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Microsoft offers massive prize in bid to turn tables on hackers
Microsoft has kicked off a contest aimed at turning the tables on hackers by offering big money prizes for innovative tactics to foil cyber…
‘IE users are dumb as a bag of hammers’ story revealed to be a hoax
The BBC is reporting that a story which claimed that Internet Explorer users have a lower average IQ than users of other browsers is…
Governments, high profile organisations targets of ‘cyber spying campaign’
The governments of the United States and other countries, major US defence contractors, the United Nations and the International Olympic Committee have been targets…
Sony buys videogame maker Sucker Punch
Sony Computer Entertainment has bought the studio behind hit videogames “inFamous” and “Sly Cooper.” Sucker Punch Productions will be part of game development operations…
Google+ the fastest-growing social network ever
Google is a latecomer to social networking but according to technology experts its new site, Google+, is growing much more rapidly than Facebook, Myspace…
Apple & Samsung’s legal wrangles land in Australia
Computer giant Apple has launched legal proceedings in Australia against Samsung Electronics, accusing the South Korean firm of infringing its patents with its Galaxy…
$800-million worth of fresh funding for Twitter
In a blog post modestly titled “Your world, more connected” Twitter announced on Monday it has closed a deal for a “significant” round of…
Troubled Taiwanese iPhone producer replacing Chinese workers with robots
Taiwan IT giant Foxconn — hit by a spate of suicides at its Chinese plants — has announced plans to replace 500 000 human…
British police arrest teenage LulzSec suspect
British police have charged an 18-year-old man on suspicion of being a spokesman for the Lulz Security and Anonymous computer hacking groups, Scotland Yard…
‘mChip’ revolutionises HIV testing
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