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iMessage and FaceTime Down for Some,No Estimate on Service Restoration
For about an hour, we’ve been getting reports of Apple’s iMessage system encountering errors and issues including delays and send failures. A couple of minutes ago, Apple acknowledge the issue and noted on its iCloud status site that ‘some users’ may be seeing issues with both i ...read more
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Hackers crack Ubisoft's uPlay security
A group of Russian hackers have broken through the security on Ubisoft's PC games launcher uPlay, allowing them free access to any of the games available to download. The software hack they created is able to trick uPlay into thinking users already own a particular game, making it available to download at no cost. It is also possible to acquire d ...read more
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Two-Factor Authentication Reportedly Coming to Microsoft Accounts
Following in the footsteps of companies such as Blizzard Entertainment, Microsoft reportedly will be getting support for two-factor authentication to Accounts. According to LiveSide.net, account holders will be required to enter a security code generated by an authenticator app on their phone whe ...read more
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0x10c 'on ice' due to creative block
0x10c, Mojang co-founder and Minecraft inventor Markus Persson's first-person spaceship management game, has been put on the back burner until the developer can rid himself of a "weird creative block," Persson told Polygon. "It's just some kind of weird creative block that's been going on for too long," Persson said, "and [0x10c] is going to be put on ...read more
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Mark Zuckerberg unveils "Home," a new Android skin
Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled a new piece of software called "Home" at a press event in San Francisco. Zuckerberg stated that Facebook wanted as many people as possible to be able to use the new software, which means that it is based on Android and is essentially a skin. "You don't need to fork Android to do this. You don't even ...read more
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New iPhone reportedly entering production this quarter
Apple will begin production of a new iPhone similar in size and shape to its latest model in the second quarter of 2013, according to Wall Street Journal sources said to be familiar with the matter. The publication suggests this would indicate a summer launch for the smartphone. It also reports that Apple continu ...read more
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Minecraft clocks in 10 million PC purchases, dev hints horses in 1.6
Minecraft has sold 10 million copies on PC, Mac and Linux. That puts the world-builder's total sales across PC, XBLA and mobile well over 24 million, and makes it the seventh best-selling PC game ever, says Mojang Customer Support Manager Marc Watson. To celebrate, developer Jens Bergensten teased a major update coming to version 1.6. (Spoilers: it's a horse.) Minecraft's Redstone Update, 1.5, hit on March 13, and now it seems Mojang has version 1.6 champing at the bit.
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Disney Closes Game Publisher LucasArts
The official statement from Disney (which recently acquired LucasFilm and LucasArts) reads as follows: "After evaluating our position in the games market, we've decided to shift LucasArts from an internal development to a licensing model, minimizing the company's risk while achieving a broader portfolio of quality Star Wars games. As a result ...read more
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WarZ database is a ticking time bomb
A few days after WarZ was hacked, the alleged hacker who is known as Sirgay, which is a punch at the developer "Sergey" has started making press releases. In a release Sirgay recently did, he let everyone know what his intentions are with the following quote, "Since we got access to different accounts of "Sergey" a Developer of WarZ (hes not really ...read more
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Record-Breaking DDoS Attack Slows Web
Spam crusaders The Spamhaus Project have been battling massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that have reportedly resulted in a slowdown of the entire Web. Spamhaus tracks the Internet's spam operations and sources, and maintains real-time, spam-blocking databases that help Internet networksweed out bogus email. Trouble started, howeve ...read more
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