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LastPass CEO Explains Possible Hack The company's CEO talks exclusively with PCWorld about a possible breach into its password storage service, what went down, and how worried its millions of users should be.
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LastPass Hack Didn't Get Xmarks Too Data in the browser synchronization service Xmarks remains safe after attack, LastPass says.
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Apple May Switch to ARM Chips in Laptops Apple will drop Intel processors from its laptop line-up by 2013, instead using chips based on ARM architecture, according to a report.
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LastPass Alerts Users About Potential Master Password Breach LastPass, an online password management provider, is forcing its users to change their master passwords after detecting what it described as a "traffic anomaly."
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