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• Review: Sony SRS-X11

  19-08-2015 22:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's 2015, and I can safely say that there is a Bluetooth speaker for everyone. There's the hulking Fluance Fi30 that isn't very portable, but packs a powerful punch. Then the JBL Charge 2+ is also available, bundling portability, weatherproofing and performance together.Recently tossed into the eclectic mix is the Sony SRS-X11, a chic and small Bluetooth speaker that can hang around just about anywhere. Despite its compact size, the $69 (£54, AU$99) SRS-X11 is packed to the brim with usef
  
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• Ashley Madison hackers release vast database of 33m accounts

  19-08-2015 22:54 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Second release of data by Impact Team hackers reveals senior staff raised concerns about security on infidelity site a month before it was attacked Hackers have released what appear to be sensitive and confidential details of 33m user accounts on the infidelity site Ashley Madison, including names, addresses, emails and information about their sexual preferences. The data from the website, whose tagline is “Life is short. Have an affair”, was released by hackers from the Impact Team
  
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• Top data security expert fears traumatic aftermath in Ashley Madison hack

  19-08-2015 22:16 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Brian Krebs says public shaming culture could put lives at risk after the release of personal information from the infidelity website Top data security analyst Brian Krebs has warned that people could take their lives after their personal details were exposed in a hack of infidelity website Ashley Madison.“We have to be very cautious and I think sensitive to this,” Krebs, who broke the initial story, said. “There’s a very real chance that people are going to overreact. I
  
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• Ashley Madison database suggests paid-delete option left identifiable data intact

  19-08-2015 22:08 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Date of birth, postcode and other personal data still appear on hacked database of infidelity site – even for accounts that paid for ‘full delete’ service
  The hacked infidelity site Ashley Madison apparently retained enough personal data about users to identify them to spouses – as the site’s hackers have claimed – despite offering a paid-for “full delete” service, which charged users £15 or $20 to remove all their information. On the databas
  
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• What's so special about Samsung Pay?

  19-08-2015 21:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Samsung launches its mobile wallet service Samsung Pay, boasting that it will work with more payment terminals than Apple's rival facility.
  
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• iPhone users 'appy as WhatsApp web support finally comes to iOS

  19-08-2015 19:09 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Messaging app, with more than 800m active users, rolls out its web client to work with Apple’s iPhonesWhatsApp has rolled out its web service to Apple iPhone users, allowing them to send and receive messages on their computers as well as their phones. Support for iOS has been a long time coming, but now means WhatsApp offers its web option - which works on both Mac and PC - to users with most phones running Windows, Google, Blackberry and Nokia operating systems. Continue reading...
  
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• MP Michelle Thomson's details shown in Ashley Madison data hack

  19-08-2015 18:03 via feeds.theguardian.com
  The married SNP representative for Edinburgh West denies using the adultery website and claims her identity was ‘harvested’A married SNP MP whose email address was among the millions released in a data hack on adultery website Ashley Madison has said she is the victim of a smear campaign.Michelle Thomson, the MP for Edinburgh West, said her identity was “harvested” by hackers who published what they claim to be the personal information, including names, email addresses, p
  
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• Ashley Madison staff raised security concerns before hack

  19-08-2015 18:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Employees, asked what they would hate to see go wrong, listed privacy and security flaws prominentlySenior staff at Ashley Madison, the hacked extramarital dating site, were raising concerns over its security procedures as recently as June, just a month before the site was attacked. Internal documents leaked as part of the attack show concerns over “a lack of security awareness across the organisation” being raised by one vice president. A database containing the documents and more t
  
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• Robots won't definitely take your job - and you'll have more time for personal grooming

  19-08-2015 16:43 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Deloitte economists who scanned employment data over a 140 year period say that technology has created more jobs than it's destroyed.
  
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• AUDIO: Mumsnet founder's 'Swat attack' shock

  19-08-2015 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Justine Roberts tells the BBC that a police swat team had turned up at her house as the result of a malicious prank.
  
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• Lightning strikes wipe Google data

  19-08-2015 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google has said data was wiped from discs at one of its data centres in Belgium - after the local power grid was struck by lightning four times.
  
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• VIDEO: Hackers publish details from affairs site

  19-08-2015 15:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Names and details of more than 30 million people that use a site that facilitates extra-marital affairs are leaked onto the internet.
  
