2015年4月17日 星期五

2015-04-18 Australia Technology


Data collection: Wearable fitness device information tracking your life   
WA today
The FitBit Force uses sensors to track your walking and sleeping patterns. Photo: New Deal Design. It's axiomatic in the digital world that if an app or service is free, you're the product. Or your data is. So what to make of consumers who are willing to pay ...


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BGR
   
How Hollywood is waging war against VPNs   
BGR
Virtual private networks (VPNs) aren't some wild-and-crazy piece of hacker technology — in fact, anyone who's ever worked remotely has likely connected to corporate email through a VPN many times before. However, VPNs can also be used to fool video ...

Sony Executives Complained To Netflix, Inc. About VPN Users   ValueWalk
Sony Pictures pressed Netflix to lock out 'illegal' overseas users   CNET
Sony lobbied Netflix to stop Aussie VPN users, leak shows   Sydney Morning Herald
Geek   
ZDNet   
Advanced Television   
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Vancouver Sun
   
Threat from hackers and cybercriminals growing in Canada: reports   
Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER — If you're on the Internet, it's no longer a case of if you will come under attack, it's when. That's the finding of Symantec's latest annual Internet Security Threat Report released this week. Its message is underscored by Dell's annual security ...

Cyber hackers trying new targets   NEWS.com.au
Just because it's virtual, doesn't mean it's not real: digital extortion is on the rise   Al-Bawaba
Hackers keep trying new targets in search of easy data   STLtoday.com

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Chicago Tribune
   
An ode to the AIM away message, which Facebook is (kind of) trying to bring back   
Chicago Tribune
In this 2006 photo, the AOL icon stands on a computer screen where operators are dedicated to convincing American Online members to retain their accounts at the IDT Global multi-lingual call center in Jerusalem, Israel. In this 2006 photo, the AOL icon ...

Facebook Brings Back AIM Away Messages With Sidebar Status   Tech Times
Facebook brings back the away message in a new mobile experiment   The Verge
Facebook brings back the away message   CNET
SlashGear   
Bustle   
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Digital Spy UK
   
Screencheat 'second-person' shooter coming to PS4   
Digital Spy UK
Touted as a 'second-person' shooter, it consists of a multiplayer experience in which everyone is invisible and players have to 'screencheat' by looking at others' screens. Screencheat screenshot. The game contains 10 maps set in a colour-coded world, ...

Screencheat Invites PlayStation 4 Gamers to Become "Dirty Screen Cheaters"   The Otaku's Study
PS4 Getting "Second-Person" Shooter Screencheat   GameSpot
Screencheat coming to PS4 [Update: Xbox One, too]   Gematsu
Hardcore Gamer   
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games.on.net
   
Homeworld Remastered Collection Goes Retail, Trailer Released   
Gamers Hell
Ubisoft and Gearbox Software today announced that Homeworld Remastered Collection for Windows PC will be available for sale as a boxed retail version on May 7, 2015 across EMEA territories. Previously only available via digital distribution, the retail ...

Ubisoft to publish Homeworld Remastered Collection at retail next month   Play.tm
Homeworld Remastered Collection coming to retail shelves in May   games.on.net
Retail Version of Homeworld Remastered Collection coming for PC   MCV Pacific
Gamereactor UK   
Capsule Computers   
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The Australian
   
Porsche's 918 Spyder pushes the performance envelope   
The Australian
I have just emerged from one of the fastest Porsches you can buy — a 911 Turbo — doing laps of the Phillip Island racetrack. And although it was quick, it wasn't very satisfying. That's because I'm now in a 911 GT3, which is about $70k cheaper but is ...

[VIDEO] Porsche 918 Spyder slightly bumps into 911   INAUTONEWS

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Lifehacker Australia
   
Handwriting input for all Android devices   
iTWire
Using a stylus/pen has been limited to tablets that support Wacom or N-trig digitiser functions – like the Samsung Note or Microsoft Surface Pro 3. Google's new 'Handwriting Input' app turns any recent Android smart device into a scribble pad. The app does ...

New Google app to help you write freely   The Hindu
Google Handwriting Input Writes Text In Android The Old-Fashioned Way   Lifehacker Australia

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Brisbane Times
   
Google cheating consumers, says EU   
Brisbane Times
The EU accuses Google of cheating competitors and online shoppers by distorting search results to favour its own shopping service, and launches another antitrust investigation into its Android mobile operating system. 16/04/15. US to remove Cuba from ...

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, April 16   Computerworld Australia
EU accuses Google of hurting consumers and competitors   Israel Diamond Portal

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Autonet.ca
   
Toronto police help solve mysterious break-ins   
Autonet.ca
Finding a clue in Canada, a NYT journalist now stores his keys in his fridge to combat a rising trend of car theft that's purely electronic and leaves no sign or evidence. Change text size for the story. Print. Keys in Freezer. Keri Potipcoe. To combat the latest ...

Why keeping your car keys in the freezer may protect you from digital thieves   The Australian Financial Review
New York Times columnist falls prey to signal repeater car burglary   Ars Technica
Car tech news: easy remote hack prevention for Toyota Prius, Mazda 3, Lexus ...   AUTO Connected Car News
Network World   
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