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GOG Offers DRM-free Copies Of Your Steam Games
When it comes to buying digital games for your PC, there are very sites which offer you a direct line to your games. With many sites offering the reselling the games, trying to download your games often leads you back to a handful of sites or services, with one of…
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Paypal Won’t Protect You if Crowdfunding Projects Fail
Typically, whenever you purchase goods or services online via Paypal, there’s some consumer protection and it’s possible to recover any funds lost in a fraudulent transaction. However, Paypal has clarified their new policy surrounding crowdfunding campaigns like Kickstarter and told users that it will no longer offer any Buyer Protection.…
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Qualcomm Security Flaw Letting Others Read Your Messages
When it comes to privacy we all like the idea that we can keep some secrets to ourselves. If you write it down in your diary you often have to worry about others reading it, so some decide to share their secrets via their mobile phone with friends. Sadly it…
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Carbon Fiber Threads Could Protect Old Buildings Against Earthquakes
When it comes to protecting buildings from earthquakes, the more recent the building the more likely it is to stand up thanks to advancements in both technology and structural designs to use supports and designs that will help reduce or even prevent a building being damaged. This doesn’t give you…
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SilverStone EP03 USB 3.0 Charging Hub with Display Review
Introduction USB hubs are nothing new and an essential tool for port multiplying which allows you to connect more devices to your system than you have ports available. This is particularly useful for mobile systems that come with very few ports on their own, but a stationary system can benefit…
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Underwear Designed To Protect Your “Crown Jewels” from Phone Radiation?
Technology has a way of scaring people, from the original fears that the TV would create a horde of mindless zombies to the argument that video games promote violence. One of the oldest fears though is with wireless technology, something that is relatively modern in the world, and the effect…
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Former Heads of NSA & Homeland Support Apple In Encryption Battle
In its recent arguments against the FBI, Apple has found companies rallying behind its arguments that you can’t force a company to break its own protection without risking others. Even Microsoft have come out saying that forcing Apple to do so would set a dangerous precedent for technology companies everywhere.…
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EU lawmakers Propose Banning Under 16s From The Internet Without Parental Consent
Well this is, err, something, reports are circulating that under 16s could technically be banned from online services that include Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat unless they get permission from a parent. This quirk of fate if you will is all down to proposed new EU data protection rules which look…
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EU Agree On Cybersecurity Rules
Security is a word that has appeared more and more online when it comes to the digital world in recent years. With more and more attention drawn by everyone from presidential candidates like Donald Trump to toy companies like VTech, governments are now pushing for stricter security on their systems. The…
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Antec’s Latest Closed Loop Liquid Cooler Range is Superb Value!
Corsair has undoubtedly dominated the closed-loop liquid cooling market for some time and provides an impressive array of products to suit a variety of form factors. However, it’s important to reiterate that the actual units are built by either Asetek or CoolIT and not Corsair. As a result, most of…
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New Ransomware Does The Unforgivable – Forgets How To Unlock Your Files
Ransomware is a whole new level of problems for computer users. Previously malicious software, or malware for short, would spread causing chaos and destruction wherever it could, but ransomware is a little more targeted. Ransomware is designed to stop you from accessing your files and in order to gain access…
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GOG Halloween Sale Begins! Days Of Deals Up To 80% Off
Halloween is less than a week away and with sales and GOG are no stranger to sales and deals. For less than 4 days games are available for up to 80% off, so why not see if any of the following catch your interest. Outlast So what could be scarier…
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Judge Supports Man Who Shot Down Drone
Drones are a hot topic, with both laws and companies trying to catch up on an evolving and increasingly more accessible market for the public. Back in August we posted about William Meredith, a resident in the USA, who after spotting a drone flying above his property, was prompted to…
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Online Digital JPEG images May Soon Be Subject To DRM
Oh what fresh hell is this? If you thought the pitfalls of DRM (Digital Rights Management) had finally dawned on the tech industry, then well no, no it has not. Considering an initiative which has been launched by the Joint Photographic Experts Group with the aim of attempting to persuade people…
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High Court Marks DRIPA Law As Illegal
In recent years, technology and the law have been at heads about what is right and what is wrong. This ranges from is it legal to use drones for public use or even to deliver your amazon parcels, to the use of interception towers to track, record and locate people…
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