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PlayStation Hacker: Sony Has Only Itself to Blame for Breach

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April 29, 2011
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PlayStation Hacker: Sony Has Only Itself to Blame for Breach A hacker who received widespread grassroots support after being sued by Sony blamed the company's recent data breach on executive-level arrogance.
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PlayBook Tablet Sales Surpass Best Buy's Expectations BlackBerry PlayBook tablet sales have far exceeded expectations at retailer Best Buy, the company said after more than a full week of sales.
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Verizon Restores LTE Data Network After Outage The outage delays sale of second LTE phone, the Droid Charge.
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Feds Update IT Plan Following Obama's 'Horrible' Comment Last week, President Barack Obama described federal IT as "horrible," and on Wednesday, Jeff Zients, the federal chief performance officer, explained why this is the case.
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Royal Wedding Could Be Royal Pain for IT If your corporate network starts to get a bit sluggish Friday, you might have to blame Prince William and Kate Middleton.
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Sony Hints at Compensation for PlayStation Network Hack Sony may offer users some form of compensation for the outage, now in its 8th day, of the PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services, its U.S. unit said...
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Lawsuit: Trial Version of CAD Software Includes Spyware A lawsuit alleges that a trial version of a 3D CAD software package tracked users, allowing the company to demand payment months later.
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AMD Not Pursuing ARM License, Sticking to X86 Advanced Micro Devices shot down rumors that it is pursuing an ARM license, saying it will stick to developing chips for tablets around the x86 architecture.
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