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Efter CPR-hack: Er mainframes overhovedet sikre?

Flere angreb på de ellers så sikre mainframe-systemer er dukket op i CPR-hackersagen. Spørgsmålet er nu: Kan vi stadig stole på det store jern?

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Efter CPR-hack: Er mainframes overhovedet sikre?

Privacy officials from 6 countries request details on Google Glass

Officials ask Google how it intends to use the information collected by the high-tech specs, which could seemingly videotape or photograph others without their knowledge. [Read more]        

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Privacy officials from 6 countries request details on Google Glass

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 incinerates the competition

We got an early chance to benchmark the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 incinerates the competition

Redesigned iPad Mini may arrive before Retina: DisplaySearch

The next iPad Mini may not be the Retina version, says NPD DisplaySearch. It could be a version with a faster chip — and possibly thinner too

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FCC chairman nominee Tom Wheeler comes out in favor of legalized phone unlocking

He was nominated to replace Julius Genachowski as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission a mere six weeks ago, and before he’s even got the job, Tom Wheeler’s making headlines. Ars Technica reports that would-be chairman Wheeler wants what many (all?) cell phone owners want — the ability to unlock our phones free from fear of legal retribution. The way he sees things, when folks have bought and paid for their phones and are contract-free, they “ought to have the right to use the device and move it across carriers.” Unfortunately, while he’s staked out his position on the matter, he has yet to say exactly how he plans to make phone unlocking legal, be it through legislation or other means

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FCC chairman nominee Tom Wheeler comes out in favor of legalized phone unlocking

MRI reveals kids with autism may find human voices irritating

Using MRI to measure brain activity, researchers at Stanford find that kids with autism have a weaker connection between language and reward centers than kids without autism. [Read more]        

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Dish steps down from Sprint merger to clear way for Clearwire

After a months-long battle between Dish and SoftBank over Sprint, the satellite company abandons its $25.5 billion bid for the wireless carrier to focus on “completing the Clearwire tender offer.” [Read more]        

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Facebook for iOS gets emoticons

The social network now encourages show-and-tell status updates on mobile.

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Facebook for iOS gets emoticons

The Daily Roundup for 06.18.2013

You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point

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The Daily Roundup for 06.18.2013

Google challenges FISA court on government data requests, asks for ability to release more details

Google and other companies have already made general calls for more transparency in the wake of the PRISM revelations, and it looks like Mountain View is now escalating those requests to a court challenge. As The Washington Post reports , Google is asking the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for some additional leeway with the government requests for data that it’s able to disclose, and it’s citing the First Amendment to make its case

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