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But the PINs were encrypted and therefore should be inaccessible to hackers, according to the retailer
A legitimate feature for finding friends on Snapchat lacks rate limiting and can be abused, a security research group claims
An oversight committee also vetted over 200,000 requests for communications data
Smartwatch developers must focus on cutting prices, adding more apps, and improving the look to attract broad consumer interest
The e-commerce giant's subsidiary has been awarded a MVNO license by the Chinese government
The company blames delivery companies for the delays
'What else can he say?' asks analyst
U.S. desktop users spend $42.8 billioin between Nov. 1 and Dec. 22
Commissioner Almunia wants a deal before he leaves office next year, says expert
Increasing government surveillance is leaving us with less freedom to determine who we are and who we want to be, Snowden told UK TV viewers
Rockstar has sued Google and seven other companies including Samsung in a court in Texas
SoftBank make a bid in the next few months, Nikkei reported
The state of Florida is also withholding $3 million in payments to the systems integrator
Most plan to switch to compact fluorescent lamps, some plan to stockpile incandescent 60- and 40-watt bulbs
German appliance maker creates separate firm to design sensors for its own products and for the market as a whole
Effusion malware infects Web servers and injects rogue content into websites
Keep track of Chris Kringle's journey with Google Earth, apps and NORAD Santa Tracker
On Sunday Belgian payment network operator Worldline boasted of a record; on Monday it was a wreck
Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer of F-Secure, said he was protesting reports of a secret RSA-NSA deal
Tim Draper says Silicon Valley needs a government that is more tech savvy
Chen previously held sales and marketing positions at Taiwan Semiconductor and Intel
For the first time, hackers market stolen data with info on the location of store where card was used; experts say new strategy will slow detection
News of hybrid SaaS, PaaS and happier customers is all on tap
The FTC should have more authority to sanction victoms of data breaches, Senator Richard Blumenthal says
Evasi0n7, the first untethered jailbreak for iOS 7, contains an installer for a Chinese alternative app store called Taig
Tech industry sees a shift to independent workers -- and different kinds of opportunities for IT pros
How would jettisoning the popular game console affect Microsoft's road map?
He's locked his successor into a plan with little wiggle room
RSA denies report; key issue is whether RSA overlooked crypto algorirthm's weaknesses to generate revenue from government contracts
China Mobile is the largest carrier in the country, with over 760 million customers
National intelligence director says continued litigation would reveal state secrets related to national security
Crashes are the top complaint from iPad Air, Fire HDX owners, No. 2 annoyance on iPad Mini, says Fixya
Researchers advance state of the art in humanoid robot competition
Recent regulatory developments could slow the pace of investments in 2014, one expert said
As a partner company under private owners, the former Bell Labs team says it will be able to go after more markets
Oracle results offered some bright spots, and BlackBerry's step away from hardware cheers investors
Dueling dates, big-screen yawn, the Walmart Clue
Technologies like video analyzers and Wi-Fi trackers could find increased usage in stores
Megaupload's lawyer says the conversations show the company's struggle with infringing materials stored there
Google rolls in to give star treatment to Boston Dynamics at DARPA Robotics Challenge
IBM modifies its Platform Computing Scheduler to work with OpenStack
The program will use the BitTorrent DHT peer finding protocol to locate contacts without a central server
RoboSimian competing in DARPA robot challenge is related to rover working on Mars
Symantec, the owner of PGP, continues to develop it but some enterprises balk at certificate management
Munich city authority has migrated almost 15,000 PCs from Windows NT to its own Linux distribution
