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• Ashley Madison hack: banking staff vulnerable to blackmail

  22-08-2015 22:38 via feeds.theguardian.com
  Web security expert urges companies to watch out for employees who signed up to the adultery website being coerced into giving away market secrets
  Companies are being urged to identify employees who could be blackmailed into revealing sensitive market information following the Ashley Madison data dump.After hackers leaked 37 million email addresses used by people who had accessed the Toronto-based adultery website, there are fears that blackmailers will start demanding money to keep the details
  
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• Running Man of Tech: Why I can't understand those who don't run with a watch

  22-08-2015 20:34
  
  Running - what's it all about?I've got a confession to make. I don't really enjoy running. And that's despite doing it six days a week.I'm not a sadist. I'm not punishing myself for past indiscretions by forcing myself out the door every morning just so I can get to the point of weeping before crawling into a shower.It's just that I've never had that 'zen' moment that so many runners talk about. The one where people say 'I just had to go for a run to de-stress' or 'I needed to get out of the off
  
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• Apple promises to repair iPhone 6 Plus handsets with faulty cameras

  22-08-2015 15:27
  
  Do your iPhone 6 Plus shots have a habit of coming out all blurred? Apple has acknowledged a problem with the iSight camera in "a small percentage" of handsets sold and says it will replace the component for free.To see if your phone is affected, head to the Apple website and enter your handset's serial code. You have the option of posting your mobile off for repair or taking it into an Apple Store."The affected units fall into a limited serial number range and were sold primarily between Septem
  
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• Fallout Shelter tips and tricks

  22-08-2015 15:00
  
  Fallout shelter tips and tricksBethesda's Fallout Shelter remains one of our favourite mobile games of the year - despite some fairly hefty flaws and a frustrating lack of end-game. We're hoping that the success of this freemium offering means that Bethesda will fix the issues (Deathclaws and Mole rats really don't cut it, guys), but that hasn't stopped us religiously checking in to gather the latest weapons and outfits ever since it arrived. So, if you're new to the game or you've been playing
  
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• Forget Etsy – app Tictail wants to democratize e-commerce

  22-08-2015 14:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  A small-business sales platform, Tictail is positioning itself as an open digital marketplace for entrepreneurs all over the worldModern day entrepreneurs face a unique dilemma when trying to break into the marketplace: what if their product is not artisanal enough? Thanks to Etsy, which enforces strict maker requirements about the items sold through its platform, e-commerce has seen a resurgence of handmade products. This focus on artisanal inventory leaves many small businesses at a loss when
  
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• Ashley Madison hack: what to say if your spouse finds your name on the list

  22-08-2015 14:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  You might be one of the 37 million people who have a lot of explaining to do this weekend. We’ve thought of some excuses to help dig you out of that holeMany of Ashley Madison’s 37 million registered users have a lot of explaining to do this weekend. Here are some tips that just might smooth things over.Continue reading...
  
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• Week in Gaming: It's time to bring back cheat codes

  22-08-2015 13:16
  
  There's a really good test for determining which generation a person you're talking to comes from. If you say "rosebud", what do they think of? If it's one of cinema's greatest plot twists then they're probably over 40; if it's the money cheat in The Sims, they are most likely a child of the late 80s or early 90s.Cheats have fizzled out in recent years, and it's difficult to pin down the reasons why. Is it because modders and game hackers already have their ways of circumventing problems? Is it
  
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• Chat network used by VA staff was a major security risk, investigation says

  22-08-2015 13:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  A Microsoft product called Yammer was open to anyone who’d ever been a contractor or an employee at the Department of Veterans AffairsA chat network used by staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was a major security risk and open to anyone who had ever been a contractor or an employee at the VA, an internal investigation found. According to the VA’s Office of the Inspector General the chat software, a Microsoft product called Yammer, “did not have an administrator or
  
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• Ashley Madison adultery website faces $578m class action over data breach

  22-08-2015 12:46 via feeds.theguardian.com
  A Canadian widower who had his personal details leaked is bringing the case because he says he never cheated and did not meet any other site membersTwo Canadian law firms have filed a $578m class-action lawsuit against the companies that run Ashley Madison after a hacker group’s data breach exposed some 39 million memberships in the adultery website earlier this week.Charney Lawyers and Sutts, Strosberg, both of Ontario, said Friday that they filed the lawsuit on behalf of Canadians who su
  
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• Let's throw the dice: what video games can learn from board games

  22-08-2015 12:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  The current table-gaming renaissance boasts some of the best designers in the world. Digital games can’t let these inventions slip them byTwo years ago, when I left video games criticism to work full-time in table top games, a lot of people, my mum chief among them, were startled.These days, it’s easy to explain. Board game cafes are springing up all over the world, and investors are pouring millions into the industry. Continue reading...
  
