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The Digest: Microsoft Band second impressions… and 4 other things people are talking about today

[nextpage title="Next"] Microsoft Band second impressions | WinSuperSite "Even after less than a day of use, it's pretty clear that Microsoft Band is big, bulky, uncomfortable and complex enough to dissuade many from using it. Which is too bad, because there is real magic here." [/nextpage] [nextpage title="Next"] Building a better Paris in Assassin's Creed…

3 November 20147 July 2019 Stuart Android, Gadgets, Gaming, Google, Internet, Microsoft, Uncategorized, Video games, Wearables, Websites

The Digest: Russia wants to ban Apple CEO Tim Cook… and 4 other things people are talking about today

[nextpage title="Next"] Russian politician says Apple CEO Tim Cook should be 'banned' from country after coming out as gay | The Independent "Hours after Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly addressed his sexuality for the first time, a St Petersburg politician has called for him to be banned from Russia. Anti-LGBT campaigner Vitaly Milonov, a member…

31 October 2014 Stuart Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Gadgets, Piracy, Smartphones

5 million Gmail passwords hacked: should you be worried?

The hackers are having a busy month, No sooner has the dust settled on the mass theft of nude celebrity photos, the news comes that there has been a major Gmail breach. According to the IBTimes, around five million Google account credentials have been leaked online by hackers, with around 60 per cent of the…

11 September 201412 September 2018 Stuart Google, Internet, Uncategorized

Russian hackers steal more than 1 billion usernames and passwords

A Russian cyber gang has stolen more than 1.6 billion internet username and password combinations, according to US security firm Hold Security – a company that specialises in finding breaches. Hold Security said that the gang – which it dubbed “CyberVor”, after the Russian word for thief, vor – had gathered confidential data from more than 500 million…

6 August 2014 Stuart Computer Security, Internet

Privacy campaigners sue UK spy agency over 'unlawful hacking'

Privacy International has filed a legal complaint against the British government in a bid to stop the intelligence service GCHQ from hacking into devices to gather information. The privacy campaign group claims that millions of devices have been infected by…

14 May 201410 January 2016 Stuart Computer Security, Privacy

SIM card security flaw leaves 750 million vulnerable to hacking attacks

A security flaw in SIM card encryption techniques may have left as many as 750 million mobile phones open to hacking attacks. The flaw found in certain SIM cards could allow a hacker to break a SIM card's digital locks,…

22 July 2013 Gerald Lynch Tech Digest news

LulzSec hackers get jail sentences: Four members get over 8 years in total

Members of the LulzSec "hacktivisit" hacking collective have today been sentenced for their part in a string of high-profile web attacks that targeted companies including Electronic Arts, Sony, Fox News and the CIA. All four of the group on trial…

16 May 2013 Gerald Lynch Computer Security, Internet, Tech Digest news

Three UK LulzSec members plead guilty to Sony, Nintendo, CIA hacks

Three British members of the LulzSec "hacktivist" hacking circle, responsible for cyber attacks on the Sony, Nintendo, the NHS, CIA, 20th Century Fox and News International, have pleaded guilty to computer hacking charges. Ryan Akroyd, 26, admitted to the Southwark…

10 April 2013 Gerald Lynch Computer Security, Computers, Tech Digest news

Lulzsec's Ryan Cleary pleads guilty to hacking charge

Ryan Cleary, the Brit charged with attacking a number of high profile web targets last year, has pleaded guilty to hacking charges and has admitted to being a member of Lulzsec. Cleary, first arrested almost a year to the day…

25 June 2012 Gerald Lynch Internet, Tech Digest news

Megaupload take-down leads to Anonymous attacks

The hacking collective known as Anonymous have carried out a string of DDoS attacks on high profile websites after the file-sharing sites Megaupload and Megavideo were forced to close yesterday. Hackers attacked the Motion Picture Association of America, the Universal…

20 January 2012 Gerald Lynch Internet, Tech Digest news, Websites

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Which? calls on Virgin Media to improve customer service

Tesla cuts prices again, Apple ‘suspends vegan phone case sales’

1 in 4 Kids Under 7 have their own smartphone, claims Ofcom study

1 in 4 Under 7s have smartphone, thousands of Tesla Cybertrucks recalled

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