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  • Financial paper hacked by Syrians Financial paper hacked by Syrians

    Britain's Financial Times was hacked last week by a mysterious group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army. The newspaper's technology blog was hacked to display a slogan saying: "Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army." Several Twitter feeds run by the Financial Times were also plastered with similar slogans. The FT later said its blogs and social media accounts had been compromised ...

  • Hackers target important Saudi websites Hackers target important Saudi websites

    The Saudi Arabia state news agency has reported a coordinated attack on the country's government websites. Several government websites in Saudi Arabia came under heavy cyber attacks last week, shutting them down for a short time. The attacks have been traced to IP addresses from a number of countries. Saudi investigators found the attacks had been launched from hundreds of Internet ...

  • Rate your AV receivers autosetup program

    I've had a run of bad luck with some of the latest AV receivers' autosetup programs; they set the subwoofer volume way too loud, or misidentified the "sizes" of the speakers (one receiver tagged our ...

  • A look back at NASAs planet-pinpointing space scope

    The space agency says the Kepler space telescope is having equipment issues. With the mission threatened, we look back at Kepler's mind-expanding search for Earth-like ...

  • Colm Piercys Digiweb is now worth €120m-plus after Viatel merger deal

    Digiweb will have revenues of over EUR60m this year following the deal, with financiers now estimating the broadband and telecoms firm to be worth nearly EUR120m. Entrepreneur of the Year Piercy will remain as the majority shareholder of digiweb following the deal which has seen Morgan Stanley emerge as the second largest shareholder in the firm. The Wall Street giant is understood to have ...

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The Last of the Mohicans [DVD]

The Last of the Mohicans [DVD]

Director Michael Mann said that his first memory of going to the movies was the 1936 version of The Last of the Mohicans. It is fitting, then, that when he returned to the big screen after several years working in TV (he was the producer and creator of Miami Vice), he would tackle James Fenimore Cooper's overwritten classic about the rustic adventures of Natty Bumpo, also know ... ...

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  • Social Networks For Business Time To Hang Out On Google +

    Google Plus account or page, you should use this to your advantage to ensure you continue to post and interact regularly as more users come online.The key updates are as follows:* You can now do live, free video calls with up to 10 friends at once in "hangout" and record them.* There is a new auto upload of photos which allows you to store all your photos online for free.* They've ...

  • Verizon Galaxy S4 starts shipping early

    Samsung plans a hard-core Galaxy S4, says report While I've yet to see video footage, I can only assume that many happy dances have followed receipt of these emails. The Galaxy S4 on other carriers, ...

  • Review Blood Dragon a blast of pure 80s mayhem

    Ubisoft created for last year's "Far Cry 3." You don't need that game to play "Blood Dragon." Instead, your $15 buys you a scaled-down version of "FC3" with a smaller map, fewer weapons and a streamlined leveling-up system. It takes just six hours or so to play through, which isn't necessarily a bad thing if you felt "FC3" dragged on too ...

  • Exploring the artsy side of 3D printing

    3D printing technology is a game changer in the arts and crafts world. "It really takes the lid off of what's possible," says Andrej Suskavcevic, president and CEO of the Craft and Hobby Association, in Elmwood Park, New Jersey. "It seems to me it'll provide a really good bridge between technology and hands-on crafting." Randy Sarafan, technology editor at ...

  • Review Toshibas MacBook rival Kirabook

    stunning option to its MacBooks: screens with ultra-high resolution. These "Retina" displays reveal four times as much detail as any Windows laptop screen until now. Toshiba just released a new laptop line with a Retina-level display. Does this mean Windows users can let go of MacBook envy? Sort of. The jump in resolution with ...

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