Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Craig Wright's Claims About Inventing Bitcoin Still Don't Make Any Sense and other top stories.

  • Craig Wright's Claims About Inventing Bitcoin Still Don't Make Any Sense

    New details have emerged in the saga of Bitcoin’s mysterious creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Last night, the London Review of Books published an incredibly detailed, 35,000-word story about the recent turmoil of Craig Wright, an Australian businessman who claims to have invented Bitcoin. The story offers plenty of fascinating tidbits about the entire Wright saga, but fails to answer a question that’s fundamental to the story: How did a man so obsessed with security get hacked so damn badly? Image: S..
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  • Aston Martin Starts 5.2 Twin-Turbo V12 Production, Vanquish Could Get 820 BHP

    Aston Martin Starts 5.2 Twin-Turbo V12 Production, Vanquish Could Get 820 BHP
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  • Game review: 'Kirby: Planet Robobot,' mechanical merriment

    Game review: 'Kirby: Planet Robobot,' mechanical merriment
    If Mario is the friendly face of Nintendo’s playful and versatile design sense, Kirby is usually the unofficial mascot for when Nintendo wants to get weird. The adorable pink puffball has alternated between traditional platformers and experimental oddities. “Kirby: Planet Robobot” is another safely traditional entry, and likely the last one on the 3DS, but its sharp eye for design and a fantastically fun new gimmick make this his best traditional outing in years.SHIFTING GEARSThis time, Kirby’s..
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  • Vodafone offers 30 day money back guarantee to new customers

    Vodafone offers 30 day money back guarantee to new customers
    Vodafone is hoping to lure new customers to its phone network with a 30 day money back guarantee. Under the guarantee, any new post-paid customer is able to cancel their contract within the first 30 days, with no questions asked. Vodafone says it will refund any monthly access fees and handset repayments paid by the customer, provided the device is returned to Vodafone with 10 days of making the claim. "As smartphones have become an essential tool in our everyday lives, we believe consumers dese..
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  • 93% of mammals were likely killed off with the dinosaurs

    93% of mammals were likely killed off with the dinosaurs
    A new study suggests that a whopping 93 percent of mammals died alongside the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, when a colossal asteroid struck Earth. Contrary to the popular assumption that mammals fared way better than the dinosaurs during this cataclysmic event - which is supported by the fact that they're so prevalent in the fossil record shortly after the event - new research shows there's more to the story than we thought.  Researchers from the University of Bath in the UK analysed the foss..
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  • GoToMyPC hit by password attack after LinkedIn data dump

    GoToMyPC hit by password attack after LinkedIn data dump
    A wide range of Twitter accounts were attacked earlier this month after a 2012 leaked password dump from LinkedIn started getting shared more broadly recently. Leaked password dumps are now affecting Citrix's GoToMyPC service, which allows users to remote control their PC from a range of devices. "The GoToMYPC service has been targeted by a very sophisticated password attack," reads a status message posted two days ago. "Citrix can confirm the recent incident was a password re-use attack, where..
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  • HP laptop batteries recalled in Australia as they may cause FIRES or burns

    HP laptop batteries recalled in Australia as they may cause FIRES or burns
    HP recalls laptop computer batteries in Australia over risks they may overheat and catch fireHP recalls laptop batteries as they can overheat causing fires and burnsBatteries are in computers sold in Australia from March 2013 - August 2015Customers should check for the batteries and stop using immediatelyHP says it will provide replacements for affected batteries for free By Leith Huffadine For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:27 EST, 20 June 2016 | Updated: 22:05 EST, 20 June 2016 ..
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  • Sony Xperia X series smartphones on their way to Australia shortly

    Sony Xperia X series smartphones on their way to Australia shortly
    Sony is bringing a trio of new smartphones to Australia in the next month or so, starting with the Xperia X. The semi-premium Xperia X will be available from June 23, and will be followed by the high-end Xperia X Performance (pictured above) and the more midrange Xperia XA in the coming weeks. The three phones are meant to represent a new beginning of sorts for Sony's smartphone division - the X series - which looks like it will supersede Sony's current Z family of flagships. Sony says the three..
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  • IT experts call for boost to NBN speeds, faster rollout

    IT experts call for boost to NBN speeds, faster rollout
    Shorten "Press like if you would prefer fibre over copper"0:32Bill Shorten got the online audience involved by seeing how people reacted or wanted to see a fibre NBN system over the copper one. AUSTRALIA needs to hasten the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) and increase its ranks of cyber security experts, according to Australia’s IT sector.The Australian Computer Society (ACS), the professional association for IT industry professionals, has released its own Federal Election manif..
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  • Discovered: newborn exoplanets far, far away

    Discovered: newborn exoplanets far, far away
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Young star and its infant planet An artist's impression of the young star and its infant planet. (Vision credit: NASA, JPL, Caltech) PT0M40S 620 349 Scientists have unearthed two distant infant worlds, among the youngest ever found, that shed light on how planets form.The two newly created exoplanets, as orbs outside our solar system are called, are estimated to be less than 10 million years old and orbit embryonic stars hundreds of billions of ..
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