Andrew Martonik / Android Central: |
Google Voice is broken in Android 4.2 — We're hearing lots of rumblings about Google Voice issues with Android 4.2, starting with the early Nexus 4 review units that went out, but that could've been blamed on pre-release software. Well it seems that the final 4.2 software has the same bits …
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| Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
Vuzix Smart Glasses M100 takes on Google Glass in 2013 — Vuzix has revealed its challenge to Google's Glass, the Vuzix Smart Glasses M100, a wearable Android computer set to hit the market in early 2013. Resembling an oversized Bluetooth headset, the Ice Cream Sandwich-based M100 consists …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Verizon to offer free Windows Phone 8 smartphone before the end of the year — Verizon Wireless recently announced availability of its first Windows Phone 8 devices, the HTC Windows Phone 8X and Nokia Lumia 822, both of which are shipping before the Thanksgiving holiday this year.| Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM: |
The world according to Twitter as seen through a high-performance computer — I watched the 2012 elections on Twitter, and I wasn't alone. Data from the social network proves that out, with more than 31 million election-related tweets recorded that night. But what does that type of activity look like in real time?| Dave Ohara / GigaOM: |
Google opens up on seven years of its data center history — Google's head of data center operations provided a seven-year look at how the search giant's data center strategy has evolved during the 7×24 Exchange conference on Tuesday in Phoenix, Ariz.,providing a new look at the secretive search giant's operations.| Terrence O'Brien / Engadget: |
Google Shopping spiffs up ahead of the holidays with Shortlists and 360-degree views — Google is getting ready for the holiday season by adding a bevy of features to it premier shopping products. The company's web-based Shopping search tool has received a number of tweaks, including reviews from friends and discount tracking.| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Google declares Flash is now ‘fully sandboxed’ in Chrome for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS — Google today announced that Adobe Flash Player is now “fully sandboxed” in Chrome on all desktop platforms it supports: Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome OS. This is a big achievement …
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Barnes & Noble releases Nook reading app for Windows 8 — Barnes & Nobile has finally made a Nook app available in the Windows Store. The reading app runs on both Windows 8 and Windows RT devices and supports books, newspapers, comics, and magazines. It's a little later than we'd hoped for …
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| Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily: |
Cisco's Chambers Hopeful on Tax Policy; ‘US Has to Pull Us Out of This’ — In a phone call following a conference call following better-than-expected fiscal Q1 results by Cisco Systems (CSCO), CEO John Chambers was kind enough to spend a little time chatting with me.
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