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• The 404 Show 1660: Battlefield 1, Infinite Warfare, millennials (podcast) - CNET

  06-05-2016 23:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Are there too many war games? Jeff and Russ the latest announcements and leaks of the two major players in the war-game scene and why the genre might be growing a little long in the tooth.
  
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• Online tool tells you how strong your email and Facebook passwords are

  06-05-2016 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It'll take  hackers just 0.29 seconds to crack into your email or Facebook account if you use “password” or “12345” as your password. Seriously, it’s time to choose better passwords for your online accounts — and make sure they’re unique, too. If you’re not sure about how to go about setting up better passwords, there’s an online tool that will tell you how quickly hackers can break them using today’s tech. DON’T MISS:&n
  
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• Amazon pledges to fill gaps in Prime service, Bloomberg - CNET

  06-05-2016 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The online retailer says it will fill coverage gaps in 27 cities that excluded some minority neighborhoods, according to a Bloomberg report.
  
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• EA's latest Battlefield goes back to World War I - CNET

  06-05-2016 22:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The game maker's upcoming military-themed shooting title brings players back to fighting that happened a century ago.
  
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• Before massive Bangladesh heist, New York Fed feared such cyber attacks

  06-05-2016 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In the years before hackers stole $81 million from a Bangladesh central bank account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, senior Fed security officials examined the risk of such an attack - but judged the prospect unlikely, bank sources told Reuters. The Fed managers worried that lax security procedures and outdated technology at some foreign central banks could allow cyber-criminals to commandeer local computers and breach foreign accounts at the U.S. central bank, according to interviews w
  
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• Meet Charter Communications, your next No. 2 cable giant - CNET

  06-05-2016 22:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Charter Communications is close to finalizing its deal to buy Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks in a deal worth $65 billion.
  
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• China's Didi Kuaidi could be on brink of uberific funding - CNET

  06-05-2016 22:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The big ride-sharing company stocks up as it goes toe-to-toe with Uber, Bloomberg reports.
  
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• Watch a kid slap her teacher while testing out drunk goggles - CNET

  06-05-2016 22:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: This YouTube video of an experiment with a gadget that simulates drunkenness has a truly hilarious ending.
  
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• Square and Endo tumble while Herbalife and Activision jump

  06-05-2016 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market: NYSE Herbalife Ltd., up $5.30 to $63.62 The herbal supplement company said it's in advanced ...
  
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• Non resistere! Alfa Romeo Giulia QV is the Carabinieri's latest cop car - Roadshow

  06-05-2016 22:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  503 horsepower ought to be enough to catch up to most fleet-footed riff-raff.
  
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• New Heroes of the Storm characters bring portals and more - CNET

  06-05-2016 21:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Blizzard shows off the next two characters, and a handful of new skins.
  
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• Panama Papers source: Here's why I leaked the data stockpile - CNET

  06-05-2016 21:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The leaker calls income inequality one of the "defining issues of our times" but doesn't reveal his or her own identity.
  
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• It's easy being green: Hyundai prices 2017 Elantra Eco from $20,650 - Roadshow

  06-05-2016 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EPA estimates peg the Elantra Eco at 32 mpg city and 40 mpg highway.
  
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• GM, Lyft will let you test self-driving taxis soon - CNET

  06-05-2016 21:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Within a year, you could be ordering a self-driving car from the Lyft app. Google and Apple also rev up autonomous-car plans, according to reports.
  
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• Overwatch's beta includes everything from the full game launch - CNET

  06-05-2016 21:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Every map, character, and mode launching with the game on May 24 is available to play right now.
  
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• New EA Battlefield game apparently set in WWI - CNET

  06-05-2016 21:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The military video game appears to be set during the Great War, judging from an image leaked online.
  
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• Law Firm Warns Against 'Panama Papers' Being Released Online

  06-05-2016 19:32
  Panama City - The law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal said Friday it has issued a cease-and-desist letter to a journalists' collective urging it not to release online a trove of documents plundered from its computer servers.read more
  
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• Will a visit to The Pirate Bay end in malware?

  06-05-2016 19:05
  
  Just how dangerous is a trip to The Pirate Bay? What's the chance of getting malware along with your favourite TV show?
  
