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SmartAboutThings writes "Smartphones are susceptible to malware and carriers have enabled NSA snooping, but the prevailing wisdom has it there's still one part of your mobile phone that remains safe and un-hackable: your...

There's been more pushback on privacy from the private sector ever since leaked documents revealed the existence of massive NSA spying programs that tap into consumer services. But the owner of XMission, a small ISP in U...

Reports that the US National Security Agency is spying on European allies and bugging embassies have been met with strong condemnation in Germany, where chancellor Angela Merkel angrily denounced the agency's activities ...

BOSTON (AP) -- Red Sox reliever Andrew Bailey will have season-ending right shoulder surgery this week.

The prospect of iPhones supporting game controllers is cool. But why is Apple giving away the opportunity to seize the initiative and make a new cool new add-on of its own? It feels like a big mistake, one symptomatic of...

It has only been a few months since Samsung announced the Galaxy S4 smartphone, its latest Android flagship device. Soon after that rumors started circulating online that the company was going to release a "faster" versi...

Sports Illustrated is launching a standalone football website, MMQB, tomorrow morning. The site's name comes from star Sports Illustrated writer Peter King, who writes a weekly column, Monday Morning Quarterback. King sa...

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Credentials were salted and hashed but resets recommended Ubuntuforums.org, the Linux distribution's online community, has shut down for maintenance after a security breach....

It's probably fair to say that Adam Savage has more resources available to him than the average Comic-Con attendee. The special effects designer / Mythbusters co-host has built models for films like Star Wars: Episode II...

Facebook is floundering under the weight of its own scorched earth policy towards privacy. This policy has created a growing base of disenchanted users that could cause the company to come crashing down a lot sooner than...

The tale of Walter White's metamorphosis from meek high school chemistry teacher to drug kingpin and meth cook is finally coming to a close, and in honor of the occasion, the cast and producers of the highly acclaimed "B...

Price rise comes amid fears of bottled water shortages as thirsty Britons try to cope with temperatures soaring above 30C Tesco has put up the price of its most affordable water and fizzy drinks amid a surge in sales as ...

Ubuntu maintainer Canonical exhorts users to change passwords immediately.

Every year, a handful of people see every sword, spear, gun, and hammer that makes it to the floor of Comic-Con - and a few that don't. Halfway down the convention center, at a small booth labeled "costume weapons check,...

Thimphu informally indicates it is in favour of the Chukha protocol under which revision is to happen every 4 years

State-owned firm feels gas from Australia's Gorgon project will find few takers

Evin O'Riordain made his first homebrew six years ago. Now he's making some of the best beer in Britain at his own brewery Britain is full of breweries. According to figures from the Campaign for Real Ale, there are now ...

Bottom line: The all-new-for-2013 Land Rover Range Rover is an elegantly beautiful, marvelously competent off-road vehicle that makes more sense as a collector's item than it does for daily transportation. Buy it as a ...

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SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe will leave his post in May 2014 to become a member of the enterprise software vendor's supervisory board, leaving Bill McDermott as sole CEO. Snabe's election to the board is dependent on th...

The girl on fire is back. The new "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" trailer debuted at Comic-Con and it offers a mouthwatering look at the Quarter Quell and its arena. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Lenn...