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News archive: 16th of April 2012 |
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After weeks of delay Meizu has finally taken the wrap off the launch of its quad-core Android smartphone, Meizu MX Quad-core.
According to the Chinese company, the 32GB version of the smartphone will be available for purchase in Meizu's retail stores starting June for $480 USD in China and $400 USD in Hong Kong... |
16 April 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Sprint has just confirmed it will carry the Galaxy Nexus beginning April 22. The operator has just started to take pre-orders for the Galaxy Nexus. Customers can pre-purchase the smartphone starting today for $199.99 USD with a new two-year agreement.
The same price is available for customers eligible for upgrade. I... |
16 April 2012
18:01 GMT |
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It looks like all those rumors that were pointing to a possible May release for the Galaxy S III were accurate as Samsung is reportedly sending out invites for a special event.
The text on the invitation seems to be pretty clear as to what exactly Samsung plans to launch next month: “Come and meet the next Gal... |
16 April 2012
17:33 GMT |
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Salt Lake City-based American company Fusion-io has recently presented the new Fusion ioFX solid state drive on its official website. This is a PCIe storage solution optimized for workstation use.The strange thing is that the pricing is quite high. For its price, users can buy two entry-level workstations, or one hig... |
16 April 2012
17:01 GMT |
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Nintendo has confirmed that its upcoming Wii U home console won’t be present at the Gamescom 2012 expo in August, promising that it will make up for it with various PR events open to the community throughout Europe.Gamescom 2012 is set to be one of the biggest gaming conferences of the year that’s open to... |
16 April 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Researchers at the North Carolina State University have reportedly published a scientific paper on a copper-graphene alloy that can be used as the building material for future heatsinks.The paper concludes that the new type of alloy will show much better cooling performance than current, pure copper solutions.Over th... |
16 April 2012
14:55 GMT |
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A brand new batch of Assassin's Creed III screenshots has appeared on the web, this time showing off protagonist Connor hunting wild animals in a forest during the winter.Assassin's Creed III is set to deliver a whole new experience as opposed to its predecessors, with a new protagonist, Connor, taking on t... |
16 April 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Formerly known as the Yahoo! Media Player, the Yahoo! WebPlayer is a multimedia player that can be embedded into any web page and playback audio and video files using Yahoo's platform.
The developer only has to point the link target to an MP3 file, Yahoo or YouTube video URL.
At page load, a small arrow is sho... |
16 April 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Members of Team GhostShell have managed to gain unauthorized access to the official computer store of the University of Arkansas (uarkcomstore.com). The breach was meant as a form of protest against the recent law enforcement operations that targeted hackers.
The hackers have dumped tens of thousands of records, com... |
16 April 2012
10:51 GMT |
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Khosrow Zare Farid, an Iranian security expert, became upset because banks ignored his findings regarding a critical vulnerability in their systems. To prove he was right, he published the debit card details of around 3 million individuals, including card numbers and PINs.
Kabir News informs that the hacker worked a... |
16 April 2012
10:08 GMT |
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27-year-old James Jeffery, the Anonymous hacker known as Pablo Escobar, the one responsible for breaching and defacing the official site of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), has been sentenced to 32 months in prison.
Jeffrey was apprehended by law enforcement representatives hours after he breached BPAS... |
16 April 2012
09:30 GMT |
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A number of 29 Android applications found on Google Play (the new Android Market) were appointed as being malicious by Symantec. The pieces of malware, identified as Android.Dougalek, pretend to be popular games or games-related videos.
First discovered in February, the malicious elements were advertised as recipe a... |
16 April 2012
08:50 GMT |
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“If you get an instant message from anyone about a new browser called RockMelt- it is a virus. DO NOT OPEN IT. I don’t care who sends it. Please repost. This is spread to your friends if you open it,” reads the post that circulates on Facebook.
As Hoax Slayer highlights, RockMelt is certainly not a... |
16 April 2012
08:11 GMT |
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Bethesda has unveiled some more details about the upcoming update for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on the Xbox 360, which will bring support for the Kinect sensor, saying that it will be released next week and will also appear for the game's other language versions.Skyrim impressed millions upon millions of RPG f... |
16 April 2012
07:01 GMT |
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Intel has shared its vision of Ultra High Definition displays at the Intel Developer Forum event in Beijing, China. Ultra High Definition (UHD) displays are screens that have a pixel density of more than 220 pixels per inch (PPI).In a second move that makes the company appear like it’s a driving force for quali... |
16 April 2012
06:36 GMT |
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Bad news for PlayStation 3, PSP or PlayStation Vita owners, as Sony will take down its PlayStation Network later today for some planned maintenance in North America. The PSN has been growing strong lately, with more and more users registering for the online service in order to take advantage of the multiplayer featu... |
16 April 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Hackers part of Team Dig7tal have breached the sites belonging to the Dejen Aviation Industry of Ethiopia and the one of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The hackers leveraged an SQL Injection vulnerability to access the databases of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, from which they leaked the structure of 56 t... |
16 April 2012
06:05 GMT |
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Security researchers from Kaspersky have found a new piece of malware that currently targets Mac OS X users. It’s called OSX.SabPub and it’s a backdoor Trojan that’s connected to the advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks known as Luckycat.
According to experts, currently there are at least two v... |
16 April 2012
05:33 GMT |
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Security researchers from Trend Micro have found that the cybercriminals that target pro-Tibet activists and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have changed their tactics. They are impersonating an expert from security firm FireEye to spread a malicious Trojan.
The email that carries the piece of malware looks le... |
16 April 2012
04:47 GMT |
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Experts from security solutions firm Trusteer highlight the fact that social engineering plays a very important role in phishing attacks. They also reveal that shady notifications that purport to address security issues are the most successful.
Cybercriminals have noticed that people fear for the safety of their dat... |
16 April 2012
04:12 GMT |
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CD Projekt Red, the developer of the upcoming The Witcher 2 role-playing game, has shared its thoughts and desires for the next generation of videogame consoles, saying that it hopes to implement real-life animations and much more impressive graphics in games for the new devices. While Sony and Microsoft have yet to... |
16 April 2012
04:11 GMT |
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Anonymous hackers and their supporters have launched massive distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against the official site of the Central Intelligence Agency (cia.gov) and the one of the US Department of Justice (DOD - justice.gov).
According to one of the hackers that participated in the attacks, the webs... |
16 April 2012
03:31 GMT |
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Members of TeaMp0isoN have confirmed that United Kingdom authorities have arrested the leader of the collective, known on the hacking scene as TriCk. However, the hackers state that this is not the end of TeaMp0isoN, a retaliation operation being planned. “It has been confirmed that our comrade TriCk was arres... |
16 April 2012
02:52 GMT |
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Square Enix and IO Interactive have just presented the very special Hitman: Absolution Professional Edition, which includes all sorts of impressive extras besides the actual game for loyal fans of the franchise.Hitman: Absolution is set to present a whole new chapter in the life of Agent 47, the hitman every gamer kn... |
16 April 2012
02:41 GMT |
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Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer received an array of new characters last week with the introduction of the Resurgence Pack DLC.
Besides the Krogan Battlemaster Vanguard, I’ve also unlocked the two Geth characters that are included in the add-on, in the form of the Engineer and the Infiltrator.
First up, a b... |
16 April 2012
01:31 GMT |
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