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• Superfish points fingers over ad software security flaws

  21-02-2015 20:44
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A little-known Silicon Valley startup was caught in a firestorm of criticism this week for making software that exposed Lenovo laptop users to hackers bent on stealing personal information. But Superfish Inc. has also won praise for producing visual search technology that many see as the next big thing in online shopping.
  
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• Lenovo offers fix for hidden adware

  21-02-2015 16:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese computer maker Lenovo offers free software so users can remove hidden software that experts warned made them vulnerable to a cyber-attack.
  
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• Running Man of Tech: 10k a day: why are there no good running smartwatches?

  21-02-2015 15:37
  
  Running out of excusesThe Apple Watch is looming large on the technology horizon at the moment - we're mere weeks away from its April launch.What's been interesting, if not surprising, is the sudden outcry over what it won't do, namely monitor your stress and blood pressure (down to hairy arms, apparently). Apparently we should all be up in arms because Apple was supposed to have made the greatest health device ever to adorn our wrists. I got the chance to check one out in Cupertino, and while i
  
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• Uber delivers: taxi app zeroes in on food service market with UberEats

  21-02-2015 14:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Food delivery service to launch first in Barcelona as the company looks to expand beyond cabs in attempt to justify its $40bn valuation Continue reading...
  
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• How to: How to upgrade your PS4 hard drive

  21-02-2015 13:00
  
  Introduction, what you need, and steps one and twoGames take up millions of times the data they used to back in the old days. Factor-in digital distribution becoming more common and that PS Plus gets you more 'free' games than most people can handle, and you're probably already running out of space on your PS4 or PS3. And if not, you will be soon.You can fix this by upgrading your console's hard drive.It's far easier than you might imagine. Sony has done its best to avoid making it feel like tea
  
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• Review: Toshiba Canvio AeroMobile

  21-02-2015 12:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and performanceFrom time to time, a product that appears to be promising lands on your desk, but ultimately ends up being a bit of a disappointment. Toshiba's Canvio AeroMobile wireless portable SSD, which has a 128GB capacity, may sadly fall into that category if you're thinking of buying it purely for storage reasons.Seagate, Samsung and Western Digital have added Wi-Fi to a hard disk drive but none have tried – to our knowledge – to swap a spinning drive for a solid state one
  
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• The Best Free Monitoring Software 2015: Keep your children safe online

  21-02-2015 11:55
  
  Introduction, Revealer Keylogger, Keylogger Pro.Parents worried about what their kids are accessing online are constantly looking at ways to make the family PC a safer place and implementing parental controls goes some way towards safeguarding those most vulnerable when using a computer.Monitoring software goes even further than that and the wealth of programs available allow you to log everything from the web sites visited and screenshots to recording keystrokes and completely blocking certai
  
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• Surface Pro 4 release date, news and rumours

  21-02-2015 11:19
  
  Each Surface Pro has arguably been better than the last, and there's good reason to believe that the Surface Pro 4 could turn out to be something special.While the Surface Pro 2 was marketed as a tablet that could do more than other tablets (particularly Apple's iPad), Microsoft switched tact to try and make the Surface Pro 3 an all-out MacBook Air killer.Touted "the tablet that can replace your laptop", it was lighter than Apple's popular machine, had a sharp display and excellent han
  
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• Windows Defender to the rescue for Superfish ridden PCs

  21-02-2015 11:17
  
  Microsoft is taking the fight to Lenovo's Superfish bug by using the Windows Defender anti-virus software to remove it from PCs.Any users worried that Superfish has infected their Windows PC are instructed to update to the newest version of Windows Defender and then carry out a virus scan as soon as possible to remove it.Superfish was first discovered earlier on this week with users on the company forums reporting that the adware had been hijacking browsers and inserting third-party ads onto Goo
  
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• Industry voice: Never mind huge repair bills: we should be able to fix our own smartphones

  21-02-2015 11:04
  
  So your phone's playing up and you can't get it to work properly? It's just not doing what you expect from such a sophisticated piece of equipment. What's your first, and supposedly only, course of action? Taking it to the nearest phone store or back to the dealer from where you bought it. Then what? You're told your phone must be sent off to a repair workshop – or even back to the manufacturer. You'll be days, maybe even weeks without a phone, and possibly face a huge bill at the end of it.Th
  
