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Woman says Facebook cookies violate wiretap laws, files suit
Like UnlikeBrooke Rutledge of Lafayette County, Mississippi has sued Facebook for allegedly violating federal wiretap laws by illegally tracking her Internet activity while logged out of the social networking site. The 17-page filing seems to have been prompted by a recent discovery by Australian blogger Nik Cubrilovic. In late September, Cubrilovic released an article explaining how Facebook could track users across the Web on any page running a Facebook widget, such as the "Like" button seen at the bottom of TechSpot's articles.
"Leading up to September 23, 2011, Facebook tracked, collected, and stored its users' wire or electronic communications, including but not limited to portions of their intern...
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Free Software Foundation: Windows 8 secure boot requirement could lock out Linux
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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has launched a campaign claiming that Windows 8-certified PCs might prevent users from booting into Linux. The mandatory "secure boot" facility in the systems' Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) might better be called "restricted boot," the organization claims.
Microsoft cheered Windows users in September when it demonstrated the upcoming Windows 8 operating system booting in eight seconds. Part of the technology behind the fast boots, however, could enable Microsoft and its PC vendor partners to block users from loading Linux on a Windows 8 PC, Matthew Garrett, a mobile Linux developer at Red Hat, wrote in a Sept. 20 blog post.
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Sony PS Vita: 22 February 2012 release, 217 pounds in UK
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Sony will sell the PS Vita in the UK, Europe, USA, New Zealand, Canada, Africa, and Australia on the 22 February the company has confirmed at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco.
"For those looking to get their hands on the ultimate in handheld entertainment, I’m thrilled to let you know that starting on February 22, 2012,PS Vita will be available at major retailers in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Europe," said Jack Tretton, Sony Computer Entertainment America boss told the crowd, Pocket-lint included.
Meanwhile back in the UK and the company's official blog detailed further the launch programme out of the US:
“We are happy to share a piece of news that you have all been ...
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Beats by Dre considers opening UK shop
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Beats by Dre, the expensive headphone company started by expensive rapper Dr Dre and expensive lead company Monster, is considering a UK store in London's trendy Shoreditch.
According to our friends at T3, Omar Johnson, Beats' US head of marketing, said that the company was looking to establish a UK presence.
"We've been looking at the Shoreditch area of London," said Johnson. "We're very excited about how much the UK has embraced Beats."
Christmas rapping
The company is set to launch its first store in Lower Manhattan, New York over the Christmas period - just in time to fill up little Jimmy's stockings with some overpriced earphones.
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Vodafone confirms Samsung Galaxy Nexus deal
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Vodafone has contacted TechRadar to confirm that it will be stocking the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus when it goes on sale.
The new phone, which was announced at the launch of Google's new Ice Cream Sandwich OS, features a glut of top end technology, including a 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and a whopping 4.65-inch screen with 720p resolution.
While we were hoping for a more top end spec-list, there's no doubting that this phone will be pushed towards the more expensive end of Vodafone's range, so expect to pay north of £30 per month on a two year deal.
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Motorola DROID RAZR announced!
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Motorola today finally announced the hot smartphone we've been hearing about lately - the Motorola DROID RAZR for Verizon Wireless! But is there something to make this device special, besides its epic name? You bet!
The DROID RAZR seems to be the thinnest smartphone yet, at just 7.1mm - so we guess that makes it "razr thin" then. However, you should keep in mind that characteristic "hump" near the upper side, which houses the 8MP camera, capable of 1080p video recording. Other specifications of the device are pretty much what we expected - a 4.3" qHD screen of the Super AMOLED Advanced type, as well as a dual-core 1.2GHz processor. Obviously, Moto seems to have done some tremendous work with...
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RIM Announces The BBX Platform, The Future Of BlackBerry
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Mike Lazaridis, CEO of Research in Motion, “The whole company is aligning behind this single vision. It combines the best of QNX and Blackberry.” Meet BBX.
BBX is the future of RIM. Dan Dodge, president of QNX, joined Mike Lazaridis and proudly co-announced BBX. This platform incorporates enterprise, NOC and cloud services into one system that can run on smartphones, tablets and embedded systems. As Lazaridis stated, BBX is about bringing together “people, devices, content, and services.”
RIM and QNX built BBX to be secure. The platform is IEEE POSIX certified and conforms to EAL4+ and IEC 61508 Safety (SIL3) standards. The POSIX cert should allow for easy porting of Linux/Unix apps while pr...
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Adobe Reader finally arrives to iOS
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Looking for a PDF reader on iOS? There’s plenty of options in the App Store, but for some reason up until now Adobe didn’t have an official application for reading PDF files. Now, that changes as Adobe Reader app makes its debut on the App Store with the unbeatable price tag of free.
