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• Digital toymaker VTech hires FireEye to secure systems after hack

  03-12-2015 17:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Hong Kong-based digital toy and gadget maker VTech Holdings Ltd said FireEye Inc's Mandiant forensics unit was helping the company secure its systems after a hacking attack exposed data on 6.4 million children. VTech said it was cooperating with law enforcement worldwide to investigate the cyber attack, which surfaced last week. A spokesman for VTech declined to comment on which governments were looking into the attack or say whether they had identified any suspects.
  
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• Amazon launches Fire tablet in China

  03-12-2015 15:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said its Fire tablet is now available in China for 499 yuan ($78) with access to hundreds of thousands of Kindle books. The tablet, which comes with a screen that measures 7 inches (17 cm) diagonally and a front-and-back camera, would include English language learning features such as Word Wise for customers who want to read or learn English, the company said in a statement. Amazon's sales of its 7-inch tablet tripled over the Thanksgiving weekend from last year, the c
  
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