Category: Internet
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EE Predicts its Future, Promising 99% 4G Coverage by 2017
After it was announced that EE will be bought up by BT the company has revealed ways that it will be investing £1.5-billion into improving its 4G+ and 4G network in the next two years. Also See: BT To Purchase EE For £12.5 Billion EE were the spearhead for the 4G service before it even…
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Researcher Leaks 100M Passwords Online
Don’t worry, your password is safe, but yes, a researcher named Mark Burnett has leaked a huge collection of usernames and passwords onto the internet, with the main reason for doing so being a good one. Burnett’s leakage is designed to make it easier for other researchers to understand the trends behind the passwords people choose.…
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Google I/O 2015 Dated For March 28-29th
Google has released info on their yearly Google I/O conference, a glitzy event held in in San Francisco’s Moscone Center West where Google’s upcoming gadgets get shown off to the public that anyone has the chance to attend, although tickets are a bit pricey. Last year’s Google I/O conference saw some big things arriving from Android and…
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Rapidshare To Close After 13 Years
It’s the end of an era for some, as long time file sharing RapidShare are choosing to close their doors for the last time next month. The venerable service is to go offline after serving users with content for over 13 years, with the site advising users to get their affairs in order by March…
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US Govt. Debuts New ‘Cyber Threat’ Agency
People are pretty annoyed at America right now due to intrusive spying undertaken online by security agencies from the country, so it’s only slightly less annoying that a new announcement from the Obama administration says that yet another group is to be set up to ‘defend’ the US from people online. The new group, called…
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Twitter Reports New Raise In Data Requests
Ever since 2012, microblogging social media site twitter has been releasing transparency reports on how many requests governments and law enforcement agencies have made to the site in order to obtain data on users posting on the social network. the reports have been going up and up for a while now, as social media is…
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NoFlyZone Protects Users From Drones
You’re probably worried about drones as much as we are – these consumer owned devices have the ability to potentially snoop into homes and offices using their unprecedented access to high places. It’s actually not strictly legal to shoot down a drone that’s spying on you, even if it’s above your land. According to Ryan Calo,…
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Office 16 Beta Begins, Windows 10 Dated
Microsoft’s 2015 lineup of software is now fully available in preview form for users wanting to get that complete Windows 10 and Office 2016 experience before full versions of both products arrive later in the year, and speaking of those releases Microsoft has also dated Windows 10’s final complete release for some point in June.…
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Binge TV Streaming Linked To Depression
Recently we reported on a study which linked excessive use of Facebook to depression, by the way the site often prominently displays the achievements and boasting posts of others, Now in a similar study, the excessive ‘binge’ watching of massive quantities of shows streamed online has also been linked to symptoms of depression in users.…
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GCHQ Cyber Spying Ruled Unlawful
Reports into NSA spying in the US by whistleblower Edwrad Snowden didn’t just reveal the activities of agencies spying on internet users in America – it also came out that the UK’s spying agency which handles cyber warfare, GCHQ, was also involved in the clandestine examination of data collected from internet users. Not only were…
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Google To Use Video Chat For Sales
Getting face to face with someone with real technical know-how is often difficult for consumers, especially when they’re in the market for expensive tech. Whilst any company offering sales advice is likely to steer consumers towards their devices, a new video chat sales service from Google may be a bit more personal as it gives you…
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Netflix to Make Live-Action Zelda Series
Nintendo’s famous Zelda series has been one of the most loved, most commonly remembered game series of late, with N64 title Ocarina of Time and more modern additions to the series being the most fondly remembered by gamers. It’s now been announced by original series creator and TV streaming site Netflix that the game is…