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Valve progresses on Steam Hack Investigation

Valve progresses on Steam Hack Investigation

Feb. 10 | Recently we learned that it is probable that the intruders obtained a copy of a backup file with information about Steam transactions between 2004 and 2008. This backup file contained user names, email addresses, encrypted billing addresses and encrypted...

Steve Jobs in Soulcalibur V

Steve Jobs in Soulcalibur V

Feb. 10 | One of the fun features included in Soulcalibur V is the ability to create your own characters. While many of you may have been spending time re-creating fighters in your image, Japanese blog Esuteru took it upon itself to place a number of recognizable...

Logic3 Speakers are Expensive!

Logic3 Speakers are Expensive!

Feb. 10 | Logic3 is an accessories company that makes some of the best stuff in the business. Lately, the company’s focus on high-end audio products has led it to a partnership with Ferrari. The R200 is one of a few products within the Scuderia branding; a...

Which feature is holding back the iPad 3 release?

Which feature is holding back the iPad 3 release?

Feb. 10 | As the release of the iPad 3 nears and Apple finishes its preparations, we’re get a clearer picture of what it is likely to look like and what features it will have. We know it’s likely to have a modified radio to consolidate models and a Retina...

Paypal trails QR code test in Singapore

Paypal trails QR code test in Singapore

Feb. 10 | PayPal is using smartphone-crazy Singapore to trial an interesting initiative which allows phone owners to buy goods on the go using a QR code reader application. The experiment is taking place at 15 stations on the country’s metro system (SMRT) where...

Android 4 for Samsung galaxy S II

Android 4 for Samsung galaxy S II

Feb. 10 | Samsung announced recently that they will be releasing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Samsung Galaxy S II and the Samsung Galaxy Note before the end of quarter one, which would mean the end of March at the latest. Now it would appear that we...

Google Wallet Hacked Again

Google Wallet Hacked Again

Feb. 10 | That's twice in two days. Yesterday, security firm Zvelo discovered a potential exploit against rooted phones. Today, tech blog TheSmartphoneChamp discovered how to accomplish the same feat on non-rooted phones. While yesterday's exploit required...

Infrared and 3-D Vision Systems for safe landings

Infrared and 3-D Vision Systems for safe landings

Feb. 10 | When large airliners approach an airport for a landing, a combination of radio signals and high-intensity lighting shows the pilot exactly where the runway is, even at night or in fog. But millions of people a year fly on smaller commercial planes, many...

Google Making Home Entertainment System!

Google Making Home Entertainment System!

Feb. 10 | It was revealed by WSJ yesterday that Google may be making its own wireless audio system and also its own hardware. The unnamed system has been in the works for years, would share at least music throughout the home. It would be sold directly under...

Google research is counting your LOLs to rate videos

Google research is counting your LOLs to rate videos

Feb. 9 | Youtube is coming up with a new concept called the “YouTube Slam“. The project pits two videos against one another in a “hot or not” style competition. The site lets you watch two videos and decide which one is better, or in the case of comedy,...