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Shenmue 1 & 2 Remaster Will Be Locked To 30FPS
Shenmue 1 & 2 Remaster Will Be Locked To 30FPS In terms of upcoming releases, Shenmue Remastered is definitely a game of interest. With both the 1st and 2nd game being released as a package and with such a massive support for what is considered an underappreciated game, the hype…
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Android Pattern Lock Can be Cracked in Under Five Attempts
The Pattern Lock method of securing an Android device – one of the most popular methods amongst users, which involves connecting dots with straight lines in a pattern devised by the user – can be cracked in just five attempts, researchers have discovered. Remarkably, the more complex the pattern, the…
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Latest Ransomware Now Hidden Within Javascript
When it comes to viruses Ransomware is particularly nasty. With thousands of users being affected by the latest in cyber crime, it often costs people hundreds to gain access to their family photos and legal documents all thanks to the newest of malware. It would now seem that ransomware creators are…
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Refuse to Unlock Your Hard Drive? Get An Indefinite Life Sentence!
In recent years, encryption has taken a bad light in the press as people use it to hide malicious or illegal activity while others use it to just protect and keep their details safe. The government has now made a bold move, keeping someone locked away until he unlocks two…
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Ransomware Just Got Worse By The Use of JavaScript
Ransomware is probably one of the peskiest and most annoying things that your computer can catch. Not only do you lose access to your files, you have to pay a criminal to release them again. Even if you should choose to pay, there is no guarantee what-so-ever that the criminal…
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Linux Systems Targeted by New Ransomware
Ransomware is a particularly nasty piece of malware that has become even more popular in recent years. Initially, malware was designed to just disrupt or damage a person’s computers or files. Then came ransomware, designed to benefit the creator by either disturbing or denying access to their files the ransomware…
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iPhone Unlock Perused After Defendant Pleads Guilty
In recent years, technology has evolved in such a way that the law is often trying to catch up with the technology that comes out. In the last few months, technology companies have come to odds with the government regarding a range of topics but none more so than encryption.…
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Guy Makes Device Which Can Open Combination Locks in a Matter of Seconds
Not really what you were looking to hear if you have a locker at work or school that relies on combination locks to keep people from snooping through your personal belongings, huh? Well, someone was bound to do something like this sooner or later and it’s not like combination locks…
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You Can Now Unlock Your Chromebook With Your Android Phone
Google has just released Smart Lock – it basically turns your Android phone into one of those fancy ‘walk up’ keys for cars, but instead for your Chromebook. Yes, being in close proximity to your Chromebook will unlock it without you really having to do anything else. The company has had…
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3D Printed Skeleton Keys Can Pick High Security Locks in Seconds
Lock picking is something of an art form, while the basics can be learnt relatively quickly, there are locks out there that even the experts will struggle with, until now. Using 3D printing techniques, Jos Weyers and Christian Holler have been creating custom 3D printed key-esque strips of plastic and…
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Bluetooth Padlock TEO Lets You Share Unlock Permissions With Friends On The Fly
TEO is a bluetooth-enabled smart-lock produced by OckCorp and is already a week past its start in the Kickstarter campaign. Their target is to raise $151,000 and then start TEO’s production. TEO is not the first smart-lock on the market, there are also a variety of deadbolts that secure your…
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Lockitron Smart Locks Means You Can Throw Out The Keys
Smart locks are starting to really become popular, last year I started following a company called Apigy Inc., which is planning to bring us Lockitron. Now I am starting to see information about a new startup called August which appears very much the same. After hearing about August, I looked up to see…
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