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Citigroup confirms security breach

Citi confirms data breach

Citigroup confirmed on Thursday that unidentified hackers breached security and have viewed some of its credit-card customers' account information in the U.S.

Fresh blow for Nokia as CTO ducks out

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Nokia said its chief technology officer had taken a leave of absence and a Finnish newspaper said he was unlikely to return due to disagreements on strategy, a fresh blow for the struggling mobile phone company.

Nintendo announces iMario

Nintendo announces iMario
Japanese game developer Nintendo announced at the E3 that the company will be launching a re-mastered version of their highly popular and acclaimed video game Mario.
HP TouchPad

Can HP TouchPad make up for its delay?

After seeing a huge rush in the tablet market, HP TouchPad has finally been heard of entering the growing market after a long silence since its announcement in February this year
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Fils-Aim, President of Nintendo of America, presents the new Wii U controller at a media briefing during the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, in Los Angeles

Wii U: Nintendo President Says Inviting to All Kinds of Gamers

The experience enabled by Wii U and the new controller takes players deeper into their games, while reaching out wider than ever before to be inviting to all kinds of gamers, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said while introducing Wii U, the successor of its worldwide mega-hit video game console.
iCloud

iPhone 5 Features: 8MP camera confirmed as Apple gives sensor order to OmniVision

What features the next iPhone will have is a question that has given rise to a vast range of speculations. Over the last few months several iPhone 5 features were discussed by tech websites and in the blogosphere. Some rumors were supported by image leaks, sources from manufacturing partners while other features were thought based on what competitors offer. DigiTimes has reported that OmniVision will supply about 90 percent of image sensors for the Apple iPhone 5. Sony will get only 10 percent o...
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Apple's WWDC silence over iPhone 5: A giveaway to Android?

Apple fans will cheer the announcement of iOS 5 at the WWDC; but it is the Android camp that will be heartened by the fact that there has been no word on the iPhone 5. An iPhone 4 S in August? And the true iPhone 5 in 2012? will that be too late? Or, will it fit better into Apple's strategy?
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U.S. online poker case defendant denied bail

One of several men accused of helping online poker websites dodge U.S. gambling laws lived in Central America for years to avoid a telemarketing fraud charge and was preparing to flee to Thailand before his arrest, a U.S. prosecutor said on Wednesday.
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Capcom sticks to its guns in transition to Smurfs

Sticking power was what helped Japan's Capcom, best known for macho games like Street Fighter and Resident Evil, break out of its niche and score an international smartphone hit with the gentler Smurfs' Village, the company's president said in an interview.
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EBay seeks acquisitions to speed impulse buys

EBay is hunting for acquisitions to speed up its development of image recognition and augmented reality features as the online retailer and auctioneer seeks to capitalize on the potential of mobile phones to help consumers make impulse purchases.
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Hacking crisis costs EMC reputation in security

A recent cyber breach at EMC Corp's RSA security division and a related attack at defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp have damaged RSA's once-stellar reputation, according to industry experts.
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Facebook gives regulators info on facial recognition

Facebook is providing European regulators with information about its use of facial recognition technology, in response to concerns about the company's roll-out of the technology's availability outside of the United States.
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RIM buys social gaming company Scoreloop

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion bought social gaming company Scoreloop to help expand its Messenger application, challenged by this week's launch of a similar instant messaging offering from Apple.
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Apple supplier Hon Hai seeks hi-tech future

Hon Hai Precision Industry, Apple Inc's biggest manufacturing partner, is seeking to transform itself into a technology firm and leave behind the low-margin contract business that has made it one of the world's biggest makers of other firms' products with revenues expected to top $101 billion this year.
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Senators seek crackdown on Bitcoin currency

ST. LOUIS - Two senators are pressing federal authorities to crack down on an online black market and untraceable digital currency known as Bitcoins after reports that they are used to buy illegal drugs anonymously.
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Super 8 opening one day early in Twitter promo

Amid rumblings about its low-key marketing campaign, Super 8 will come out in movie theaters one day ahead of schedule on Thursday as part of a promotional campaign targeted at Twitter users.
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Apple iOS 5 easily jailbroken, mounting security woe

Apple's new iOS 5 operating system was not to be released for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch until 2011 fall. But apparently a backdoor was left open, where one eager beaver from Turkey has figured out how to install iOS 5 without a developer account.
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Why Facebook Facial Recognition Should Scare You

Facebook’s facial recognition capability should scare you. From a mere photo, Facebook can identify your profile. From there, the sky is the limit because the company knows as much about you as you let it, which for some people is nearly everything.
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iTunes hack faces swelling complaints, casting shadow on iCloud

Will iCloud be dissipated by the coming storm of hackers?Numerous users have reported their iTunes accounts were hacked, blaming a Sega app called Kingdom Conquest for removing funds, and some users had never downloaded the game. Other apps were blamed for draining accounts too.

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