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Google To Deactivate Inactive Gmail Accounts From December 1st
If you’ve got a Google account that has sat unused for a while, it is probably a good idea to quickly log in and check on it as Google is planning on purging a whole load of inactive accounts. Google Inactive Account Purge As shared by Techspot, Google’s Inactive Google…
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Around 2,400 Steam Accounts Restricted for Marking Negative Review as Helpful
With Steam reviews users are provided the option to mark whether a review is helpful or not but now it seems doing that can get your account restricted as over 2,400 users found out. 2,400 Users Restricted For Marking Negative Review as Helpful Over 2400 people had labelled a negative…
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Netflix Causes Confusion With its Initial Password Sharing Crackdown Info
Following an announcement last month, Netflix confirmed that it was set to start rolling out its account-sharing crackdown at some point before the end of Q1 2023. Exactly when this would happen, however, remained something of a mystery. Following an official update to their support website, however, it seems that…
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Netflix Tests ‘Out of Household’ Sub Fees to Prevent Password Sharing
Although clearly against the official terms of service, it would be very naive of us to suggest that it’s not an uncommon practice for many people to share a Netflix account. With the more premium-level services offering multiple simultaneous access to the streaming platform, financially speaking, it makes a lot…
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Netflix May Be Set to Crack Down on Account Sharing
Although I can’t say I personally know anyone who does this, I’m certainly not ignorant of the fact that many people choose to ‘group up’ in order to share one single access Netflix account. The benefits are, of course, that they all get the enjoy the service (presuming someone else…
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PSN Accounts Who Use Paypal are Getting Suspended
When the Playstation Network introduced the ability to pay via PayPal 3 years ago, people applauded it as a sensible move. PayPal has, for many years, provided one of the best and safest means of purchasing items/goods. A recent glitch, however, has caused all users of PayPal with a PSN accounts…
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Enjoy EVE Online As A Free-To-Play
As with many games these days, the age-old model of paying for a month of game time at a time. While they offered discounts for yearly subscriptions people often ended up stepping away from these markets and games due to the costs involved. As games changed, so did the pricing…
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ATMs Go Contactless and Cardless
Technology evolves, it changes over time to make things easier for its users and quicker for their owners to adapt. Recently people have changed how they access their money, from the paper notes of cash to the plastic chip and pin systems that every country seems to crave now. The…
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Amazon Recommends Users Change Their Passwords
Who doesn’t have an Amazon account? If you do it may be worth changing your password as Amazon recommends users take the precaution after it discovered that some of their Amazon accounts could be found online. Amazon discovered the leaked passwords were contained within a password list online, and while…
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77,000 Steam Accounts “Hijacked” Each Month
The rise of Steam’s digital distribution store is almost indescribable and way beyond Valve’s most optimistic expectations. Some users have even argued Valve saved PC gaming from the depths of despair and made it a popular platform. However, I’m not entirely convinced by this argument and believe the PC would…
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Blizzard Kills Over 100,000 WoW Accounts With Six Month Bans
World Of Warcraft can claim to be the start of the MMO craze. Allowing thousands of players to take part in events that shaped Azeroth. With legendary weapons and characters alike to help and hinder players as Mages and Warriors fighting anything from Dragons to Undead Kings. So you can…
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GTA V User Accounts Hacked
There has been a lot of news about the popular game GTA V since its release for the PC platform. There have been issues with drivers, download speeds from the Steam network and a whole lot more. However, it seems as though there is now another issue spreading across the…
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Anonymous’ Strike against ISIS Has Begun
Well known hacktivist group Anonymous may attract split opinions about their actions, but I think we can agree that their latest campaign is a good one. A couple of weeks ago the group announced that they would use their abilities to strike against the terrorist group ISIS and their online presence. Today…
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Sony Posts Profit After Selling 6.4 Million PS4s in Third-Quarter of 2014
Sony has posted its accounts from the third fiscal quarter of 2014 (1st September to 31st December) and, surprisingly to many, the company made a significant profit, boosted by strong sales of its PlayStation 4 console. The only business area in the red was Sony Pictures, understandable after the hack…
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