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• Week in Gaming: The Order disappoints, but it's ok - there's always Homeworld

  21-02-2015 11:00
  
  I wish people treated Pancake Day like they do Christmas. I wish there was a two-month-long wind up, with pancake-flavoured things, lemon and sugar-scented candles, festive spatulas, the works - all while songs about how brilliant pancakes are play merrily in the background.Alas, it is not to be, for Pancake Day is, and will always be, the day slightly after Valentine's where we manage to screw up incredibly basic recipes and still put on weight.In other news about people messing things up, what
  
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• This week’s games: reviewed

  21-02-2015 10:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate | Evolve | Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy+ Continue reading...
  
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• Opinion: Why the Celeron doesn't deserve all the hate

  21-02-2015 08:54
  
  There's an entry for a humble microprocessor on Urban Dictionary which was written back in 2006. The author decided to vent his frustration using very colourful language to describe, what is essentially, a piece of silicon. That product is the Intel Celeron, and the post ends with the parting shot: "Anyone with a Celeron in their computer clearly has no idea what they are doing.""Lament", the author, doesn't seem to be the only one to think that. More than 400 people have upv
  
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• Download of the Day: pptPlex

  21-02-2015 08:30
  
  Get way beyond the limitations that Microsoft PowerPoint holds over you by creating presentations that aren't simply a long range of slides with pptPlex.Why you need itMicrosoft PowerPoint is one of the best presentation creating programs out there yet the key cog of Office 365 has its flaws and among them is that when presenting you are limited to a long series of slides with nothing outside that.pptPlex blasts that limitation out of the water by giving you the chance to divide the presentation
  
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• 'Overnight, everything I loved was gone': the internet shaming of Lindsey Stone

  21-02-2015 08:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  When a friend posted a photograph of charity worker Lindsey Stone on Facebook, she never dreamed she would lose her job and her reputation. Two years on, could she get her life back?In early January 2012, I noticed that another Jon Ronson had started posting on Twitter. His photograph was a photograph of my face. His Twitter name was @jon_ronson. His most recent tweet read: “Going home. Gotta get the recipe for a huge plate of guarana and mussel in a bap with mayonnaise :D #yummy.”“Who are
  
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• On the road: Renault All-New Twingo Dynamique S Energy – review

  21-02-2015 07:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  ‘The Twingo is so light and nimble, it feels as though you could increase the heft of the car just by having a substantial meal’ Continue reading...
  
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• Lenovo admits security issues with Superfish, releases removal tool

  21-02-2015 06:17 via zdnet.com
  
  Lenovo has apologised for preloading Superfish adware on its consumer line of laptops that compromised the security of the devices, and released a tool to remove it.
  
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• Analysis: Can a smartwatch like the Gear S replace your phone?

  21-02-2015 02:37
  
  How the Gear S is like a phone2015 is certainly the year of the wearables, and we've been eyeing the possibility of a smartwatch-centric future for the last few years. But if you've taken a close look at the smartwatch market recently, it's a category that's been waiting on the sidelines. Most customers are skeptical of the tech preferring to hold tight to their smartphones.If a standalone smartwatch sounds too good to be true, it is. So far, we've mostly seen dummy smartwatches tethered to a ph
  
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• Behind the magic: an inside look at Skywalker Sound

  21-02-2015 02:00
  
  Skywalker Sound. Maybe you haven't heard the name before, but you've definitely heard it. Or at least its product, anyway.In the last decade Skywalker has mixed and made sound for hundreds of projects, everything from Pixar's adorable animations to blockbuster action films like The Dark Knight. It's pretty good at it, too. Skywalker has won 18 Academy Awards and a handful of Golden Reels - the audio industry's award for sound engineering - in a little over 25 years of operation.The 40-or-so team
  
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• U.S. urges removing Superfish program from Lenovo laptops

  21-02-2015 00:06
  
  By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday advised Lenovo Group Ltd customers to remove a "Superfish," a program pre-installed on some Lenovo laptops, saying it makes users vulnerable to cyberattacks. The Department of Homeland Security said in an alert that the program makes users vulnerable to a type of cyberattack known as SSL spoofing, in which remote attackers can read encrypted web traffic, redirect traffic from official websites to spoofs, and perform other a
  
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