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FireFox 42 Released With Privacy and Developer Tool Improvements

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|Date: November 03, 2015
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FireFox 42 Released With Privacy and Developer Tool Improvements

Mozilla has released its latest version of FireFox, version 42 to bring us better tracking protection in ...

Mozilla has released its latest version of FireFox, version 42 to bring us better tracking protection in its private browsing mode. The new feature has been tested in its developmental and beta channe ...

November 03, 2015
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Activision Blizzard To Gobble Candy Crush Maker, King Digital for $5.9B

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|Date: November 03, 2015
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Activision Blizzard To Gobble Candy Crush Maker, King Digital for $5.9B

In a crushing move, Activision Blizzard has gobbled up Candy Crush maker, King Digital for $5.9B moving t ...

In a crushing move, Activision Blizzard has gobbled up Candy Crush maker, King Digital for $5.9B moving the company into the crowned leader of interactive entertainment. The deal will position Activis ...

November 03, 2015
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Vodafone Telecom Had Nearly 2,000 Customer Accounts Breached

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|Date: November 01, 2015
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Vodafone Telecom Had Nearly 2,000 Customer Accounts Breached

Vodafone the UK telecom company has become the latest victim of a cyber attack when nearly 2,000 customer ...

Vodafone the UK telecom company has become the latest victim of a cyber attack when nearly 2,000 customer accounts were compromised this past week, exposing phone numbers, personal information and eve ...

November 01, 2015
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Facebook To Update Real Name Policy To Become More Human

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|Date: November 01, 2015
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Facebook To Update Real Name Policy To Become More Human

Facebook is promising to make modifications to its policy which currently require users of its social net ...

Facebook is promising to make modifications to its policy which currently require users of its social networking site to use their real names instead of fictitious names. Under the existing policy, tr ...

November 01, 2015
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FAA Creates 25-Member Drone Task Force for Drone Registration Policy

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|Date: October 30, 2015
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FAA Creates 25-Member Drone Task Force for Drone Registration Policy

The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has announced today the 25-member drone registration task force ...

The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has announced today the 25-member drone registration task force or what the FAA calls the, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Registration Task Force has been cr ...

October 30, 2015
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Google Project Loon To Service Internet To 100 Million In Indonesia

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|Date: October 29, 2015
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Google Project Loon To Service Internet To 100 Million In Indonesia

Google's Project Loon program is finally ready to take off on the next phase of their mission to help del ...

Google's Project Loon program is finally ready to take off on the next phase of their mission to help deliver Internet access to about 200 million people in Indonesia that do not have access today. Th ...

October 29, 2015
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Move Over Sit-and-Stand Desks, Here’s the Power Reclining Workstation

Posted by James Anderson
|Date: October 28, 2015
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Move Over Sit-and-Stand Desks, Here’s the Power Reclining Workstation

We all know that sitting too much is really bad for our health so Geek Inspector looked to the Ergotron W ...

We all know that sitting too much is really bad for our health so Geek Inspector looked to the Ergotron Workfit-T standing desk which allows us to stretch our legs, stand a bit and encourage a more he ...

October 28, 2015
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Google Nexus 6P Smartphone Shipments Delayed With Silver Lining

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|Date: October 28, 2015
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Google Nexus 6P Smartphone Shipments Delayed With Silver Lining

Hopefully you weren't too excited about getting the new Google Nexus 6P smartphone because Google announc ...

Hopefully you weren't too excited about getting the new Google Nexus 6P smartphone because Google announced today that the phone has been delayed. According to reports, purchasers of the new handset b ...

October 28, 2015
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Underwater Internet Cables At Risk of Tech Warfare

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|Date: October 27, 2015
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Underwater Internet Cables At Risk of Tech Warfare

Most consumers do not realize how the data travels from your home over the Internet to its destination an ...

Most consumers do not realize how the data travels from your home over the Internet to its destination and then back again. Some may assume that being connected at home, just means you are tapped into ...

October 27, 2015
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MasterCard To Turn Any Consumer Electronic Into Payment Device

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|Date: October 27, 2015
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MasterCard To Turn Any Consumer Electronic Into Payment Device

MasterCard has unveiled a new program that turns any consumer electronic gadget into a payment device, gi ...

MasterCard has unveiled a new program that turns any consumer electronic gadget into a payment device, giving the consumer the freedom to make purchases with any device that they want. The program is ...

October 27, 2015
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