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Yahoo to unveil its new logo

Tonight, at midnight Eastern Standard Time, Yahoo! will unveil its new logo. If you’re confused—yes, Yahoo! has been “unveiling a new logo” (read: comic sans rendering of Yahoo!) at midnight for the past 29 days. It’s all part of an unusual plan to evade the virulent public b

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Nymi bracelet uses your heartbeat as a password

Forget eyes and fingerprints. The Nymi bracelet wants the future of biometric password protection to be your own unique cardiac rhythm. Future authentication methods need to be a lot harder to hack. That’s the idea behind the Nymi from startup Bionym. Instead of passwords, Nymi relies on your

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Are Online Password Managers Really Safe?

Digital bad guys are as concerned about return on investment (ROI) as any big business. That’s why they attack credit-card processing centers rather than gathering account information one credit card at a time. It’s also why they’re more interested in cracking online password managers instead of ste

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Is Twitter Worth $15 Billion?

Twitter is preparing itself for an initial public offering (IPO) that could value the company as highly as $15 billion, reports the Sunday Times, citing anonymous (but nonetheless compelling) senior banking sources. Twitter’s CEO, Dick Costolo, has already met with potential advisers from Morgan Sta

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Yahoo Pulling Out of China

The Yahoo portal in China contains a farewell message citing adjustments to its operations strategy as the reason for the change. Yahoo’s news and community services have shut down in China, following the closure of its email service last month. The Yahoo China home page now redirects users to

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Candy Crush Growing Too Fast

Candy Crush Saga, the popular mobile device game by King.com, has seen some spectacular success. Now, it turns out the candy-puzzle game has grown faster than an algorithm charting its progress could handle. AppData, a market research firm that followsFacebookFB +0.03% usage of various games and app

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Verizon and Vodafone Finally Breaking Up

Verizon and Vodafone have finally announced a deal that’s at least three years in the making: Verizon is to pay Vodafone $130 billion for the British operator group’s 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless. The companies’ boards have given their approval and the transaction should close in the first q

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Talk to Your PS4 and More

According to Sony, the PlayStation 4 will feature a voice command system which will allow users to control the console by speaking to it—much like the Xbox One’s Kinect-powered system. The feature will be routed through PlayStation Camera’s built-in microphone, and Sony plans to dribble