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• After Bank of Greece, Cyprus Central Bank also reports cyber attack

  06-05-2016 18:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The website of the Central Bank of Cyprus briefly came under cyber attack, days after a hacking collective said it conducted a similar attack on the Greek central bank's site. The central bank's website came under "some form of a denial-of-service" attack, a spokeswoman said on Friday, via email. Greece's central bank was attacked by the hacking group Anonymous on Tuesday, which disrupted service on its web site, a Bank of Greece official said on Wednesday.
  
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• Facebook loses first round in facial recognition class action suit

  06-05-2016 17:52
  
  Users never gave consent to have their faces gobbled up, and Facebook never told them what it would do with the biometrics, the suit claims.
  
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• US attorney: 2 Belarusians took in $1.35M from phishing scam

  06-05-2016 16:35 via news.yahoo.com
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Federal authorities in Pittsburgh say two men have been charged by authorities in Belarus with receiving $1.35 million stolen in a phishing scheme from the bank account of a Pennsylvania oil and gas drilling company.
  
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• Warning issued over fake online ads for puppies and kittens

  06-05-2016 12:54
  
  One of the charms of globalization is how quick and easy it is for scams to spread between continents. This time, we're talking puppy and kitten scams.
  
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• Chicken wing thief flies the coop, evading cops’ stingray

  06-05-2016 12:21
  
  The chicken caper involved 15 chicken wings and three subs stolen from a delivery person.
  
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• Laser technology from All Traffic Solutions catches speeders with improved accuracy

  06-05-2016 06:33
  Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_respondersSTATE COLLEGE, PA (PRWEB) MAY 5, 2016There were only two times in history when technology revolutionized speed enforcement. When Teddy Roosevelt was the New York City Police Commissioner, he started the bicycle “Scorcher Squad” to apprehend speeding horse carriages. Next was the wide-spread adoption of police radar and the introduction of Lidar. According to experts, the industry is on the verge of a third.Homepage position:&n
  
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• Propper starts shipments of concealable four-panel body armor

  06-05-2016 06:27
  Top Priority Sector: military_force_protectionST. CHARLES, MO (PRWEB) MAY 5, 2016Homepage position: 1read more
  
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• Homeland Security gives OK to Iron Mountain’s mentor-protégé status with

  06-05-2016 06:22
  Top Priority Sector: security_servicesARLINGTON, VA (PRNEWSWIRE) MAY 4, 2016 Summit Technical Solutions, LLC (STS) announced today that its mentor-protégé program with Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) has been approved by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. The DHS Mentor-Protégé program is designed to encourage large, established prime contractors to help further develop the technical and management cap
  
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• WatchGuard WiFi solution integrates body-worn and dash cam systems for law enforcement

  06-05-2016 06:18
  Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_respondersALLEN, TX (PRNEWSWIRE) MAY 5, 2016 Video evidence and the ability to aggregate it has become an integral part of effective law enforcement and the justice system. In a recent interview, Allen Cummings, Chief of Police in Pennsville, NJ, a small community on the banks of the Delaware River spoke to this, "They want video in the station. They want video out in the parking lot. They want video from the car. They want video from the offi
  
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• Liberty Mutual issues $10,000 grants to fire departments in Louisiana, Texas

  06-05-2016 06:13
  Top Priority Sector: access_control_identificationBOSTON (PRENEWSWIRE) MAY 2, 2016 Honoring America's firefighters for their bravery and commitment to the communities in which they serve, Liberty Mutual Insurance today announced recipients of its 2015 National Firemark Award. Firefighter Shane Harmon of the Fort Worth, TX Fire Department in Texas is being honored with the Liberty Mutual Firemark Award for Heroism, and Fire Chief John Thomas of the Hammond City, LA Fire Department has e
  
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• MSA taps NFL’s top security officer for senior executive role

  06-05-2016 06:09
  Top Priority Sector: access_control_identificationNEW YORK (PRWEB) MAY 5, 2016MSA Security, a leader in high consequence threat protection, intelligence, investigative services and specialized training for corporate and government clients, announces that National Football League Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer Jeffrey Miller will join its executive management team this summer as Senior Vice President. Miller will play a key role in the company’s strategic growth and b
  
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