The neat thing about Adobe Reader is that allows you to open documents from any app supporting that like mobile Safari or the Mail application, which is pretty convenient. It will also open password-protected documents as well as display annotations and drawing markups.
Except for that the interface is stripped down to a bare minimum, allowing you to concentrate on the reading experience, which is the focus of A...
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The iPhone 5 was the last thing Steve Jobs was working on
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Earlier this month we were deeply saddened to report that Steve Jobs lost his battle with cancer and passed away at the age of 56. All the conversations around Android versus iOS versus Windows Phone seemed rather pointless in comparison to the death of a man who possessed such incredible vision. Now that it’s been over a week, it’s time to move on and talk tech again. There’s little doubt in anyone’s mind that Steve Jobs told his successor, Tim Cook, which direction Apple should steer themselves toward over the next few years. Apple’s roadmap until the end of 2013 is probably already set in stone, and after that who knows where the company will go, but what we really want to find out is wha...
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Motorola PHOTON 4G updated with Google Talk video chat, Lapdock support and more
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Almost missed this… Sprint and Motorola released the update for the PHOTON 4G. Software version 45.3.6.enUS adds sooo much on the table, including Google Talk video chat, proximity sensor bug fix, enhancements of pictures taken in panorama mode, and the introduction of international roaming 3G UMTS hotspot functionality for a single Wi-Fi enabled device. In addition — and this is where it becomes really cool — the new update also brings support for Lapdock 100, you know that Motorola accessory that effectively turns your PHOTON 4G (and few other compatible smartphones) into a laptop computer. Now that’s I’m thinking, the only reason I would grab a Motorola smartphone today is to be able to u...
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Google releases Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich SDK for developers
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Google has made the Software Development Kit for the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system available for developers to work with. Ice Cream Sandwich represents the next phase of Android, as it blends elements of the tablet version of Android (Honeycomb), with the smartphone version (Gingerbread). It also includes a number of new features and enhancements, including a facial recognition unlock screen and new notification drawer. Developers can download the SDK from Google's developer portal now. The rest of us will have to wait until November when it launches with the Galaxy Nexus smartphone.
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Samsung: the LTE version of the Galaxy Nexus will be 'a little' thicker
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We got it straight from the horse's mouth here at Samsung and Google's Galaxy Nexus launch event that the future LTE edition of the Galaxy Nexus will indeed be thicker than the HSPA+ model showcased today (and above). How much thicker? "A little," according to a company representative, but he wouldn't go so far as to talk millimeters. When asked if the additional size was there to hold the LTE package or just a larger battery, he also failed to elaborate. We'd be shocked if the LTE variant doesn't pack at least a bit more juice -- we've covered the damage that LTE does to a battery in great detail here -- but frankly, we'd rather have something a wee bit thicker than a phone that dies after ...
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus camera and 1080p video samples
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Wondering what the 5 megapixel sensor within the Galaxy Nexus is capable of? So were we. We didn't have a huge variety of subjects to photograph here in our meeting room, but we ran about and captured as many as we could just for a quick comparison. As promised, snapping multiple pictures in a row was a cinch, with the camera taking just a fraction of a second before being ready to shoot again. In fact, we couldn't even tap the screen fast enough to find its limit. We have to say, though -- the built-in "Edit" menu could stand to be stronger. The "effects" were thoroughly underwhelming, and Instagram addicts will find plenty to laugh about. The croping and twisting, however, is appreciated. ...
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Google Wallet now supported by seven new retailers
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Google recently announced that its Google Wallet NFC mobile payment service now accepts a host of new retail locations, including American Eagle Outfitters, Foot Locker, Jamba Juice, Guess, The Container Store, Toys”R”Us and OfficeMax. Previously, the payments were only accepted in a handful of Walgreens and Subway sandwich stores in San Francisco and New York. In addition, Google says its Offers service, which provides discounts at each location, is also available in a number of the aforementioned retail outlets. Users can purchase a smoothie from Jamba Juice for $2 or take 15% off at Macy’s, for example. Unfortunately, Google Wallet is still only available to owners of Sprint’s Nexus S 4G,...
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Samsung.com Leaks Info About Galaxy Nexus
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Samsung posted an informational "sign up" web site today that confirmed the company's plan to offer a phone called the Galaxy Nexus via Verizon Wireless. According to the image posted to the web site, the Galaxy Nexus is a monoblock-style touch phone that has a curved design, a camera, and runs an unannounced version of Android. Samsung is expected to announce a new phone with Google later tonight.
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