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Sony Stretches PlayStation’s Legs

It's no secret that Sony Computer Entertainment sees mobile gaming as a large contributor to its bottom line in the future. That vision became clearer Tuesday when Sony revealed more details about its PlayStation Mobile service ...

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The Honan Affair and the Cloud’s Dark Lining

The attack last week on journalist Mat Honan's iCloud account has the potential to strip the silver lining from the cybernimbus ...

How to Keep Hackers Off of Your Cloud

As digital horror stories go, Mat Honan's is a doozy ...

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Can the Cloud Shield Google Wallet From Pickpockets?

Some folks' answer to wallet security is chaining it to their belts. Google's is to chain it to the cloud ...

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Siemens Patch Aims to Thwart Stuxnet Offspring

Siemens, which made the industrial controllers targeted by the Stuxnet cyberweapon, announced last week that it was releasing some patches aimed at foiling attacks on its hardware similar to those mounted by the now-famous worm ...

Facebook’s Gloomy Quarter Blamed on Big Fat Mobile Problem

Facebook on Thursday released its first quarterly earnings report since its monster IPO in May ...

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The Case Of The Android Botnet

Microsoft security researcher Terry Zink pulled the pin on a virtual grenade when he aired his belief that he'd discovered a botnet manned by Android zombies ...

Microsoft’s EU Browser Bugaboo Could Cost Billions

A technical error that affected 28 million Windows users in Europe could cost Microsoft billions in penalties ...

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DNSChanger: Just a Dress Rehearsal

Despite dire warnings, the Internet didn't break last week when the FBI pulled the plug on the server controlling the DNSChanger botnet ...

Ballmer Pokes Apple to Stoke Microsoft’s Fire

To listen to Microsoft's Steve Ballmer talk, you'd think he was the prime minister of a besieged nation, rather than the captain of one of the largest software companies in the world ...

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Stuxnet Is Dead, Long Live Stuxnet

Those who follow the exploits of Stuxnet will remember June 24, 2012, as Big Sleep day for the infamous malware. On that day, it stopped replicating ...

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RSA Encryption ‘Crack’ Rattles Infosec Industry

Claims by a team of international cyrptographic researchers that they've "cracked" the RSA encryption used on a number of smartcards and secure tokens has set off a tempest in security circles ...

Zynga Pulls Out the Glue Gun

Zynga made a number of announcements at its Unleashed event in San Francisco Tuesday, most of them aimed at the same goal: making its services "stickier" to its players ...

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Watchdogs Get a Whiff of Google’s Government Privacy Policy

There's evidence that Google's consumer privacy policy is being extended to government contracts for its software services, according to SafeGov.org. ...

Asus Cross-Breeds Phone, Tablet and Notebook to Create PadFone

After several missed deadlines, Asus has finally introduced a combination smartphone, tablet and notebook computer aimed at consumers who are tired of toting around disparate devices ...

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Spam Flies Fast and Furious in the Wake of the LinkedIn Breach

The deluge of spam dropped on members of LinkedIn last week perhaps could have been expected after a data breach at the site exposed 6.5 million of their passwords. Those messages, though, are more likely to harm members unaffected by the breach than those victimized by it ...

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Flame Is No Stuxnet

Fanned by a security community hungry for the next Stuxnet, a new so-called superworm called "Flame" made headlines last week ...

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DCAC: A Field Day for the Heat

"Domestic Communications Assistance Center" is the kind of name you'd give to a couples counseling collective. At the FBI, though, it's the name that's been given to an agency designed to be at the cutting edge of digital snooping ...

Under Google’s Wing, Motorola Can Stop Dabbling

Motorola Mobility's financial performance has been less than stellar in the last three years, so its acquisition by Google for US$12.5 billion could be a boon for the company ...

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Information Highwaymen Will Follow the Cybermoney

An FBI report about Bitcoin leaked to a number of online media outlets earlier this month may have caused anxiety in some corners of the Internet, but not for one developer of the decentralized digital currency ...

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