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Acer store hacked and customer credit card data stolen

Publié: juin 18, 2016, 8:27pm CEST par Alan Buckingham

The internet seems to be a series of high-profile attacks stealing all sorts of data. We've seen this event carried out across websites and retail locations, Login information, passwords, credit cards, it's all fair game to those who wish to do harm. The latest is with the Acer store, which is claiming the credit card information, user names and passwords for some 34,500 users has been stolen. The company has sent out emails to customers to notify of the breach. The letter reads, in part, "We recently identified a security issue involving the information of certain customers who used our… [Continue Reading]
Access Khan Academy videos offline

Publié: juin 18, 2016, 6:59pm CEST par Mike Williams

Khan Academy is a great learning resource which provides free video-based courses on everything from math to history, science to music, computing, economics and more. Most users access Khan Academy content via their website, but if you've limited bandwidth that might not always be possible. KA Lite is an open-source tool which enables downloading any or all Khan videos for offline viewing later. At its simplest, KA Lite can be used by an individual for local use on their own PC only. Browse the courses, check a box and everything is batch-downloaded in a click or two. (Beware, this might… [Continue Reading]
Chicago man gunned down while live streaming on Facebook

Publié: juin 18, 2016, 2:33pm CEST par Alan Buckingham

Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have all been pushing live streaming video these days, and many people take advantage of it. Unfortunately it can sometimes end with a result that nobody wishes to see. That was the case with a Chicago man just recently. According to reports out of the Windy City, Antonio Perkins was live streaming on Facebook when he was shot and killed. He was found face-down in a vacant lot. While no clear motive has been announced as of yet, Perkins was a known affiliate of a street gang, something that city has struggled with for sometime. ABC News… [Continue Reading]
Hack your OnePlus 3 to take full advantage of its 6GB of memory

Publié: juin 18, 2016, 12:32pm CEST par Mark Wilson

When your phone has 6GB of RAM, you expect it to be able to run all of the apps you want at the same time. The low-cost 'flagship killer' OnePlus 3 is one such handset, but people who have got their hands on the phone are discovering the it doesn’t necessarily use the available memory as they would have expected. Tests show that the OnePlus 3 requires apps to be reloaded more frequently that phones with less RAM, and this has upset some users. The good news is that -- providing you don't mind getting your hands dirty with a… [Continue Reading]