Tag: innovation
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eBay hacked: Passwords reset after servers raided
Chris Davies An eBay hack has left the online auction site asking all of its registered users to change their password, after its databases were compromised and encrypted login details stolen. Investigation of the hack, eBay says, shows no signs that credit card or other financial information was obtained, but instead a broad selection of […]
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Knock to unlock comes your dishwasher with Miele Knock2Open
Miele has announced Knock2Open dishwashers that will make your kitchen smarter, allowing you to open the door by simply knocking twice on the top third of the dishwasher front. The feature is available on Miele Generation 6000 dishwashers so you can have a handle-free design for a clean minimalist finish to your kitchen. The integrated […]
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EE’s Eagle Own-Branded 8-Inch Tablet Soars Into Stores May 28th
Hot on the heels (or should that be wings?) of EE’s first own-brand smartphone, the Kestrel, comes the network’s first avian-themed tablet, the Eagle. An 8-inch, Huawei-built tablet, it’s looking to take the same affordable route to your gadget shelf that the Kestrel did. With a quad-core processor, 1280 x 800 screen, 5MP rear camera […]
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Here’s more evidence that automatic content filters are an absolutely terrible idea : Tech Digest
Poor Alec Muffett. All he wanted to do was get EE to disable the ludicrous and draconian content filter – and it was a process that was convoluted, time consuming, and frustration. He posted a Storify telling the story of how he eventually got it disabled. The filter was brought in last year by all […]
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Where did the 500+500 Mile Walk Take the Proclaimers?
An exclusive re-examination of historical lyrics has narrowed down the area the Proclaimers were heading to in their 1988 smash I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), suggesting the brothers may have been travelling as far afield as Iceland or Portugal in pursuit of the person they both appear to be unreasonably obsessed with. The initial 500 […]
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An Adjustable Wrench Keychain Puts a Toolbox in Your Pocket
It can provide everything from weather forecasts to stock quotes, but can that smartphone in your pocket help you unscrew a nut and bolt? Certainly not as well as this HandSpan keychain that manages to squeeze an adjustable wrench into your other pocket. Small enough to hang off your keys without being cumbersome, the £14.99 […]
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EE Eagle 8-inch 4G Android tablet pictures and hands-on
EE has unveiled an own-branded tablet device called the Eagle, which it describes as similar to the iPad mini in specification terms, even claiming that it is better than the iPad mini in some. It is an 8-inch device (screen resolution yet to be confirmed, but we suspect 1280 x 920 pixels) and Android Jelly […]