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Facebook hit with class action lawsuit over private message scanning

Dec26
by on December 26, 2014 at 6:14 am
Posted In: Around the Web

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It’s not as jolly a holiday this year for Facebook, as the social network is facing a class action lawsuit in the US for having scanned users’ private messages without their consent, reports Engadget. Judge Phyllis Hamilton ruled in an Oakland, California court on Tuesday that Facebook must face a class action lawsuit for violating its users’ privacy by scanning private messages so that it could gather data for targeted advertising. While Facebook argued that their actions are covered by an exception under the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act for interceptions by service providers occurring in the ordinary course of…

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PlayStation Network and Xbox Live down since Christmas

Dec26
by on December 26, 2014 at 4:47 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Lizard Squad, PSN, xbox live

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Update: it appears that hacker group Lizard Squad has backed off, after file sharing service Mega’s founder Kim Dotcom offered them 3,000 premium accounts to do so and confirmed that he followed through with his deal. The current outage on both networks is possibly due to support teams working on getting them back online, and gamers should be able to log on to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network shortly. A Christmas Miracle. How @MegaPrivacy saved @Xbox & @PlayStation from the @LizardMafia attack. Enjoy your games! 🙂 pic.twitter.com/qoaZ33eqCi — Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) December 26, 2014 Online console gaming networks Xbox Live…

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Oppo N3 Review: Good phone, better selfies

Dec25
by on December 25, 2014 at 10:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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We’re long past the days when processor, RAM and storage specs were the only way of deciding which smartphone to buy. Good riddance, I say; today’s software is ‘good enough’ that most devices can run smoothly without worry, so standout hardware and features get to shine instead. Apple sways you with its OS and design. Samsung’s Note series entices you with their screens and styluses. For Oppo’s N3, in the footsteps of last year’s N1, the hook is the crazy, swiveling 16-megapixel camera that ensures your selfies are just as good as the rest of your photos. The camera certainly impresses…

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