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Quiz Of The Week: Troublesome Trolls
Know your enemy and try out our trolls quiz!
Edward Snowden Granted Temporary Asylum In Russia
After two months in legal limbo, the whistleblower finally leaves the Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow
Vodafone Merges European Divisions Into One Super-Region
Vodafone combines struggling European units into one business unit to be headed by Philipp Humm
O2 4G Arrives In London, Leeds And Bradford On 29 August
O2 4G will launch at the end of this month, with 13 cities covered in LTE by the end of 2013
BlackHat: Researchers Sneak Malware Past iOS Security Protections
"Jekyll" exploit can introduce malicious functionality after Apple checks, whilst bespoke chargers can install malware on iPhones
NSA Chief Heckled At BlackHat As Agency Defends XKeyscore
Alexander fends off attacks from BlackHat audience member
NSA XKeyscore Tool ‘Could Crack VPNs And Expose The Anonymous’
A slide leaked by Snowden reads: "Show me all the VPN startups in country X, and give me the data so I can decrypt and discover the users."
Android ‘Is The Most Fragmented It Has Ever Been’
Open Signal says there are 11,868 different Android devices, presenting challenges and benefits to developers
Samsung Accused Of Cheating, Designing Galaxy S4 To Beat Benchmarks
The Korean company denies it used performance enhancing code in its smartphone
Facebook Stock Nears IPO Float Price
Facebook shares are on a roll and have recovered to almost reach their IPO float price
From Bahrain To Belarus: Attack Of The Fake Activists
EXCLUSIVE: Activists in Bahrain are being targeted by IP trackers via Twitter, whilst fake domains are causing problems for civil society groups across the globe
First Areas To Benefit From £150m Government Rural Mobile Coverage Plan Revealed
First areas to receive improved mobile coverage will go live later this year
BT Retail To Split Consumer And Business Divisions
BT Retail to split into two separate businesses from September
Nokia 301 Joins O2 “Chargers Out Of The Box” Range
Nokia 301 is the first mass-market handset to ship without a charger on O2
MPs: Policing ‘Black Hole’ Letting Cyber Crooks Generate Huge Profits
Crooks are getting away with making massive sums of money because police aren't investigating lower-level cyber crimes enough, MPs warn
Ballmer Admits To Poor Surface RT Sales
Following a $900m charge due to Surface RT, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has admitted to employees that the tablet has performed poorly
Government Calls For Release Of BDUK Rollout Information
BT agrees to release BDUK upgrade information, but councils must give their permission
DataKind UK Helps Charities Make Informed Choices Using Analytics
The first DataDive event sees over 100 volunteers consulting four non-profit organisations
Viber Claims iTunes Flaw To Blame For App Store Account Hack
Hackers can stay logged in to iTunes Connect accounts even when they've been blocked, Viber claims
Twitter Abuse Petition Receives More Than 55,000 Signatures
Twitter users call for better tools to report abuse on the social network
Another Apple Supplier Accused Of Violating Worker Rights
China Labour Watch claims it found 86 violations at three Pegatron factories in China
High Court Bans Car Hacking Research
Car company wins out after British lecturer claims to have cracked the algorithm used by luxury cars, including Porsches and Bentleys
Quiz of the Week: Internet Censorship
Cameron's porn ban, China's repressive actions, North Korea's home brew Internet - what do you know about global censorship?
Tributes Flood In For Legendary Security Researcher Barnaby Jack
Man who showed how to hack cash machines and pacemakers, and how to make them more secure, dies in San Francisco
Ambitious Ubuntu Edge Funding Goal Is A Statement Of Intent – Canonical
Target of $32m is deliberately ambitious to encourage manufacturers to jump on board the Ubuntu Mobile train, Canonical tells TechWeek
BlackBerry Lays Off 250 More Employees
More BlackBerry job cuts follow poor quarterly results
Japanese Poker Playing IT Chief Accused In Android Malware Bust
Scam thought to have earned crooks millions of dollars
Met Office To Use MongoDB For Space Weather Forecasts
The open source NoSQL database will help predict solar flares
WhatsApp Weakness ‘Could Expose PayPal, Google Accounts’
WhatsApp's mixed use of SSL encryption described as "extremely bad form"