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Lulzsec hacker group given jail time following Sony, Nintendo attacks
Four members of hacking group Lulzsec have been handed jail sentences following high-profile cyber attacks on several companies, including Nintendo, Sony and EA Ryan Cleary was given 32 months in jail, Jake Davis is to serve two years and Ryan Ackroyd was jailed for 30 months. Mustafa ...read more
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Apple announces 50 billion App Store downloads
More than 50 billion apps have been downloaded from Apple's iOS App Store since its 2008 launch, the company has announced. The impressive number, which excludes re-downloads and updates, equates to over two billion app downloads per month - or 800 app downloads per second. The 50 billionth app was 'Say the Same Thing' by Space ...read more
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Angry Birds flick flies to cinemas July 1, 2016
A release for the upcoming Angry Birds flick has been narrowed to July 1, 2016, with Sony distributing the movie worldwide, Rovio announced on its website today. Rovio's intent on creating a feature film was made public late last year, when the studio tapped producers John Cohen and David Maisel from Despicable Me and Iron Man t ...read more
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Microsoft: Windows Blue to be named Windows 8.1, will be free
Microsoft's Tami Reller is in Boston today speaking at the JP Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom Conference and she has announced that there are now more than 70,000 apps in the Windows Store. In addition, Windows Blue is officially named Windows 8.1 and it will be a free update and come from the Wind ...read more
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Microsoft sees all your HTTPS links in Skype, and you didn't know
While the Internet gets a reputation for being an anonymous playground, nothing is completely anonymous. Microsoft seems to be proving that point today, with the discovery they're accessing any secured links sent via Skype. Any HTTPS URL transmitted via Skype is picked up by the software giant, an ...read more
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Playstation 4: Leaked Video, Images, and Eye 2?
Without very much information, images of what is supposedly the Playstation 4, along with a promo video have made their way to a few Dutch websites such as 3nter. Again, since no information has surfaced except for the images and video, we don't have very much to report on. One thing we did notice in the video below, at 0:01 i ...read more
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Get Black Ops 2 for $40,Trials Evolution for $15 on Steam this weekend
Steam's deals for this weekend are action-packed, as Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is 33 percent off ($40.19), while the Deluxe Edition also on sale for $53.59 until May 13. Early birds can play the game for free until 1pm Pacific on Sunday. Trials Evolution is also part of the weekend sale, as the game's Gold Edition is 25 percent off ($14.99) until May 13. The special edition of the game also includes the single-player tracks and skill games from Trials HD.
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Trials Evolution: Gold Edition PC demo out now, sale starts May 9
Ubisoft has released a free demo version of RedLynx's racing-platformer, Trials Evolution: Gold Edition, via Steam in advance of an upcoming sale later this week. The sale, which starts May 9 and continues through May 13, will drop the price of Trials Evolution: Gold Edition from $19.99 to $14. ...read more
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SimCity 3.0 update out this week, attempts to fix traffic again
SimCity will receive the 3.0 update this week, which will hopefully go down smoother than 2.0 released in late April. The 3.0 update (listed after the break) tweaks traffic routing, phantom air pollution, stuck school buses and university students crossing roads. Apparently SimCity grammar schools did ...read more
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GTA V listed for PC on retail sites
A PC version of Grand Theft Auto V has been spotted in retailer listings in Germany. The German arm of Amazon and retailer Games Only both have listings for a Games for Windows Live version of Rockstar's much-anticipated sequel (via Gematsu). The game has only officially been confirmed for Xbox 360 and PS3. No release date is offered, but the list ...read more
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