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  • Financial Times allegedly hacked by Syrians Financial Times allegedly hacked by Syrians

    Britain's Financial Times was hacked last week by a mysterious group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army. The newspaper's technology blog was hacked to display a slogan saying: "Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army." Several Twitter feeds run by the Financial Times were also plastered with similar slogans. The FT later said its blogs and social media accounts had been compromised ...

  • Hackers target important Saudi websites Hackers target important Saudi websites

    The Saudi Arabia state news agency has reported a coordinated attack on the country's government websites. Several government websites in Saudi Arabia came under heavy cyber attacks last week, shutting them down for a short time. The attacks have been traced to IP addresses from a number of countries. Saudi investigators found the attacks had been launched from hundreds of Internet ...

  • Dell board asks Carl Icahn for more information

    Dell has reiterated its call to corporate raider Carl Icahn to submit more details about his proposal to buy the firm and said it will not talk to the investor unless further details are forthcoming. Dell is in the midst of a messy shareholder battle ...

  • Samsung to launch ultrabook screen that will shame Apple’s Retina display

    Samsung has unveiled plans to launch a 13.3in LCD display for a future ultrabook range with 3200x1800 resolution, offering 254ppi pixel density. If true, that would beat Apple's equivalent 13in Macbook Pro Retina display, which has 2560x1600 resolution and 227ppi, as well ...

  • Sony teases the PS4 on eve of Xbox 720 launch

    Sony will reveal its Playstation 4 (PS4) at the E3 event next month and has today, on the eve of Microsoft's Xbox 720 launch, produced a teaser clip for fans. The video is more "Ooooh?" than "Aaaaah!" and it doesn't really show us much. We'll just have to wait until Sony's press conference at E3 in June for the big ...


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Late Spring (Banshun) [DVD]

Late Spring (Banshun) [DVD]

Late Spring is one of Yasujiro Ozus most direct and powerful shomin-geki, or modern family dramas. Shomin-geki was the genre in which Ozu excelled, and the second half of his cinematic career is defined largely by the poignant, sympathetic, and utterly transcendent wa ... ...

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  • EEs 4G data network suffers an outage

    EE's 4G data network apparently suffered from an outage in the UK on Monday, with users complaining of not being able to access the web. Typically, we know this because of Twitter, where EE customers have flocked to bemoan their lack of mobile ...

  • Kobo Aura HD review

    TOUTED AS the highest resolution ereader on the market, the Kobo Aura HD features a 6.8in backlit screen with a 1440x1080 resolution display for sharper text and images compared to its rivals. Announced ...

  • Holy prequel Batman Arkham Origins trailer appears

    has been released. While the trailer does not offer any game play it is five minutes long and includes a mix of old and new Batman motifs - see the ticking bomb, the choke hold and a headbutt. The trailer is an extended fight between Batman and an assassin called Death Stroke. Batman gets squashed by another assassin but apparently dodges the bullet, and by bullet we meet a massive shipping ...

  • Update Yahoo to acquire Tumblr for about $1.1 billion

    Yahoo has confirmed widespread reports that it will acquire the popular blogging service Tumblr, and also promised not to "screw it up." The deal is worth about $1.1 billion, nearly all in cash. "Per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up, Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business," Yahoo said in a statement on Monday. Tumblr CEO and founder David ...

  • Former GTA producer Dont expect 3 consoles in the next generation

    (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) A former Grand Theft Auto producer at Rockstar Games thinks that the next, next generation in consoles won't have three hardware makers competing for your dollars. Speaking to Games Industry in ...

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