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After scores of accounts were potentially compromised a few months ago, Twitter today launched two-factor authentication through SMS to protect people from hacks and phishing scams on the web. Unfortunately, it may not help shared accounts like big brands and news agencies where multiple people need to be able to log in and out but only one phone number can get the login verification codes.
Following the Twitter security incident in February where hundreds of thousands of accounts had to have their credentials reset, the tech world demanded Twitter offer two-factor authentication. Wired’s Mat Honan reported last month that Twitter was internally testing the feature. But since then, several prominent accounts including the Associated Press had been hacked through phishing tricks that the security feature could have prevented. With two-factor authentication now in place, we’ll hopefully see fewer compromised individual accounts.
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As many a YouTube parody video will tell you, Tuesday’s Xbox One reveal was about a lot of things — TV, sports and “Call of Duty” being the main three. But as gamers and critics began to pick apart the new device, they inevitably began to wonder: What about the actual games?
While Sony’s PlayStation 4 announcement in February inwas replete with independent game developers singing the company’s praises both on and off the stage, Microsoft’s Tuesdayevent featured a small number of sleekly polished, blockbuster franchises like, well, “Call of Duty.”
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It has been feted as the ultimate electronic game system amid promises that household televisions will become more intelligent.
Microsoft has launched its next-generation video games console, the eagerly-awaited Xbox One, in an event streamed around the world from its headquarters in Washington state
The launch featured a video link from film producer Steven Spielberg.
However, enthusiasts for its predecessor, the XBox360, have learned they will not be able to play their games on the new machine.
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Yahoo Japan Corp. released a statement last Friday warning that usernames of 22 million people may have been stolen in an attack on the 16th of May.
“We don’t know if the file (of 22 million user IDs) was leaked or not,” said the company, “but we can’t deny the possibility given the volume of traffic between our server and external terminals.” The attack was halted by cutting internet access to the company’s servers.
The company was also keen to stress that users’ data was not in danger, as the information leaked did not include passwords, or any of the details necessary for hackers to reset passwords.
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A team of ex-Nokia engineers and designers has unveiled the Jolla, a totally new smartphone with a totally new operating system. Even if this snazzy new device crashes and burns like other dark-horse mobile devices in the past, it sure will look good while it does so.
The phone’s most unique aspect has to be its split nature: The front has the usual smartphone guts and a 4.5-inch HD screen. But attach an “other half” to the back and your phone gets a new look, new profile, or even new features. Each rear piece can be independently configured — have one for work and one for personal use, for instance, or buy one that adds exclusive apps or even something like wireless charging.
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Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK) (BIT:NOK1V) (HEL:NOK1V) is “very interested” in tablets, according to one of the executives of the company during the launching of its flagship smartphone, the Nokia Lumia 925 which features a metal design and the latest innovation of PureView camera.
Jo Harlow, executive vice president of smart service for Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK) (BIT:NOK1V) (HEL:NOK1V) said, “We’re very interested in tablets and that’s an area we’re looking for.” Despite his enthusiasm on tablets, Harlow did not provide further details if the company will introduce its own Nokia tablets in the future. He said, “I don’t have any product news I can share.” His statement and excitement about tablets stirred the curiosity of people if a Nokia tablet will be available in the market in the near future.
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A Which? study found that mobile phones claiming to provide 16GB of data storage actually had memory as low as 9GB.
The worst offender was the Samsung Galaxy S4 was found to have just 9GB instead of the 16GB claimed on the box.
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Apple has announced that the number of mini-programs downloaded from its App Store has blasted past the 50 billion milestone, and celebrated the moment with a $US10,000 ($A10,144) prize.
The California-based maker of iPads, iPhones, iPods and Mac computers said on Thursday that it gave a $10,000 App Store gift card to a US man from Ohio who downloaded the 50 billionth app – a free word game called Say the Same Thing
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THREE Brit hackers who targeted the FBI, the CIA and the Pentagon were yesterday jailed for a total of over seven years.
Ryan Cleary, 21, Jake Davis, 20, and Ryan Ackroyd, 26, operated anonymously from their bedrooms.
UK victims of the loners’ hacking gang LulzSec included crime-fighting agency SOCA and the NHS.
Boasting they were “gods”, they also struck entertainment giants Fox and Sony, causing over £12million of damage, Southwark Crown Court heard.
In the DOJ’s great e-book conspiracy, Apple is the sole defendant still standing.
FORTUNE — The conspiracy case that the U.S. Department of Justice filed against Apple and five book publishers in April 2011 is finally coming to a head.
In the year that has passed, all five publishers have settled. Only Apple had the stomach — or the wherewithal — to take the case to trial.
It’s scheduled to begin in a Manhattan courthouse on June 3. We plan to be there.
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