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Yahoo is expanding its efforts to protect its users’ online activities from prying eyes by encrypting all the communications and other information flowing into the Internet company’s data centers around the world. The commitment announced Monday by Yahoo Inc. CEO Marissa Mayerfollows a recent Washington Post reportthatthe National Security Agency has been hacking into the communications lines ofthe data centers run by Yahoo and Google Inc. to intercept information about what people do and say online. Yahoo had previously promised to encrypt its email service by early January. Now, the Sunnyvale, California, company plans to have all data encrypted by the end of March to make it more difficult for unauthorized parties to decipher the information. Google began to encrypt its Gmail service in 2010 and has since introduced the…

So far, so good for the PlayStation 4 -which, with the upcoming Xbox One, is very much one ofthe starring players in the next installment ofthe “console wars.” The first day after launch of the next generation console on Friday, November 15, saw more than a million units change hands, according to Sony, i a development that throws down a real gauntlet to Microsoft, a company who has lined up its own new console for release on Friday, November 22. Yes, that’s right: Just a week separates the respective US/Canada releases of these latest major consoles, so plenty of eyes will be on the PC giant to see if it can top the Japanese titan’s impressive initial sales. Certainly, Sony Computer Entertainment had enough reason to be pleased with what…

Fast & Furious 6 Hobbs has been spending his time going after a group of lethally-skilled drivers, the mastermind of which is helped by Letty, who Dom believed was dead. The mercenaries need to be stopped from stealing a top secret weapon, but to do that, Hobbs needs to outmatch them at street level. To do this, Hobbs asks Dom and his team for their skilled help. Their reward for pulling this off will be full pardons for everyone and a chance to get their families back together again. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, and Michelle Rodriguez reprise their roles. FIVE FACTS: 1. The previous movie, Fast Five, was a transitional movie, meant to begin moving the series from street-racing action to heist films with car chases. 2. Fast…

I love nothing more than a good productivity app. Sometimes I’m not even looking for a specific function, but I just hang out in the appropriate area of the App Store and peruse the newer or updated productivity apps to see if anything excites me. I usually use the same two or or three apps anyway, but I still like checking out what’s new and improved and even trying them out. One of my favorites that I found again is Evernote. I was originally using it quite a few years ago as a basic note-writing app. I liked the way it kept all my writing organized. However, I fell out of favor with it as it wasn’t handling YouTube links very well at the time. This was before the days…

Sony says it is addressing technical glitches in some PlayStation 4 gaming consoles, which sold a million units on their first day on sale in North America. Some purchasers have encountered what’s been dubbed the “blinking blue light ofdeath” when they attempt to power up their consoles, CNN reported Tuesday. The blue light comes on when a PlayStation 4 is first turned on, but turns to white when the unit is ready for play. Some users have said their consoles are unable to move beyond a constant blue light condition. Some unhappy customers have gone as far as posting one-star reviews on Amazon, although the overall rating is hovering at four out of five stars. Sony has released a detailed troubleshooting guide, suggesting possible problems with the console’s power supply,…

No lie. Black Friday can feel worse than being caught unawares in the middle ofthe running ofthe bulls in Pamplona when all you wanted to do was go out to find a little something to take home from Spain. Still, the payoff is much better ifyou can muddlethrough the madness. And that’s a big if. So does that mean you should skip this traditional excuse to go shopping with the masses in real places in real time? Should you aim for the Cyber Monday sales instead, hoping to get whatever Apple products you are hankering to own at a lower price than is typical? Not necessarily. A number of stores are offering good deals for great gadgets conceived in Cupertino, California. Indeed, these Silicon Valley inventions are like gold in…

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Direct Hits The Killers This greatest hits album includes singles from the first four studio albums as well as two new tracks - “Shot at the Night” and “Just Another Girl.” Killers member Brandon Flowers said of the compilation, “This record feels like a great way to clean everything up and move onto the next thing.” The album has been in the works since the beginning of the year. FIVE FACTS: 1. M83’s Anthony Gonzalez collaborated with the band on “Shot at the Night,” with Brandon Flowers admitting Gonzalez was “up at the top of the list” of products they’d always wanted to work with. 2. Drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. recognizes, “We can be guilty of making things so ornate ... I always have conversations with Brandon about working from…

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Southwest Airlines is unveiling an updated smartphone app today that will allow passengers to get on their plane by showing a boarding pass on the screen of their phone. Southwest is rolling out the boarding pass feature gradually, starting Thursday on flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas. The system will be rolled out nationwide -including in Las Vegas -- next year. Passengers will have the option of viewing the image or having it sent to an email address or to the phone via text message. Users will be prompted to save the image, which will be scanned at the gate, to their photo galleries. The Dallas-based airline, the busiest commercial carrier at McCarran International Airport, said the app is available free from the App Store for Apple iPhones and…

Here’s an early holiday gift: Ifyou trade in your working iPhone or iPad, Best Buy will give you a guaranteed minimum $100 store gift card now through Saturday. Customers will receive the gift card ifthey trade in their working iPhone 5, iPhone 4s or iPhone 4 and purchase the iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c with a two-year contract. The iPad offer is less restrictive: Customers will receive a minimum $100 Best Buy gift card when theytrade in anyworking iPad. Customers can trade in their devices at Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile specialty stores. Devices must power on to be considered working, and those with cracked screens or water damage are not eligible. Best Buy’s deal comes on the heels ofsimilar moves by competitors. In late September, Microsoft announced that…

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Consumers who browsed the web with Apple’s Safari browser between 2011 and 2012 may have thought their Internet surfing wouldn’t be tracked. But despite promises not to track consumers, Google circumvented Safari’s privacy settings and tracked consumers anyway, according to a multi-state settlement announced Monday. Under the settlement, Google has agreed to pay a combined $17 million in penalties to 36 states for misleading consumers. Wisconsin will get $336,000, according to a news release by Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Monday. Google, which generates most of its revenue through advertising, uses its DoubleClick advertising platform to set third-party cookies - small files set in consumers’ web browsers -that enable it to gather information about those consumers, including theirweb browsing habits. Apple’s Safari web browser is set by default to block…

Seven years ago, Darius Williams stood outside a Best Buy in Overland Park, feeling like part of a spectacle. Around him, dozens of fellow gamers ~ many of whom had been camped out for days - happily braved the cold in hopes of getting their hands on the PlayStation 3, Sony’s much-hyped video game system. The line of customers wrapped around the building, some having gone so far as to set up tents, and local TV and radio stations had stopped by to document the excitement surrounding the system’s release. “It was like a three-day party,” said Williams, 32, fondly recalling the memory. “You mixed and mingled. You met fellow gamers. They had hot chocolate for us.” Fast forward to Thursday night, in the hours before Sony was to release…