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Steam hacked: personal and financial info may be at risk

Steam hacked: personal and financial info may be at risk

NEWS

Hackers have compromised the Steam network and potentially gained access to millions of user account details.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Nov 11th 2011 at 10:52AM
Google admits giving out EU user data

Google admits giving out EU user data

NEWS

Google has admitted violating European data protection law by complying with a number of requests from US intelligence for data stored in its EU datacentres.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Aug 11th 2011 at 1:42PM
ONS: No evidence of Census data leak

ONS: No evidence of Census data leak

NEWS

The Office of National Statistics has issued a statement saying that there is no evidence to support claims that the UK census data has been compromised.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Jun 21st 2011 at 12:37PM
Citibank hacked

Citibank hacked

NEWS

Citibank has admitted to suffering a data breach that allowed hackers to view the names, account numbers and contact details of around 200,000 of its customers.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Jun 9th 2011 at 12:03PM
Cloud hangs over data storage

Cloud hangs over data storage

NEWS

With the launch of Amazon’s new data storage and music streaming services – Cloud Drive and Cloud Player – many will be asking how much life the hard
drive has ...

Andrew Wooden
by Andrew Wooden
on Mar 30th 2011 at 3:04PM
Facebook to share users' phone numbers

Facebook to share users' phone numbers

NEWS

Facebook has announced that it intends to give third parties access to its users personal information, including telephone numbers and home addresses.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Mar 2nd 2011 at 10:58AM
Global data volumes calculated

Global data volumes calculated

NEWS

The amount of data stored in the world by 2007 was 295 exabytes a study by the Journal Science has calculated.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Feb 11th 2011 at 1:07PM
Robot wikipedia created

Robot wikipedia created

NEWS

A form of data bank for robots could be the next step into an automated future.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Feb 10th 2011 at 11:51AM
MPs to hold Google privacy debate

MPs to hold Google privacy debate

NEWS

MPs are set to hold a meeting this afternoon to discuss Google’s threat to individual privacy.

by Nicky Trup
on Oct 28th 2010 at 12:16PM
iPad takes 50% of laptop sales

iPad takes 50% of laptop sales

NEWS

Best Buy’s CEO has hinted that Apple’s iPad is taking market share from laptops.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Sep 17th 2010 at 10:51AM
PC World dumped customers' personal data

PC World dumped customers' personal data

NEWS

Dixons Retail has been rapped on the knuckles by the Information Commissioner’s Office for breaching the Data Protection Act by dumping customers’ financial information in a skip.

by Nicky Trup
on Aug 27th 2010 at 2:23PM
Google 'at risk of prosecution' over wi-fi data collection

Google 'at risk of prosecution' over wi-fi data collection

NEWS

Google is “at risk of criminal prosecution” over its collection of unsecured wi-fi data as part of its Street View operation, a civil liberties group has warned.

by Nicky Trup
on Jun 10th 2010 at 1:11PM
EMEA PC market shows growth in Q1

EMEA PC market shows growth in Q1

NEWS

The EMEA PC market grew by 22 per cent in the first quarter of the year compared to Q1 2009, with growth driven primarily by portable computers.

by Nicky Trup
on Apr 22nd 2010 at 12:52PM
Orange to target IT channel in 2009

Orange to target IT channel in 2009

NEWS Orange is set to launch its biggest push yet into the IT sector this year, as it looks to partner with retailers and resellers on its mobile internet and mobile ...
by Ben Furfie
on Mar 5th 2009 at 10:03AM
Data boosts Vodafone Q4s

Data boosts Vodafone Q4s

NEWS Vodafone saw its group revenues increase by 14.3 per cent to £10.47bn during the fourth quarter, boosted by growth in its data services division.

by Ben Furfie
on Feb 4th 2009 at 12:19PM
Refurbished iPhones pose security threat

Refurbished iPhones pose security threat

NEWS Reports are claiming that the ‘restore’ feature on iPhone that is supposed to wipe personal data and reset the phone to its original settings doesn’t actually purge the system of ...
by Ben Parfitt
on May 21st 2008 at 1:41PM