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PlayStation Plus gave you $1,349 in 'free' games this year

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It won't surprise you to hear that your PlayStation Plus subscription provides a healthy amount of gaming goodness for $50 per year, but have you ever crunched the numbers to see just how much you're getting? Push Square has. According… Go To Full Article

Leaked Windows 10 Build 9901 Shows New Details

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Microsoft is planning a big news conference to release the new features of the upcoming Windows 10. If the leaks keep on rolling out, we may know the entire package of changes and additions before the January 21st Dog and… Go To Full Article

MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G Review

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MSI is a well known Hardware Manufacturer of both Graphics Cards and Motherboards. In this review we look at the new MMSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G. Go To Full Article

Spiders are the key to ultra-sensitive wearable devices

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Spiders might creep you out, but don't dismiss them too quickly -- they may well be the ticket to a new wave of wearable sensors. South Korean researchers have built a device that picks up miniscule vibrations by using the… Go To Full Article

Google Now is almost ready to control your Nest thermostat

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Remember how Nest promised that you'd one day use Google Now to control your thermostat? That day is very nearly here. Droid-Life has discovered that the search tool is responding to temperature requests, and will show you a Google Now… Go To Full Article

Project Loon works with France's space agency to develop next-gen balloons

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Project Loon has come a long way since Google X started working on it in 2011: its balloons can now stay afloat for 100 days, for one, and it has recently gained a partner carrier in Australia's Telstra. Now, France's… Go To Full Article

Critical Security Bugs Dating Back to 1987 Found in X Window

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This is one of those times where you shrug and say 'well, better late than never' when you talk about patching security flaws. X.org has overlooked a critical flaw that could be exploited for the past 27 years, but the… Go To Full Article

Pirate Bay Search and Data Resurrected by IsoHunt

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Earlier this week, Pirate Bay was raided and taken down by the Swedish Police. Peter Sunde, one of the co-creators of Pirate Bay announced that the site should never be resurrected and just left to die on its own, but… Go To Full Article

FBI warns businesses about large-scale Iranian hacking threats

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There's still some debate over the scale of Iran's reported Operation Cleaver hacking campaign, but the FBI is clearly taking it seriously. According to Reuters' copy of a confidential report, the federal law enforcement agency is warning businesses ... Go To Full Article