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• Hitman: Agent 47 review – an idiotic mess with gory flair

  19-08-2015 15:06 via feeds.theguardian.com
  The story is baffling, the characters disappointing and the twists anticlimactic, but this video game adaptation has violent energyThere’s probably a more effective way of killing people, but extending both arms perpendicular to your chest as you spin and shoot handguns is certainly a photogenic method. With any luck, your long coat will billow, adding the right touch of panache. The emotionless assassin played by Rupert Friend at the heart of Aleksander Bach’s Hitman: Agent 47 uses
  
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• Review: Corel PaintShop Pro X8

  19-08-2015 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and featuresThe latest version of Corel's all-in-one image editing program costs less than an annual subscription to Adobe's Photography Plan, and it's a 'perpetual licence' so you pay just a one-time fee for this version.PaintShop Pro is Corel's rival to Adobe Photoshop and promises powerful image editing abilities for a much lower price. Version X8 adopts the same user interface as its predecessor, but adds several feature improvements like text wrapping, enhanced raw file editing
  
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• Basho and Cisco take the wraps off Riak running on Mesos

  19-08-2015 15:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Mesos will automate the datacenter resources running under the Riak KV database, thanks to a framework from Basho and Cisco.
  
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• Will dancing emoji find a partner? Unicode considers 38 new designs

  19-08-2015 14:06 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Shark, selfie and carrot emojis being mooted for release in 2016 – but there’s still no sign of the elusive redheadThirty eight new emoji are under consideration by the Unicode Consortium, the organisation which designs and approves emoji, for inclusion in its next release. New emoji candidates include a pregnant woman, bacon and a partner for the dancing emoji woman in the red dress. Continue reading...
  
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• Hands-on review: Updated: OnePlus 2

  19-08-2015 13:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designEditor's note: The OnePlus 2 is not running final software, so we're holding off giving it a star rating and our full review treatment until we've received the update. We have updated this hands on review with our findings so far, which includes over a week of usage.The tricky second album. That's probably the best way to describe the OnePlus 2. After the surprise success of the OnePlus One there were big expectations for its successor, so has the fledgling Chinese brand d
  
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• ​Apple drops appointment-only system for trying out Apple Watch

  19-08-2015 12:41 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Apple has streamlined the sales process for trying and buying an Apple Watch.
  
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• Review: Bluesound Pulse

  19-08-2015 12:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and featuresThe Bluesound Pulse is an all in one wireless music system designed to play music not only from your tablet or phone, but also from one of the many other products in the Bluesound range. These include the Node, the Powernode, and the Vault. It can play music stored on NAS drives or any computer on your network, and from several different online streaming services, such as Tunein radio, Last.fm, Rdio, Spotify and, most notably, Tidal, the CD-quality streaming service cham
  
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• ​Google expands Android One to six countries in Africa with $90 Hot 2

  19-08-2015 11:29 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Ahead of Google's major reset of Android One, the company has launched its first device in the category in Africa.
  
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• Office Sway, First Take: Digital storytelling, Microsoft-style

  19-08-2015 10:50 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Sway doesn't replace PowerPoint: it lets you create interactive, dynamic stories that you can use for training, newsletters, brochures, and even presentations.
  
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• VIDEO: Art that reacts to human singing

  19-08-2015 09:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The exhibition exploring the relationship between human physiology and vibrations of the voice
  
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• Vodafone launches new Red plans, hints at incoming Wi-Fi calling

  19-08-2015 09:25 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Vodafone Australia has launched a new set of post-paid plans to align itself with the customer trend of using data over voice, while similarly mentioning its intentions for VoLTE and VoWiFi.
  
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• Combining analytics and security to treat vulnerabilities like ants

  19-08-2015 09:00 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Bill Franks, chief analytics officer at Teradata said a business cannot afford to wait until it has experienced a breach to act, likening system vulnerabilities to ants in your house; once their origin has been isolated, sealing the cracks keeps the ants away.
  
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• Federal government suppliers need to state tax status: Senate committee

  19-08-2015 03:33 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  A parliamentary report has recommended the federal government make companies competing for government contracts say where they are taxed, as well as naming and shaming corporate tax dodgers.
  
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• High-end smartphones demand surges in China: GfK

  19-08-2015 02:59 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Demand for expensive handsets expands dramatically in China despite of a notable retreat in total shipment seen in the country in recent quarters, according to research firm GfK.
  
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• ​How New Zealand's software patent ban can survive the TPP

  19-08-2015 02:59 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Officials give assurances there will be no changes to software patents, ISP liability and parallel importation.
  
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• VIDEO: 'Supercar season' hits central London

  19-08-2015 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It's known as the 'supercar season', when some of the world's richest descend on central London with their extraordinary cars in tow - but not everyone is happy. The Victoria Derbyshire programme went to see what is happening.
  
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