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VAIO’s first smartphone is a mid-range Android Lollipop affair

Mar12
by on March 12, 2015 at 8:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Mobile, Product Launches

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It’s been over a year since Sony sold its VAIO PC brand to investment firm Japan Industrial Partners. The company has just launched its first smartphone, cleverly named the VAIO Phone. The 4G device is available from Japanese carrier B-mobile. It runs Android Lollipop and features a 5-inch 720p display, as well as a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor with 2GB RAM. There’s also a 2,500 mAh battery that promises 800 minutes of talk-time, 16GB of onboard storage and a MicroSD slot for 64GB more. The 13-megapixel rear camera is complemented by a 5-megapixel shooter in front. With those specs and…

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Chinese Bitcoin exchange Bter will pay back users after losing $1.75 million in cyberattack

Mar12
by on March 12, 2015 at 7:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, bitcoin, Insider

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China-based Bitcoin exchange Bter has announced that it will continue to operate its service and pay back all its users in time, following a cyberattack that saw the company lose $1.75 million in cryptocurrency to hackers. Bter says that it managed to trace the stolen 7,170 BTC to a Bitcoin mixer (a cryptocurrency laundering service) called Bitcoin Fog, but hasn’t heard from the company despite repeated attempts to make contact. In the meantime, Bter has partnered with Jua.com, a Bitcoin wallet service that claims to offer enterprise-class storage, to review the security code on its platform and to rebuild the…

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