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  Fake Kickstarter project 'Mythic' uncovered by internet users, forced to shut down

  By Bryan Bishop on April 30, 2012 08:54 pm + 31 comments

  Online crowd-source funding site Kickstarter continues to break new funding records, so it's no Continue reading…

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  Anonymous OS is fake, 'wrapped in trojans' says AnonOps Twitter account

  By Jamie Keene on March 15, 2012 10:10 am + 20 comments

  A Linux-based operating system purportedly built by Anonymous launched earlier this week, with a Continue reading…

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  Exposing the self-proclaimed 'inventor of email'

  By Sam Byford on March 5, 2012 11:34 pm + 53 comments

  Last month the Washington Post published a profile of Shiva Ayyadurai, describing him as the Continue reading…

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  Microsoft: Office for iPad photo 'is not our software'

  By Tom Warren on February 21, 2012 03:14 pm + 68 comments

  Microsoft has branded a photo of Office for iPad fake after a story appeared today claiming the Continue reading…

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  PSA: Fake 'Pokemon Yellow' app riding high in the App Store charts (update: app pulled)

  By Sam Byford on February 20, 2012 07:05 pm + 89 comments

  With the 3DS's fortunes turned around, the prospect of Nintendo dropping hardware for smartphone app Continue reading…

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  Some iOS developers used 'well-known' download bots to manipulate App Store top 25

  By Tom Warren on February 15, 2012 07:56 am + 15 comments

  Download bots were a "well-known secret" of the iOS ecosystem that developers used to fake their way Continue reading…

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  iPads swapped with clay and sold at major Canadian retailers

  By Tom Warren on January 18, 2012 05:02 am + 61 comments

  As many as 24 iPad 2 devices have been swapped for modelling clay at major Canadian retailers over Continue reading…

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  Who put OnLive on my Razer Project Fiona gaming tablet? (update: games run locally)

  By Sean Hollister on January 11, 2012 12:37 pm + 23 comments

  We noticed something rather curious when we got a first-hand look at Razer's Project Fiona prototype Continue reading…

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  YouTube scam domains handed over to Google

  By Sam Byford on January 7, 2012 07:00 pm + 2 comments

  We reported a while back on Google taking legal action against a phishing scammer who'd registered Continue reading…

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  PSA: fake 'spotify' app in Windows Phone Marketplace

  By Jamie Keene on January 2, 2012 08:54 am + 28 comments

  In a case of flagrant trademark infringement, an app has been published onto the Windows Phone Continue reading…