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  Little Printer hackday shows what the tiny printer can do

  By Andrew Webster on July 2, 2012 11:53 am + 40 comments

  While we're still anxiously awaiting the arrival of Little Printer, creator BERG recently held a Continue reading…

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  Google Nexus Q hack lets it start games, but not play them

  By Andrew Webster on June 28, 2012 10:47 am + 39 comments

  Now that Google's Nexus Q is in the hands of some developers, people are already playing with the Continue reading…

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  Old Nixie tubes hacked into glowing, electric chess set

  By Nathan Ingraham on June 27, 2012 05:57 pm + 11 comments

  Nixie tubes aren't exactly the most cutting-edge technology, but there's something to be said for Continue reading…

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  FTC charges hotel chain with allowing hackers to compromise over 500,000 payment accounts

  By Adi Robertson on June 26, 2012 03:45 pm + 10 comments

  The US Federal Trade Commission has filed suit against Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, claiming its Continue reading…

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  Turning an iPod and Square card reader into a reel-to-reel tape player

  By Adi Robertson on June 18, 2012 11:57 am + 23 comments

  Reel-to-reel tape players are a thing of the past, but the fundamentals of reading simple magnetic Continue reading…

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  Emulator hack brings classic Macintosh OS to Nook Simple Touch

  By Chris Welch on June 17, 2012 09:34 am + 21 comments

  In what is unquestionably one of the more creative Nook Simple Touch homebrew hacks we've seen, you Continue reading…

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  Global Payments says security breach is 'contained,' affected no more than 1.5 million credit cards

  By Amar Toor on June 13, 2012 05:57 am + 1 comments

  In April, Global Payments announced a security breach that put up to 1.5 million credit card numbers Continue reading…

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  LulzSec hackers post data on 8,000 Twitter accounts, but your passwords are safe

  By Adi Robertson on June 12, 2012 12:13 pm + 21 comments

  After security breaches at LinkedIn, Last.fm, and others, yet another big name has had account data Continue reading…

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  PSA: League of Legends reports EU security breach, change your password

  By Sean Hollister on June 9, 2012 12:45 am + 24 comments

  LinkedIn, Twitter, eHarmony, and Last.fm recently fell to hackers, and now it's League of Legends' Continue reading…

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  LinkedIn hacked: over six million passwords compromised and published

  By Chris Welch on June 7, 2012 08:45 pm

  Professional networking site LinkedIn suffered a major security breach on June 6th, 2012 that Continue reading…