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Apple Faithful Prepare to Not Be Dazzled

If you're looking for an extravaganza on the scale of last month's new iPhone unveiling, chances are you won't find it at Apple's "Way Too Long" event to be held Thursday in the Town Hall auditorium at its Cupertino headquarters ...

HTC Breaks From Pack With Selfie Phone, Blind Cam

HTC on Thursday debuted two new products for photography enthusiasts. One offering, the RE, is an L-shaped camera that doesn't have a viewfinder. The other is a new smartphone, the Desire Eye, which boasts a 13-megapixel front-facing camera for high-resolution selfies ...

GT Files for Chap 11 After Apple’s Sapphire Interest Wanes

GT Advanced Technologies and seven of its direct and indirect subsidiaries on Monday announced they had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...

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Phishers Find Apple Most Tasty Target

"Follow the money" isn't just the war cry of journalistic bloodhounds hot on the trail of political corruption. It's the mantra of Web predators, too. That's why PayPal consistently has been the top brand targeted by phishers -- although that appears to have changed ...

Apple Shrinks Market for Stolen iPhones

Apple on Thursday closed a gap in its efforts to combat mobile device theft with the announcement of a service for checking the Activation Lock status of its iPhone, iPad and iPod product lines ...

PayPal, eBay Headed for Splitsville

eBay on Tuesday announced that its 12-year marriage to PayPal was coming to an end. The move comes mere months after eBay beat down an attempt by corporate raider Carl Icahn to peel PayPal from the online auction site ...

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Consumers Fed Up With Data Breaches

With news of massive data breaches becoming almost a weekly occurrence, consumers are beginning to lose their patience with the custodians of their personal information ...

Banks, Businesses Scramble to Smash Bash Shellshock Bug

Banks and businesses toiled over the weekend to crush a bug in a widely used open source operating system ...

Apple Redoubles Efforts to Fix iOS 8 Glitches

Apple on Thursday announced it's preparing iOS 8.0.2 -- which will include a fix for problems triggered by iOS 8.0.1 -- and plans to release it in the next few days ...

Researcher Foils iPhone 6 Touch ID

Apple's Touch ID fingerprint scanner is a step up from passcodes for protecting iPhones, but it's far from totally secure, as a researcher showed on Monday ...

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Banking Trojan Targets Petrochemical Outfits

The pernicious program Citadel has been around for awhile, but it's using some new tricks on new targets ...

Old Opening-Weekend Record Bites Dust as iPhone 6 Cracks 10M

Apple's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus went on sale Friday and shattered previous opening-weekend records, selling more than 10 million units during the period. Those sales may just be the start of a virtuous cycle for Apple -- a cycle that could include new product introductions and weighty revenue growth ...

Apple Fills iOS 8 Security Basket to Brim

With data thefts and cybersnooping making headlines daily, security has started to capture the attention of the disciples of the digital lifestyle -- and if the latest version of iOS is any indication, it's catching the attention of Apple, too ...

iOS 8 Rolls Out With Oodles of Goodies

Apple made the latest version of its iOS mobile operating system available for download on Wednesday, and while it looks familiar, it contains lots of new delights not only for fans, but also for its legions of developers ...

Panasonic’s New Point-and-Shoot Snapper Supports 4K Video

Panasonic on Monday introduced the Lumix DMC-LX100, a point-and-shoot camera that supports the latest in high-quality video -- 3840 x 2160 4K video at 30 frames per second -- as well as 1920 x 1080 HD video, which can be stored in AVCHD progressive or MP4 format ...

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Web-Surfing Adults More Infection-Prone Than Teens

American teens spend a lot more time online than older Web surfers, yet it doesn't seem to increase their vulnerability to malicious activity ...

Apple Pay Could Slam Door on Data Thieves

Despite the efforts of some big name tech players, consumers have been reluctant to turn their smartphones into wallets. That could be about to change with Apple Pay ...

IBM Enlists Intel to Shore Up Hybrid Cloud

Despite the growing momentum behind cloud computing in recent times, security concerns have been a drag on adoption. IBM sought to reduce that resistance by announcing on Monday that it would start using Intel chip technology to better secure its SoftLayer cloud platform ...

Apple Watch Dazzles Beyond High Expectations

Apple is almost never first to market in a product category, but when it does make its splash, it usually swamps all boats. That seems to be the case once again in the smartwatch space ...

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Couples Can’t Keep Their Hands Off Each Other’s Phones

Worried about the NSA spying on your smartphone? How about online hackers? Truth be told, the greatest threat to your confidential information is a lot closer to you -- namely, your partner ...

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