A newly discovered Windows vulnerability might allow hackers to re-enable any ActiveX exploit previously blocked by Microsoft. Vulnerability researchers from VUPEN Security have successfully crafted a proof-of-concept attack that leverages the flaw to bypass an active killbit.
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Activision has announced during its a recent earnings call regarding the first six months of 2010 that True Crime: Hong Kong has been delayed into 2011 because of quality issues. The game is being developed by United Front Games, the studio behind ModNation: Racers, and it is an open world action adventure that allows player to delve into the criminal underground of the city.
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Earlier this week I reviewed NESoid, a tidy little Android app that lets you play the vast library of NES games on your smartphone. It's no surprise that my 600MHz smartphone can emulate the NES's 8-bit 1.8MHz (really!) processor -- but boy was I shocked when I installed PSX4droid and found I could (almost) play Final Fantasy VII on my phone.
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The Vuze team has released version 4.5 of the popular BitTorrent client. With this latest release users can easily optimize their settings based on an elaborate speed test, which should increase download speeds in many cases. In addition, users can now transcode, transfer, and playback downloaded files on many of the most popular Android phones.
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With the release of Platform Preview 4 Build 1.9.7.9.16.6000 of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), Microsoft compared fully-accelerated HTML5 web experiences in the next iteration of its browser to what open source rivals Firefox and Chrome are capable of delivering.
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PayPal has just released version 2.0 of its Android app, adding new features like the ability to use bump technology to quickly and easily transfer funds between devices.
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Microsoft developers planned "industry-leading" privacy features in Internet Explorer 8 that would have automatically blocked third-party tracking tools like beacons, but one feature was scaled back and another was dropped because they went against the interests of advertisers, the Wall Street Journal reported in its seven-part feature on Internet privacy today.
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Usage of Windows 7 has eclipsed that of its predecessor Vista for the first time, data from research firm NetApplications indicates. Regardless, Windows XP remains the most commonly used operating system.
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Mozilla's head of user experience for its Labs unit, Aza Raskin, on Friday unveiled a new project called "Tab Candy" that promises to dramatically change the way users manage open browser tabs.
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Loyal Firefox users – the Awesome Bar, your browsing history, bookmarks and even opened tabs can now follow you everywhere you go with Mozilla’s Firefox Home for the iPhone.
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