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• Review: Toshiba Kira (2015)

  22-08-2015 11:33
  
  Introduction Toshiba's Kira series of Ultrabooks (sometimes called the Kirabook, toour bemusement) have demonstrated since their first 2013 model, thatthey can do ultra-slim, smart-looking powerful laptops well enough. Yetthey've rarely stood out.That's not because the Kiras have beenmediocre - far from it - but that the crowd of competitors is huge andincludes some real beauties. For example, last year's model had to faceoff against the MacBook Pro Retina, the Dell XPS 13, the Lenovo IdeaPadYog
  
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• Ashley Madison: five people on getting caught up in the data breach

  22-08-2015 11:15 via feeds.theguardian.com
  This week 33 million records of people who had used a website for secret affairs had their names and identifying details leaked online by hackers. We spoke to five people for whom the hack has had profound personal ramificationsI joined Ashley Madison this year, during a very, very stressful period, both personally and professionally. But my intentions were never actually to meet another woman, and I quickly realised that this was not going to be a good way of meeting new people.In total, I used
  
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• New batch of Sony Xperia Z5 pictures leak out on the web

  22-08-2015 11:11
  
  The Sony Xperia Z4 was a less than overwhelming upgrade for Sony's flagship line - which might be why it was labelled the Sony Xperia Z3+ everywhere except for Japan - but we've got higher hopes for the next handset in the series.We're expecting the Xperia Z5 to see the light of day at the IFA event in Berlin at the start of September, and several leaks have already confirmed the existence of the device.Now there's a new batch of pictures courtesy of respected French site Nowhereelse.fr. These s
  
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• How to get more life from your laptop or tablet battery

  22-08-2015 09:17
  
  IntroductionBatteries are the driving force and the Achilles' Heel of the modern world – they enable us to do amazing things with mobile devices, but they don't last as long as we'd like them to. Don't despair, though, as there are a few simple steps you can take to ensure your batteries last much longer.In this article, we're going to detail 14 of our favourite ways to keep a laptop or tablet running strong when you're out and about.Also check out: 5 top tips to get more smartphone batter
  
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• Stock market shrugs off exposé of Amazon work culture

  22-08-2015 09:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  A press report detailing an allegedly soulless, dystopian workplace at the online retailer generated headlines but has had minimal impact on the bottom lineA dark and lengthy exposé of the work culture of Amazon, the world’s most powerful online retailer echoed round the world last week. The article, in the New York Times, made Amazon sound like the Hunger Games crossed with 1984. The sick and the pregnant fell by the wayside, trampled on by colleagues who are encouraged to snitch o
  
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• Review: Sony VPL-VW300ES

  22-08-2015 08:00
  
  Introduction and featuresThose after a Full HD home cinema projector are unlikely to think of Sony, but mention 4K and there's really only one brand in town. Since it specialises in ultra high-end projection for large venues, the Sony VPL-VW300ES is something of a trickle-down attempt. But an entry-level projector costing £5,849? You betcha – that's where 4K home cinema is right now. Nevertheless, the VPL-VW300ES's eight million pixels do come with a few restrictions you need to be a
  
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• On the road: Seat Leon Cupra – car review

  22-08-2015 07:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  ‘It has a huge amount riding on the affections of people who would prefer to be on a motorbike, or MDMA’I feel bad mentioning it, because it’s not the brand’s fault when a person crashes a car: but the car crashes in the news recently, the ones that left several injured or involved a mountain, often seem to have featured a Seat Leon (not always the Cupra, though, which is the hottest of the Leons, my ST280 the hottest of the hot, at 276bhp).In the UK we’d call the s
  
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• Ashley Madison hack not isolated event, warns Australia's defence force chief

  22-08-2015 02:34 via feeds.theguardian.com
  More than 800 user profiles in hacked details from the Ashley Madison infidelity website used Australian government email addressesThe chief of the defence force, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, has warned the alleged hack of personal information from the Ashley Madison infidelity website, including that of defence personnel, is unlikely to be an isolated event. Related: Ashley Madison hack: five people on getting caught up in the data breachContinue reading...
  
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• There's now a way to 3D print with glass

  22-08-2015 01:40
  
  While plastic has been the go-to for 3D printing so far, researches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have found a way to 3D print using glass.The new method, called 3DGP, works pretty much in the same way as traditional plastic 3D printing, but instead uses transparent glass.MIT's Media Lab worked with the school's Mechanical Engineering Department, the MIT Glass Lab and Wyss Institute to create the new technology.It essentially uses a molten form of the glass material and laye
  
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• Hands-on review: UPDATED: Samsung Galaxy Note 5

  22-08-2015 01:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 has arrived for our full review. It's big and impressive, and we'll update the hands on impressions, below, this weekend.The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 remains a solid phablet that boasts a powerful display and powerful innards stuffed inside that can even run a Gear VR virtual reality headset without issue. Aside from its high cost and large size, the handset received a 4.5 rating.With the Galaxy Note 5 freshly announced, it's clear this new device will be on equal footing
  
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