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The advent of Sony's PlayStation Vita is expected to change the face of the portable game console world. The much-awaited console is launching on Wednesday and will retail at £230. One interesting titbit... the launch product will be accompanied with 15 game titles!

Akamai technologies has issued a statement warning that companies need to take the threat hacker groups like the Anonymous collective pose more seriously.

Based on feedback from users, Google has recently announced a new update to the Google bar - the navigation bar that runs across Google products - including Google menu, the search box and the Google+ sharing facility.

Team VViP Hackers have attacked an unofficial Australian Vaio laptop sites, defacing its frontpage.

PlayStaion Vita has fans queueing for three days to be first in line for midnight sale.

A hacker operating under the s3rverexe moniker has successfully targeted an Iranian engineering website, defacing its front page and posting the stolen data online.

Collective repeats attack on Greek website after three hackers arrested..

Google seems to be rather in haste to upgrade their Android operating system, presumably in a bid to outsmart Microsoft's attempts at capturing the tablet market with its revamped Windows 8 software. The launch for the latter is believed to be just around the corner.

Hackers post hundreds of email messages online, detailing attempts to modify climate change bill in favour of mining industry.

Anonymous hackers allege child pornography images found in police canine association officer's account.

Anonymous hackers have lashed out at NSA comments suggesting it would soon be able to bring about limited power outages using cyber attacks.

Twitter accounts associated with the Anonymous collective have posted messages promising a massive announcement later this week.

Major record labels sued the website for breaching copyright laws.

Twitter Helps Kenyan Village Chief Fight Crime

Spanish hackers slip through security at Spain's Hollywood-style awards to protest against anti-piracy law.

Latest reports from Arbor Networks - a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) mitigation vendor, claims that iPv6 could be the next target of cyber criminals worldwide. Many network services are contemplating the idea of transition from iPv4 to iPv6 owing to lack of feature parity between the two network protocols.

Latest reports suggest that rumour mongers are speculating on the conspicuous presence of an improved camera alongside a revamped retina display in the most-anticipated gadget of the year - the iPad 3. Speculation has been spreading like wildfire for the last few days as restless fans look forward to the gadget.

Rovio's next big title - Angry Birds Space is poised to enthrall you for countless gaming hours, as you will be firing birds at innocuous pigs, revelling in the power of zero gravity in space. One peek at the insinuating teaser video will leave you wondering about the new game physics in space.

The latest speculations on iPad 3 invariably surround the much hyped retina display with a March 7 release date just around the corner.

A British Student, Glenn Mangham, 26, has allegedly stolen valuable information after breaking into the heart of Facebook. The talented hacker had earlier pointed out security loopholes with the Yahoo website and apparently won an appreciation award from the firm for his noble work as ethical hacker.

Apple's iPad 2 and Amazon's Kindle Fire have hogged the limelight for quite some time with appealing features at affordable prices. However, as more and more comparisons emerge between the two, some startling revelations have surfaced.

Security expert Rik Ferguson says Serious Organised Crime Agency threat to prosecute illegal music downloaders is a bluff.

Bank Hapoalim security measures foil viral attack on £50bn asset pot that tried to access accounts.

Android 5.0 Jelly Bean Mobile OS Coming in Spring 2012?Android fanatics around the world are still stuck digesting the news of Ice Cream Sandwich revamping their smartphone interface and browsing experience while the upgrade itself has miserably failed to penetrate more than 1 per cent of the mobile phone market globally owing to hardware constraints

The European Court of Justice has decisively ruled out implementation of anti-piracy filter by social-networking sites to stall copyrighted content from being uploaded on their sites. The ruling involves a case filed against Netlog by a Belgian music royalties firm, Sabam.

Continuing its anti-Acta "shenanigans" Anonymous hackers have targeted a number of government trade sites, defacing their front pages.

Apple has released the developers' preview of the next major release in Mac OS X called Mountain Lion. The latest instalment is based on Apple's iOS platform as the company intends to promote the idea of convergence between iPhone and iPad.

Soca has issued a statement claiming its recent seizure of RnBxclusive has already led other illegal music download sites to voluntarily shutdown or take measures to operate legally.

An individual claiming to be responsible for an attack on Anonymous has contacted the IBTimes UK clarifying Team Matrix's claim is false and that the attack was an act of 'lulz', not war.