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Sony PSN hacked for a second time

Sony Apologizes For Security Breach
Sony's ongoing battle to win back public trust in the wake of its PSN nightmare has just taken another serious blow as a new maintenance notice indicates that its network has once again been hacked.
Android Big Brother

Could Android be the next PSN data leak disaster?

Revealed just after the unmitigated disaster that was the PSN crash, research carried out the University of Ulm has discovered that any Android smartphone running a version older than 2.3.4 could be leaking sensitive personal data.
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O2 outage ends: no compensation offered

In the wake of a 17-plus hour network outage, that left millions of O2 customers unable to make calls, texts or use the internet, in a statement to the BBC O2 representatives confirmed they will not be offering compensation to those effected.
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O2 network taken out by petty vandals

After a successful theft and vandalism raid hit O2's East London operations site customers accross parts of London, Kent and East Sussex have lost coverage.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou

Eurozone talks to focus on Greece

Eurozone financial ministers are to continue their talks in Brussels, with discussions now expected to focus mainly on the poor state of the crumbling Greek economy. Greece got a 110bn euro (£94bn) bail-out in 2010, but leaders are now coming to the realisation that this was not enough to fix the county’s economy. Greece however is not the only European country in trouble since on Monday ministers approved a 78bn euro bail-out for Portugal while the IMF has also approved 1.58bn euros in new assi...
Foreign visitors look around at a showroom displaying Samsung Electronics' products at the company's headquarters in Seoul

Samsung stream 3D TV

In its latest bid to boost sales of its 3D TVs, tech giant Samsung has officially announced a new TV app that allows Smart TV owners to stream 3D videos through their television.
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Sony reveal gift package contents

With the PlayStation Network now limping back to life, Sony has revealed the the content of its American "Welcome Back" gift package.
Google launches Chrome PCs, takes on Microsoft

Google team up with Three mobile network

Having only just revealed the Samsung Series 5 as the first machine to make use of the its new Chrome OS, Google has now confirmed that the mobile network provider Three will be its official UK running partner at launch.
Britain's Finance Minister Osborne

Osborne: Cyber attacks present serious UK security risk

Speaking at the Google Zeitgeist event in Hertfordshire, UK chancellor George Osborne highlighted the growing threat cyber crime is presenting the government in its attempts to make more public service data available online.
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Sony offer free gifts as PlayStation Network restarts

With PSN service finally crawling back to life, Sony representatives have offered an olive branch of peace to frustrated consumers in the shape of an as yet unspecified "Welcome Back" package of services and premium content.